This is not my first attempt at blogging. I thought I would do this a couple of years ago...and I did for a couple of days. I had been encouraged by friends to share my wonderful thoughts on schooling at home, life at home and world-view observations. I was so interesting to talk to surely it would be just as interesting to read my thoughts....And that may be true but I just was not disciplined enough to keep up with an electronic journal.
So I am making another stab at it.....In a atmosphere of total chaos, this little spot can be the one place I am in total control. For those of you who have not talked to me in the past week, here is a little peak into my current world-----------in the last month I have
a. Hosted my mother and mother -in-law for visits...one for a month one for a week
b. Hosted our oldest son in transit to California for what seemed like a month
c. Adopted a new puppy
All against the backdrop of the house addition.....the addition that just continues growing and changing. Remember when it was supposed to be ready for School year 2007, then Christmas 2007, then Summer 2008, then School year 2008, then Christmas 2008...Now I have given up putting the completion date on the room. Just when you think dry wall could be going up, your central air and heat go out and you live for two months with tiny space heaters that regularly blow the circuits in whichever room you happen to be in....Today as most people are getting their champagne flutes polished, I have 6 technicians installing a new super duper Trane system. This includes having closet contents added to Christmas debris added to building materials added to oldest son's left behind-belongings (see b. above) added to the kitchen remodel "stuff"( these are things packed away months-soon years ago). I have learned how to decorate with storage boxes and entertain among the drop cloths This does not bother me as much as this post suggests..really. I am accepting the things I cannot change. For years we prayed that we would settle in one place and put down roots ...I guess this is just getting thru the rocky part to get into the good soil underneath. We are all healthy...we are tired but happy at the end of the day...we love our house, our church, our neighborhood,our life ...
As we begin our new year here....I am shouting out "Come on in" over the sawing , hammering,drilling.....You are welcome here.
