The builder wanted to start our new house back in mid-January. But, the constant rain and snow (and sleet) has completely stopped him. The trees where the house will go have been cleared. That probably only took a couple of days, weeks ago. So now the lot is a slope with many thousands of square feet of very deep mud, with scattered boulders and a huge pile of tree roots waiting to be chipped and hauled away. So, no real progress.

The house next door is going up, though, since that lot was already cleared and smoothed. I wouldn't have thought it was a good idea to try putting up a concrete and cinder-block foundation when the temps are below freezing. But that's because I don't know anything about concrete, I guess.