Road Trip

Leaving this morning very shortly for Tennessee. I'm going to see Jamie, Traci, Jason and Sarah.....oh and some band called Third Day. Pray I get there safe! I'll be returning with more pictures to share.

PEACE OUT HOMIES!

Thing to Do #34

Quick post today...lots to do as usual.

My thing to do #34 is replace windows. That has happened now. We have new windows all over the house. They look really good. I can already tell the difference in the temperature of my house. By this time we are feeling the drafty winds in the kitchen and sunroom. That is no longer an issue. Now I just have to save money to buy new window treatments.

Thank a soldier

Today is Veteran's Day. Most people have the day off. Do more than just enjoy your day. Thank a soldier (active and/or retired). Whether you agree with what is going on in Iraq or not you should thank a soldier. Freedom isn't free.....

here are my favorite soldiers.....(my dad, husband and son)

Thing to do #18

I posted some on this subject earlier but wanted to post that I had actually finised it. I wanted to replace the kitchen floor. When we moved into our house in 1995 the kitchen had carpet in it. Yeah...I don't understand it either. A few years later we replaced it with laminate tile (cheap). We decided to finally do something nice and permanent. We decided to replace the kitchen floor and the dining room floor. The dining room floor was hard woods. I hated to tear up the floor but we decided to make the room look like one big room which required replacing the entire floor. When we ripped up the tile and the linoleum (ugliest stuff I ever saw but I forgot to take a picture of it) we found hard wood. Why would you ever cover over your hard wood floor with ugly? I bet this house was beautiful when it was first built. The man who lived here was a carpenter and built this house himself. I thought about trying to keep the hard wood but realized it would be way too much work to try to get the junk off the wood to make it look good again. The floor looks really nice and I'm going to enjoy it. It should be easy to clean. Here are the pictures.

Patience

I'm lacking in that area right now. I'm asking that whoever reads this blog would pray that Brian and I would have the patience needed to finish our remodeling. We started in July....JULY!!!! We were supposed to have our windows replaced and then paint the house. Well, Brian decided that he wanted to remodel the kitchen. That was fine but we have changed our minds several times with what we wanted. I changed his mind on things because of money (or lack there of ) and we planned to paint ourselves. The guys doing the remodeling took FOREVER to finish the windows. They were also supposed to do the trim work around the windows and the new doors they put in...that didn't really happen. Where they did do any work it looks AWFUL so we have had to redo the work. All we were going to do is paint once everything was done. We have now had to finish the trim ourselves and start painting. This of course has to happen when we get off work and on our days off. It is very frustrating.

Yesterday we finished the red wall in the kitchen. This has taken much longer than we hoped. Problems arose when we noticed a bubble in the paint. Brian tried to fix it and now it looks realy bad. We will probably have to sand and start over on that part. NOT HAPPY.

We just need to be appreciative of the fact that we have a house. Even if it is chaotic right now. We need to be patient with each other and not lash out.

Thanks for reading and praying. This too shall pass.

Goodness

I have no idea what to write today. I don't know how people find such interesting things to write about daily. My life revolves around getting my house back to normal. Today is paint day again and it is raining AGAIN!!!! We are just going to have to paint anyway. I can't live in this mess another month. I have to work tomorrow night and then I'm off for the next 9 days. I will be breaking my neck to get the kitchen finished. (except Thursday and Friday when I'll be going to TN to see a certain rockin' band and some great friends). Sooooo...that's my world.

Any suggestions about what to write about?

Life is a trip

so in the midst of remodeling which seems to be lasting forever....our hot water heater goes out....we should get a new one this weekend....well we go to my mom's to take a shower and find out that she has run out of gas and therefore has no hot water either....yeah this has been a very interesting couple of months....but I'm blessed and I have much more than I need...