oh no...

Please listen to this while you read this entry...

So, after I arrived, the guys started arriving with trucks fulla flat-pack stuff (roof, floor, walls, all the good stuff you need to build a house).

Christmastime for Dani! The packages started to be unloaded by Greg, using the lull (big ole hopped up forklift). And everything was going fine until... The walls. The big 24' walls.

And there were trees in the way. They wiggled around for twenty minutes just trying to get past the trees. There was this one particular beech tree.

This lil guy. And beeches are slow growers - this one is probably 30 years old! So when they asked for a chainsaw, I said - aww, come on, I bet you can get past it. Can you just try one more time to see if you can get around it?

And being the good sports they are, the guys said sure, we'll give it one more try.

AND THEN... Here - let me just zoom out on that photo....

Yes, the lull is in a ditch. Sunk its front tire 4' into a mud pit that appeared out of nowhere. So now we wait for a few hours until the crane gets here, whereupon various magic powers will be requested of its operator. Fingers crossed, lets break for lunch.