Let it Shine, Let it Shine!

Saturday Morning's Crew



Monday's Crew

I was not too smart to use the title for the last posting that I did. Today, Wednesday, it wants to snow or threaten to snow! We are waiting for it to clear and warm up enough to pour sidewalks. Over the Thanksgiving weekend on Saturday and Monday our front parking area was a beehive of activity with people running here and there and everywhere getting the sidewalks prepared for this week to pour. Now we sit and wait out the weather! We should be taking a deep breath and enjoying a bit of a breather here, but we aren't! Next week Peter and I are supposedly going on a bit of a holiday (planned a year ago - who knew!) but somehow the pressure of getting all enclosed and prepared for those winter blizzards is not encouraging us to "just go!"

On Saturday, once Eric and Becky arrived, Eric and Kev worked on getting some communication wires pulled in our suite. Hopefully we are not too premature in this - the shingles are still sitting in their bundles on the roof. Our roofer is to come tomorrow! While they were busy running wires through walls and in the floor system, Eric and Becky's new (but not so little anymore) puppy Keira was tied up digging to her heart's content in a sandpile created by our plumber and electrician a number of weeks ago. She had to be confined while Becky and I stained the last of the smart wood under cover and away from our nightly frost. Outside were Peter, Matt Archibald, Tyrone Mamchur and Gordie Scott (all three friends of Kev's from high school) moving around gravel and pit run and laying out forms for sidewalks.

On Monday Brent and Kirstin were here and Eric and Becky were heading home to Calgary. Brent and Kev helped along with the crew from Saturday to finish up most of the sidewalk prep. Brent sure knows his stuff and was a real asset to the task at hand! Kirstin and I cleaned out upstairs and generally moved around what we could for the guys. We looked useful at all the right times! Or tried to! Most of the work was completed with the expertise of Brent and the brute strength of the former football players on site.

Now we wait! Even the siding fellows and the bricklayers quit early yesterday because of the continual drizzle of rain dripping down through the overhang boards on them and their work. Don't blame them!

Once again we are being tested on just how well we have learned the lesson of patience. As tough as it is to be at a standstill at such a crucial time of year - there is nothing we can do about the weather. We know it is in His hands. God knows what we need, when we need it and we will have those things in His good timing. We can still count blessings in our anxious moments. We have someone to watch over the constuction site while we are hopefully away next week. What a blessing! We've managed to snag onto some insulated tarps - which will be in high demand soon! What a blessing! We are heading into a somewhat slower time in the office and not our busiest season. What a blessing! Even the phone in the office is ringing less (time of year and weather) which makes for better productivity there. What a blessing! We have three healthy sons and two wonderful daughter-in-laws to help and encourage us along. What a blessing!

Weather? This too shall pass!