Today is the first day of school for the local children. Half of August is gone and time is whizzing by. Sarah and Anna start classes at the Community College on Monday. We have kept them busy all summer painting, staining, cleaning, nailing, building walkways and being gophers (oh my-those daily trips to Lowes).
There has been SO much accomplished on the remodel/addition in the last week. The concrete was poured in the garage and breezeway, the grading is finished and we can actually park in the driveway again, the roofers are finishing the shingles today, the steps and walls are up in the back bedroom and mostly complete in the 'apartment' over the garage. We ordered doors and windows, the new kitchen counter tops are coming today, half of a lovely paving stone walk is complete and we got some landscaping done in front of the house by the steps.
Shew--it makes me tired just to type all that.
It has been a stressful year so far and there as been little rest for us. Living in a construction zone is not fun, especially because everywhere you look something is in the partial stage of remodel.
Tracy interviewed for a job working with wounded soldiers in a mental health setting and was offered the job. On the same day he was also contacted by the company he really wants to fly medical evacuation with and asked to interview.
So...he turned the job offer down and is pursuing a position flying. He seems very excited about that and I just want him to follow his heart and be happy in whatever he ends up doing.
We are almost adjusted here but we still have no church and that is hard. We have visited three and one seems like it could work but it is big and farther away than I would like.
Fall is in the air, it won't be long until the trees start to change color and the flowers start to die. The stores are starting to sell Chrysanthemums-a sure sign of cooler weather. I am anxious for Sarah and Anna to see the fall color of the blue ridge and to experience fall in a farming community-the apple festival, the tobacco festival and apple butter making!
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