03-22-2005, 05:29 PM
To Robert C La Mont: I recommend Janel at Honsador Lumber. She is an independent and doesn't actually work for them but her office is in the Hilo Honsador building. She communicates well, her prices are very reasonable, she works well with builders and I happen to know that Bill Foster has a working relatiobship with her and the Architect and Engineers she uses so it all works together well. She has been right on time for me, achieving everything promised in a very timely fashion. She will tell you she is email phobic but her secretary keeps on top of things.
To everyone Else: What's Happening--->
We have been working on the garden. It somehow has shrunken from the original size down to 40 x 25 feet. I think everyone is tired. However, the soil is turned and rototilled three times, having dug in several truckloads of mulch, about 500 lbs of cured manure, lime to sweeten the soil and generic fertilizer. We set the corner and gate posts today... no small task! Alex is great with cement and I am becoming a star on the tractor hauling logs, water, cement, dirt, rocks and everything else. At the end of the day we planted a couple of hibiscus in bloom at the walking entrance just to do something pretty! It is all becoming visual and is very satisfying. I hope to be putting up Fencing by Thursday and seedlings over the weekend. Tomorrow we pull more grass bits out of the ground... we have already pulled tractor buckets full but it just keeps on surfacing... and put in the rows/furrows and weed mat.
In the middle of all this I have had a cold with fever for about 5 days now, so I retreat to the shower and bed twice a day, then get back to working. Tylenol is my best friend. You starve a cold and feed a fever rigth? Hope so; been eating like a pig! Seriously, for those of you expecting me to come by for some reason or other, I am delayed another few days. Sorry... doing the best I can.
Also, things with the lender, builder, county planning/permits and subcontractors are all coming together. The adventure is feeling like a great success. Thank you for all your support and enthusiasm.
Pam
May you live in interesting times.
To everyone Else: What's Happening--->
We have been working on the garden. It somehow has shrunken from the original size down to 40 x 25 feet. I think everyone is tired. However, the soil is turned and rototilled three times, having dug in several truckloads of mulch, about 500 lbs of cured manure, lime to sweeten the soil and generic fertilizer. We set the corner and gate posts today... no small task! Alex is great with cement and I am becoming a star on the tractor hauling logs, water, cement, dirt, rocks and everything else. At the end of the day we planted a couple of hibiscus in bloom at the walking entrance just to do something pretty! It is all becoming visual and is very satisfying. I hope to be putting up Fencing by Thursday and seedlings over the weekend. Tomorrow we pull more grass bits out of the ground... we have already pulled tractor buckets full but it just keeps on surfacing... and put in the rows/furrows and weed mat.
In the middle of all this I have had a cold with fever for about 5 days now, so I retreat to the shower and bed twice a day, then get back to working. Tylenol is my best friend. You starve a cold and feed a fever rigth? Hope so; been eating like a pig! Seriously, for those of you expecting me to come by for some reason or other, I am delayed another few days. Sorry... doing the best I can.
Also, things with the lender, builder, county planning/permits and subcontractors are all coming together. The adventure is feeling like a great success. Thank you for all your support and enthusiasm.
Pam
May you live in interesting times.
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"