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### Journal ###
+* 2013 December 16<br>Got our "last" set of questions answered by our
+ contractor, and signed the contract for constuction of our new house.
+* 2013 December 10<br>Met with contractor to review cost estimates for our
+ revised plan. We're within budget now, so gave him the go-ahead to
+ write up a contract!
+* 2013 November 25<br>Met with contractor and architect to deliver our
+ proposed updates to the plan and discuss. We're actually happier
+ with the revised design, they both seem to like what we proposed,
+ and everyone is optimistic it will come in within budget.
+* 2013 November 18<br>Met with our contractor to discuss costs. Not too
+ surprisingly in hindsight, what we designed would cost more to build
+ than we are prepared to spend. Back to the drawing board, literally!
+* 2013 November 2<br>Met with our contractor to provide information he needs
+ to put cost estimates together for us in parallel with waiting for
+ structural engineering work to be completed.
* 2013 October 21<br>After several iterations, we now have floor plans and
elevations that accurately represent what we'd like to build.
* 2013 September 19<br>First draft of main floor plan received from the
* 2013 July 21<br>After a week spent interviewing contractors who might help us
build a new house, we made a decision! We'll be working with Doug
Strecker, dba <a href="http://www.rampartcustomhomes.com/">Rampart
- Custom Homes</a>.
+ Custom Homes</a>. At his suggestion, we'll be using David Woody as
+ the architect tasked with turning our sketches into working plans.
* 2013 July 4<br>all web sites formerly hosted returned to normal
* 2013 July 3<br>gag.com web presence returns to normal
* 2013 June 28<br>gag.com mail service returns to normal