A week of miracles

Hey guys, it has been a whiiiiii-lllle.

Not only have I been super busy, but my phone reached full memory, and I have not been able to take any photos, nor have I been able to update the blog. I finally got my phone cleaned off yesterday though, and I'm back in business.

So let's pick back up where I left off:

Miracle #2 we got texture on all the ceilings in the upstairs, minus the laundry room.

Miracle #3 We couldn't get the sprayer to work, but hang the sprayer... we painted the house by roller. All walls are primed and ready for paint, and all ceilings are primed and then top coated with ceiling paint!!!!!

Miracle #4 We were able to find someone that owned a floor nailer, and borrow it for free!!

Miracle #5 We had enough wood to lay wood flooring in the living room, master bedroom, and kids' closet.

Miracle #6 We got all the wood floor layed!

Miracle #7 My dad got sick from all the dust, and had to go home, but never fear! My brother Kevin came to help!

Miracle #8 We didn't mess up the herringbone pattern when laying the tile.

Miracle #9 We got all the tile layed in the kitchen and laundry room

Miracle #10 Trevor got the stairs in the laundry room fixed  and ready for carpet.

Miracle #11 It was a miracle that Curtis, Kevin, and my Dad all came and helped us for so long. The whole two weeks were filled with more miracles than what I have listed here, but the list is just so long... I mean..... it is insane!!

I will take photos today and update those when I get home from working at the house.

Miracle #1

This is going to be a quick update:

My brother Curtis came to help, along with my dad. It's amazing what they are getting done. We have texture on almost all the walls at this point. We have the kitchen and kids' bedroom ceilings textured. And..... PAINT on the wall in the kitchen.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

It was a big day today, but ever since we got heat, it feels like we can accomplish so much more in a warm house. 

We mudded and taped the corners today. We ran out of mud, but still were able to get the living room, kitchen, and master bedroom done. This leaves the pantry, fridge, master bath, and closet to tape corners in. 

Grouted the tile in the bathroom finally.

And started on the door rebuild project.

Sacrifice

I had a very long post all written up, explaining about our lives, but there are some things that are really no one's business. I'm tired of feeling like I have to answer for everything here. I think it's safe to say we are doing our best with the load that each of us in my family are carrying.

I think this photo sums it all up. You will notice there are tears in Samantha's eyes as I hold her in a camping chair in the town house.

It's hard. It stinks. We are at our breaking point. We want to be done. We want to live normal, slower paced lives. We want to sleep in. We want to watch cartoons. We want to go on vacation.

This is such a hard endeavor/turned trial. There is this movie I remember from my teenage years about this girl who had bad guys after her, and she had to cross the desert to get to safety. She made it through all these obstacles only to collapse on the very last sand dune before she reached safety. She was less than a mile away.

How sad would it be for us to collapse on the last mile? We have come so far! And yes, we still have so much to do, but it really is the last mile. We can finish this. I'm so close to texturing the walls and ceilings. And then paint! And then window trim and flooring. And then floor trim. And then a kitchen. Ugh. It's so much.

Honestly, I'm not sure I can keep up the pace. So maybe I will slow it down a bit, but I won't stop. I won't.

And yeah, there is a tie-in here to some gospel principles too. I'll let you tie them in, because I'm pooped and tomorrow is a big day of work at the house. But, if you think of some good principles, comment below so we can all benefit from them.

And then there was light

.....heat.

We.

Have.

Heat.

Everyone, please say a prayer of thanks that we have heat.

I'm so grateful!

Thank you Megan and Milton for the hvac unit!

It is a beast!

It's not done.

The saga with the hvac man is not done.

He took the air conditioner coils out of the unit.

The vents are not all installed.

But we have heat!!!!!