So I went into my kitchen today, to see what progress had been made…AND THERE WAS DIRT! There was a big pit along one wall, and piles of DIRT! There’s DIRT under my house! Who knew?

You see, our house is on a slab. There’s no crawlspace anywhere; and all of the ground immediately around the house is paved with flagstones or bricks. I’ve always known that there’s dirt under my house, but I’ve never, you know, seen any of it. I wasn’t expecting to see it today, either.

However, it’s a good sign. Some of the drains coming down from upstairs need to be re-routed, and since we’re putting in a bathroom downstairs where our pantry used to be, we’ve got new drains to be added. The digging is all in aid of this, which means that we’ve moved from mere demolition to actual construction. Sound the trumpets!