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 	fire.
 
 ### Journal ###
+* 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
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 	and greenhouse are now gone.
 * 2013 July 26<br>The remains of the two cars that burned were removed from
 	our property and sold as scrap metal.
-* 2013 July 21<br>After a week spet interviewing contractors who might help us
+* 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