Shedding Notes - Gettin' Back in the Groove~

Aug. 19, 2007

Gettin' Back in the Groove~

Hello to all our HSB friends and readers~

As most of you know starting school back is a very busy time for everyone. Some of you may know that I attend college full time and what makes it rough for me is being away from my wife and home. Classes start back tomorrow the 20th. I'm ready for it and in a way I'm not ready because it's extra driving for my wife since I don't/am not able to drive any longer because of physical limitations.

As well as going back to school we are homeschoolers and this causes my wife to have to teach on an earlybird schedule, we're also winterizing our home and trying to finish up the last of repairs before the cold season (end of November) sets in entirely. Here's our list of repairs and if anyone wants to donate a Lowe's/Home Depot gift card they are more than welcome to...LOL

insulating partial upstairs and downstairs walls
flooring upstairs and carpet for bedrooms to be built
recover kitchen floors with luan and tile
sand and refinish downstairs floors
buy and install 3 baseboard heaters for bathroom and 2 bedrooms
outdoor plumbing has to be dug up and buried further down
some sort of storage, containers, shelving or adding closets in each room

So, that's our plan to get things done! The hard part for me is being physically limited because there are a lot of areas that I cannot get to. Nancy has to do all the heavy work, which I hate because no woman should have to do all that heavy lifting. She does it without complaining even though it makes her sore and very tired. We need all your prayers to get through all this and maybe help from some of our neighbors that we've lent a helping hand to over the past two years that we've been here. I wanted to share some pictures of our house. This used to be a church originally built in 1891 and it is still all originial woodwork inside and outside. We marvel at the beauty that we live in every time we sit down as a family in our home.

ripping out the kitchen floors

me ripping out the kitchen floor to replace plumbing lines and put new kitchen cabinets in
nails from kitchen floor

nails from the floorboards, probably 116 yrs. old

old plumbing we pulled out

old plumbing we pullled out....NASTY!!!
we think...that's mold on the wall behind the old kitchen cabinets

C-R-I-N-G-EEEEE we think that's mold spores on the wall behind the old sink that we tore out...bleaching our hands was a daily activity back then...
floor under sink

floor underneath the old sink...now replaced with new flooring!
new floors

newly sanded and waxed floors!

Our outhouse, that I USE A LOT with three women in the house! See the hummingbird!!

Those are the pictures I have available at the moment. We do have some others of the outside of the house but I will post them later on. Hope you enjoy reading about our repairs and sharing our pictures.

Have a blessed day!

Gerald

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