May 13 2017

Greetings My Friend, The long awaited day came, we made the final payment on our Lazy Boy sofa recliner and it was delivered before I had gotten out of bed. What fun to see it in the TV room when I got out of bed. The other sofa recliner was moved into the sitting room making that room look real nice too. I spent several hours moving end tables pushing the sofa to the right spot and sweeping up the floors. When I finished the TV room I spent time in the sitting room fixing that up too. I stopped a few times to take a nap and got back up to work some more, all of sudden the rooms were to my satisfaction and I was content. Our home is taking shape and we are replacing the make do furniture to our style and taste. I am happy this day has come. We now have 2 good pieces of furniture and Junior's recliner I bought him for Christmas the first year we were married. We have been working toward this day for awhile now and it has arrived. Tomorrow I will slice up some strawberries then dry them afterwards I would like to tackle the Hosier cabinet by cleaning it up and getting it ready to be used when Junior finishes with the electrical project he is working on. I have longed to get this piece back into the kitchen for sometime now and soon it will put in its spot. Junior has been measuring the cabinets so he can make them all the same height. He is thinking of making doors with chicken wire in the middle of the door giving the look of a rustic farm kitchen. Outside the porch has gotten messed up because Junior and his buddy Howie are working on another electrical project for the carport when they finish that up I will get that area in order once more. The clutter is not what Junior usually drags out onto the porch, it is mainly a few things scattered around so I know I will be able to get that back in order on my own. Slowly the carport is getting a roof on it which means this summer the van will be in the shade and next winter it will be out of the winter weather too. God has brought us to this moment of organized and functional pretty. I am grateful for these little gifts in the renovation of our home. We continue to learn to trust and obey even when it feels like we will never see the end of all the renovating. Slowly though we are seeing nearly finished rooms and it is worth all of the lessons we have had to learn along the way. I wanted to move in hire the work done and be on our way within a year. That did not happen. We could not hire a contractor so Junior undertook the renovating, I learned to live in the middle of chaos, how to work with a broken body and slowly we are seeing rooms that are nearly finished. I am grateful that God took us down the long road instead of the easy road because of the lessons we have learned along the way. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet