New Week Day 2

Like last week, this week is off to an excellent start. Doug Cates from Made And Formed Foundations and his crew, finished installing the foundation forms. And today Tuesday all the walls have been poured. Tomorrow he will return and strip off all the forms and reveal the masterpiece underneath.

We had a number of visitors today inspecting the project. John Jackman and Fran Raiola from the town of Mansfield, Doug Glowacki from The Connecticut Dept Of Emergency Management & Homeland Security, all came out to tour the project. Ben from Souza Engineering was here, along with Matt and Joe from Towne Engineering.

The meeting went very well and Doug Glowacki was pleased with the project and where we are at with the budget. Ben, Matt, and Joe were here to answer any question on the engineering end of the project. My understanding is we are the first in the State of Connecticut to participate in the Severe Repetitive Lose (SLR) program and everyone is pleased with the way Mansfield is managing the project, and how we are progressing.
Doug Glowacki worked with John Jackman from the Town of Mansfield, and Sam Bell from FEMA to secure the SLR Grant for this project.


I am very grateful for the great contractors we have on this project, and the the guidance and support from the town of Mansfield.

To make a really great day better, Jeanne gave me permission to pick up Tommy early from school so he would not miss all the cement trucks delivering concrete today. He knew I was coming for him at 12:45 and I arrived a few minutes late and the look on his face and the hug I received was icing on a really good day.

Forms all in place.


Concrete Truck pouring concrete into the Pumping truck


We needed a concrete pumper because of the limited clearance between the house and the forms, and the house being in the way, the pumper could reach over the house with ease. It was very impressive to see this giant arm reaching over the house.


The camper is getting smaller. Kopper likes my side of the bed and the other night instead of fighting with him, and because he looked so sad, Jeanne chose to sleep on the fold down kitchen table. I really believe Jeanne knew Kopper had gas that night. He slept like a baby and I was close to being asphyxiated and blinded.
Camper life is such a joy..