Week Seven - Electric & Septic

Phase One - Week of 7/14/08 - This morning Norman & I were on our way out to the property to see if one of our subs, Charles Thomas (owner of Charles E. Thomas Construction), had shown up. He was in our driveway. He let us know that he was ready to start our underground electrical work and septic system. Charles is quite a character: a man of few words, he rarely answers his phone, doesn't worry about signed contracts, and gets around to sending clients a bill a couple of weeks after the job is done (or so we've heard). He has an excellent reputation here, though, of high quality work and integrity & quietly goes about the community doing various good deeds and giving generously to charity whenever asked. We like him a lot. I cancelled my plans to take our sick cat, India, to the vet, and began to coordinate all of today's needed events: Phone calls to and from Duck River Electric to answer various questions & request a site visit today, phone calls to neighbors to let them know the digging will begin, and phone calls to suppliers to order and deliver materials. Oh, and then there are the trips back and forth from the site to convey information since cell phones don't work well there and phone calls from my husband about a deal he just heard of on cultivated stone. Once again, we've moved from 0 to 100 mph! Hang in there, kitty cat!