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Phase three our our property development is under way!

That sounds pretentious!  We really just have a corner lot on a common street in small town Saskatchewan.  Each year we try to improve the house or yard.  Not unlike a number of our neighbours.

Three years ago we moved here.  The first year we completed phase one — upstairs renovations including flooring, painting, kitchen counter replacement and draperies.  Phase two, year two, was the basement’s turn with flooring, painting and heating duct repair.

This year?  Phase three has begun.  We have replaced eavestroughing (outsourced to a reliable contractor).  Now we are painting window and door frames. 

Today was the first window and door frame.  The colour is white — semi-gloss latex paint.  As we stood back basking in the afternoon sun, we could have used sunglasses.  The look is stunning and blinding.  Only nine more to go!

And the snow falls when??

Yesterday my daughter turned one year older.

So, I phoned her today to see how it felt to be out of the old and into the new.

"Not much different.  Life just continues on." 

That’s not to say that the day couldn’t have turned out larger than life.  Such deliberate pinpoints in time, like birthdays, most certainly can impact us. 

The "slow" pace of life often means  an impetus for change takes time.  And then one day, when you are looking, you make a decision that significantly affects the rest of your life.  Birthdays, anniversaries, funerals are great change point times.  They swoop in and graciously rearrange the furniture of your life.

But sometimes the day passes like any other.  And we can be glad God allows us breath for the day, friends to embrace and the opportunity to see another day.

Well, those long days have caught up with me.

Today tiredness crept into my bones.  Even a short hour’s rest did not provide all the rest I needed.  Although sermon preparation and a meeting with some seekers after God inspired me, they could not overcome a looming sense of exhaustion.

So, I’m off to bed soon.  A few more hours will help.

Take a close look at the sign below!  Not the phone number, or the implied idea that these are 5 star condos.  Take a look at how tall the sign is.

In our neck of the woods, a four storey building is tall.  We currently have a seniors complex being  built that will rival the town structures for tallest and largest building.  It’s four floors high!

Now, count the floors between the sign bottom and top.  I count around six to seven floors.  In other words, I could take this sign, string it up and still see it flying above the town no matter where I placed it.

Imagine using the cloth/canvas for a tent.  Enough for a small army?  Or maybe as a fence around the back 40!  Tipped on it’s side I’d guess it would be a storey or two high!

Now look again at the picture.  In reality it just seems like a small advertisement on the side of an Ottawa building – a way to get tenants.  Nothing unusual unless you live in small town Saskatchewan.