Because I qualified for a Home Depot construction loan, and because that loan expires in January, I need to purchase as many building supplies as I can under that loan. That is, Home Depot said that I could re-apply next year, but there’s no guarantee that I’ll be re-approved. So rather than take the risk…

Now that the septic is completely installed and approved, all that’s left to do is to get it covered up – which means moving HUGE amounts of dirt. I had already started in on it by hand, but I figured I’d speed things along by renting a skidsteer. Here’s how that went:

There’s a lot to update you on with regard to the septic, but I wanted to wrap it all up into one mostly-final septic post. So here we go! It includes approximately 32 minutes of video footage though, so you might want to either grab a cup of coffee before you dive in, or maybe…

…and this is what I ended up with: It’s not pretty, but it’ll do. And this is the finished product: By the way, do you guys prefer videos in parts, like in this post, or is it better to combine them all into bigger videos?

Yay! After waiting a whole week – which was equal parts annoying but also a nice chance to get caught up on things and relax a bit – my septic supplies finally arrived! All for the low-low cost of $5187 (and that’s not even all of them). The two biggest contributors to the cost were…

Well, the septic system is taking longer than expected, but I’m saving between $1,300 and $6,300. So it’s not for nothin!

Here’s a video about the updated layout of the build site to keep you in the loop;

So for the last 10 days or so, I’ve been renting a Kubota L47, which is what they call a “tractor loader backhoe”, and let me tell ya, I’ve gotten a LOT of work done with it. And I’ve done so much digging with it that if I would’ve done it by hand, it probably…

I’m excited to announce that I finally have a driveway! Two local guys tag-teamed carving out the driveway with two great big backhoes. …but not before having to destroy the work I’d done so far with the soil-cement – which kinda hurt to watch! But they were saying that the culvert needed to be dug…

I met a guy at the mountain party I went to the other day – which by the way I took a couple quick pictures of; a good time was had by all; and I’m glad I went… Anyway, I met this guy that I had tried to get a hold of sooner, but wasn’t…

I’m definitely losing track of the days here because it doesn’t seem like everything I’m doing should count as a work day. For example, I had 3 big solar panels on the roof of my RV that were just sitting up there because A) they’re heavy; B) I hadn’t gotten to mounting them yet; and…