Renovations continued....

These are pictures from the front and from the backyard. Look at that sky! What a rich blue colour! They are working at the roof today probably because the weatherman is calling for rain tomorrow. I hope we get some! It is sooooo dry. I've been watering my plants once in a while and our fruit trees, just letting the hose drip all night at the base of them.
Today I'm working and it is extremely hot. Like the sauna at a pool, except I can't really leave. THere is a bit of a breeze in the store so I step in there once in awhile. Right now my head is pounding so I thought I'd sit for a minute and download these pictures. It's pretty cool how the building is coming along. Next step will be ripping out the insides. I hope it cools down a little bit before we do that.
Gotta go.
Chow!

Should be....

I should be working on my banking, hanging out laundry, vacuuming, all that fun stuff but instead, I was cruising around in Facebook. I think this computer blogging, etc. is great for getting to know about people but do we really get to know them personally? We need to be careful we don't become so connected to our computer moniters that we forget what's going on out in the blood and flesh world. I could waste, yes waste, so much time googling...some of it is wonderful knowledge but some, not so necessary. Kevin is great for retaining useless facts.(those were his words not mine!) The kids love that they can ask him almost anything and he seems to know at least a little bit about it. My memory is like a sieve and I'm sure I seem rather "fluffy"(another word for airhead"ish") to some people. I just can't retain information! It's rather frustrating. Then there's my amazing mother-in -law who still remembers her Grandma's phone number from when she was a child living at home! That can backfire though, having too much in your head. She has said she wishes that she could forget some unimportant stuff to make room for the new. Out with the old, in with the new!
Our addition is coming along lovely. The trusses are up and they are working on the last wall this morning. There are a few minor issues, holding things up but they will hopefully be resolved shortly. Kev and I need to go cupboard shopping. We've been so busy that we're not sure what cabinets we want! I can't believe how relaxed I am about this whole process. 10 years ago, I would have been so stressed. Things don't bother me the way they used to and I don't worry so much. I've begun to learn to give that worry to God and let him take care of it. I don't need extra stress in my life by worrying all the time about everything. My mom was and is a worryer and I am determined I will not be. Of course, I still worry a little, that's only natural.
Lay your cares and concerns before the Lord and pray about them. Then give them to Him. It's good.

Well, that's my blog for the day. I really do need to get to work. I'll try and post some new pictures sometime soon.

Lorraine

Overwelmed

Today I'm feeling just a little overwelmed. Yesterday our builders came and we have garage walls and almost a floor in the addition. Today they are putting on the floor and the front porch floor plus a wall or two on the addition. Tonight is Samantha's openhouse for her enrichment class, tomorrow I work and then girl's club is at night. Saturday I have a shower to attend in the afternoon and then Kevin and I are going to see Cats at the Grand Bend playhouse. Because all this building is happening, I actually need to start packing up stuff, moving stuff around and prepare for a big mess in just a week or two. I'm excited but just not sure how I'm going to get it all done. Maybe I should stop typing and get to work! :)
Last night Kevin and I were moving more plants so the porch could get built today. I was feeling very sad because we had two little wrens trying to find the birdhouses we had to move. They had nests inside. I'm not sure they ever found them and I'm sure by now the eggs are cold or the babies are dead. The parents would come right up and sit on our deck posts outside the front window and sing their hearts out. It was so beautiful. I know I can't help it that we had to move the nests but I will miss them. Why did they have to choose this year to make a nest!?!

Lorraine