Rouse Family Adventures

 We’ve had two concrete trucks out on our property and have been foundationing so hard. As a concrete truck virgin I didn’t   know much about concrete other than it takes sidewalk chalk pretty well.   So I   googled some shit about it so I wouldn’t   appear ignorant when the first truck showed up.  Key points, refer to concrete as mud and talk about how it slumps. When the truck gets there let the driver know you want to look at the mud then say , "yeah that mud looks a little dry. I want more slump." That pretty much sums it up. That and you need help. Luckily, we have some pretty reliable friends that have been willing to come help us and have made some new ones. The night before our first concrete truck it was just Brandon, Annabelle and myself. Armed with a bunch of kid snacks and some new barbies we were prepared for a total shit show. At 9 PM we got a text from a fellow owner builder in the same neighborhood we had just met that afternoon saying h...