The Rat...

I snapped this pic because it looks funny. This is a 20 foot inflatable rat posted up in front of the office building I work at. It has a sign that says "Don't Buy Centex Homes". Apparently, the tradespeople are striking because Centex isn't paying them well. the past few says, they have been about 60-100 strong. Centex's headquarters are in the same building as I work. As long as they don't get in my way when I'm trying to park, I have no problems with them. :)

Anywho, progress didn't move as quickly as I had hoped today. It rained yesterday, so the framers did not do any work yesterday. They started to work today, but because the cement folks came to start laying the cement for the porch and the garage, it slowed things up. Not a whole lot of room for two crews to work simultaneously without getting in each other's way. But you can see from the pics, that the framers have begun putting in the flooring and the metal posts in the basement.

You can see the trenches they laid for the garage in the bottom left corner of this pic. Hopefully the cement guys will be back on Monday so they can finish up and the framers can moce at full speed.