tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41854071945887364312024-02-02T11:31:04.697-08:00The Building Of A DreamCapturing moments of past and present as my husband and I build our dream homeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168176570274835785noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185407194588736431.post-20337915406407175902015-12-02T14:58:00.005-08:002015-12-02T14:58:55.221-08:00A Barrel for the Powder Room (God Answers Prayers Part 2) Last week I told you I would tell you about this little beauty. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nd2ujWm8s4g/Vk4euZLXHjI/AAAAAAAAIlg/ZbDyAMIq1Jo/s1600/2015-08-15%2B13.21.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nd2ujWm8s4g/Vk4euZLXHjI/AAAAAAAAIlg/ZbDyAMIq1Jo/s320/2015-08-15%2B13.21.57.jpg" width="180" /></a><br />
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If you know my husband, and yes, I know I have wrote that statement before, but if you do, you know he has some awesome ideas. The problem is, he usually thinks he is the inventor of the idea, like it is something that has never been done before or seen before; a true original. Now, some of the time it is something that he has come up with on his own, and others have as well. Sometimes though, he see's something, thinks oh, I really like that, take that idea, run with it and build on it, and then forget he saw it somewhere before. Well, I think that is the case in my barrel. Remember, I told you I was an avid pinner from Pinterest, and that when we started into this process, I made up a board for all my ideas and thoughts. Well one day I saw this and pinned it.<br />
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I adored this idea, and I pinned other variations of this on my board. I can remember Dan seeing this and he said "Oh wow that is really cool."<br />
Until we got into the build process that was about the last of it. But then we started building and planning, and we both loved the thought of it in our powder room. A room that would not get a lot of humid steam from showers and tubs. So it was decided that is what we would do. So all for months while we were in the planning and beginning building process, we would be looking at Craigslist and their were literally tons of them around here. Then it became time for us to look to actually buy one, and Nothing. The ones we did find were several hundreds of dollars, not exactly what we wanted, AND sometimes several states away, and shipping costs were going to be tough.<br />
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So, I put several people on the prayer warpath. I was really starting to think about what we might need to do if we could not find what we wanted, and Dan was as well. We did not want to give up on our idea for this room, but....... One day, in my Craigslist and internet search I felt compelled to search under "Used Barrels" I had searched under everything under the sun, and nothing. So to Craigslist I went, put in used barrels, and I found the beauty above in the Amana Colony area, and they only wanted a little over $100.00 for it. Jean and Steve went to pick one of them up, the guy had a few to choose from. Dan wanted the darkest one, with the most rusts on the bands. They picked it out and it still had quite a bit of liquor in it, so they dumped it and brought it home.<br />
Now this thing was a whiskey barrel, used for whiskey, Jack Daniels to be exact. But the people we got it from had used it to hold a brewed beer or something in it. Can I tell you, this was the smelliest thing we had ever smelled. So when we got it we washed it out, and then let it dry out, and it still was rank. We did a number of things with it, and then Jen had a thought to maybe just spray it with polyurethane on the inside. So Dan tried this one night. This worked. He sealed the outside and then started working on making it into a sink. I also had done some research on ways people had accomplished this. Dan made use of several ideas. Now, for the sink. We had found a hammered copper sink at Menards that we liked, but it had to fit the barrel. So after we got our barrel, we went back and checked out the dimensions. Our sink would JUST fit. Here is our barrel, with sink and faucet in the "dry fit" stage in the garage. <br />
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And here it is in the powder room. </div>
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There were so many items that we were needing to use during the process of this build, that when we went to need them, and look for them, they were GONE. God has brought so many things to us through prayer. It has truly shown Dan and I that God is taking care of us, and that he is listening to us, and more importantly that he supplies things in his time, and not Dan's. Oh did I write that out loud, ah yah. Mr. Dan is one of those who want things to go on his schedule, and there have just been many times through this that God showed him, he was in control and not Dan. </div>
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With this sample of a picture, I am going to start a continuation of this blog, called Making it home. In this other blog, this will be more about how I decorate it, how I pull it together, and make it more than a house, but home. I am excited at this thought, because I am finally starting to get to the things I really love to do, CREATE! </div>
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Not long before we left for California we had a heart to heart with our electrician. He needed us to focus on the Greatroom so that he could get his final inspection, and with the wiring that was exposed that might not go so well. Dan was not wanting to hear that, because he likes to do things in his own timeline. (That is always fun to live with when you build a home. NOT) So we started looking for the things we needed for our greatroom. First the ceiling. We need corrugated metal. So while we were gone, Dan and Grant found what we needed on Craigslist, and called the guy. Now fast forward to when we get home, and Sunday the guy brings the metal to us, and we find out he is closely related to one of our neighbors. This was one of those God things, because we had been looking for this stuff a year ago, and it was all over Craigslist, but this year, not much out there. Then the guy lives not far from us, and brings it right to us. It was exactly what Dan was wanting, and in the end, we had just enough, with a little left over for a few projects. </div>
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So the next weekend, my driveway looked like a parking lot. We had Jake, Grant, Duanne, and Dan down working on the ceiling, and we had the electrician and several of his guys down working on electric. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168176570274835785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185407194588736431.post-9847684450114153652015-11-12T11:18:00.003-08:002015-11-12T11:18:48.894-08:00Bathrooms and Plumbing<br />
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Pictures of our main level bath have been hard to take. It's not a huge room, but it is also very awkward to try to get a lot of it in. I had originally wanted to use furniture as vanities. I searched and searched, but did not really find just the right thing. I had been watching this one for my main level bathroom. It stays with the mission style cabinets that we used in the kitchen on this level, and more of a traditional feel for this level of our home. Where the basement is much more rustic old west, this will still be rustic, but also classic. This will not be the bathroom Dan and I will call our master bath for now though. This will serve as guest bath room, for my folks, who live in Branson, but visit frequently, for kids or other family and for friends who want to stay with us for a visit.<br />
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This bathroom will hopefully wait for a good long while before we have to call this our permanent master bath. I know many of you have watched your parents and other family have to sell their dream home because the did not have facilities to use on a main level. Our goal with this home, was to build it so that if we needed to be on one level, we could. So, this is my growing old, and decrepit bathroom. But I am excited to have it, and love how it has turned out.<br />
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The vanity here though is for my master bath now. This is as Dan calls it "MY"(meaning me) bathroom. This is the room I really wanted to use a piece of furniture in, but just could not find what I wanted. I scoured all the home improvement stores for weeks, then one day last spring this one popped up at Menards. I continued to look, and showed this one to Dan, and he liked it as well, others liked it as well, because the company who builds them was back logged for weeks with orders. One thing we did not know when we purchased it, was that it came already assembled in the box. With the other ones we installed, the granite was separate. This sucker weighs in at almost 300 lbs, and it had to go upstairs. Now Grant and Dan did most of the work with this one, but Jen and I had to help a bunch as well.<br />
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It is though absolutely perfect in this room, and I cannot wait to use it.<br />
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This though is why Dan refers to this bathroom as mine. Yes, the soaker clawfoot tub. The tub has had several plumbing issues though. And although we have had the tub for several weeks, it is still not complete for use. The issue is with the faucet. The faucet is a floor mount set up. This would not have been an issue years ago when you used hard lines to plumb, but now with flexible tubes, this is an issue. If we don't secure the faucet just right, it is going to get wobbly, and might knock out the tile around it. Dan has finally secured the plumbing, and now the tilers need to come back and finish tiling around the supply lines and the drain.<br />
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We also needed to enclose the covered patio ceiling. We had had a nest of baby robins on our porch before we started, but Dan had checked before starting this project and there was no sign of them left, until, we got closer to closing in the porch and we found a new next of robins. Dan told me that if he took them out, they would get eaten by a predator, so he was thinking he would have to kill them himself, but he came up with an idea to help save my little sweeties, So he fashioned a new house for them. </div>
