I could tell you so much, but is it appropriate?  Appropriate even if I know no one is reading this?  But once its posted its out there, public record.
*sigh*
Well, here is what I an share... Leon, the crackerjack carpenter who is going to help Gerald build the wood foundation for our house stopped by and we share the plans with him.  We have the floor trusses but need to pickup the wood for building the foundation.  Our garage is mostly enclosed and so is a good place for putting together the foundation out of the weather before installing it on the gravel base.  The gravel base is a 3 ft wide, 5 ft deep trench filled with gravel.  Its the footing necessary to avoid frost heaving and allow drainage.  I'm hoping that once that starts the house goes up quickly - or at least quicker