almost there

Well, sort of  ;-)

I have done laundry and baked bread and cookies today ~ all in the comforts of our new home!  woot woot!  And now, I'm even online  :o  My brother came Saturday to hook us up, and tonight Tim took down the tree that was in the way of the signal... so we're almost up and running (my computer is still at the old house ~ I'm using a kiddo's laptop). Oh, and we even brought the Idiot Box over here... to receive most of the channels (converter box style TV here) ~ easy to check weather now anyway  =)

I'm sure there's more I'd love to tell you about ~ and show you!  but I am reduced to FILM  :o  Actually 2 of my girls still have functioning digital cameras, but the Cowgirl's is malfunctioning now too. 

So you will have to continue to be patient for photos ~  Miss Music Box was busy with her camera this evening, but I'm not uploading anything tonight.  Surprise coming though!  A sweet friend gave us something very special today... We love it and can't wait to get it in place!  And I can't wait to show it to you!

G'night for now  =)

it's official, right?

...if the cat changes residence...

This is Smokey, our Mouser.  (no new pics since I gave the Cowgirl her camera back again... and I don't have time for photo-journaling it seems!)

Last night Tim moved Smokey and her house to our new house.  She seemed to enjoy exploring her new domain.  We had the Popper supervise her for the first hour.  Um, then this morn the neighbor's dog came to say Hello.  Hissssss.   The girls escorted the dog home (half-mile) while Smokey found a tree to climb.  But, the good news is that I don't think she's inclined to run away.  :-)  And I was anxious to get her moved before what appears to be a growing belly on her gets any larger...  Know what I mean??

and more pics from Wednesday

(kitchen ceiling fan still needs glass to cover light bulbs)

Front entry

Laundry room

pictures from the weekend

Kayleb (Tim's nephew) was here for the weekend ~ He helped to finish the soffit and fascia on Saturday.

Tim hired someone to haul sand from the back of our pasture where we have an old sandpit ~ then he pushed it around to fill in the driveway and up to the front door.

Life on a gravel road

Sunday night ~ 10:45pm.... Let there be light!  (and hot water!)

This is Plan B carpet in our room ~ the boys' room is similar but a darker (medium) brown

Saturday I dragged my weary girls to Lowe's (they'd just come home from Omaha) to buy closet stuff ~ and this is what Kayleb did with it on Monday!  =)  Another hanging shelf behind the door for my longer clothing.  And yeah, one of these days I'll move our closet over there and fill it up for real...

...like the boys did with their closet  ;-)  Tim had the challenge of this closet ~ mounting the tracks in the exterior wall is a bit different than 2x4 studs.

Happy boys ♥

(note the Python computer books under the bed!)

And girls!  ♥

(who are camping in the school room for now)

daybook 21? sort of

The Simple Woman's Daybook is usually posted every Tuesday ~ here.  For the summer, Peggy is posting a Linky just once a month... Just thought you ought to know.

And, note the number of my daybook.  At a quick glance at posts, I saw that I have TWO Daybook 16 posts and TWO Daybook 12 posts, and that was just looking at one page of the list.  Um, so maybe this is week 21 for me?  Maybe not.  Whatever.  I should probably follow Julie's lead and abandon the Daybook for the summer... but here I am... instead of packing our stuff into boxes...

And, just a disclaimer that I am not feeling like much of a Simple Woman these days ~ unless you use the definition from Proverbs?   :o

FOR TODAY

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Outside my window... it's hot and muggy.  The corn is loving it!  I am loving air conditioning.  And this week we should have it in the new house, too!


I am thinking... I should load the bike helmets into the van to deliver to Alicia tonight... along with the math book... and the paper flannel figures for Sarita... and the ISU tee for Ethan.  Um, yes, we went to Salvation Army today to 'donate' some usable items ~ and I discovered someone had brought a couple bags back into the house (!) and they weren't accepting books  :p  So glad I hadn't loaded all the hardcovers we put in the discard pile just yesterday.  (That was not very short and to the point, eh?  I'm thinking about S.T.U.F.F.)


