68 Days with NO ACTION!

So it's been 68 days since closing and this is what our site looks like:

That photo look familiar? It should, it's the same photo taken on January 27. NOTHING has progressed! It's been a pretty mild winter but we've also had more rain than normal. Now we're hearing that because it's so wet we have have to wait for the lot to dry so the excavator can get his equipment back there. SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND SPRING!

This has been so frustrating, have I mentioned that we're still living with my parents? I'm sure they will be thrilled to hear this news. There were several nice days that could have been taken advantage of but for one reason or another were not. We were told in the beginning they couldn't dig unless we had our electric hooked up. Ummmmm....do you have to plug your bulldozer in to make it operate? I do realize that they operate pumps once the hole is opened but we did offer to provide generators and that was declined.

Communication has been pretty crummy thus far. Nobody has been proactive in calling us to keep us informed and that is incredibly frustrating, at one point in time we both contemplated just cutting our losses. To say we're defeated is such an understatement.

In the meantime, we're making interest payments and realizing each day that our original June 15th completion date is slipping further and further away. Today we got 2 inches of rain and tonight we're supposed to get a couple inches of snow (imagine that)!

I know God's timing is perfect, I'm trying to rest in that.

We have a driveway and temporary electric!

Our dig date was set for January 18...this photo was taken January 27 :(

It's safe to say, things aren't going as planned.

We had some hold-up getting the proper permits and then there was confusion as to who set up the temporary pole for electric. We finally got all that worked out and we now have a driveway...and a portable toilet (not pictured)!

Have I mentioned that I'm not the most patient person? Well, I'm not.