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I got to substitute teach this morning.

But with daylight saving time,

the sun doesn't come up until 7:58 am.

Which means it was still DARK when I

started class at 7:30 Kansas time.

So I got to watch the sunrise out my office window.

It was beautiful!

(Yes, I'm retired... I don't often SEE the sunrise these days... lol.)

Anyhow.

It was pretty.

So are the trees!!!

Yesterday after church (and lunch) we headed

out to the farm to do a "final" measurement and

put the markers on the pad for the house.

(Little tiny men standing on the pad...)

The new machine is looking a little dirty... 

This is what the pad looked like on Sunday.

But I'll bet it doesn't look like that NOW.

Kyle needs to dig OUT about 3 feet of all the

dirt he brought in because we have decided

to go with a crawlspace under the house.

But the trees are pretty!

Hahahahaha.

There is a natural little opening right there at the

corner of the pad / house where you can go

into the forest and it leads to a beautiful

little clearing. In the summer it will be shady,

cool and lovely because it's under the trees.

In the fall it's lovely because it's all carpeted

with yellow leaves and you are surrounded by

the rustling of dry leaves still on the trees.

The breeze is much softer down there.

And it was actually on the verge of "hot".

And in the winter, it will be lovely because with

all the leaves gone, the sun will shine, the breeze

is reduced (it's on the backside of the hill heading

down to the valley) and is sheltered by lots

of junipers, but the overhead sun can still shine

in there... perfect spot for a chair!

Year Round!

(Kyle was here last March when it snowed a 

little and he said it was SO magical!)

Anyhow.

I'm excited.

And now the adventure begins for REAL.

PS - thanks for all the positive comments about

the new chicken stuff ... we still don't have many

details, but we will certainly keep everybody posted

once we figure it out. Jim is flying out the weekend

before the big meeting and driving over with us.

We want to make sure everybody gets their questions

and concerns answered. (Rod will have to stay here

to keep the home fire burning and the animals alive...

but I'll have him on speaker phone so he can listen in.)