When it rains...

I must find a new way to title my posts. Clearly numbering by day is not going to work with my sporadic postings.
I finally have the building permit approved and in my hand. With Jim's help, I was able to submit drawings that required only the most minute changes from the building department. Things like change R-19 insulation requirements to an R-21. Easy as pie.
Now I admit I dropped the ball a bit with one important detail. The architectural control committee. It was formed in 1970 and the founders are still on the board. It consists of three individuals, one of whom is on an extended vacation. Only last week did I remember I needed to submit stamped drawings to them for their review. I don't know when they will get back to me exactly as to if I can build the garage or not. I did phone this morning and let them know I had some contractors lined up. I realize it was my bad that they got the drawings late but now I'm hoping they could hurry up and give me the green light.
I have an excavator lined up and ready to go. I'm waiting for two concrete numbers back today to decide which contractor I will go with. Both can start next week. I have a framer lined up too. Originally my husband and I thought we would frame it ourselves and, for practice, we started to build a playhouse for the kids. It is a small project and pretty straightforward. We've been doing it for about 6 weeks now and still have a long way to go. I'm thinking that for something the magnitude of the garage and office it would be best to leave it to the professionals.
I'm waiting now on a guy from a roofing company to give me a quote and I'm just waiting for the go ahead from the architectural control committee to order the windows. So far so good.

Amy