Adventure at home: a barn and pool

We have started a new adventure - building a (party) barn and swimming pool in our prior horse pasture. So we'll keep track of the construction through this blog. It has been since April, 2012 that we agreed to buy extra land that was planned for the project. That site was rejected, and we had to move to the horse pasture (and lose the horses). It is now December, 2014, and we have 5 permits in our hot little hands (demolition, building, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC). But permita are not like seeing trucks driving down the driveway. After being out late last night, and watching the Eagles get squashed by the Cowboys, here is what we found at 7:45 am in the driveway: So, the first task is to stake out the field - here, the foreman is setting some stakes: Next, of course, we need a mulch dump (hopefully avoiding the electric wires overhead): The bobcat transfers the mulch to the bucket of the mulch blower: And in a shift of action, the bobcat bucket is used to pound in stakes setting off the storm water management system from the site: And finally, the socks are filled to protect the "non-site" from the construction site: Needless to say, we are excited by this start. We hope you will enjoy seeing our project progress.