Twiddling our thumbs AGAIN!

Well, we were supposed to have our plumbers start two days ago.  No plumbers.  Joern called the plumber with a question yesterday, and spoke with the master plumber.  He confirmed my translation of the whole last meeting with Mr. Plumber, that indeed, they had planned on beginning our house on Monday.  But, he then explained that they have become really backlogged with "emergencies," and that they hope to start on the house real soon. 
I hate to sound bitchy, but I cannot wait for the plumbers to get started!  I mean really, can't you hang out witout a working toilet for a week or so, just so that we can get going?  The nerve of some people!  (Okay, really, that is a joke- most plumbing emergencies are of the unpleasant sort, and I would not want people to have to live uncomfortably because of me.)  But, I would love to see the plumbers get started.

In electrical news, we have a walk-through date set with our electrician!  On Monday at 4:00 pm, Joern, Mr. Electrician, and myself with walk through the entire house discussing the location of our outlets and our Homeway boxes. As you can imagine, this means that Joern and I have quite an exciting weekend already planned out.

So, that's really all the news for now.  Hope to be able to update more quite soon!

The hunt for the missing excavator

Makes for a good mystery novel, huh? How can an excavator go missing? And by excavator I mean the machine, and not the person.
As of last week Saturday, it looked like full-steam ahead. The surveyor was supposed to come out yesterday and stake out the lot for excavation. Today, the excavation was supposed to have begun.
The surveyor did ineed come out yesterday, and in fact, the borders of the house are all staked out. The lot is ready and waiting.
No excavation today. No word from the builder. Mr. B called us this evening and asked if the excavation machine ever showed up- they usually arrive on the construction site the day before excavation begins. No machine. Nothing, no word.
Mr. Builder did explain that the driver of the excavator also needs to help on his brother's farm. FINE. But, please tell us!
Tonight, we decided to go look at all of Mr. Builder's current construction sites, to see if he is putting off the building project for another one, or if Mr. Excavator is really farming. After about an hour driving around town, going to his construction sites, and even driving by his yard. Nothing. It seems a little odd that we can't actually find the excavator.
Well, tomorrow is Thursday and the next day, Friday. I wonder when this is going to get started. I just I hope I am there with Joern to actually break ground!