September 18 2014

September 18 2014 Greetings My Friend, It is that time in the afternoon where Junior and I slow down and regroup before entering into the 2nd half of our day. For Junior His day ends when it is dark outside. My day ends around 4:00 pm. I will rest fairly much the rest of the evening and once in a while I have an energy burst so I will do something during commercials. The humidity is on the high side and I am struggling to move about more so. I am still getting the work I usually do done but I am moving way slower today. I have a lot of rest periods and I find I nod off for a short nap as well. Junior was talking to a man about some windows we are having installed on our enclosed porch and he asked for an additional price for the deck to have windows. That cost too much for right now so that will come at a later time. I heard Junior tell the man that he will hire someone to renovate our master bedroom and add a master bathroom and my heart skipped a beat. I was hoping that at some point he would hand over some of the renovating to someone else. I can see he is getting tired out from the intense job. Junior has done a great job so far and his ideas have been outstanding. He works very slowly due to his back and he has enjoyed teaching himself how to renovate. He is an amazing man to me. I think the kitchen is still a long way off to being finished. He’s changed his mind and we are getting the windows installed so he will insulate the enclosed porch more so before tearing down the wall between the kitchen and the porch. Since he’s changed his mind he is rethinking how he wants to finish the kitchen. While he rethinks the kitchen he has started adding on to the deck he built last summer. The deck will be the entire length of the house. Since the deck is up high he is also working out a plan for a car port for the truck as well. God’s plan for us has amazed me to no end. This house is so special to me and it is the first time I haven’t felt like moving in my life. This is where I want to stay. Junior was not ready to retire and he was looking for some way to fill his days when we lived in MI. We felt God leading us to VA and then to this house and in my heart this is the job God wanted Junior to work on. As he has worked we also have started looking at what we may do post renovation. We are starting a few refurbishing projects and think this is the area we will work toward. Some of the refurbishing is for our home and later we hope maybe we could earn some extra spending money by selling our projects. We will see. This journey from living in MI to living in VA has been a long journey. It seems each phase of the journey has also been a discovery process as well. For me I’ve learned to slow way down to almost a complete stop. As I learn to be way slower I am slowly learning to reconstruct my day to day activities. It is rewarding to learn to still be able to work but at a much different pace. These days I am doing housework, exercising, doing Bible study, praying and writing. My days are full and enjoyable. The neat thing is I can move from one activity to another as my lungs will allow me. At the end of the day I can look back and see regardless of my energy level I’ve been able to keep working whether physically or quietly. I also see that God has been using my disability to teach me to rely on Him more so. I am learning how to reach out to others even though I don’t have the energy I once had and in that I still feel like I am contributing. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet