November 5, 2012

• Twenty-six days later….

  …..project 2012 is almost, pretty much finished.
   

  We…(and by WE, I mean Jeff and my two oldest sons …

  knocked down a wall.
  put in an old wood burning stove.
  removed a closet. 
  added new crown molding in the foyer.
  painted lots of walls in lots of rooms.
  painted (and here’s where the “almost, pretty much finished” part comes in) all the trim in the above mentioned rooms.
  put in a new window!!! a great big window that takes up my whole wall. 

  Since we moved into this house I wanted a bigger window in the dining room.
  Last summer the glass cracked on our small window..I was excited because I thought the crack meant a new, bigger window.

  I was wrong. It meant Jeff was going to fix the glass. He didn’t want to spend money on a big window at that time.
  I told him that I was going to pray for a big window. He laughed and said fine, pray for a window.

  I barely had a chance to pray when my brother called and told me my uncle had the wrong window installed into his house.
  The company was coming to install a new one and wanted to know if anyone wanted the old one, they were just going to toss it away. 

  Of course!!!! No tossing! I’ll take it. Thank you God. Thank you Uncle Jimmy.
  God shows Himself in such amazing ways..even in something as silly and simple as a window.
  and let me just say..we could NOT have afforded to buy this particular window!

  So glad my aunt and uncle love quality.
  So thankful they asked if anyone needed a window.

  

  The wood burning stove I found on Craig’s List last fall for $200. It has been in our garage for over a year.
  It needed a little love and care. Well care…I already was in Love!

  I did a little research….the stove was made in the Chicago Foundry between 1904-1920. 
  We have been using it for a little over a week now and let me tell you, our usually chilly house is warm. (It’s 80 degrees in here right now.)

  {another perk..no heating bills this winter. yay.}

  

  This month ten years ago we bought our home. Since we’ve moved here Jeff has wanted to paint using different shades of white.
  I finally agreed. {and it had nothing to do with Country Living Magazine…cough} I really like how it brightened up our room. 

  I am actually banned from painting trim in the house. {a story for a different time}…and since I hate painting, well I don’t mind the ban.
  Jeff still has a little bit of painting left to do inside of the window…as you can see.

  

  I am so glad to have furniture back in the rooms where it belongs.
  Having the house out of order made everything feel out of order. 

  Hope your week was off to a great start.

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