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The flight, although a little turbulent at times, was non eventful. We arrived in LA at about 11:30 their time, found our Starbucks, found our suitcase, and then found where we needed to find our shuttle for our rental car. No problems. We found the shuttle, and Jen said she literally thought we might die. The driver had on highly offensive gangster rap, although to some (me) any type of rap is considered offensive. (LOL) I have never seen traffic like this, and this is in the middle of the night. The driver would jump in front of others, and take off fast and then brake hard. We got to the rental car place, lives in tact, and had another half an hour wait on people checking in. Half of these folks had not reserved cars, and were being told they had no cars available without reservation, and then the people proceeded to argue. We had a reservation. For a compact car. Cheapest car to rent. BUT, something happens in the middle of the night with the rental place is out of cars. They upgrade you. So Jen and I are driving around in a brand new Jeep Cherokee SUV.<br />
We now have an hour long drive north, in the middle of night to Claremont. Did I mention the Starbucks, they have one open 24 hours at LAX.<br />
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We arrive at the hotel, and crash. It is now like 4 in the morning to us. We got a few hours sleep and then got up and found some breakfast. In all the chaos the night before, we had not even eaten dinner, so we are now starving. This was our first view of our new California surroundings, and it was just beautiful. Not entirely what we expected, but we were not exactly sure what to expect.<br />
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We found our way to the shower they were holding for Kelli, and a Target and a TJ Max, two of my favorite places. We got something to eat, I got to get acquainted with Jake's family, (Kelli's groom) and got to get reacquainted with my sister in law Phan, who is now married to an awesome guy (I got to meet and get to know him as well) and she has two additional, beautiful children.<br />
After this, we did a little shopping with Grandma Jean and Amy Lay, and then we headed back to the hotel. Kelli put us on a mission so we had to hit a local mall. darn! :) Then we headed back to change for the rehearsal, and dinner afterward. When I dropped Jen off, I got to take a drive up into the mountain range behind the theater that Kelli was getting married at. Back to the rehearsal and it was off to Dave and Busters. Where Jen was able to race Grandpa!<br />
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The next day, Jean and I enjoyed some shopping, I was looking for some sort of western souvenir to take home, but found nothing. We did find a couple of cute little shops, and we looked at aprons, and took a couple of mental pictures.<br />
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I loved this little pillow, but could not fit it in my suitcase, and was not going to pay the hefty price for this. I will make one though. It will be perfect for the barn. We also loved this apron.</div>
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We also found a bakery, which at the time I did not know was world famous. We just forgot to take something back for my father in law. Oops! While we were there, Jean and I sampled something they call a Almond Drop. This is how I found out the bakery is famous, I Googled the recipe, and Some Crust Bakery is really the only thing I found. We will attempt to make some of these. </div>
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Kelli had an awesome photo booth at the wedding. Another great thing I got to do at the wedding was spend some time with another of Dan's cousins. This is Kiersten Warren. Kiersten is an actress in LA, and always loads of fun to be with. I wish I had gotten a few more pictures, and few of her daughter Scarlet.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>We found a builder, started working out our plans, married off our daughter, packed up our things, moved into our 5th wheel camper, and stayed in my mother and father in laws house for the next few months. At the time we moved there, we thought it would only be for a couple weeks, but delays with several things kept us from moving on. While we here here, we used my inlaws facilities. We did not hook up to water, we used their kitchen, bathroom and laundry. I was grateful. Our foundation was finally poured in August, Dan and I were excited to see everything start and then NOT. Heavy rains and builder commitments postponed things further. Dan and I grew very frustrated during this, and actually really sought God's will if this was something we were just not meant to do. So, we were told once again something would happen, our materials would be delivered on such and such day and the framers would come in the next day. Dan and I were very near pulling the plug on the build for the winter, so close that the only thing we had left to do was to leave it up to God. We decided we would leave it to God, and prayed that if we were to continue. things would be delivered as said, and if God wanted us to wait, they would not. Believe it or not, things were delivered and so our framing started the very last week of September, and with the building finally underway we decided to move the camper down to the land. We had water hook up at a hydrant we had installed, and we had some temporary electric set up. We also had a port a pottie delivered. This helped ease one thing my husband was concerned about. If you have every camped, you probably get this. I had a small stove and microwave in the camper, so cooking was not to difficult. While it was warm enough I could hook up directly to the hydrant for my water to dishes in my sink. Dan would drain the water for bathing and dishes every couple of days. My laundry I would heft up to my in laws once a week. As is started to cool down, we needed to start using our heater. Bathing was quick, no long hot showers or baths in the camper. As it started to get colder we needed to start using the furnace. Every so many days, depending on how cold it was, I would take my 30 gallon propane tank to Ace Hardware in Altoona to refill. On really cold spells, I would do this every other day. :( Also when it went below freezing we would need to fill our camper fresh water tank and be very careful with how much we used. Every day life was a chore, and continued in different ways throughout the building process. Thanksgiving came and went. Christmas came and went. I was growing tired of my three to four inches of water baths in a cold camper. The camper stayed relatively warm, but our bed was next to an outside wall, and we used several blankets to stay warm at night. I put blankets up on the windows of the camper to try to keep the wind out. At the beginning of January I got sick and started sleeping with a stocking cap my kids had gotten me for Christmas. We had had LOTS of issues with our plumber. We actually still have issues with his work now, and are filling an official complaint with his company and his workers. The builder had not told us that he was actually having issues with getting the plumber to come down until much later, but it seemed that pretty much everything he did, he did wrong, or incredibly lazy. After weeks of trying to get him to do things he would fly in for 20 min. Do one little thing leave and not come back for weeks. Finally at the end of December or early January we were able to use our basement bathroom. To have a long hot shower was heavenly. To use a toilet that was not frozen was wonderful. I have been told by many " I would not live this way." But we have always just endured. We have tried to look at the end game, and be grateful for God's grace. Nearly every sub that has entered our home said two things to us. How cool and amazing our place was, and then, my wife would NEVER live like this. End game, you have to have a clear vision on where you are going, and not where you are. Always look forward. January brought a cold spell that we worried would not be survivable in the camper. It was not like we could just move out for a bit. With a camper, it has to be winterized with a special antifreeze through all the water lines. Otherwise they can burst. So it was either stick it out in the camper or, head to the house. So as we saw this cold getting closer and closer, I made sure the basement bedroom was painted, and we started moving everything to the basement.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Once we were in the house, our challenges were different. I had one working sink in the entire house. So dishes were a challenge. What dishes I did wash, I used plastic dishpans to wash. Lots and lots of paper and plastic. Cooking? I had no kitchen. We put a make shift kitchen together with a microwave, toaster oven, crock pot, and a camper stove top. We purchase a little refridgerator, and the freezer for while was out outside. My laundry, I still hefted up to my in laws. BUT, I had a decent shower and toilet. Made most of the other work worth it. I no longer had to fill my camper water tank or the propane tank. All this makes me so grateful for where we are now. In early July my builder walked in with someone new. A plumber. He had come to set up the rest of our toilets, and my kitchen sink. MY KITCHEN SINK!!! I cannot tell you how happy I was for this to happen. Later that day, my appliances arrived. Keeping food and drinks in the little fridge and little freezer was becoming a bigger and bigger challenge. Jennifer and I were scheduled to be leaving for California in just a few short days for a wedding, and I had been worried about Dan using the little fridge while I was gone, so my fridge was a Godsend. Water and Ice right in the door for all the contractors. The day I was coming home from California our electrical had come down and hoked up all my appliances. I now had not only one but two ovens, and a dishwasher! Still no washer and dryer yet, but things were looking promising. Dan finished the trim for the laundry room, and we were able to completely install my washer and dryer. Even though life was getting much more normal, we were still very, very busy with finishing things. Which is really where we still are. More pictures soon. I have lots more to share with you this week. </i></span><br />