I am thankful for... my husband ~ and his many abilities which include plumbing, electrical, landscaping, carpentry, automotive and mechanical repairs, ....


I am praying for... the A Family in China ~ so excited to see them here next summer on their first furlough, Lord willing!


From the learning rooms... Miss Music Box actually took along her literature book today on our errands/chiropractor trip.  Can't say if she read any of it.  Now she's trying to read every book in the discard pile before it leaves the house!  I had the Computer Geek read some books yesterday as part of my purge process ~ Quo Vadis?


From the kitchen...beef roast in the crock pot is ready to eat anytime; baked potatoes are still in the oven.  Tomorrow will be Santa Fe Chicken ~ Who can tell me where I found that recipe before I wrote it on the back of an envelope??  (chicken, salsa, black beans, corn... cream cheese... rice ~ sound yummy??)

I am creating... easy closet 'doors' with $3 sheets from Walmart  =)  woot, woot!

I am going... to church tonight to serve in the baby nursery.
...back to Lowe's again another day to rectify a pricing issue ~ hopefully before they update the sticker on the shelf  ;-)  (ran out of time today)

I am reading... finished the Psalms!  started Ecclesiastes.  Oh, and we finally got our new books for summer Sunday school ~ When Sinners Say "I Do"

I am hoping... God will continue to work things out with the house process in spite of all of the continued unwanted setbacks (this was my wish from May ~ I'm still hoping He works all things together for good!  And we will be thankful for it!)

I am hearing...  Miss Artist is playing the piano  (you'd think we were having a nice relaxing afternoon... since we're not frantically running around to DO Stuff)

Around the house...yeah, there are boxes and dust bunnies grizzlies everywhere

One of my favorite things...the word DONE

A few plans for the rest of the week:  moving my kitchen???  :-)

Here is picture for thought I am sharing...

Saturday night pizza

Thanks to Peggy for hosting the Simple Woman's Daybook ~ Find more daybooks here.

Author of Liberty

 

Our fathers' God, to Thee,
Author of liberty, To Thee we sing:
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,

Great God, our King.

 

 

 

really fast update

And I mean a really fast update...

Wish I had time and photos to really show & tell, but I don't.   Soooo, yes, we are sleeping at the new house.  No, we do not have hot water or lights or air conditioning or ... or much beyond beds and cold running water (which includes toilets that flush!)  =)  The nights have been blissfully cool ~ and we have great ventilation with windows (something we haven't had).  It's supposed to heat up today with more humidity ~ ya know, summer-in-Iowa weather ~ with thunderstorms tomorrow for some 4th of July fun.  We'll have to do the sparklers tonight.  One of my kids suggested we make ice cream tomorrow ~ so we've cleaned up the i.c. maker and made the custard ~ nice surprise for Tim!

Waking up to see the sun rise every day and hearing the birds sing and the calves calling their mamas ~ ahhhh, yes.  That is why we are doing all this!

Tim & Kayleb are working on outside soffit again ~ hoping to finish this morning.  Sand and dirt have been/are being hauled in to fill our front yard and driveway ~ woot, woot ~ before the rain comes to settle it all in nicely.  (Kayleb is here for another long weekend to help ~ yay!)

Tim started installing vanities/sinks in the basement bath ~ looking good!  Kayleb is also working on closets, so we will shop for shelving today.  And he put up a couple of the shower curtain rods ~ so my Navy man took a c~o~l~d shower last night in his own new house  ;-)  He's planning on hooking up the water heater today ~ yay!  Oh, and he bought a stove hood... so that needs a major hole in the wall for the vent (remember our exterior walls are concrete)

I have cleaned out all the kitchen cabinets (except washing the inside of the island ~ my imported bucket of water got too cold and dirty) ~ so I could start filling them with stuff!  =)  My bigger girls will be so happy to help with that when they get home, right?  (I think so!)

Timer is beeping ~ I'm outta here!  

Have a great weekend, y'all!