{"id":74,"date":"2020-12-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2020-12-07T05:20:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T05:20:04","slug":"skipping-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Skipping ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is lots to fill in between closing and today. I&#8217;ll write those posts later&#8230;because God opened big doors for us. From building permits to getting electricity and water. But I&#8217;m skipping ahead to right now because we have a basement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5657.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5657.jpg 720w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5657-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5657-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5657-75x100.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>My mother-in-law sent these to me around noon on the first day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They started digging the basement on Monday November 30. My mother-in-law sent me a few pictures around lunchtime. It was so exciting to know they were up on our hill digging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We could hardly wait to go out after Kerry got home from work and see what they&#8217;d done. Imagine our surprise when the whole basement was done and footings were poured! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5660-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"79\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5660-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?attachment_id=79\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5660-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5660-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5660-1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5660-1-75x100.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">View from the road<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5659.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"76\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5659.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?attachment_id=76\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5659.jpg 720w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5659-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5659-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5659-75x100.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5664-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"78\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5664-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?attachment_id=78\" class=\"wp-image-78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5664-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5664-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5664-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5664-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5664-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5664-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Footings!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It so cold up there, but we got a picture of us &#8216;standing&#8217; in our basement living room. The boys had lots of fun scrambling up the hills of dirt. They almost looked like mountains from the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5666-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"80\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5666-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?attachment_id=80\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5666-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5666-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5666-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5666-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5666-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5666-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5671-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5671-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?attachment_id=81\" class=\"wp-image-81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5671-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5671-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5671-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5671-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5671-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5671-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">From the West end looking East<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5672-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"82\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5672-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?attachment_id=82\" class=\"wp-image-82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5672-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5672-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5672-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5672-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5672-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5672-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Standing in our basement<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For years the rocky ground was farmed by Kerry&#8217;s family. Now seeing all that dirt and rock piled up I gained even more of an appreciation for the struggle it was to harvest a crop from the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I plan to have the big boys gather some of the larger limestone rocks from the piles and save them back. I&#8217;ll use them for landscaping and flower beds. I&#8217;m sure we will have to move them more than once. My good friend Annette has shared with me her boys&#8217; love of moving rocks so I look forward to sharing the tradition. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went out again Tuesday and the walls were poured. It feels surreal and so very exciting. I may have teared up a little watching it all get started. We were blessed with an incredible sunset again and I look forward to watching it set from my deck for years to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5676-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"84\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5676-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?attachment_id=84\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5676-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5676-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5676-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5676-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5676-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5676-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">From the East edge looking toward the West.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5677-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"85\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5677-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?attachment_id=85\" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5677-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5677-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5677-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5677-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5677-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5677-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">From the walkout basement looking East<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5675-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"86\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5675-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?attachment_id=86\" class=\"wp-image-86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5675-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5675-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5675-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5675-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5675-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5675-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">That sunset!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is lots to fill in between closing and today. I&#8217;ll write those posts later&#8230;because God opened big doors for us. From building permits to getting electricity and water. But I&#8217;m skipping ahead to right now because we have a basement! They started digging the basement on Monday November 30. My mother-in-law sent me a&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/?p=74\">Continue Reading Skipping ahead<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-construction"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thereisroomatthetable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}