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Hoping that it won't show dirt!! I had this tile picked last November.<br />
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I have always loved black and white, and have always wanted a classic black and white tile floor. When I told Dan this is what I wanted for my loft bathroom, which is referred to as "my" bathroom, he wasn't exactly game, but I assured him it would be awesome, and NO, these are not individual tiles that needed to be laid. they came on a mesh. 8 x 8 tile, but yes, they all had to be grouted in. </div>
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Dan's grandpa, Earl Grant, had been a carpenter for many years. I am told he was a perfectionist. Some how, Dan inherited both his grandfathers desire to work with wood, and his attention to detail. Over the years he has learned much about stain and finish. So while getting a little help from daughter Jennifer and son in law Grant, my husband gave them a lesson on staining windows. So all in one day we got all the windows in the upstairs stained all at one time. </div>
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This spring I started a landscaping project. My mission was to give color to the inner circle of our circle drive.<br />
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Last fall on our 26th Anniversary I purchased this wee little maple tree. Maples are a favorite of Dan and I, I cannot wait to see it's colors here in a few short weeks. We had actually transplanted a young cedar tree not far from where we planted the maple, but he did not survive. we found out later that it is really difficult to transplant cedars. I had named the little cedar Ralph. RIP Ralph. You created a nice bonfire.<br />
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Dan is a hunter of many things, and spring time yields morels here in Iowa. These are a few that he picked on a break from working on the house.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">CARPET!!</span> in the basement<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>meant we could go back to the storage unit and grab our couch, and give Jen and Grant back their O gravity outdoor recliner chairs.<br />
Our neighbor Jeff, excuse me, former neighbor Jeff, but still good friend, and Grant could not pass up the chance to sofa surf back to Jen and Grants from the storage facially.<br />
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Last shot of Dan's Man Cave room<br />
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My laundry room is taking shape- When I painted this room this green, Dan told me it was hideous and did not go with the house. He then told me that when guest came, the door to the mud room and laundry would remain closed. One of those decorating fights he lost. As we started to add the white cabinets, his opinion softened. The white cabinets really look sharp against that green. Yep! Could have told you that. Actually did tell you that.<br />
When Jake saw this green he started singing John Deere Green. I think he still does from time to time. <br />
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The Stone Shop installed our granite counter tops. I cannot say enough about the work they do. Their staff are knowledgeable and friendly, and they really did a great job.<br />
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Kitchen is starting to take some shape<br />
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Doors added to cabinets in the laundry room<br />
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We have the most awesome views of wildlife from our basement family room. In the picture below you will notice our cat looking out the window. This is his typical view, and his typical chair.<br />
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Most people who have seen our doors in person comment on the doors. They are beautiful, and something we both agreed on when we saw them. But when we started looking for trim, the only trim in pine is clear pine, without the knots. This was disappointing, but remember I am married to a wood worker, so yes, Dan has milled all of our trim by hand, stained it, finished it and installed it. There is such amazing detail to this wood.<br />
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My mom brought me some whiskey bottle from Arakansa<br />
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Jake found this whiskey bottle some where on our place.<br />
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The mirror that was Dan's inspiration. This mirror, given to me by my mom was what I used to sit in front of when I was a teenager. This is where I learned how to curl my hair, and how to put on make up. </div>
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I apologize, I have had a number of people ask me to update the blog, and I have told most of you, I am so busy and both work and home I barely have time to pee. But as I went through my old blogs, I did not realize how long it had actually been and ALL that has taken place since my last post. </div>
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First of all, things are coming along nicely, and I am going to spend some time updating you on all the progress room by room and floor by floor</div>
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The basement is going to be a place to gather for fun. We eventually want a pool table down here, we plan to mount our largest TV down here, and basically want to create a game room for our family, and a nice place to watch a movie, or the deer, or the turkey, or the random bobcat that wanders through the back yard. Dan had at one time talked about putting the stone we are using on the outside also on the inside. Well, cost prevented that. We were nearly 6 thousand dollars for the outer wall and the fireplace, so plan b. He decided to make a wainscoting of board and battens from pine boards. So each individual board was cut, and then he routered the battens. Once everything was up, we stained the entire wainscot. Since this was a game room we had been talking about a bar. A place to have a few dishes and fridge and microwave. I am an avid user of Pinterest. I know some of you HATE it, but for me, it stirs my creative juices, and I love it. We planned most of Jennifer's wedding with Pinterest. Anyway, when we Jen and Grant started talking about purchasing our home, and we started looking at land, I created a new book on Pinterest called " Maybe I can dream". This book was filled with ideas about what my forever home might include. I also stumbled upon the website Hozz. This website allows you to look at millions of home and decorating ideas and save them into ideabooks</div>
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My saloon bar nearly finished. Notice the spittoon in the right corner. I will talk about this in my next post. I promise, it won't be so long in between.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168176570274835785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185407194588736431.post-2556795036895477262015-04-24T13:31:00.001-07:002015-04-24T13:31:34.388-07:00 If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.So Dan and I have been very busy since my last post. Mostly in our basement. We do have kitchen cabinets up, our counter top ordered, and a sink ordered.<br />
Most of you ladies, have the reality of husbands/significant's that probably could care less about decor or aesthetics of a home. My reality is, that my husband and I both care. Care very much, and well believe it or not, I sometimes have to fight for my voice or creative "flair" to be heard in my home. This has sometimes slowed our decision making down in the process of building this home. Fortunately, Dan actually had good creative ideas, and for the most part we have had to find those common things that we agree upon and move in that direction. Most of the time everything just falls into place. One of the things Dan and I have always agreed upon is a farm sink for the kitchen. We both have always loved the look of the farm sink. So, with the promise of a new kitchen, I mean you can't build a new house without a kitchen, we started with the farm sink we had agreed upon. So, we met with the kitchen designer, and settled on cabinets. The cabinets came in, and our builder started urging us to pick our counter top. Dan loves granite, but I would have been fine with a high resolution/ higher grade laminate or a solid surface counter top. Granite felt a bit mucky, muck to me, and although I love the look, I was not really sure if I could justify the cost. Our builder gave us the name of the guy he gets all his laminate through, and we set up a visit. We also got the recommendation of a stone and granite place. So, one day Dan and I took off in search of counter-tops. We first visited with the guy who does mostly high resolution laminate, and then to the granite place. Both asked be to send them prints of our kitchen, so they could get an idea of the size of job. Not long after I sent my design plans to the guy who did the laminate he called me back, and gave me the news that it is not a great idea to put a farm sink into laminate, cause in rare cases they sometimes de-laminate. GRRR, This will not be the first time I think or say, "I wish I would have known this about installing a farm sink."<br />
So, our choices, solid surface, granite, or quartz. With the solid surface not a lot cheaper than the granite, we returned to The Stone Shop in Ankeny and picked our granite and slabs. We set up a time to have them measured and potentially installed. Remember-they had our plans already. So the day came that we were getting our kitchen measured. I waited with anticipation, the gentleman arrived, nice guy by the way, he came into the kitchen and looked around and pointed to the cabinet that would hold my sink. "That looks like you have a farm sink going in?" Yes, I said no knowing what was coming. "Do you have the sink?" Me, curiously, No, not yet, we are looking and trying to find what we want, but since you have to order a sink, we are a bit lost yet." Guy-Farm sinks are the only sinks we do not install, and they must be installed prior to us measuring, so we can get a correct measurement." GRRR- "I wish I would have known this about installing a farm sink. He was very surprised that the people missed the sink, but mistakes happen. If we can find the sink and get it installed in the next 10-15 days, there is still a chance that we can still have it installed by our current install date of April 1. You know, April Fools day.<br />
