Since Emily had done such a great job handling the matter so far, Carla decided to let Emily personally handle the design and construction of the log cabin. Emily happily agreed and canceled her alternate Plan B program of working at the local Burger King for the summer. Emily got right to work. She settled on Northern Exposure Log Homes, Inc. as the builder. Emily met with representatives of Northern, and a contract was prepared.
Time is of the essence.
It was expected that Northern would subcontract various aspects of the work during the construction. Emily had spent the summer of 1992 in Stockholm studying as a foreign exchange student. Her fond memories of Stockholm were triggered in the contract negotiations when she asked Northern's representatives if they had heard of Tinker Logs. They replied that they had indeed heard of them but had never used them in a construction project. Once again, Carla showed up to sign the contract which her daughter had so skillfully negotiated.