Patience Is A Virtue

It seems the theme of our house-building project is Hurry Up & Wait. To catch you up to speed on recent events, here is a handy bulleted list of what's been happening:

• We submitted our house plans, etc. and applied for a building permit.
• We found that we needed to start over with our house plans.
• House #1 was too big (i.e. too expensive).
• We had completely *new* house plans drawn up by the architect.
• We found out the septic design that the septic designer made was put in the wrong spot (by the designer).
• We had to have a new septic design made by the same people.
• And pay them more money.
• Which really ticked me off.
• We had to resubmit the *new* houseplans for a building permit.
• We need to get all new bids for work on the *new* house.

The good news is that I really like the new house plans. And even more than that, I like that we can (probably) afford this one without having to sell vital organs. Or live in the garage.

So, depending on how long the County drags their feet and holds up our building permit, we could hopefully be breaking ground by summer. Which would be great. Which would also involve us moving to a rental house closer to the actual property in order to keep a watchful eye on things. Which would be a hassle but could save us a couple hundred dollars a month. Which would totally be worth it.

For now we sit and wait for our permit and start figuring out how much the *new* house will cost to build. If patience is a virtue, I should be a saint by the time this is all over.