Yahooo!! Today is the day the cement will be poured in 1/2 of our basement. The cement truck comes at 9:00 and Dunk is scrambling to finish getting ready. He was up until 3 am last night and back at it at 6:30 this morning. No matter how hard one works, it always seems to work that way. :-) It will be sooooo cool to have that cement work done in the basement. AWESOME!!
Next steps are: putting the furnace back in the basement, finishing up the duct work down there, fixing the rest of the wiring in the basement, replacing the last two windows in the living room, tearing out the living room's paneling and gross carpet, deciding whether we are getting a wood burning furnace in the basement or corn stove, figuring out how to finish the garden shed we are working on outside, fixing the last leak in the mud room plumbing, finishing up the last of the details in the mud room so that it can be insulated and sheetrocked, and the list goes on... :-)
Yesterday we made it to town for a "cape" for Dime and Duke. (bathrobe) (Drum already has Dad's with a towel hood sewn onto it.) They were totally excited when we found some that would work. Grandma W is stitching them up to fit and adding hoods. Now they can be Obe Wan, Mace Windu, Luke Skywalker, and Anakin. They have really enjoyed their pretend Star Wars battles. They have decided that Jedi are gymnasts so it has really spured their interests in that field as well.
We picked strawberries on Thursday. Wow! They are beautiful. Some were so big you could peel them! I should say "were" as most of them are eaten or in the freezer. We had strawberry shortcake last night that could melt in the mouth. Mmmm.... So nice to have older kids..Joy made the shortcake while we were working on supper. Doesn't take as long to get the kitchen stuff done anymore. Although I noticed a batch of anything doesn't last more than one meal or a snack.
The Dot, Drum, Dime, Deer, and Daisy went to some fireworks last night with some of their friends. Dunk was working on the basement (not stuff we could help with at the time). Dessert was almost asleep on the couch so he stayed with Dunk. When we came home, Dessert was sound asleep on the styrofoam in the basement in the midst of the project. He had helped until he just couldn't do it anymore. :-) I took a picture in my mind.
The real deer have eaten my raspberries!!! We are frustrated but determined to fight back! We have never had that problem before but this is the first summer Dunk is not leaving for work at 5. Sheepish to admit but we have been sleeping in. Boy, that bed feels good. :-) Dunk has been laid off for 3 weeks now. We think God is waiting until he is done with the cement project. :-) We will have to see what He has in mind. We were talking the other day about the fact that when I am pregnant he has not been out of work. Is God hinting at something? :-)
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. :-)
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