It's been a long Winter around here! The snow has almost disappeared, the birds are singing and we are playing Softball! Spring is officially beginning! Thank you Jesus for your New Life that you Bless us with. I'm actually coaching our girls softball team! It's been fun, but a huge time commitment...and we've just begun! The house is coming along...we are picking out shingles, so we've had to discuss siding material and colors so that the shingles will compliment whatever we choose! It's pretty exciting and overwhelming all at the same time! At least we don't have to get the roof on before it snows...no pressure! On Saturday, I spent about three hours picking up the neighbours dog poop at our new property, in the rain. I filled a half of a green garbage bag and I'm only a quarter done the yard! I'm NOT exaggerating. I had to go home because I was starting to get seriously cranky. So, that brings me to my next point...I'm going to build a fence around our half an acre piece of land, all by myself...with a little guidance from my sweetie. I'll spend the entire summer nailing and staining, but my children will not roll snowmen in the backyard with 'pre-built buttons' (Dog poop) next winter! Nice thought hey! It's happened!

Bless you all...

Snow-snow-snow...that's all it seems to do here these days, weeks, months! I love the first snowfall...I anxiously await the arrival of that first snowflake that gently twirls down and then softly lands on my grass. I welcome every single snowflake from about October until January 4th. I've had it though...we have been in a deep freeze and now its going to snow until Sunday. It's definitely challenging to build a house through the Winter! My Honey has been working outside all day long and then by the time he gets home, the last thing he feels like doing is going over to 'our' house to work in the dark, cold night! Perhaps the Lord is giving us a break before the rainy Spring days do come because then we are going to be hard at it until October. That's right- October 27th is the day we are praying to be able to move into that house! I can't believe we are actually doing this again...it kind of feels like child birth...you forget how much it hurts until you are right smack in the middle of it! Present sacrifice...future gain...keep telling yourself that Mel!

Oh by the way...I've changed the appearance of my blog...I thought that crisp, green grass would remind me that Spring is just around the corner!