Birdstump Barn

Dreamy Victorian house, shed footers, and a job

Been awhile since I posted...had a few detours in our plans...

I had to go and fall in love with this house in town, and while David has been busy working in Kansas (2 hour commute each way), I spent a couple of weeks making calls and getting bids to see how much it would cost to move this home to our property.  Unfortunately, it just would end up being more than we feel like we should spend.  Kinda makes me laugh....the amount we're talking wouldn't even get us an old fixer-upper in the areas we have recently moved from.  But we're determined to leave decidedly within our means, with a goal of being mortgage free asap.  So, no gorgeous Victorian with inlaid wood floors, 10' ceilings, huge bay windows, original woodwork, including a gorgeous stairway, french doors......Ah, it's a beautiful home.  If anyone in NW Missouri is looking for a house, email me and I'll give you the details..;-)

So, putting that little fantasy behind me, a good friend came out today and worked with our two helper guys - Gabe and Jamie - and they got so much work done!  The footer for the foundation of the garden shed got completed by noon, so we went ahead and did the concrete.   Should have ordered a bit more - forgot to add extra for spillage - so we were a tiny bit short, so we also got to do some mixing by hand in a wheelbarrow, which was actually kinda fun.  Worked hard, it was crazy hot...99 degrees, and humid enough that it keeps raining a little bit and then stopping.  So, we're all tired, but the good kind of tired.  And it feels really, really great to see some permanant progress.

David applied for a job a couple of weeks ago for a non-profit org. in a little town about 40 minutes north of here, and they called today wanting to schedule an interview, so we're excited to see how that goes.  Been praying a lot to know the Lord's will as far as David's work.  If He really still wants David to be going solo, we'll do that, no problem.  But, maybe that time is done?  We'll see first if they offer the job, and then pray about whether to accept it or not, if they do. 

woohoo!

01:07, Friday, July 13, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

Glad to hear so much has been accomplished with the guys' help! YAY!
Can't wait to hear how things go with the job interview and all. I've got a nice big box of goodies for E1, including more Laura Ingalls books. ;-)

You've been tagged!

03:29, Friday, July 20, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

http://momnmore.blogspot.com/2007/07/tagged.html

:-) Gotta get you blogging more. heeheehee