daily life as life goes on . . .

Today we begin, in earnest – or is that surely, or perhaps . . . (just being gender inclusive!)

Our town gave us permission to build decks onto our house.  In a desire to do this right, we asked my brother to give us a hand – or more rightly, two hands, strong shoulders, able feet, etc. . . .

The lumber arrived yesterday.  We built flooring for under the front deck with pallets – not of the artistic painter type or the culinary taste type – but actually from the wood type:  pine, oak, cedar . . .

And enough of the . . . Onward to the rest of the day.  Let’s see what it holds . . .

Well, we moved across the street.

We are living in a newly renovated 1939 “farm house”.  The trim is not all done, there are decks to put on, but overall, the structure is sound and up-to-date.

I woke up on Saturday morning, staring at a ceiling with crown moulding.  Except I thought I was hovering in the room looking down at baseboards on a white floor.

That’s perspective for you.  Sometimes upside down is the right side up.

Meanwhile, some left over projects are awaiting my attention.  Sermons, books, lectures and much more. 

Off I go, into the upside down world around me . . .

You know you are known when you can rhyme off connections with those in front of you.

I was leading a hymn sing at our local senior’s home yesterday, and mentioned that my mother had turned 87 a few weeks ago.

There in front of me was a friend of hers from the early 1950’s, who had worked with her at the hospital.  To one side was another friend whose son was there with her. 

As I continued throughout the room, there was a lady whom I had met over 40 years ago, whose husband’s and son’s funerals I had officiated.  My pianist has been someone I have know for over 40 years. 

Each time I mentioned a name, the activities director shook her head.  Somehow I had just taken these things for granted – she hadn’t known!

You know you are known . . .

I’m in the midst of rebuilding some cabinets for the library in our house.

Saying library doesn’t really explain the area!

Our library is the size of a small bedroom, to be used as a study, reading area and work surface.  The cabinets are salvaged from ReStore. 

Unfortunately in the move, the inevitable happened when working with article board.  The staples failed, the corners fell apart and the generally the whole thing needed rebuilt.

Taking apart the structure was no problem.  Then came the measuring to be sure the foundation of the project would remain the same.  I exchanged our as much of the particle board trusses for wood as was feasible.  I added some more backing and front image pieces.  In the end – the product will not be bad!

And now for the bad news.  No pictures today – a final day is approaching when all will be revealed!