We're finally building UP!

I've been sick for the past week or so and haven't been doing much documenting of anything really... but am back on board now, and as the project is due to move full-steam ahead as of today, I'll be here dutifully recording every speed-bump along the way.

Last time I posted (a few weeks ago), we were having the slab poured. Well, it all went very well, and we now have a fabulous 130 sq. m. slab with no cracks! We water-cured the slab for 7 days - which meant having sprinklers going on the concrete non-stop for the whole week. My social conscience was in guilt overdrive, but luckily Mother Nature came to the rescue and provided us with a good solid week of persistent rain so we could turn the sprinklers off.

We've had 10 pallets of concrete blocks delivered in the last week. The external walls of the studio will be constructed from these blocks, which, once started, will be a fairly speedy job. We've also had a termite barrier installed to try and dissuade the little nasties from making a meal of our pride and joy.

Today, Adam and Max are on the job again... The first of the blocks are being laid! We've all been counting down until this moment because, as my post title explains - We're finally building UP! It's been a long time coming, and now that we're here, it feels fantastic! Except for the tiniest of incidences this morning where I went to wash some dishes only to find my dish washing detergent missing. Recalling a funny story that Adam told me in our early days together of how, when he was a kid, his Dad was always building something, and his Mum was always looking for her dish washing detergent only to find it outside being used in the mortar... I went a-looking. It didn't take long to spot my lovely lemon-fresh friend sitting in the middle of the slab, and it took even less time for Adam to understand the enormous knowing grin on my face. Seriously, never in the history of mankind has there been a truer testament to the saying "Like Father, Like Son" than my husband and his Dad.

Anyway, am currently searching for the camera so I can record this momentous "Laying of the first block"... I'm not having any luck though, so will post some pictures when I finally do.