Our budget so far

We were $5K over our budget because we decided to do our hydroelectric system at the same time as our building and solar power. Since then, we've had a few lucky breaks. My client who directed us to Sunelec.com for solar panels saved us several thousand dollars. We are purchasing a pallet even though we are only wanting a 4K (that's electricity, not money) system because we have two friends who are wanting to buy in with us. Our aerated autoclaved concrete blocks came in a few thousand less than we had budgeted, using Aeroblock AAC as our supplier. We locked in a fantastic price on wood just before it went up $4 a board foot. .(At this point I feel sorry for men, lacking that shopping gene...it's positively an aphrodisiac for a woman, saving that much money. Wait...maybe I should feel sorry for myself, since he's lacking the aphrodisiac!) Anyway, we are back on budget and I have a shopping high.

We're Baaaack in the budget again! Whoo hoo, we're baaack in the budet again. And only two weeks behind schedule. Thankfully, that time has also been used to trench the utilities up to the future pad/slab, whatever you call the foundation. We may pick up time later. Hopefully we will pick up some labor, also. People are scheduled to come in. Let them be poor, please God, let them be poor. Because if these guys have had a gold streak or a lucky run gambling (I did say they were miners, didn't I?) they won't want to be working in the hot summer sun. They'll want to be back at those air conditioned casino tables trying to double their stake, or at the river trying to dredge gold to get a grub stake. Abjectly pitiful, aint it? Yet, these are amazingly talented and hard working people...they don't do drugs and they even stay sober during the entire work week. I've seen many construction crews, and that's a thing for bragging rights. it's just...if the tables are running...if the river is running...they'd rather be there. And how many of you readers have scheduled a build around gold miners?