November 22 2014

November 22 2014 Greetings My Friend Junior finished making the end table that is now between our recliners. He has an edge built up so the landline phone won’t be knocked off as easily. There are shelves underneath to store things we use frequently like our remote etc. Once more I am excited about what Junior has created and the impatience of wanting things done already is gone. I have learned to accept progress as it comes and not worry myself that it isn’t being done any quicker than he can go. I am thankful that this impatience in me is gone. I realize a lot of my desire to have things done quicker was to have others see what he/we have created. Today all I truly care about is our enjoyment. At times I wondered about some of the work he insisted on doing. To me he needed to concentrate only on the inside. A year ago last summer Junior built us a deck off the back of our house. I spent many days out on the deck soaking in God’s creation of woods, wild animals and such. I learned to sit out on the deck and each time I came into the house I found myself doing a little something. That was the start of my recovery in the energy department. It has been very slow progress but today I am moving about and resting a bit less. I can’t work for hours anymore before resting now I can work a good half hour and some days a bit longer. I now sit rest and then start again. The deck was what helped me get started. This past summer Junior started adding to the front porch extending it some more. At first I wasn’t all excited about it. As he extended it though I found myself going to the porch more to watch Junior, to find areas where I could work and create things. The kitchen has some rough cabinets in place and a stove top built in but it has been stalled. These days it resembles enough of a working kitchen that I am able to cook more efficiently so I’m good with it. After the windows were installed on the enclosed porch we saw a new idea start to form in our mind. We saw that a wall could be torn down and our kitchen space could be expanded. At present he is thinking about changing the footprint of our kitchen. Junior has given me a good working space in which to cook. The countertops are not in place as of yet only a rough wood top is in place. Right now I line the tops of the cabinets with glass cutting boards so that I have a clean surface to work with. The stovetop beats a burner plate anyday. I wait for the day the kitchen is finished but not impatiently as in the past. I have a good portion of the house looking comfortable and clean. I’ve decorated and organized to my hearts content. I am able to give Junior a comfortably clean home to stop his day’s work and relax in. I call him in for lunch and dinner most days now. He likes that a lot. We have set up comfortable alone time routines and come together time routines. We also take off on errands together once or twice a week. All of this works out rather nicely. Someday Junior will finish the house. As homeowners most of our adult lives we also know that once the renovation is done that there will be things to do each year to keep our home in good condition. This should not be as intense and it will keep Junior busy enough. We heard a comment from someone as we moved in to this place that they would not want to do all the work that this has required. I believe that God knew what we needed and gave us this job for a few reasons. Junior wasn’t ready to retire so this has been his job. Once it is done I think he will settle into retirement more so. God has allowed health issues to overtake me and today I am able to be comfortable staying home and finding enjoyment in being a housewife. I have a part time job of writing and I love it. Chances are if I had not been made to slow down I’d never have fully gotten into being a housewife like I am now or even write. I’d be off and running until I collapsed at night and I’d not have the satisfaction I now have. So in the end I see that God always knows what each of us need and will put us on that track if we are willing to listen to Him. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet