Rest Before The Storm

Yesterday Hubby and I had a day of rest. We stayed in bed late and then leisurely got up and ate a nice breakfast before sitting out on the deck which is where we stayed until it was too cool to stay out any longer. We had a great deal of rain and thunder yesterday and Hubby and I were able to stay out and watch the whole thing on our new covered North deck. So it literally was the calm before the storm.

The Daughters relaxed and laid around reading their books until the cows came home (actually in our case it was sheep)! All in all it was a lovely day. Today however, Hubby and I wasted time. It was not a day of rest and it was not a day of work. It was a day of frustrations. First the compressor that I bought to help Hubby get the wall paneling up for the air nailer, was without the right connection. So off to town to get a connector Hubby went and he was gone for quite some time. Then when he came back, he brought along some movies which distracted him while I was snoozing. In between it all, I was weaving blocks for my level three project. If I have enough blocks then I am going to make a shawl. Suffice it to say that the house renovations were not on our priority list today. Hubby finally managed to get two sheets of paneling up by 8 p.m. We then ate supper and I washed the dishes while Hubby put away the power tools. Not what I would call a productive day.





Tomorrow a friend will be coming at 9 a.m. to help install the plumbing for the new laundry closet. I expect to see progress tomorrow, because he will not let Hubby sit around and do nothing. Meanwhile, while they are working on plumbing, I will be staining the paneling that was put up today. I will also be staining the trim boards around the entry to the sunroom. It is high time that we got some more work done on this joint. If it is warm enough and dry enough.... we've had a lot of rain... I will try to get some of the deck stained too.

It is high time that we start tackling some of those 40 something jobs I listed off on my to do list last week. So the only thing I can do is consider this the rest before the storm.... I just wish the storm would hurry up and pass.