It is a beautiful Sunday morning and im enjoying the complete peace of my home at this moment. The sun is low and bright in the sky, the birds are singing lightly, and everyone else is sleeping soundly which means I can grab a few moments to write. Thank you God, for this time and for the beauty you have afforded me on this earth. Help me to love it enough and never take it for granted.
Colton will be here in a mere two months! I am beyond excited and absolutely love watching my little girl growing bigger and bigger as baby is growing in her. She is beautiful and is doing so well. This is where I can finally see some of me in her - the way she carries on and does all that is needed. Physically strong and emotionally enduring. There is so much on her plate right now and she just takes it to task and gets it done. Not to say that every day is a breeze because its not. Owning a business, buying a house and having a baby all at once is huge.......oh, did I mention they bought a house????
So lets get to that! A few months back Walt had a problem with a tooth so he went to the dentist. While in the chair our old neighbor from Richfield Dr. comes in to chat and says "So I see (Uncle) Chuck has finally put the house up for sale." What???? When???? Walt could not wait to jump out of that chair and find out what was going on. He texted Randi as fast as he could, knowing that she always said she wanted to buy that house - the one she grew up during her high school days, the house we lived in and loved, the house Grandma O owned. Well, long story short, Uncle Chuck finally decided that it was time to let it go, but didn't realize that Randi would want it so he never told us. Randi and Ben just closed on it Thursday and are now in the very long process of getting it ready to live in. It will be a huge project. Previous tenants destroyed it so right now the bathroom and kitchen have been gutted, the rugs torn up, and huge exterminating done. Plumber coming tomorrow, Walt and Ben will begin the task of drywalling soon, carpets will have to be ordered and laid and hopefully they will move in around June 30 - HOPEFULLY. If not, I will get to enjoy them here at our home for a few weeks until its ready.
So much for retirement!!!! These two kids keep me on my toes and cut me no breaks....but I love it!
My retirement? Glad you asked. Wow - it has been so much different than I every expected. God has blessed me hugely with so much business that I could probably work 7 days and nights a week. Im trying to cut back, but its really hard. No complaints. I am truly enjoying this new business, the new people I meet daily, and working with my daughter. Thank you God for giving me this opportunity to finally have a job I enjoy and the income to sustain us.
As it would go, Walt went out of town to work in NYC a couple weeks ago, so of course, disaster has to strike. I went to bed on Wednesday evening at about 11:30. Just got settled in with Tobie and Tinker and I hear a loud pop, then sparks start flying from my ceiling fan. I hear buzzing, popping and sizzling all around me, then downstairs, then in the room next door. I was terrified. Tobie ran under the bed, Tinks jumped in my arms. I grabbed my phone, tried to find some clothing (because of course, it was very warm that evening and I had a skimpy nighty on), screaming for Tobie the whole time, finally got a sweatshirt on (no pants), started for the stairs and Tobie ran out and jumped up on me, down the stairs only to see smoke and flickering light from the dining room. Got my purse and keys, trying to dial 911 - shaking so badly I cant. Got outside and shoved the dogs into the car, called 911, called Randi and Ben (asked her to bring me some sweatpants LOL), called Walt in NYC screaming "you have to come home, the house is on fire". Apparently our house took a huge power surge and some incompetent electrician didn't put a ground on our electrical box. The fire department thought it in my best interest to turn off all the power and threaten that they were advising the town inspector of this and I was not to turn on any power until and electrician checked things out. Ok, great - except it had been raining endlessly for days and there were flood waters all around so the sump pump was working on backup which couldn't keep up so our basement flooded as well. Did I mention - what a mess!!!! Thinsg that you never believe could, float. Lego's make their way to every corner of the basement and I still keep finding them. It was a long process of clean up with six very large fans and a dehumidifier running constantly for 3 days and nights (so quiet and peaceful when they finally came and shut them off). New electric panel with a ground, new appliances, much clean up and re-organization......thankfully we have good insurance because we have to replace TVs, stereos, speakers, computers, surge strips, light bulbs, washer, dryer, dehumidifier, etc, etc. Probably in the ball park of $10,000 damages. But the good new is Walt got to come home for my birthday. LOL. This was huge, but in comparison to what so many have had to deal with in other places in this country, this was nothing. Im very grateful that it wasn't worse, the house didn't burn down, and we are all still here to talk about it. Oh, the smoke in the dining room was one of my favorite aroma touch lamps that was overheating in the cord and flickering.
So now we look forward to a baby shower on June 22 and a move on June 30 or there about. Our lives are so blessed - never want to take that for granted because it all can change. Im so looking forward to holding my precious little grandbaby and sharing the moments of birth with my daughter. I am a proud momma, soon to be a proud grandma! Lord, you have given me so much to be grateful for. May I never, ever take it for granted. You are so awesome and amazing. My life is so much more than it would every had been if you hadn't called me out and made sure I followed. Until next post - blessings and love to you.
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