Color and lots of it!Except for the living room which is a light beige. We are so greatful to have Mabel and Curley helping us with the floors. They are able to be here for a few days. I can't wait to get the floor all laid, it is so pretty, and really contrasts with the walls. Last year on Memorial Day we camped here under the big fir trees and made a campfire! There was only tall grass and blackberry bushes at that point. I can't believe how much has changed since then- here we have a house almost done and a big shop. What will the next year bring?

At long last my kitchen cabinets are here! I am so excited and can hardly wait to get them set up in the house. It was quite a sight to see the semi truck get turned around and back up our little road. They did a great job, and stopped the truck at the bend in our lane, then dolly'd the boxes of cabinet parts over to the house garage. We had to put them in the house garage as there is no more room in David's shop. I have it filled full of furniture and boxes of who knows what.
Before we can get the cabinets in, the walls need to be finished with the plastering, and then we get to paint! I have lovely colors of lime green(!), and sunny yellow, and moss green and sky blue, and antique white all picked out. You will have to come and see us to see which room I paint lime green!

I wasn't sure I was going to like the porch with the rail on it, but it is nice when sitting there looking out. The pictures are of the side by the driveway with the old fir, and then the front of the house, then the view from our bedroom. David is busy working away cutting down the endless blackberries. He has put in a french drain around the shop and is geting ready to put one in around the house now.

We so enjoyed seeing Nathan and Naomi this week! David has been home with a cold, but has watched the sheetrock begin. Meanwhile I think I had better plant my hanging baskets to hang on the porch!

HAPPY EASTER!


We have insulation! And the porch only lacks the railiing.Then sheetrock will go up this next week. Today I went to a tile class and bought tile to put down in the bathrooms, so hope I took good notes!

Happy Easter everyone!
I love the spring and promise of new life every where. The fields are full of new calves and lambs and flowering trees. It is so wonderful to remember what Jesus did for us and to celebrate His sacrifice and gift of new life to us.
We are waiting for the electrical inspection, but were so excited to have the crew out on Saturday to start the wrap-a-round porch. I can't wait for it to be done, and am dreaming of iced tea on the porch in the summer! Apparently wraparound porches or decks are made of gold, accounting for the cost, which was a surprise to David and I. But we are focusing on the pleasure we will get from the porch, there is no holding back now! We are on a run away train and trying to hold on.
David has had quite a trial in getting all the trenches dug for the electrical lines from the transformer to the house, and from the house to the shop and from the house to the well. Also for the water line from the well to the house. So we have lots of dirt everywhere!
I had to start a little garden on the trailer porch as you can see. I am having fun visulizing the hanging baskets on the porch, as well.

Here are a couple more pictures from last weekend. Cheryl and Leah came down to see us and our building project. Also a view of the living room, standing in the kitchen area. The last is of Leah standing in front of the house taking a picture; it also shows you the view of the hills.

Windows and skylights! We picked out the doors yesturday, so they are next. And the roof is on!

Well, as you can see, the roof and porch are going on. We are just back from our aniversary trip to the coast, (30 years!) and took these pictures this afternoon. The roofers are coming this week to put on the shingles, etc, so it will soon be "topped out and dryed in" as our contractor has told us. I put in my kitchen cabinet order and have picked out tubs and faucets and sinks. There are still too many choices and it can be exausting, but we are thankful for the opportunity to have this adventure and get to live out in the country. Happy birthday to Jeremiah and to Rachael, who have each had their special day this week!

17 degrees in the Mouselands this morning! Poor Max didn't think it was prudent to go out when we left for work. Anyway, work continues , now on the roof.

The trusses are up and we can't believe how high the vaulted living room is. The guys had to cut short their work day on Monday due to snow flurries! Today it only got to 36 degrees for the high. A little chilly!

The top 2 pictures are looking from the master bedroom thru the wall into the kitchen, and then into the living room in the top right one. The bottem picture is looking from the master bath towards the garage.