After getting a couple recommendations of places to get farm sinks, I took off in search of my sink. I finally ended up at Plumb Supply in Des Moines, and found the sink of my dreams, oh yah, the farm sink we are looking for is black. Guess what the most expensive farm sink is? Black, because they only make the black farm sinks from cast iron, not composite yet. And a white farm sink would be an eye sore in my kitchen after picking the cabinets, appliances, and counter-tops. So, I gulped and said, "Order it". But first, we have to double check with your plumber and make sure we can make this purchase. I will send the specs to you plumber and wait to hear back from him, and then we can order it. So, I waited, and waited. bugged my builder, who bugged the plumber, and we waited and waited some more. Remember that window we had, well we missed it. I mentioned the plumber- I might have to have a separate posting, just to talk about.......him. Yah, pretty much everything he touched, crap. So they finally got it ordered and then we waited to have it come in. April 1st day came and went, April fools to me. Then, the sink was finally ready to be delivered. It was beautiful!!<br />
That night, Dan came home and did some measurements.....Too small, the sink was too small for the cabinet opening. I had told the guy the sink front opening was 36 inches. So after a night of frustration, we found out that the sink, was the largest sink that was made by Kohler, and that the cabinet was made to big. Which, in looking back, and if we could go back, we wish the place who worked with us on our kitchen would have told us about all the ends and outs of installing farm sinks in like October, November when we met. We would have then known, we need to look at kitchen sinks to get an idea of size before order the cabinets, but it was one of those things we were some what rushed into. So, my handy husband and son in law took to installing the sink. I am so fortunate to have an amazingly talented and handy husband. More on that in the next post. Cherry on top, my daughter married one, much like him, smart girl.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">It's been a while since I posted, and I am sorry. We have been so busy, I have barely had enough time to catch my breath. My last post was a little over a month ago. I was whining because we were seeing little progress on our home. Then as I ended, so many things were falling into place. I was finally able to clean the weekend of Dec. 12-14th. Every wall and ceiling had to be swept down and then the floors. I had to start in the loft bedroom and work my way down to the basement. </span><br />
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On Wednesday, December 17 Jennifer came down and we started the process of priming the walls for paint. In preparation for Dan to tile the bathroom. We needed to prepare the basement for us to live in just in case the weather turned bad. The basement bathroom is "Dan's" bathroom. I'm not sure if you can see the shower in this clearly but it is the size of tub, only it is a step in shower with a large seat. Dan was so excited when he saw this for the first time, he promised his first shower in this thing he would sing and empty the water heater. So Dan completed his tile work, as I continued to prime and paint walls. And paint and paint and paint. Then a couple days before Christmas we were told we would need to get the bathroom ready for plumbing. So on Christmas eve I spent my holiday at Menards. Where we spent hours, as if we had not looked at ever square inch prior to this. It's different when it's for good.<br />
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We were not exactly happy to see that the Friday after Christmas our plumber had not yet showed up. We were expecting a fairly bad cold spell, Dan and I were both getting sick, and we were tired of taking our camper showers/baths. We were mainly tired of the constant filling of the tank and be careful that lines did not freeze as we were filling. But what do you do. We talked to the builder and told him that we need this to happen quickly, and that it was only a matter of time before we could no longer stay in the camper due to temperature, and that we'd actually been quite lucky so far.<br />
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About a week or so after we got our bathroom we heard that our luck with the camper had run out. We were going to get some severe cold that the camper furnace and little heater would not be able to keep up with. So one tiring weekend we moved nearly everything from the camper inside our very unfinished house, and set up camp there. We were in our camper EXACTLY 7 months to the date.<br />
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Our interior doors are beautiful. We did not want a dark stain, but we wanted to add a bit of depth to the wood. Dan has worked diligently nearly every night staining the wood doors and windows in the basement, so that we could get our trim and our carpet.<br />
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Our cat Stache, well Stache does not handle change well. Each time we move him we have to provide him a confined space where he can find everything he needs, but just let him hide. We usually make him a bed of fuzzy blankets he loves to make him comfortable. It has not taken him long to make himself at home. For whatever reason he thoroughly enjoys the loft and looking down on us. </div>
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Dan's mancave room, which actually goes by another name, but because I respect him and his desire to not have his life added to the public, I am not sure how many more pictures I will get to add here. I am in the middle of painting the cabinets right now, hoping to finish priming tonight. </div>
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In the mean time, here is my make shift kitchen for now. Isn't it lovely!! Think of me while you are cooking your dinner tonight. But it is warm, and I don't have to use a hose to fill a tank to do dishes. I just have to take a dishpan to the basement bathroom sink. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168176570274835785noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185407194588736431.post-67669450307178248652014-12-05T12:44:00.003-08:002014-12-05T12:56:29.242-08:00Pollyanna I am not. Confessions of the heart and the saga of the drywall<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">In this blog I have tried to put on a positive front, but some of you that see me daily, know that this has not always been the case with this build. I want to be upfront with that, and yes, I do try to have a positive, sunny outlook on things. The truth is I don't always, and sometimes my eyes get on me and my situation and I grumble, A LOT. I also get anxious, nervous and impatient. Some of this comes from being completely out of control, and this has been ongoing through out my adult life. When our children were small, we had very little money. We had one income to live off of. My husband Dan was an outdoors man and I learned to do what I could with deer, which was completely new to me. I was thankful that my parents had brought me up they way they had, I had to be creative with hand me down clothing or what my mom could sew for my sister and I, and I was NEVER allowed to turn my nose up to what was placed on the table. Picky eating were not words that were allowed at my fathers table, but it helped that mom was a great cook. As an adult, I learned to make cheap meals, shop garage sales and consignment stores. If someone gave us a bag of clothing, I learned to use what I could, and again, be creative with it. For a good long time, I don't know that I had an article of clothing that was not found at a garage sale, consignment, given to me or on the clearance rack. (This excludes undergarments) There were times we did not have money for food, money to pay bills, or anything extra. We were that dirty word that no one likes to admit to, poor. Our house had lots of issues, including expensive structural work that needed to be done. As a result I became a bit of a pack rat. I had a hard time parting with items that I might sometime need, and I still struggle to get rid of items. I also became very anxious about money, to the point that it was and actually still can be a struggle for me to really look at finances. I am saying that today, because things, situations in life can take me back to those uneasy anxious feelings. Gods word says in</span> <i><b>Philippians 4:6 </b></i><i style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-family: Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.</b> </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As an adult when I was troubled my mom would tell me to turn on good Christian music. There is just something about listening to good music that helps settle me. As a child, our home was filled with music. I grew an appreciation for many different music styles. From Blue Grass and old time country that my Grandpa would play, to the Blackwood Brothers Christian Quartet that would play always on Sunday morning as we got ready for church, (as well as lots of other times) to Chuck Mangione and other forms of jazz that my oldest brother Rick would listen to my other brother Curt listening to heavy metal, the Beach Boys album of my cousin's Jeff and Rhonda that I nearly wore out, and then was a small amount of time that I lived in the south and a greater appreciation for country music and orchestra music was born. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But as an adult, my greatest joy in music is listening to contemporary Christian and Praise. For me it is relevant to my life and situations, and Christ truly speaks to my heart and my anxiety through song. Most of the time you will find me listening to Life 107.1, and I am touched by the stor</span>ies this radio station gives of changed lives, not by the music, but the hope that this music can point you to if you allow Christ to work in your heart. <br />
