Basement walls and well

I did have to call the bank, and the builder is a bit annoyed with us as a result, but walls for two sides of the house are up now. The existing well has also been drilled 50 feet deeper. The well will be under the house -- something we couldn't avoid because it was there when we purchased the lot. The people we bought the lot from owned the adjoining lot as well and were planning to build a house in the middle. If we moved our house to the right it would be too close to the other lot; if we moved it to the left we'd lose most of the view. In any case, the well needs to work for a long time because if it ever dries up, we'll have to have another one drilled.

Here are some photos Randy took yesterday:

Randy also damaged his SUV while at the site. I meant to take some pictures of that, but he's gone on a business trip now, so it will have to wait. He was trying to move his trailer (you can see it in the far right of the above photo), which he left there a couple months ago. He and his brother-in-law, Eddie, were going to pick up a load of sod for Eddie's yard. Randy hasn't told me exactly what happened, but the molding over the rear left tire was ripped off and there's a gash in the driver's side door. The trailer is still stuck in some dirt.

Randy and Eddie can't order sod from the same company again because they didn't pick up the order. Apparently sod dies if left out overnight after it's been cut.

Randy was planning to pick up the green claw-foot tub with the trailer later in the day. It ended up fitting in the back of his Durango, so he was able to bring it back here anyway. It's almost in good enough shape not to need refinishing on the inside. At first I thought it hadn't been refinished before. The surface looks like the original porcelain. But when I looked closer I saw a few small places where a top layer of paint is peeling. That will need to be sandblasted off, and I can't do that. We'll have to have both tubs professionally refinished.