Septic tank in!

Okay, okay... so I got a little excited over having a gravel truck come. This was our first official "worker" to the field.


Next, we had the tank guys deliver the pump & septic tank. The kids got a kick out of the truck leaning backwards. It took about 10 minutes to set up and they were done!

And here's my honey attempting to help get everything set right. Viola! Now we have a septic system -- and we passed the inspection. The first inspection of many I'm afraid.

**What was so great about the septic system was that we got the septic tank & pump for FREE. Yeah, free --> can't get better than that huh? Another family had built a home that they considered a 3 bedroom -- but codes considered it a 6 bedroom because they had added extra closets in 3 of the rooms so they had to dig up this septic system and replace it with a much larger one to handle those 6 bedrooms. They just wanted us to take it out of their backyard.

We did have to pay to have a tank company to pick them up and deliver it to our field; and we paid our septic installer to get it all working... but it still saved us over $1,000 for not having to buy them. It was a pain in the rump trying to get everyone on the same schedule for pickup, delivery and install (add in crazy rainy days too!) but it wasn't too bad. Now, that's a good deal folks! You just can't get cheaper than free. ;)