Progress Report

After a good rainstorm yesterday, the framing crew worked Saturday for four (4) hours. Some of the joists are up and most of the walls in the lower level are complete. By next weekend we should see the outline of the house taking place.

Walls Going Up

The framing crew, four (4) spanish speakers, showed up at the house at 8:15am. We went down at 5:10pm this evening and they were still working! This is something that we are not use to. Individuals who work a full day. The general contractor estimates that this crew will have the entire house framed, roof on, and ready for windows in less than four weeks.

Mom Win's Member-Member Tournament

Camille played in her first Member-Member Tournament and she and her partner won the overall championship. They competed against 21 teams, using a Stableford scoring system (points for par, birdie, eagle, etc.) and had the highest point total after two days of play.

Ready for Concrete !!

The lower level plumbing was completed this week. The concrete subcontractor leveled the lower level with gravel, put the reinforcing steel in place and put down a layer of 6 mil poly. We had a radon mitigation system installed under all of the concrete slabs. It is much cheaper to do it now, than to find out you have a problem and have to rectify at a later date. The kitchen area was also finalized, so if we have good weather on Monday they will start pouring the lower level, then the kitchen area, followed by the garage area. The concrete piers are part of our deck area.

Champion Hills Member-Member Tournament

This past week I played in my first Member-Member golf tournament. This is the largest tournament the club has and ran from Thursday evening thru Sunday evening. Since I signed up late, I did not have a partner (2 man best ball format). The person the club paired me with got a stiff neck and packed out at the last minute. I met my new partner on Thursday evening at a pre-start dinner & drinks event. We played five (5) nine hole matches within our flight. On Sunday afternoon when we completed our fifth match, we were told that we won our flight and had to go to a shootout to determine the overall club champion. We lasted two playoff holes and ended up fourth overall (out of 36 teams), but first in our flight. I also got closet to the pin award for one of the par 3's, a 165 yard hole. My shot on Saturday ended up 26 inches from the pin. Too bad it did not go in !!

Here is picture of my partner and I at the awards dinner on Sunday evening.

House Update

Progress on the house has been good. The plumber has installed the drainage pipes in the lower level, the hot/cold water and drainage pipes in the kitchen and powder room, and installed a radon mitigation system under all of the concrete slab areas.

We are still forming walls in part of the house and plan on pouring these at the end of this week. If we have good weather, the garage area, kitchen area, and lower level concrete slabs will be poured on Friday or Monday. We are keeping our fingers crossed for good weather.