Speeding Time

Time is speeding by! 

                 There 

                                 are

                                          never 

                                                      enough

                                                                      hours

                                                                                      in  

                                                                                                   a 

                                                                                                               day! 

Our attention 

was focused 

on other things 

now and then 

as the days marched on to this point. 

The anticipation of getting all the layers off the walls has almost come to an end. 

We now have the original walls! 

It was an exciting adventure 

and now will be almost as exciting getting it into living shape. 

The following photos were uploaded a bit at random.

Distraction 1

The Yard!

Earlier there is a picture of my wheelbarrow and how much I LOVE it. 

Now . . .

I am posting my most awesome gloves my sweet hubs bought me.

I LOVE THEM!!!

They are snug so I can get hold of the small weeds,

I can get them wet and they dry quickly,

they wear like crazy!

Still no holes in them!

And they keep my hands clean!

Ever so "handy"!

Surprises can be quite exciting.

But when my hubby surprises me,

it is more sensational then ever!

After a long day at work, 

I 

came

home

to

THIS!

My sweetheart had the torn off all the extra layers 

down to the original logs!

Isn't it beautiful!

The Window Wall

Distraction 2

Memorial Day

A day to remember our loved ones 

and those who have served our country.

A beautiful day!

My dad's grave.

(Notice the little black car on the left. More of her to come later)

My darling granddaughter. 

She had a great time taking pictures all day.

My sister's grave 

who passed away in a car accident 

when she was about 8 months old.

I think she was five years older than myself, 

yet I feel I know her and I love her.

Back to work!

North wall.

Definitely a door and possibly a chimney. 

There is only part of this wall.

So many questions arise while looking at this wall.

Is the other part of this wall out in the shop? 

Was this a front sort of front porch?

What was behind this originally?

Questions maybe Lance's sister might be able to answer. 

The hue is beautiful! 

The west wall.

A newspaper was nailed to the wall.

Was it used for insulation?

Where it is only two pieces, 

Did someone nail this to the wall for us to find years later

and wonder

why was this piece nailed to the wall? 

Hmmm. . . 

There is an interesting article 

about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith.

Must be a Deseret News.

Here it is again with more of the sheetrock torn off.

The "door" wall 

showing the beautiful baby blue color 

with the torquise on the left wall.

The colors are delightful!

Close up of the baby blue

Lance taking the newspaper off.

Being quite excitable, I was a bit nervous.

But he did a great job and preserved it wonderfully!

He spoils me in the most wonderful ways!

Distraction 3

Remember our little black car, Henrietta?

Well, she didn't make it back from a trip to SLC.

: (

Traveling down to a reception for my nephew's daughter,

poor little Henrietta gave it up. 

She took us many places and saw much adventure for our sakes.

(But honestly, she was ready to go, poor girl)

And now we have a new addition to the family:

ESTER!

Yup!

She is a Subaru Forester

(For-Ester)

In case you didn't get it.

And we are already loving her! 

Just not ready for a 

                                                             Road 

                                                                       Trip 

                                                                                 Yet

A bit gun shy still when it comes to further than Idaho Falls!

We need to get to know her first.

Distraction 4

YARD WORK 

And a lot of it!

Lilac bushes:

Mom loved Lilac bushes

and there are several in the yard.

This one was gorgeous.

(Trimming has already taken place. 

It was quite healthy before.)

The lilac represents the first emotions of love.

Quite significant as Mom loved her father dearly.

Her mother passed away when mom was but 2 years old.

This mother would never watch her sweet daughter grow up,

she would never get to curl her hair

or buy pretty dresses for her.

She would not be able to take her shopping 

or to a movie

or hold her close at night 

when chased by a nightmare.

However, her father did.

He bought her Shirley Temple dresses

and had her hair done up in Shirley Temple curls.

He took her to the horse races,

the dances, 

and took her shopping.

He even LET her 

milk the cows 

and feed the horses. 

:)

Mom remembers how he carried his bills in a money case.

He would buy his daughter many beautiful things.

And the lilac?

Such a representation of a love between a father and daughter.

But this one had to go. 

It was just too close to the front door.

We dug.

We lopped.

We chopped.

(Whew)

We sawed.

We dug some more.

And we broke some off.

We continued!

And then we took a break.

Then--

We dug.

We lopped.

We chopped some more!

I found out how tough my sweet hubby is

and how tough my baby girl is!!!

I even surprised myself with this 

unusual amount of work!

And finally, Darci and I leaned into it,

heard a cracking sound,

and there she went!

This was, of course, 

HOURS

later.

Another end of an era.

Picture after lopping and digging around the lilac bush.

The large pinetree has to go too.

The roots are threatening the foundation. 

SO wish it was out further.

Beautiful tree!

(Notice the beautiful green lawn. :)

More yard work.

Our rose bushes.

This was a huge thistle patch

the had grown just this year.

And now, after many days of digging,

Lance has cleared them all out.

Now we need to till it and plant some grass.

(Doesn't the lawn look nice at the top of the hill?)

(The green part at the bottom of the picture.)

This is what the above picture looked like

as you look at the thistles.

(They are the pretty tall, green, almost to flower plants)

Many more distractions have taken place.

Yet we have taken all the layers off every wall 

in our soon-to-be bedroom.

Sanding, sanding, and sanding

still to be done.

chinking,

staining,

colors to choose

Still so much to do.

Yet a feeling of going somewhere!

So much to see,

So much to learn!