Just a quick update here. We've been wondering why all our neighbours have their topsoil back, but none of the Baywest homes on our street, including ours, do. I called Jean last week and asked her what was happening with it, and she said something about the soil being too wet in their pit for them to deliver. Strange, I thought...maybe every other builder in Tuscany keeps their pit covered...? (yeah, I'm being sarcastic). Anyway, not satisfied with that response, I called back today and finally, after waiting for days to hear back from him, got ahold of Jeff.

We had a few issues that we needed to talk to him about, one of which was our topsoil and concrete situation. So, when I asked him about the topsoil, he said that they're starting to do some of it now, but they like to wait until the concrete is poured first, so they have something to use as a level for the soil. While he didn't give me any indication of how long it might take them to get around to our house, I suppose his explanation was a bit better than Jean's. He also said they like as much rain as possible to fall before they do the topsoil so the ground has more of a chance to settle. Fair enough.

I find it quite strange and rather frustrating that we're having to take the initiative on this stuff. I would've thought that as soon as spring arrived, they'd be calling to give us an update on the situation and a timeframe for our exterior work to be finished. No such luck, I guess. I can't say I'm really surprised by this stuff anymore.

All in all, at least we have some answers. I guess we'll have to wait for them to come pour our concrete and return our topsoil so we can get some sod down. We really want to get a dog this summer, but we're waiting for our yard to have grass, rather than dirt and nails...

We'll keep you posted on the dog situation, as well as any other tidbits of interesting info.