February 27, 2006
Ashbury Day 1: Holes and Concrete and Cinderblocks, Oh My!
I was greeted at work this morning by a co-worker who will be our new-house neighbor, "Man, we stopped by your house yesterday and they were digging!" At that moment I fully considered skipping work so I could go see the progress. But I didn't.
After work Olivia and I met at the uhh...dirt to check out what was going on. Indeed, we had some big holes in the ground now filled with concrete. There was also a mysterious pile of sandy-brown dirt with an invoice sticking out of it. I can only assume the dirt will be for the "mud" for the cinderblocks that will become our foundation. Oh yeh, when we arrived at the house tonight, the guy was offloading his truck of cinderblocks and leaving them on pallets around our house. I wonder when they will begin actually MAKING something out of all of this mess.
February 25, 2006
Ashbury Day 0: We Got Flags!
I think Olivia and I thought that this day would never come. But here we are: Day zero for our new house.
We had our pre-construction meeting on Thursday where we were told that the completion date is now set for the last week in May or the first week in June. I got the "ok" (or the "we never had this conversation") on my wiring and conduit plans, so I couldn't be happier.
We went out this afternoon to find the long-awaited orange flags marking where our house will stand one day. Word has it that they will be digging on Sunday and pouring the footer on Monday.
Be sure to check Olivia's gallery for all the good stuff
February 23, 2006
User Number Ten Thousand
Ten thousand is a lot of anything. But, ten thousand people registering on my little truck website is enough to make me wanna get up on my desk here at work and DANCE! Those who know me know that I DON'T dance.
Around midnight last night, some guy from Maryland registered for the 10,000th account on CustomTacos.com. It's just amazing that the site has gone from just a glimmer in my eye to what it is today in just over 4 years.
The most amazing part is that the site is growing at a faster pace right now than ever. Switching to vBulletin has got to be one of (if not the) smartest thing I've ever done for the site.
Many thanks to all of my moderators for helping to make the site what it is today. Here's to another 10,000 users.