Fall is here.

The leaves are starting to change and there is still so much to do to finish our house.

The weather here is still comfortable during the day and the evenings are getting cooler. I have been told it is a great time for planting flowers and trees. Our work on the house has slowed a bit the last week since we were waiting on the doors and windows to arrive and had to locate wood siding to match the true log part of the house. By tomorrow evening the garage and added rooms should start to look like what they are intended to be instead of ply-wood shacks on each side of the house.

We are almost finished with all the big decisions and only have a few more things to decide upon. I am so tired of going to home improvement stores and walking the aisles searching for something or trying to decide on an item. It really is exhausting to design, plan, build, and make all the interior decorating decisions for a home.

Not to mention the outside-landscaping, gardening, etc. Because we had so many trees removed, and had to have new grading done to keep water away from the house now that there are less trees, there is lots of landscaping to do. Just spreading grass seed and covering it with straw and keeping it watered has worn us out this week.

And we also built a walk out of stepping stones and landscaped around it this week.

And there is always the mowing and weed eating. My Daddy has graciously mowed and cut weeds all summer for us which has helped us out tremendously. He has really been wonderful about it and does such a great job.

Tracy was offered the job he interviewed for today. We are a bit excited and the timing is ideal. It seems like it would be a great job and one he would enjoy. He would be traveling some but he has done that our whole lives so that is not such a big issue.

I know my blogging has been very sporadic this summer and it probably will continue to be until the house is finished. It is exciting to be this close to finishing it.

We are finally starting to feel at home here and the girls are really enjoying their classes a the Community College. Sarah played the harp and Anna the piano at the Chamber of Commerce breakfast this month. They did beautifully and made some contacts in the community. I think they like the small town feel here and they are really appreciating the change of seasons this year.