This picture was taken the day before Thanksgiving and I have not been there today, so who knows how many walls I have now! The windows are ordered and I guess they'll arrive in the dead of winter! Or during the "January Thaw". I'm also told the 20' high panels are here. Check tomorrow.

Insulating, backfilling and getting ready for wall panels

View from bonus basement room

Looking back to stair opening

Wall panels

Here is the house taking shape virtually! More from the land of reality later.

The top is on! Of the basement, that is. I've been told that some of the wall panels have been delivered, so this week they should start to go up. And the house will start to take shape. Wow. This IS fun. Yes, I'm loving it.

West end of basement. Opening to left is sliding glass doors; opening to right is a window; opening in middle will be closed. The house is really not that big -- 17' wide in fact.

A 1-1/2 wide.

Lighting scheme: sprinkle a constellation of ceiling fixtures (porcelain sockets) across the ceiling. Adjusted a little to have fixtures where they are needed, such as over the stove, and so they fit between joists. Pretty cool, huh?

Waterproofing and ledgers

It's starting to look like a construction site.