After obsessing about building a plane for the last year or so, I finally have a realistic financial plan and the ambition to get it done. It was time to make the case to the wife. She knew it's been coming. She still thinks it's a huge amount of money, and she's right. But she is generally very supportive of my hobby and knows that it is inherently expensive. I think she sees the opportunity that I do for family trips and adventures. I highlighted how long it was going to take (probably 6-7 years) and that now is the time to start if we want to be finishing it up when the boys are teenagers. I'd also like to work on it some with my dad while I still have time with him.
She only had one request. Don't paint it plain boring white. I promised her she could pick out the paint scheme.