Preparations have begun

So, when we last left off with the house (a week ago), this is what it looked like:

A giant mess in desperate need of cleaning up. Well, DH and I cleaned up the random wood, etc that way laying around.  We also cleaned up the huge pile of stuff that was off to the left side of this picture. (You can't see it in this picture.)

Well, the other day, my Dad came in and cleaned up all the block and concrete bits. I don't have pictures of him doing it, as we weren't there that day. However, I -do- have pictures of the after-effects!

 As you can see, the block and random concrete bits are now gone. The only block remaining is the few you see acting as steps into the other half of the house.

The next step will be to excavate, pour the slab, and lay the block. That's supposed to happen sometime in the next week or so. My Dad has to make precise measurements, figure out what we need, rent the excavator, line up a masonry, etc. So, the next update will come once that process starts.