If you are reading this and you are learning about my struggle with anxiety, that's because I don't talk about it much, if I do, it is with a select group of people and I rarely delve into it's source. Quite frankly, it is a struggle of faith on my end or lack there of, and it continues to be a work in progress. For some reason, God has laid on my heart that I need to confess this struggle publicly, and how I have learned to deal with it. First, I must say that I have come to believe we are on a journey through life. If you believe yourself to be a Christian, and you live to have Christ first, it is a journey that Christ puts you on, to mold you for his use, and not your own. For this reason, I believe God has led me down many paths I would not have wanted to walk simply because he was going to use my situation and circumstance to meet the needs of others. I have attempted to never turn away anyone that God brought to me, and God has brought some of the most amazing people to me and through this, I have been greatly blessed as the people he has brought to me have left the greatest impact on my life, just by showing his absolute love and power. Most of those people are you, reading this, I have been told I have a greatly caring heart. This is why, because I have let others impact my life, because in my lowest moments God brought us together and we walked the path together. And most of you are very special to me. God has also taken people out of my life. I have struggled with this until just very recently. As I write the next few lines, please know that anything I am about to write, and you are to read is my opinion and experience, and do not expect accolades. This is Christ in me, and if you ever see any good in me, please know that it is Christ in me, and not my carnal heart you see.<br />
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Poverty- And how it changed me- I spoke earlier about the anxiety it created, but there was some great growth I made that would have come no other way. You never find out exactly how creative you can be until you have nothing. I grew a greater discovery of sewing, cooking, gardening, canning, painting, creating, and decorating from nothing. I learned how to look at throw away items and find use of them. God changed my heart by allowing me to go through poverty, and with the people that I have been able to connect with later. Rather than look at someone in judgement who might be down in out, I have great compassion, and usually find myself humbled. <br />
When I reentered the work world after my youngest was in school, I followed God's guidance that led me to education and early childhood. (Pre-K) I grew in independence as I learned that I could do anything if I determined to. I also learned that if God put me some place, he would give me the ability to perform. And he did. A few years after my first endeavor in preschool I took a job with Head Start. Head Start is a preschool program for income eligible and low income families. I was able to show great respect to many of these struggling families, mostly young, single women. I learned that all any one really wants is to be treated with dignity and respect. You don't have to agree with someone's life choices, situation or circumstance to treat others with respect, you just see them worthy of respect. I currently am friend with several of my former preschool students on Facebook, and I enjoy seeing them grow and spread their wings. <br />
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Anxiety and yes at time depression- I heard a report that indicated 8% of Americans 12 years and older were moderately to severely depressed, and that depression is more prevalent in women. These numbers do not surprise me, and I am humbled at the amount of people I have ran into that suffered from both depression and anxiety. For me, again it is usually my spiritual walk, and I need to draw close to the Lord in prayer, devotions and music. But in my times that I suffered, and times that I starting sharing myself with others, I found that most of the time I could take a look around and find about 5 people who had life much, much worse. As I started to look around, instead of my own circumstance, not only did I see those who had things worse, but I started to notice how much God had blessed me, and how much he had taken care of not only me, but my entire family. As I started looking for God's blessings, and acknowledging God's grace, he blessed me more. I still would have struggles, and would still have moments of discouragement, but I learned how to lean of Christ more and more. God has been extremely good to me, but he has allowed me to walk through some very dark moments. <br />
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Selfishness- As much as my life has been impacted by God's grace, it has also been deeply impacted by selfishness of others, and to watch the impact of my life, my families lives and the impact selfishness has played in the lives of loved ones. The pain of selfishness can be unbearable, and most of the time, the selfishness is is so denied by those guilty of it, they can never acknowledge the impact they have had on others, which adds to the hurt. <br />
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There are some hurts I hope I never have to experience, but if I do, I hope I can remember to draw close to Christ. <br />
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So enough about me and on with the house, which is why I started to write this whiny entry. On Wednesday, November 26th, the day before Thanksgiving we had the drywallers arrive. It was my first snowy drive, and a man had come out to show them where we were to have drywall hung and where we were not. He was worried about them driving out in the snow, but they made it, and had a majority of the house hung by nights end. The next morning to our surprise they were back to finish. This was Thanksgiving morning. Thursday evening, we had a call from our builder telling us that we needed to turn on our furnace so they could come mud and tape the next morning. Now let me remind you, we have no doorway from our garage, which is open, to our house, and there are three downstairs windows with plastic covering them, but no windows. And we are supposed to turn our furnace on.........So they sent someone down to put a piece of heavy plywood over the door, but Dan reluctantly turned it on. Because the furnace we have installed produces condensation, once you have turned it on in the cold temperatures, you have to leave it on, or it can do damage. But we were told they would be there in the morning, so this is what we had to do. The next morning.....no one.......the next morning, no one. Day after day we were told they will be there, but they weren't. I started writing this blog on Monday December 1. Confessing what I felt God wanted me to and on Tuesday, December 2nd they started our septic system. On Thursday, December 4th they finally began to mud our walls. Today the Amish guys should be back with my three basement windows, and the door between the house and garage. By this time next week, I will likely be either cleaning, or possibly painting.....Lord willing as we say in Christian circles. </div>
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So November has been cold. We were able to sneak a few days in above freezing during the day, and rarely at night. About a week ago they finished putting the siding up on the outside. We are now waiting for garage doors, three windows in the basement that came in wrong. (We've been waiting for about 3 weeks on those) septic, and drywall. When I left home this day before Thanksgiving this morning our drywall crew had showed up finally. Dan has been working for the past few days to install our fireplace, and we got more snow. We are both getting just a little weary of delays. </div>
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The morning after they completed the front of our house, the sun was just coming up and I snapped this picture. I then grew just a little concerned at how bright the red was. You will see by the pictures below that it's not quite as bright, and I love it. the end is in sight of camper living, but a few very big steps need to happen, so continued prayers are requested. <br />
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For these shots of the house, I actually walked around the entire house to capture several different views.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168176570274835785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185407194588736431.post-56068176168610979662014-11-21T15:13:00.001-08:002014-11-21T15:13:44.292-08:00Home Sweet CamperWe purchased our first travel trailer camper a number of years ago, when our children were still young. Some of my family already had campers and wanted us to go on adventures with them. We saw it as a way to take cheaper vacations as a family. We also knew that we would be needing to redo our only bathroom in our house and this could serve as temporary facilities. So we took off on adventures with family. My cousin Jeff and his family, and my cousin Rhonda and her family and my brother Curt and his family. Several of our kids were around the same age, but even if they were not, they all got along wonderfully. While we were able to be out on our adventures, our kids had the freedom of enjoying their childhood, but they also were able to develop relationships with cousins that still last to this day. Their is a safety that comes from being able to develop these relationships, an unconditional love that is there. The ability to be 10-11 again when they get together. Not a care in the world and no lofty airs to put on. Just let your hair down and be yourself. I should know, I had this when I was a child. Some of my greatest memories occurred while on vacation with the family of these very same cousins. One of the first vacations we took in our travel trailer was to Colorado. We took our one 4 wheeler with us, and set off for adventure. On our travels out there we visited lots of old gold mining sites, mining museums, we set off on hikes into the wilderness. We went on a river rafting trip down the Arkansas river that runs through Colorado.<br />
A few years later we traded in our travel trailer for a fifth wheel trailer just in time to go to Branson, and then the next year we went back to Colorado for the last time.<br />
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This was our first time down the Arkansas, and we took my nephew Travis down with us on this trip. </div>
