Spent two hours at the lot yesterday with Doug Berning of Woehrmyer Concrete. We set the stakes so the excavator knows where and how deep to dig.

Got a call from Tim Holzen, the excavator. He is going to start digging in the morning. I consider this to be the official "groundbreaking". Believe it or not, even though we have over 4 acres, it will be a challenge to find a place for the dirt. Since we are in the Miami Conservancy District, there are some very strict guidelines we have to comply with. For example, there can be no "net reduction" in the capacity of the Taylorsville basin. What this means is that we can move dirt around below the 819' elevation but we can't take dirt from above 819' and move it below 819' because THAT would reduce the storage capacity of the reservoir. Conversely, we CAN move dirt from below 819' and move it above 819' as THAT will add to the reservoir capacity. Also, the basement floor can be no lower than 813'. We're OK there as we will be at about 816'.

Got a call from Time Warner and they gave me the bad news about internet service. Even though the next door neighbor has service, Time Warner's equipment is maxed out on our road. In order to increase capacity, it would cost ME a minimum of $7,000. You're probably thinking, just go DSL through the phone company. Frontier does not have DSL service down our road either. So, I will have to resort to wireless broadband and hope that works OK. We are one of about 700 households in Miami County without access to high speed internet. The reason this is a big issue is because I had plans to move my office into the house and I must have high speed internet to operate.