Back in the building saddle

It's been awhile since last posting here and that's for good reason. We had put the building project on hold after we finally built our culvert bridge. Yes, it is large as the town required the pipe to be 54" in diameter which is as large as you see on highways. Good thing though as we've now had two "floods of the century" in the past few months and it has passed the test.

The other reason was that our bundle of boo, Tabitha, was born in November and we needed to focus on her. A week after her birth we found out she had a serious heart defect that required open heart surgery. She was not doing well for the first couple of months so we expedited surgery which happened in February. It was brutal but she pulled through and is now a happy and healthy baby.

I also changed jobs to advising a financial concern on an investment in a mobile technology company and, at first, it wasn't clear how long that would last. In many ways it still isn't clear but things have stabilized enough that I feel comfortable taking on the financial burden. Since we already have a lot of cash invested in the land and the bridge the bank will not require any more money down to get the construction loan. I will still put some money in to keep the mortgage reasonable but we have flexibility. We also know that we'll have to upgrade our apt in NYC in the next year or two to at least a two bedroom and having the house will give us flexibility if we decide to sell and live upstate for a bit and/or we end up going back to renting if we can't find the right place to buy or want only one mortgage.

Anyway, back in the game and hopefully will keep this up to date as we're now kicking things off (again).