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This trip was taken a few years later. This year we took my cousin Jeff's son along for the ride. When we started the trip the water was quite low, and it was fairly warm. After we started down this river storm clouds started forming, then a tornado warning went off, and the temperature dropped dramatically. It started to rain, then it stared to hail. This picture was taken during the storm, Midway down we were forced to the side of the river to try to get out temporarily to seek some shelter. By the time we got back to the river and got down and all the boats were in from the trip down we were absolutely freezing. But we had fun and made great memories. <br />
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This was taken looking over Twin Lakes in Colorado<br />
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The last time we wen to Colorado and this time Jake had his own 4 wheeler, and Dan had a trail 4 wheeler. That freed Jen and I to have the Honda. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, I did some figuring and then I somewhat got very cranky. In two weeks, December 4, it will be exactly 6 months I have spent in my lovely tin can on wheels. GRRRR- Not what I had anticipated. And where on past years, I would have had fall leaves and decorations galore, I have clothing, and lots of it, and holes where windows should be. No septic, Grrr. Dry wall was coming? Oh well, they are on hold for a few days. Grr, Have I mentioned that when we moved the camper down to the new place, I made a deal with Dan. One less thing for him to worry about would be to not have solid waste in the septic tanks of the camper. I think we all know what I am talking about, and although I was happy at first, as the last several months and weeks down at the property, if I heard nature's call, I would have to go use......well nature. Yuck. So to the portta potty I went, except if it was raining or in the middle of the night, then I could put toilet paper in the tank. Sure. Till, it was 24 degrees on morning.......hello!! Then 5? You know it's bad when you are excited to go to work to use their facilities.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So with the hope that I would be in soon, I went to my old stomping grounds, the southside of Des Moines to grab a few things from Menards and Home Depot, and I stopped by Hobby Lobby. I love Hobby Lobby, so many fun things to do in your.........home, which I don't have, and won't be done, till way after Christmas. AND, even if I found something I LOVED, where would I put it? I went to look at the Christmas decorations, this usually inspires me, and today it depressed me. I haven't had a home to love for quite sometime now, and everything about building makes you want to get in there and make it home, especially now, and I can't. I had hit a low, and I was getting harder and harder to live with. It was getting harder and harder to focus on what was to come, but what was not. THEN, I saw a man with his family. He was hold a sign about being out work and needing money. Now when I say family, I mean a woman holding a young child, like 1 or 2. Last Saturday was COLD, not above freezing and it was snowing, and God convicted me. I have so, so much, and here is a man begging. No, I did not stop to help them, everything me knew that he was probably just using them as a tactic to pull at heartstrings and get money. What father would actually really take their family (baby) out to sit in the snowy cold while he begs? But God did convict me that I have so much to be thankful for. Then my friend Sarah, who was undergoing surgery this week, and so many others of <b>you, out there, </b>hurting. Worrying about sending your kids to school this week, and the news has so many stories about so many needs and hurts, and I was grumbling about not being able to decorate for holidays? and for holiday's that I know the true meaning to and celebrate that with passion. So, God has convicted me, and I have tried to have a better outlook this past week. Bear with me out there folks, it's not easy right now, but God is in control, and my hands are off the wheel. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">We met with the drywall crew last night, they should be starting anytime. Time to get ready to paint. :) Could you all please pray for the septic crew? Next week, please, and three windows that seem to be lost. Pray!!! </span><br />
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Friday, Jen and I went to Junk and Jingle at the Fair Grounds, and met Dan's aunt Joy. I was hoping to find some fixtures for my home, but came out with a lantern and an ash bucket. Not that I could not have bought up several things I saw, but the priority right now is the staples of my home unfortunately, as I really have no place to put items. I did catch a picture of this amazing sled at the show.<br />
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The cold has set in, and we are now suffering through one of the longest cold spells for a November in weather history. I must admit, I am getting a bit crabby. More on that to come.<br />
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A few years ago I was invited to go on a bus trip to the Mall of America and IKEA in Minnesota. Since then I have gone almost every year. Pennie Graber Carroll puts the trip on each year. For the past couple of years, I have taken my daughter. This year we took one of her sister in law's, Sarah. We had a great time, but I admit, a trip to IKEA would have been better if we were a little bit further along in the build. I came a way with LOTS of ideas, but no place to put them with the build still at this stage.</div>
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There were a lot of things that happened this week that pictures cannot capture. We had electricians, plumbers, HVAC, and our Propane company in. We also had a visit from the lady doing our kitchen, Missy. It is a flurry of people trying to just get me in the basement before the snow. </div>
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One day Dan called me from work after he'd gotten to the home site. The Amish had had another day of busy building, and Dan was observing everything they'd done. Dan called to tell me he had discovered they had wrote scripture verses above our doors, and how cool he thought that was, and so did I. I actually thought about adding my own scriptures around the place before it was covered. I took a picture of the scripture and thought that I might be able to do something creative with it after the house was done, to honor such great men that would do something so honorable as to leave us scripture to somewhat bless our home. <br />
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Dan and I thought it was so cool, we pointed it out to several people who visited, including our general contractor, who had never noticed this before on a house that had been built by this particular crew. There are probably a lot of you out there we showed this to. </div>
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Well, funny story, a week ago we were doing some stone work to the chimney. Grant had been down to help all day, and then our daughter came down to help later that evening. She and I were going though some rooms talking about what we needed to do where, when she asks me about the scripture she wrote on the doors. I walked over to my front door, and thought maybe she had added to what the Amish had wrote, but there was nothing else. I then asked her, "You wrote this?" pointing to the header of my front door. "Yah, she said weeks ago." </div>
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For those of you how might have missed it, Dan and I are building a barn style home. We looked at many companies that produce barn homes, and most of them have only a cedar option. The cedar barn home's are gorgeous, don't get me wrong, but they are a substantial amount of work, and expensive to maintain. So we decided to go local, design our own plan, and do metal siding. Years ago, Dan had drawn out a home plan that we wanted to build into a log home. The plan incorporated my input, wants and needs, and his. When we started to plan this home, we pulled those plans out and decided that was still really our dream plan, and that it could be easily changed to a barn home. And so this plan, is ours. </div>
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In my last post I ended with the materials for our home being dropped. The next day our Amish framers began. Within the first couple of days they had the outside of our home framed and we could start seeing it take shape, walking into the rooms that we would soon dwell in. </div>
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We decided to move the 5th wheel down to our place, so that we could be onsite to do what needed to be done, and watch over what was taking place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each day was kind of like Christmas to come home and see what they had done. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picture taken from dining room looking into living room space </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basement walkout</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View out walkout</td></tr>
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These were taken Halloween night. I came home to find the Amish back and they were building our deck and porch. As you can see, October was a busy, busy month. But as busy as October was, November has been busier. Those pictures soon to come. </div>
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I was in love with my house before, but now that I look at it with its finished covered porch, it makes the home. So glad we went with this.<br />
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After the walls were poured we had to wait for the plumber to come in and set some things that would need to be set into the concrete. Bathroom plumbing, and sump pump and floor drain in both the mechanical room and in the garage. Again, contingent on something happening. So a couple weeks into September and we were told that we were told that they would be pouring our floors. There were also predicting rain, and a lot of it. The day they poured Dan and I took off as soon as I got home from work. The clouds were moving in, and I watched storms forming on the radar on my phone nervously. As we got closer to Pleasantville the radar indicated that the storms were surrounding about every direction but right over Pleasanville and my home site. When we pulled into our place, our basement had been poured and was finished, and they had poured the garage and were running their finishing tools on it. We started to feel an occasionally sprinkle, which picked up to a very light rain. I snapped a few quick pictures, and the owner of the concrete business pulled in with tarps. Dan helped them tarp the garage floor till it stopped raining. But our floor was in, and the building could begin.......... </div>
