Things are moving really fast for a change. We have gone from a flat mud pit, to being ready to pour the slab either tomorrow or on Monday. We finally have power – it took almost exactly one year from the initial request to PSE, a cost overrun of 50% due to PSE not having a clue where their primary power lines were; to actually having a meter and a plug at the home site. The Barron heat guys just finished a wonderful job of installing 1400′ of geo-thermal heat exchange pipe into the three 150′ long by 6′ deep trenches, 
and the about same amount of heating pipes on the main floor R20 insulation.
That’s a total of over a 1/2 mile of pipe installed in just 2 days, and half in very exacting geometric designs. It is wonderful to see actual progress – and how fast things are moving!