Sunset at Point No Point

Sunset at Point No Point
Sunset at Point No Point

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The Simple Woman's Daybook

Outside my Window... is a beautiful late summer/early fall day.
 
I am thinking...of all that's left to be done before i can move in!

From the learning rooms... oh boy!  i am learning lots these days!

I am thankful for...the presence of the Lord all around me.

From the kitchen...this morning i made English Toffee Bars in honor of Tasha Tudor's birthday.
 
I am wearing...a long black and green jumper with a white blouse.
 
I am reading...The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency  

I am hoping....to get 5 quilt blocks finished today.

I am creating...a new life.

I am hearing...granddaughter singing in her bedroom.
 
Around the house...is busy-ness. 

One of my favorite things...a quiet house and time to myself, both of which i enjoyed yesterday and last night.

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...working on the quilt, getting things done so i can move in.

In my reading this morning, these verses stood out to me~
     Surely i have composed and quieted my soul.  Like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me.
             Psalms 131:2


Thursday, August 15, 2013

The place is jumping...

With activity.  The new house was moved in on Monday.  We were surprised to get a call that morning that it was on its way.  You see, there had been a little bit of a kerflaffle about the transportation.  When we ordered the house there were some modifications/upgrades that we could make one of which we chose involved having the walls sheet rocked instead of the standard wallboard/paneling.  That particular package upgrade included 9' ceilings instead of 8'.  Apparently the factory and their transport company did not do their homework.  We had been told earlier that the bouse would be here the Wednesday before it actually arrived, but according to the regulations the house was too tall to be trucked in via the usual routes.  There was all kinds of special permits involved and lots more money. In fact, the house was coming from a factory in Oregon and we live in northwestern Washington and every county the house passed through had to issue a separate permit.  We did not have to pay any extra as we bought the house delivered and set up but someone had to eat $2300.00 extra in transportation charges.  (I'm thinking we may have the only one with 9' ceilings!).

Saturday, August 10, 2013

New House Preparations:

It's time i wrote an update about the goings-on around here relative to our new house.  We had picked out a manufactured home a few weeks ago.  It is ready to be delivered but there is much to be done around here before that can happen.  Here is a picture showing a "before" picture of the area that our home will sit on ~
On the right side of the picture is the west side of my daughter's attached garage and straight ahead is a storage shed.
Here you can see some major differences.  That is the west side of the attached garage and the area where the house will sit.  There have been more than 12 trees, some of them large, taken out and the land partially leveled.
 It's amazing how a big tree can be taken down in this way.  They didn't use chain saws hardly at all.
 Big equipment working around the backyard putting in the septic drainfields.
The truck that brought the septic tanks.
The septic tanks in place.
And the drainfields partially covered.
So, here it is so far.  We have a ways to go yet, but progress is being made!