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Our builder had asked us to bring a load of rock in so that contractors would not be walking thorugh mud and into the house, so we made arrangements the next day to have a load delivered. That night and into tomorrow, we got 7 inches of rain down our way. So much so that when Dan went to check on things the creek that runs to the south of our house had flooded the road completely and Dan could not get through directly, but had to come in from the south. If we had waited one more day on this, we would have been delayed for a couple/few weeks. </div>
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So we thought we were a go to start building. Much to our surprise and Dan's patience building, nope. Our framers had been sent on to another project, and we were again waiting. Dan's patience were growing very thin, and actually mine were starting to wear down as well. At this point we had been in a 5th wheel camper over 3 months, a nice camper, but tight space, and our life had been on hold for months. Nearly every decision we had made for the prior 18 months had included this. Cold weather would be setting in, and Dan was starting to feel the deer pulling him into his tree stand. Dan had dreamed all of his life about being able to walk out his back door and into his own woods. And it was starting to look disappointing that it would happen this year as well. Mine you, all this time our 5th week camper had been located in the yard of my gracious mother and father in law. </div>
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One night Dan and I had a very serious talk. We had been told our building materials would be coming in on a Wednesday, but we were a bit hesitant to get our hopes up. So, we made a decision to leave this to the Lord. We had both prayed much over this, so with peace I said to Dan. " How about this. if we are to build this winter, than our building materials will come this week. If they do not come in this week, we will accept that God wants us to give up on this for the year, and allow our focus onto other places for the rest of the year, and we will look for a short term place to rent. It was a long couple of days. </div>
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One day Dan called with excitement. "Our basement walls are in!!"<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168176570274835785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185407194588736431.post-64246275426029306452014-11-03T14:21:00.002-08:002014-11-03T14:23:53.462-08:00Be anxious for nothing<h1 class="passage-display" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="passage-display-bcv" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ph</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ilippians 4:6-7</span></span><span class="passage-display-version" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New King James Version (NKJV</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="passage-display-version" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-size: 14px;">)</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text Phil-4-6" id="en-NKJV-29449" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">6 </span>Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; </span><span class="text Phil-4-7" id="en-NKJV-29450" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">7 </span>and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. </span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">July was LONG and wet. Each time it rained, Dan would pray for it to stop, and it would just rain more, which would just make him more anxious and frustrated, and would leave me just a little weary. I would try to remind him that God had a plan, but well, then there was that patience thing. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">A few years ago I did a bible study on patience. This was around the time I was changing to my current job. The district was hiring for the position I now hold, but they weren't sure exactly how and when they wanted to go about it. I applied at the end of May. I don't think there was even interviews until July, even though they had stated in the advertisement of the job, it would start July 1. Then they did not call me until late August, and I was already starting back to my job with Drake Headstart. All along I was doing this Bible study, and the passage that kept coming back to me was</span><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;"> <b>Mark 1:3-4</b></span></span></div>
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<br /><br />During this summer of waiting for me 9 years ago, each time I tried to push what I wanted, God made me wait. God taught me a very valuable lesson that summer that He is in control of things, and he knows the best timing, and it was. I was having a hard time dealing with leaving the classroom, and leaving my little ones, but one week of Headstart and I knew I had made the right decision. God also grew me in many ways in my current position, and I dealt with some very challenging situations, and people and if it were not for the time and trials of God growing me in patience before I took the job, I probably would not have been ready, and would have definitely thought I make a mistake in taking the position. I did not. <br /><br />Getting back to this summer, I would try to remind Dan, which would frustrate him further. I had started to take notice of something along this journey we were on, something that I mentioned to him one night. I told him, " Dan it seems along the way, the more you try to grab hold and control when things are going to happen on our place, the more God shuts you down. But the moment you let go, things happen. He looked at me like I was a moron, probably said as much as well, but then it happened again and again. Usually his "letting go" came after he would sit through one of Pastor Phil's or someone's sermon at church, and he would be convicted. Then, he would relax a little, have some faith, and God would act. He get's a little angry at me when I mention this even now, but I feel this "impatience or anxiety" is just part of Dan's journey. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do I look happy in this picture? No- that might be because Dan kept saying "It's going to rain, I need to put the tractor away, but then kept on "playing" on the tractor for the next 20 min. By the time we got to putting the tractor way it was POURING, and I looked like this. </td></tr>
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Thanks to our former neighbor Jeff, and our good friend Duanne, and Jen and Grant, we were able to get our water line trenched in one evening, and the water line put together and buried. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="passage-display-bcv">Jeremiah 29:11-13</span><span class="passage-display-version"> New International Version (NIV)</span></span></span></h1>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span class="text Jer-29-11" id="en-NIV-19647"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.</span> <span class="text Jer-29-12" id="en-NIV-19648"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.</span> <span class="text Jer-29-13" id="en-NIV-19649"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text Jer-29-13" id="en-NIV-19649">This passage of verses has found it's way to my mind many times on this journey called life. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text Jer-29-13" id="en-NIV-19649">In late June we finalized plans with our builder. Since they were custom plans they had taken a bit longer. </span></span><br />
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Many of you have also asked about Jake. Jake finished school in May. He completed the diesel tech program at DMACC and earned his associates degree. Hi program was much more than just mechanical, which is why he continued in it. He took advanced welding, wiring and hydraulics classes as well, which fit in what he really wanted to do, because he had nothing to do with being diesel tech, but rather to operate heavy equipment. In May a buddy of his told him about a company in Pleasant Hill, who was hiring. Miller the Driller had been bought out by Horizontal Boring Company, and they were now going by The Driller. So Jake started with them in May. He send us pictures like this occasionally. </div>
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He spent most of the summer working out of state or far enough away in Iowa that he got used to Hotel life working 12+ hours a day, but it keeps him out of trouble and it has enabled him to get much more independent. He once told a college recruiter at our home that he wasn't sure about going away for college as he was not very good at "domestics" but now he does his own laundry, his own cooking, and dishes. He is totally domesticated..... </div>
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Jake is college loan free. That is something big in this day and age. He has saved enough money to purchase a couple of toys. His company has a couple of projects they are working on closer to home for the winter, so he is enjoying an occasional hunt in Dad's new timber. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Site where the house will go, starts to take shape</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most of Dan's time is spent trying to prepare the site for the home. With nothing else going on, this is about the only thing we could do, besides pray. Here is is preparing the drive to put drive fabric and rock on it. </td></tr>
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We transplanted a little cedar tree that would have needed to be destroyed to a section we are going to landscape in front of the house. I named it Ralph. Ralph got a little brown, I'm not sure that he liked his new home, and if he will survive.<br />
