Two trees forward, one door back

The day after we trimmed the cedars, we had a bit of a weed-eating accident. A rock hit - and shattered - the storm door. Great. 

Well, the same kind neighbor found a replacement in his stash, and brought it over. For free. Grateful for the way the Lord provides - even in the little things. 

A rare job outside

Yesterday, our very kind neighbor offered his chainsaw so we could trim our cedars.  HAHA.  Hint taken. So we spent our Sunday afternoon getting it done.

Have I mentioned we're in the midst of the lockdown for COVID-19? What a strange season of our lives. James has been working from home - which has been awfully nice. But it felt good to get out and do something.

More precarious ladder situations...

Now to load it all up to get in on the Browns' big junk pickup.

Adding to my tamping resume

Sure does look nice!

Let There Be (More) Light!

 He's in there somewhere.  Working on the electrical for a light fixture in the entry.

First sconce in!

Now to patch the former location of the light. Precariously. Very precariously.

Looking so good!

Patch, Caulk, Repeat

Seems like an endless line of things to patch, caulk, etc...

But a buddy makes it all better. :-)

Where's the Little Dutch Boy when we need him?

Well, the birthday party happened last night.  40+ people in our house, incredibly yummy fajitas - such a good night. And now, back to work. 

James decided to take down the cabinets to start taping and bedding the sheetrock.  And in the process, discovered that a screw had previously been placed right into the water line in the wall. So when he removed the screw, it was a like a fire hydrant shooting across the kitchen.  He ran to shut off the water while I attempted to plug the hole and catch the water with buckets and towels. And then I cried. HA! It had been a good couple of weeks of progress, everything going so smoothly, and I just hated for him that we had another mess to deal with. 

But he jumped into action, and within an hour, the water line was replaced, and the sheet rock was back up.  Now to avoid doing that again...

And as always, the girls adapt - Charis moved to the dining room table to roll out the dough for Chicken Pot Pie. :-)

Just another Monday

A weekend of working on the house is always followed by the reset on Monday. Usually the girls are a huge part of that.  And this time was no different.  After weeks of the school shelves being in the playroom while the tile was laid, it was finally time to get them back in the dining room. 

It's always so refreshing to me to put things back in their place. Especially now, when all the work we do is PROGRESS - visible progress!  One weekend at a time...

Isn't it beautiful?!

It's the Little Things

James spent weeks planning a big 40th birthday party for me - I wasn't allowed to do a thing!  That meant that while he was finishing the island and the tile, he was also shopping for fajita meat and organizing the menu.  And he had one last house chore on his list, to help improve the look in the main part of the house - a door for the laundry room.  

It's amazing how it improved the look of things - we'll paint it one of these days.