I can’t believe the weather around here right now! It has been in the 70’s for the past week and we have kept our windows open at night! NICE!
With the warm, clear weather, we were able to move ~20 tons of gravel (by hand, with a shovel and wheel barrel!) into the house. It is put down over the leveled ground. On top of the gravel we now have insulation, water proofing, wire mesh, and radiant floor tubing. (A friend of mine makes orgonite, so I may throw some of that in there too, before we pour the concrete. I don’t know much about it, but it sounds cool and it can’t hurt to incorporate some crystals into the house, right?) Tomorrow we hope to have the inspections (for the foundation and for the mechanics of the radiant flooring), then the slab will be poured on Friday!!! Wahoo!!! We are having the color mixed directly into the concrete and then we will put a sealant on top so it will by kinda shiny. I can’t wait!!
Oh, I just posted the first Viriditas newsletter. It has a nice Nettles recipe if you are interested.
This weekend we are hosting a Maya Abdominal Massage Self-Care class based on the teachings of Rosita Arvigo (and Don Elijio Panti, a mayan healer). I can’t wait! This is something I have been wanting to do for a while! In May, I head up to NH for a professional training class. Then I can offer this to my clients. The basis for this massage is that it helps to strengthen muscles and ligaments in the abdomen so that the organs ‘fit’ in the right places. For example, if your uterus is ‘retroverted’ (tilted backwards) this may cause bowel pressure, chronic constipation, painful cramping during menses, old blood to be held in the uterus, infertility… the list goes on. So, this massage helps to get things back in place and relieve symptoms. As I see it, it also increases effective blood and energy flow so that the herbs I give to my clients can get to where they need to go. (No point in giving my clients uterine herbs if the blood flow to the uterus is lacking or bowel herbs if there is decreased energy flow there, right).
Here’s a bunch of pictures–
After a long rainy day a couple of weeks ago, Kaia got out in her puddle boots to jump in the puddles…
And dig in the mud…
And wiggle her toes in the mud…
And play in the water…
And kneel in the water…
And cover herself with mud…
Here’s Kaia’s new play house! She loves it! Her cousin grew out of it and passed it along. Now she needs to learn how to swing herself 🙂
Digging out our sunken patio.
The patio again…
Shoveling out ~20 tons of gravel…
half done with the gravel
Gravel’s done!! (the blue squares are where the interior structural posts will be. They have a deeper footer…
Insulation is almost done…
Now the wire and pex are down and you can see the orange marking out the lines of the walls/rooms
Radiant floor tubing…
The radiant floor input/output
I don’t know who is building this house for you, but they are doing a damn good job!
That is so A-MAZING! You’ve made incredible progress in such a short time. And I am incredibly jealous of the little excavator. I want one! Will you have a masonry chimney?
Needless to say – and I’ll say it anyhow – Kaia is so cute in the mud and in her play house!
See y’all next weekend.
Well, I know the guy who is building this house and you are dealing with a real low-life! I hope he does not rip you off the way he has ripped other people off! He goes by Oliver but that is not his real name. I mean, who would name their kid Oliver, right?!?!? He does have 3 studs that work with him from time to time. But I heard one of ’em is gay.
Wow — you’re making great progress! It’s been so much fun to watch the house progress. I hope you’ll be having a big housewarming party when it’s all done!
it’s moving along nicely!
Thomas, we will probably have a wood stove (maybe a wood cook stove). We thought about a masonry stove, but it was too much.
I do want to build a cob oven outside once the house is done, though.
Ha ha Chris!! By the way, I love the name Oliver!
Okay, Chris K, I’ve been on the work site a time or two and I’ve not seen those three 2×4’s! Could you tell me what days they work?? Lonely and Single