Stuff that has happened since my last post

A lot of stuff has transpired since my last post. Uncle Kirby who always had a heart murmur developed a severe jugular pulse. YOu could actually feel it. He apparently had one small heart attack and another was probably going to come soon. He was not feeling well so we had to put him down.  Now I am left with Pi, who is supposed to be blind according the Pony Club vet, Andi Lytal. But he does not seem blind at all... so I am gong to get a 2nd opinion. Raleigh and Pi are both living in some temporary stalls I have built at my place while I am waiting for the barn to finish being built. 

Barn footers

FInally we have the permit for the barn. We had to do a geology study, a neighborhood compatibility study and and engineering study. It took nearly a year to get it.  But we now have it! Yea! Yea! Yea!

It does not look like much. It's just a peice of paper with a seal and a list of things for which we have to get approval in order to get the whole barn finally signed off.

Now the fun begins. This weekend we are going to dig the footer. The footers have to be 2 feet deep. At the ends of the building they span the width of the barn. And then in the front and rear wall they  are under where the doors are not.  The Hardi frames will attach to the footers. Hardi frames are used to increase the sheer strength of the building and to provide earth quake protection. I will try to blog about the barn steps as we build the barn.