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So this year will be remembered for the abundance of rain. If you have ever built a home, it is not uncommon for it to be a bit muddy, but this year, it is known as crazy muddy. We could not even get into the property several times because the drive was dirt, and because of the rain, mud. We finally caught a dry spell, and were able to arrange to get a couple of loads of rock, but they could not deliver if it was muddy, as the trucks would tear the drive up. The day we ordered the rock, was not supposed to be rainy. BUT, it was, in Des Moines and the surrounding area north. But just south of us, it stayed dry all day. We had schedule the rock for 3:30. Dry in Pleasantville, although storm clouds were edging closer. We got the fabric all pulled out, and waited, and waited. 3:45 and we waited. Sprinkle, sprinkle, 4:00 sprinkle, sprinkle, light rain. 4:10 light rain, still waiting for the rock that was supposed to be here at 3:30 and at 4:15 in steady rain, it came.<br />
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By the time the rock came the drive was pretty soaked, so the delivery guys pretty much had to drop the rock at the end of the drive for Dan. Dan then spent the next two hours on the tractor in the rain, moving the rock onto the drive.<br />
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Dan was completely soaked, and it wasn't exactly a warm day when we did this. But, you do what you have to do. And at least now, we could what we could get in if it was wet. Which was necessary, as it was wet, a lot, this summer.........<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4z147unRcQnRgQNXPZRHJSPVQx0tMR00kpp_yuFcaPTdp6MSubfl08tI0V4yBdMXQCCfgu7CBtQJH-qkDXiGyNyXuhTkCiyrNpT7q_Cw7wLfxj_b2yhCJn6AIO9jO8epVZjFFF57NWA/s1600/2014-06-30+07.36.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4z147unRcQnRgQNXPZRHJSPVQx0tMR00kpp_yuFcaPTdp6MSubfl08tI0V4yBdMXQCCfgu7CBtQJH-qkDXiGyNyXuhTkCiyrNpT7q_Cw7wLfxj_b2yhCJn6AIO9jO8epVZjFFF57NWA/s1600/2014-06-30+07.36.42.jpg" height="240" width="320" /> </a> So this is our kitty Stache. When we first moved into the camper Stache had some problems adjusting. He found a place in the camper by our bed that was literally about 4 inches wide by 8 inches long and he would hide. If we came to the bed and talked to him and petted him, he would come out and see us and snuggle, but then go right back to the hiding spot. Little by little he adjusted, and here you see him, fully adjusted to camper life. He has another hiding spot under the couch. Dan was laying on our couch one day, and Stache popped his head up from behind the couch. It is the funnest thing to watch him getting this hiding spot. He basically goes head first into a hole and all you see is these feet in the air. He has put on a little weight int he camper. The kids think it war stress eating, we just think it is lack or exercise.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168176570274835785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185407194588736431.post-79503770457384477912014-10-08T10:38:00.005-07:002014-10-08T10:54:23.738-07:00Saying GoodbyeDuring the wedding rehearsal my grandfather had gotten up on his own. He fell and fractured his hip. Jen was completely unaware of this until after the wedding. On Saturday we were told that Grandpa would either need surgery or would need to be placed in Hospice. My aunt and mother made the decision with Grandpa to allow the surgery. Keep in mind, Grandpa was 102 years old at the time, and had just suffered a heart attach, so surgery was very risky, but hospice was not for Grandpa, and they knew that and we supported that. From Saturday evening to Sunday and the next couple days each one of Grandpa's grand kids, with the exception of one, who was out of the country. Made time to go see Grandpa. They finally were able to preform the surgery on Tuesday. The surgeon said the at the break was fairly bad, but Grandpa made it through. Two days later though Grandpa went to be with the Lord.<br />
On Wednesday of this same week, Jen and Grant were coming back from their honeymoon, and we needed to be out of the house. Through the past several days, I had taken a number of walks through the streets of this little town I had called home for 25 years. Through the process of 25 years I have met such amazing people. Some of these people I would occasionally take walks with or, would take regular walks with. One person was Nanci Herrera. Nanci and I had walked these streets through rain and snow, frigid temps and soaring heat. Nanci and I had met while I was working for Drake Headstart and she was providing day care for one of my students. We started walking early in the morning, and we continued for walking together until their family moved just outside of town. We would see each other every once and a while, and tell each other how much we missed walking together. One day when we ran into each other, and she told me she had moved back into town. We started walking again, and it was like we had never stopped. Walking with Nanci was always so much fun, because we looked at so many things the same way. We walked by unoccupied homes, and would sneak up to peek in windows. We would walk by other homes and imagine what they looked like on the inside, and the history the walls might have seen. We'd catch whiffs of someone doing some early morning laundry, and skies as they prepared to storm. About a year ago, Nanci and her husband Joe got an opportunity to move back to California, and to the family and friends they had left behind. At the time, Dan and I had been working on buying our place and were anticipating a move of our own. So on my last few days in town Nanci, I walked and took in so many of our sites. I miss our walks Nanci, and I miss you, but I am so glad you are back where you belong, and that we have Facebook to keep in contact with. Though Nanci, Jen and I found our "Cake lady" from her on out Kim Battani of "Kims Cakes".<br />
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So many things I had to say good bye to, including the building my kids attended elementary in, and the building I had worked in for 5 years while with Headstart.<br />
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But, at the end of the week, just a week after my daughter was married, we said our final goodbyes to my grandpa, and this was the hardest goodbye of all. Good richly blessed several people with an amazing couple for years. At the funeral, my cousin Jeff told how he talked to grandpa about his impending surgery. He said "Grandpa you are in a win win situation and no matter what you are surrounded by love. If you wake up from surgery you will be surrounded by lot's of us who love you. and if you wake up in Heaven, you will wake up to see Jesus and Grandma Mary." There is something to be said by living your life where you loved ones "know" where you will spend your eternity. There is a peace that cannot be explained.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My grandparents, Mary and Joe Shore and me at their 60th wedding anniversary. We lost Grandma a few months after this celebration</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aimee, Grandpa and Addie, and Aunt Joann at Jen's graduation party</td></tr>
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An hour before the wedding rehearsal Jen and Grant were signing their closing papers for our house. They had had a few glitches in the process, and it took them a little longer than they had wanted. But everything went off without a hitch. I found out later that evening that my grandfather had slipped and fallen while we were at the rehearsal, and fractured his hip.<br />
The next morning, we arrived at Talking Heads Salon. The days events were going to be shared with a very special family, The Cummins. We met the Cummins years before with their three young daughters. Heather, Holly and Tiffany. Dan and Duanne had began hunting together a little bit, and then after the death of Dan's best friend and life long hunting partner, Andy; Duanne helped Dan get back to the field. Holly became a hair stylist, and did all of Jen's hair and make up, and Tiffany a photographer who took the wedding pictures. Heather became a nurse, but thankfully we did not need the nurse. I cannot imagine life without this family in our lives.We could also not have put this wedding together without the help of our dear wedding coordinator Denise Heilman Beirdon. We were so fortunate to have this lady as part of our wedding. God used her in many ways and she was such a blessing. Chuck as well, put so much into these two lives becoming one and in the future. Here are just a few pictures I took on this day. <br />
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Yes, this is me, in my car, on one of my many trips I made with my self made botanical garden's. What this picture doesn't show is how fogged up the windows were when I finally got every thing loaded. Gesshhhh! what we do for our children. So this was Thursday, and the Wedding is Saturday. We are mostly calm. I had managed to tackle most of my immediate needs at work, and could leave the office for a few days. Jen was able to do the same. Grant who had started his job with Barker Lamar just a couple weeks prior was not able to take off any time prior to the wedding. Dan wasn't able to either. Little brother Jake had also started a new job just a couple of weeks before, and was out of town until Friday. So, it was up to Jen and I and a small little army to get it done.<br />
Dan's dad had been working on a fence that would go behind the head table. While Steve and Jen worked to put that up, I started working on placing things. Our wedding coordinator, Denise worked where ever and slowly it started to take shape. For the tables, Dan's mom had made several table squares in pastels. A water fountain and some white wrought iron furniture made for a cozy little spot to take a picture. I wish I had take a few pictures of this while I worked on it, but I was too busy doing and not taking. Barb Tuttle Jen's wedding hostess stopped in and helped us hang some lanterns over another photo op spot.<br />
On Friday we had invited the bridesmaids and some creative family to come in and put some finishing touches on the place. Dan's aunt Joy, flower arranger extraordinaire, did an amazing job putting together flower arrangements, but, the flowers all from Hy-vee in Altoona, were amazing. If you need to put together flowers for something, my advice, seek out Dotty at Altoona Hy-vee. <br />
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