Well, it looks like our move is going to be delayed a bit.  As I’ve mentioned, we were planning on moving up to Nevada County in mid to late April, but due to some miscommunications and misunderstandings about timing and timelines with where we were going to move to, we’ve decided to change our plans.  I’m glad they are changing, really, I think what we’ve decided to do instead will be a neat experience and will let us get more work done on the house.  I think it will also let me do more on the house, which is very exciting for me.  (remind me that I said these things come July, ok?)

So, the plan - as it stands now at least - we’re going to move up at the beginning of June.  This is (tenatively!) when we think Matt will start his time off and when we’ll be starting construction in earnest.  There are of course some major hurdles we need to get over before we get to this point - permits, financing, final plans, etc. etc. etc. but June seems realistic so long as things continue to progress at a reasonable pace.  When we move up there, we are going to put everything in storage and we’re going to camp on the property for the time that Matt is taking off (4-6 weeks).  Yes, I said camp.  It should be fun, right?  :-)  We’re working out some of the logistics at the moment but I think we’ll be able to make it work.  And besides, it will be an adventure, right?

Um, right.

But really, I am looking forward to this, I think it should be a neat experience.  If it goes well, we may camp the rest of the summer.  If not, we’ll either move to a rental once Matt is working again or we’ll buy a trailer to put on the property and move into that.  I do wish the kids were a little older because I think they would probably get more out of it, but Emma at least is looking forward to it.

In other house news, we have signed off on final structural plans, and now our plans are in engineering.  We should be getting our full size printouts today.  The engineering folks are going to do the energy calcs and make sure the structure is sound, both good and useful things.  We also have a window schedule completed, and barring any changes in window sizes due to the energy calc requirements, we should be set there too.  We’re still working on the cost estimates, but we’re at least making some headway there.  Progress is being made, yippee!