The story behind the name

I have always loved sea glass because of the beautiful green, blue and brown hues that are made even more breathtaking when they are tossed in the water. I am also drawn to pretty glass bottles, especially those with unique shapes, textures or stories. When we purchased our land, it had lot of garbage where our driveway now sits. Included in this garbage were lots of glass bottles in all different shapes, sizes and colors. As unappealing as this may sound, there have been many beautiful and unique glass bottles found at the property. While we obviously do not want to drive on a green glass road, the road itself was only made possible after lots of green glass was recovered. So therin lies the story behind the name of the Adventures at Green Glass Road.

Monday, September 6, 2010

And we are off...and digging

Now that we have made it through all the permits and the grading prep work, construction has officially begun (meaning now there is a big hole in the ground). Keith had one busy Labor Day weekend playing with a very large loader and lots of sandy dirt. He was able to excavate the basement that will go under a portion of the house. The next steps will be to pour the footers and then have the block laid for the foundation walls. Hopefully that will happen September 17th-19th. In the meantime, Keith has more prep work to do for the footers, and they will need to be inspected before the concrete is poured. All in all, a very productive weekend with great weather (no rain, or humidity, or 90+ degree days!) Here are a few pictures of the kids enjoying the tractor, and running around their new basement.
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 7, 2010 at 8:49 AM

    Your story reminds me of Glass Beach on Kauai. The shore is made of all soft, pea sized bits of colored glass that started as bottles thrown into the ocean. Most of the glass pebbles there are lime green. Can't wait to hear more.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 7, 2010 at 12:09 PM

    Well, then we should put up a sign saying "Welcome to Kauai" because I am pretty sure our soil is sandy enough to pass for a beach.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 8, 2010 at 3:24 PM

    Congrats folks; the ISEKI looks good in yellow...:-)

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  4. UnknownSeptember 13, 2010 at 6:05 AM

    Those mounds of dirt will make for good sledding hills come winter. Just make sure they have their blaze orange jackets on during deer hunting season.

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  5. SarahSeptember 13, 2010 at 4:56 PM

    Good point, Eric. Although I think the mounds will be gone come winter. Much to their dissapointment. Maybe they will just have to burn styrofoam board instead on a stick over a fire pit.

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