Saturday, October 11, 2008

Ummm... What has been going on in my life since October 11, 2008??? I can't believe it has been so long since I have sat down to share my thoughts! I guess all that coupon clipping sent me over the edge!! 

Well, since then, I stopped coupon clipping- twice, changed jobs-twice, been furloughed- twice, went on several vacations, started going to fertility doctor, got pregnant, miscarried, fertility doctor retired & now I am a patient of a fertility doc number 2 & started building a house. Is that all??? Whew- that is enough...

So let's talk about building a house, humor me. Everyone always says it is hard process & if your marriage survives building a house, it can with stand anything else that comes along. Well, I am not having trouble with the hubby- if we overlook the fight over the paint color in the Lowe's paint aisle & the light bulb disagreement at the same store- I am surprised that by now they don't give us boxing gloves at the door. My trouble is the builder & his electrical subcontractor. We are in month 7 1/2 of this house build. The complacent builder pretty much dropped off the earth during months 3, 4 & 5. We have had 16 full & total weeks here & there where no one shows up to work. Our electrician, I guess doesn't know that he CAN work 8 hours here or even 10 or maybe even on the weekends? He only works 3 to 4 hours at a time & that is stretching it. At this rate- it will be October of 2014 before he completes this job. I am getting very anxious at all this mess. Our old fridge passed away back in early August, don't worry kids, it was a fast painless passing. But that has sent me over the edge. To add to my anxiety, my biological clock is ticking so very loudly in my ear that I cannot concentrate on getting any packing done. We have purposely put all that on hold due to my going from zero to 400 degrees in half a second over things such as pantry doors, paint color, light bulbs and electricians... Stress is bad for making eggs & making them grow.

But luckily I am married to Joey- he is handier than a pocket on a shirt. He has really done a lot on his own while waiting on contractors to come in. He prepared the dirt for the concrete slab, he & my brother dug the trench for the footing for the house, helped with the pouring of the concrete slab, then had to pour the garage floor himself, painted the walls, cleaned & stained all of the concrete floors, picked out the fireplace, installed & rocked the fireplace with help from his friend, found some old barn metal - cut it all up and put it all up in various places, helped me with the making of my home made lighting. He will also pour our front & back porches, sidewalks & driveway. I know I could not have done all this stuff. I am so thankful for him! 

Our home will be beautiful once we finally get in it. And that is all because of him- he his so supportive & has such a good eye for things. I love him!

Enjoy the photos below of some of Joey's handiwork. Bear with me- I could just choose a couple of pics- so I uploaded a bunch of them.

This is our land before we started clearing it all out

Cleared out took out a lot of trees

Hauled in some dirt to fill in the holes that were caused by uprooting all those trees

Leveling off the land

Marking out where the house will be

Joey found this metal out in mom & dad's pasture from when they raised pigs 40 years ago- before I was born. It is the perfect addition to our home- bringing in some of my family's past and incorporating it into our family's future.

So there ya go... all caught up for the last 5 years. Our lives are pretty mundane, but that is the way we like it. I am blessed beyond measure. I am very thankful for all my family & friends. Thanks to listening to my ramblings. Until next time...