February 25th - Jan is coming back from a visit in Amarillo today. I leave for a show in Dallas that runs through the 28th, so I will leave this installment to her.

(Jan) ............ The call comes from Judd that the equipment will arrive at 7:30 am Wednesday the 27th to begin dirt work.  Now I can truly answer "yes" to the question "Have you started your house, yet?"  I wish we were closer to the site, I would have to check on it everyday!

Wednesday morning dawns with record low temperatures (even in Houston) which means a delay on the beginning of excavation.  Judd calls to question the placement of the driveway.  We want to be careful not to abuse the neighbor's drive or the runway access.  We decide to move the driveway over about 20 ft. or so, depending on trees and attempt to describe this to Judd over the phone.  The joy of long distance building!

Charlie's Mom, Dorothy, who lives about 12 miles on the other side of the lake is alerted that Thursday the 28th will be a picture day to capture the first day on film (or pixels in this case).

I have been collecting paint samples to try to decide on the exterior colors. We will be using the Hardie plank siding and shake shingle, but I want it to have a natural look, so I may have to buy some samples to try it out.  Although is seems that there is plenty of time for those decisions, I know the more we have it narrowed down, the easier it will be when the time comes.  And by the way, no Valentine yet, the hangar is not getting any bigger!

(Charlie) .............. I'm back. My Mom sent the following pictures and the dirtwork finally got started. Jan is saving rocks of all things! I asked Judd to dig up the largest one he could that even remotely resembled a heart for Valentines Day. He left it exposed so that I could get a picture of it. Happy Valentine's Day, Jan! You can click on the pictures below to see them larger. The picture of the large rock looks particularly good enlarged. Nice job Judd!