What a Show!

Around 7:30 A.M. this morning, I stepped out into the sun room to check on the construction next door.  I wasn't expecting such a show but, suddenly, I was wide awake.  A crew of shirtless muscular men were lifting and positioning huge pieces of lumber forms as if they were Lincoln Logs.  And then one of them hoisted a five-gallon water cooler above his head so the spigot was just above his mouth for easy drinking.  Seriously?  It was the beginning of the day, so that cooler had to be nearly full.

If I were into extremely muscular men, what's going on next door would be super entertaining.  But, alas, what will be more interesting to me is seeing how quickly a home is built.  What fun to just step outside or look out a window every few hours to see a house take form.  It's like live HGTV.  I'm betting the walls, at minimum, will be in place by the end of the day.

The only thing that would make the show more fun is if I were watching the Jorgensens' new home being built.  Emily, especially, was hoping one of the two new homes could have been theirs.  She would have lived closer to work and the boys would have been in the grade school near grandma without the hassle of a special request.  Plus, it would have been a lot more convenient for Jim and me to help with the boys.  But, in addition to the $500,000+ price tag, the fact that Emily and Mike don't like any of Benton Builders' house designs ended the dream.

So now we're just hoping whoever buys the house to our left will be a good neighbor.  If so, it'll be the first time that happens since we moved in 30 years ago.