Home is where the baleen is
For the Juneau Empire
It’s steelhead season, but I’ve sold my boat and been distracted with all that goes into planning to build a house.
As a result, instead of the sickening feeling of a steelhead shaking loose, my wife and I watched in horror as the price of materials shot up while the stock market dropped.We have all the forms and drawings and now it’s a matter of waiting until we can break ground. And by “we can break ground” I mean, “we will pay people who know what they are doing.”
We do plan to be involved in jobs that suit us, so we have moved to a location near the build site so after work we can walk to the site and sweep, collect, burn, move or haul whatever needs to happen.
It’s pretty exciting, but I know there will be plenty of stress during the process. Still, we will look back and likely appreciate we built rather than bought.
