White Wednesday

My oh my, how many times

have I shown you 

some obscure piece of equipment

with long cords, wires, pipes, tubes or what have you

winding it's way into my front door?

This my followers

is the machine

that pumps

the white stuff

that has to cover the sheet rock

before

it

can

be

painted!

A few days ago

men were stalking the halls

wearing these cute boots.

I secretly longed to try them on

and of course have my picture taken

wearing them.

Until one of the men

mentioned that his dad

had fallen several times 

wearing them

and he wears them

for a living.

I don't like falling,

so there goes that dream.

O.T.'s crew works very hard.

Today they sanded with these cool round sanders.

Just lightly,

to take any imperfections

off of the 

finish.

Here is O.T.

doing something.

It was so cloudy in there,

I couldn't tell just what he was up to.

This young man is up to something all right,

up to the ceiling, that is!

It made my neck and shoulders hurt

just watching them.

Tomorrow

the sweeping begins.

Every particle of dust 

that those men sanded off the walls

is waiting for me .

Dust is everywhere.

Every crack and cranny will be swept

and swept and swept

in preparation for the painter

who will begin the magic

on 

Monday!!!!

When that first swipe of paint goes on

I think I will do something crazy 

to celebrate.

Stay tuned.

In the meantime, 

I must rest.

Tomorrow is going to be a long one.

I wish I was blogging about

making something

lovely out of tree branches

painted and glittered

and spread over

a luscious banquet of 

fabulous foods

and lots of pretty ideas for decorating,

but alas it is not to be.

Yet.

Until that day,

let's enjoy my daisies from summers past

and gardens past

and keep on plugging away.

Thanks for joining me

on this journey

we're almost to the fun part.

I promise!

Baby Lilacs and Sheet Rock...mmmmmmmm!

I wish you could smell these little lilacs.  

They are so proud of themselves 

for making it through the winter

and want everyone to know

that they have arrived!

Hello Lilacs!

Lilacs will always remind me

of my mother-in-law

Her lilac bush was huge, 

and we took pictures of the kids every year at Easter

  in front of the lilac bush.

My friend Gail brought me this one and her twin

because she heard me say that I had always 

wanted a lilac bush of my own.

Stick your head down here and take a sniff....

ahhhhhhhh!

NEWS FLASH:

All sheet rock has been hung and
the taping / mudding crew started today!

Here is some of that tape/mud goodness

Look how they covered every inch of the floor
with brown paper and tape so that when they are done
they just roll up the mess and leave!

I love these guys!
( I am the Chief Sweeper around here, and let me tell you,
this stuff makes a mess on the floor!)


The rooms are really looking like rooms now!

Yippee!!!!!!!

They wear these stilt like things to avoid having to climb
up and down ladders all day,
fetching more mud and tape.

Also it makes them look cool.

Here is O.T.

He runs this crew.

He owns this crew.

What O.T. says,

the crew does.

O.T. does 

the metal edging

and who knows what all else.

Stay tuned.

He started doing this when he was 14 and is now 45.

O.T. knows his mud.

It has been a good day in the land of cedars...
a very good day.

A Day at the Dump

Didn't I tell you that there was 

a lot of beauty to behold

on the way to the dump?

These lovely redbuds

were everywhere you looked

along that dusty county road.

We crammed that trailer as full as we could
with the scraps of sheetrock.

Of course, the whole time I was loading it up,
I was thinking....

What could I do with this stuff?

Isn't there some craft project
just calling out
for some nice smooth pieces
of scrap sheet rock?

Just look at all this waste!
I also wondered if there were treasures to be found out there in the vast dump...

I always read about wonderful finds
that people discover at the dump.

Not this dump.
Just plastic bottles
and more plastic bottles.

I will never drink from a plastic disposable water bottle again.
Promise.

This doesn't look like a very big load of trash,
but it cost us $84.00
to unload it there.
Which also made me a little testy.
Because the Hubster forgot his checkbook.
I just paid somebody to let me do this???
What is wrong with this picture?

I'm startin to get a 'tude, honey!

But hey,
Somebody's got to pay the guys who
runs these bad boys around, right?

All in all, it was pretty depressing to see
but Jim assured me that the
sheet rock scraps are actually good for the soil
because they contain a lot of lime
and the lime sweetens the soil.

And that soil needed some sweetening up!
Big time.

Holding your breath while unloading
all the sheetrock was no small feat!

On the way back I marveled at
God's hand in making
even the most
ordinary out of the way place
look stunning....

just for you and me.

Don't you love how He does that
everywhere you look?
I sure do!

Feelin ornery...

This is a test.

I have been very busy

and have lots of pictures 

to share with you.

Lots of stories

to be told.

But for some reason

I have been unable to post

pictures

on this blog.

Until today.

Sweet Heather

wrote to tell me 

what I need to do.

I now need to

use Picasa

to upload my pictures.

Why, I ask you.

It was so simple before.

Now there are more hoops to jump through.

I was seriously thinking

about 

quitting.

Blogging that is.

But 

I 

must

admit

that 

I need

to see this thing

through to the end.

This thing called

house

building.

So dear friends

and dear family,

here are a few 

pictures

that I stumbled upon

while trying to learn 

how to maneuver through yet

another hoop

called Picasa...

ok, just kidding..

I'm doing something wrong..

let's try this again...

I know just how you feel

dear girl...

Where is my  passie?????

I am going to go beat my head on a rock

and maybe 

things will become clear to me

in a little while...

In the meantime,

it is spring.

The sun is shining,

and it warm.

Here is some of the spring loveliness going on.

Our one lone flowering tree.

Yesterday on the way to the dump

with a load of sheetrock scraps

there were miles and miles

of blooming redbuds and wild cherries

just growing wild...

willy nilly.

I was purple with envy

and wanted to just 

snatch one right out of the ground

to plant in my yard...

Someday very soon

I will have lots and lots

of redbuds.

Jim says we dont have any

because the cattle who roamed these parts

would either eat

or trample them down.

Darn cattle!

The best news of all is

WE HAVE SHEETROCK!!!

Here is where the magic begins...

This crane unloads the sheetrock right up to the door.

Cool, huh?

In the past few days

a lot of hammering

and screwing

has been going on...

Heavens to Mergatroid!

We have walls!

And

I have just taught myself

how to blog my pictures again!

Stay tuned for more

exciting 

news!

And a plethora of

pictures.