March 21, 2010

Moving right along....this week Josh installed the submarine....opps I mean a gas tank in the front yard. See picture above. I dropped it in the hole while he was sitting on it. Yep you read that right! To bad we didn't get a picture of that - the picture is just the dry fit.
He also put in the well pump and yesterday I watched our well water come pouring out. Had to see that to believe it! What a relief to finally have water! Yesterday he was working on digging our sewer trench to our pit, until the skid loader broke down. Opps! Have to wait till monday to finish that!
We pick up the kitchen on WEDNESDY.....yes this WEDNESDAY! No waiting a year and half for this one! Trying HARD not to think about it too much until then but getting more excited each day!
We put our porch furniture out on the porch this past week....that felt good! Gives me a place to sit and relax when I am up there with Evan.
Cleaning house like CRAZY...ridding the house of everything we don't want/need. Wow! When you move 3 times in 8 MONTHS...well you get it! It's got to be close to my heart to stay!
Gearing up for an exciting week ahead! Going for a walk with Evan and Riley today to enjoy this BEAUTIFUL weather! Yea for Spring!!


4 months old this week!

March 16, 2009 - Almost Home!

WOW!! It has been a ridiculously CRAZY 13 days! We have gotten SO much accomplished and I feel extremely encouraged at this point! Spring is here, the sun is shining and we are almost home! Can't wait to get back to a more normal life....whatever that is!

In those last days we...


- loaded ALL the floor into the house (Thanks Alan, Brandon, Bryan & Brooke - We appreciated ALL your help with this!)
-Cleaned everything to get ready for paint - Thanks Dad! The three of us spent 3+ hours each with our own shop vac! Whew!
-Got a well drilled and hit water @ 40 ft. Yeah! Saved money with a shallow well and we've got PLENTY of water pressure! Thanks well drilling guys!
-Primed the whole house and painted the ceilings - Josh was there till 12:30 one night!
- Painted the whole house in 3 days - Thank you Dad for giving us a WHOLE day of your time and Jewel and Matt for bringing us supper and spending the evening painting with us! Thanks so much!
- Installed hardwood flooring in the 1st floor - Josh and I during our 4-day flooring marathon - 1500 sq ft. Couldn't move afterwards!

Josh is wrapping some things up this week, among other things he is getting a propane tank put in, putting in the well pump and hopefully we will pick up the base kitchen cabinets to put in end of this week! YEAH!!! I am hibernating at home with Evan and Riley for the next couple days! Catching up on bills, e-mail and continuing to pack up.
Thank goodness my Mom was able to take SUCH care of him while we were "hammering down" the last few weeks! We missed him so much during the day and we couldn't have done it without her help!!! Thanks so much Mom!!

February 28, 2010

This was Sunday. In between holding up ductwork while Josh strapped it to the ceiling, I sat in here for a couple hours deliberating paint colors and trying desperately to find the strength to keep going! Seeing the drywall helped.
Trusting every day that He will continue providing....because that is the ONLY way we have gotten this far on this project!! Hanging on to the fact that next week we are painting!