Columns

Steve made one of the front porch columns this morning and it was exactly what we had in mind. He used cedar wood around the post which will be painted to match the stucco.

The utility room counter top was installed yesterday. We decided to use a double sink that was given to us by Paul's brother rather than a single sink as we planned. The double sind took up quite a bit of the counter space. I didn't plan this very well.

Painting Doors

Our painting progress continues as the painters started spraying the doors today. I thought their method interesting. They hammer a stake to the top of the doors, lean them against the wall, spray one side, then turn them around and spay the other. They will certainly dry quickly using their method. We like "quick."

Prime & Sand

The painting work continued today. The priming completed yesterday was sanded by the painters today. I don't know when they will finish all that sanding, looked like a huge job. There were many drawers to be sanded as well as the wood trim. We are anxious to see the first colors to go on the wall.The weather was warm enough this afternoon for the painters to turn off their heater and we are expecting another nice day of sunshine tomorrow.

Painting

Over the Thanksgiving weekend the Craven family stopped by while in town visiting their parents for the holiday. We met them at the house Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving. They enjoyed the very cold tour of the house. Afterwards we headed over to Shanan's Bakery in town for coffee and coco to warm us up.

When we walked into the house we found the painters, with their heater blowing, busy inside preparing to spray the ceilings. I didn't think they would be working over the long holiday weekend, but was so glad they were.

The painters were back early today painting ceilings and priming some of the cupboards. They estimate the painting job to take a couple of weeks.

Steve, our builder continued to add trim to the staircase and other areas of the house.

Thanksgiving

What does thankfulness look like? I asked myself this Wednesday as we were driving into Eldorado to stay with Paul's parents over Thanksgiving weekend. We have so very much to be thankful for.
Psalm 50:23 reads - But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.
The Bible teaches in order for me to give thanks to the Lord it must be a true heartfelt sacrifice of praise that honors God in all circumstances. This is what thankfulness looks like to me.

Happy "Thankfull" Thanksgiving.

House Warming Gift

Paul's Aunt Patricia came by for a visit this afternoon toting two large boxes. She was anxious to give us a house warming gift which arrived by UPS today. House warming gifts had never entered our thoughts before this afternoon. Patricia you really surprised us!

The boxes were well packed with a service of twelve fine English China serving plates including a delicate tea cup, all in a very elegant design. They are lovely.

We look forward to serving on these beautiful new dishes at the open house and then displaying them in the curio cabinet above the kitchen counter. Thank you again for your generous gift.

Encouragement

Steve and Frank finished cutting trim for the baseboards downstairs, then moved on to making shelves for the storage area in the garage.
We met with Johnny McDonald the painter today. He wanted to walk through the house with us room by room to finalise our paint color selections. He completed the work on the stained cabinets today and will start painting tomorrow.
We had hoped to have a small meal together at the house on Thanksgiving with Paul's family, but with all the paint fumes and the weather turning cold that day we decided it was best to cancel those plans.
My sweet friend Kathryn wrote us an encouraging email today, she said "Next yr, God Willing, your home will be filled with all the wonderful smells you want - turkey, dressing, cranberries, pumpkin pie, hot rolls...yum. So close...hold on! moving day's around the corner. Thank you Kathryn, you made my day!