The footings are poured

We poured the footings (the cement at the bottom of the foundation) on Wed (11/4/09)! Now that the footings are poured, there's no stopping us now!
This is a corner of the footing in the basement for the masonry heater, that I carved the date and put my handprint on. Too bad the kids were in school and couldn't put their hands on as well. I'm told this will be visible in the basement.

Here is the cement truck, from our neighbor Walt Miles (Miles Sand and Gravel). We poured 4 truckloads of cement today, 10 cubic yards per truck, you do the calculations, but it's a lot of concrete, all of which was pumped uphill by the pumper-guy (white pick-up at the left, with pipes heading uphill). The guy who held the other end of the pipe was a very strong kid.

This is the footing for the east wing of the house, which will have a 3' crawl space under the house. The center part of the house has a full basement, you can see the forms at the right side of this photo.

This is a photo of the garage footings; the guys were taking off the forms already, a mere 6 hours after pouring the cement, and it had already hardened! The ambient temperature was around mid-50's, but the cement was already so hard they could pound on it with hammers. Amazing stuff!

I am so happy we have the footings poured. Now the weather won't affect us as much, now that the footings are in!