Del is legally blind.This meaning that he has partial sight but not enough to drive or work a regular job. Del owns the house and we rent from him and take care of cooking,maintenance etc. The situation works well for us because the rent is cheap and we aren't burdened with the responsibility of home ownership. I enjoy living with 2 men most of the time. They eat pretty much anything I cook and take out the trash and I enjoy living in a house for the first time in many years. Oh the ability to paint and decorate can so easily be taken for granted!haha I have lived here for about 2 years (1 1/2 full time) and have put my womanly touch on the place. It's starting to look a little more colorful and clean!Ok so now I have you all caught up right?
Now we enter the first of I'm sure many blogs about THE REMODEL that is going to go on around here this summer. Del's room is the attic space that is roughly converted into a bedroom and closet. It's seems the roof is due for replacing so he figured he would take the opportunity to also add on some additional walking/living space upstairs. He is adding dormurs (sp?) with windows and extra square footage for a bedroom,closet,bathroom and sitting area.The addition will also extend off the back of the house and cover a new deck and our current back porch.So basically the entire top of the house is getting an extreme makeover!Vern and I's bedroom is downstairs so we will have a safe place to escape while things are torn apart upstairs. The question we are all starting to ask is..Where is Del going to sleep while all this is going on? In the tiny office? In the living room? At his Mom's?!LOL Ok there's no way that would happen but still we wonder..? I also forgot to mention that the GC doing the remodel is a friend of Del's and with his help Del will be doing a large part of the work to save money. Del works with his friend on remodels quite a bit but never has he done a remodel like this in his own home! Soo..I will try to keep the fridge stocked with sandwich supplies,vacuum as often as I can and keep the bathroom stocked with Lysol Disinfectant Wipes. Pray for me. :) Ok so now you are totally up to date...let me start over..
Today is a day of many changes in our little world! THE REMODEL begins. Utility lines are all marked with bright spray paint,the driveway looks like "Graffitiville". Dirt is already everywhere and there are holes so big I could lose Chipper in them and power tools growl and vibrate the pictures on the wall.I had the day off so I'd sneak out every now and then to see what progress had been made.I'd smoke while I watched them dig ...and dig ...and dig. Yuk,I hate digging. Digging makes my back hurt just thinking about it.I can't say I was affected much,I snuck away to my room and put some copper blond high lights in my hair while watching a series of shows on the Bravo channel that I'd rather not admit to watching hehe Girl time. Yummy,sparkly,goofy Girl time.My hair turned out a little lighter than I had planned but I left it-I few spunky bright high lights in my hair to make me smile at myself in the mirror all day. SOOO worth it,it's only hair right? My hair.That's a whole other blog....Back to today. The next big news came around 4pm. Vern was approved by insurance for his shoulder surgery! I have never been this happy for someone I love to have surgery? Vern has a build up of arthritis in his shoulder that the Dr is going to remove.He can finally have some relief from the shoulder pain that he has suffered for the last 10 years or more!Yay! BUT-this also means he is going to be unable to work for about 2 months and probably in a lot of new pain! Vern is fortunate enough to have a good job that will pay him well while he is off so he is lucky not to have the financial stress BUT he is a very hard working man and you know what they say...it's hard to keep a good man down! Thanks to pharmaceuticals I will be able to keep him sedated for awhile (haha) but after that..I'm not too sure. The smoker and THE REMODEL should also help to keep him from going completely stir crazy. Poor guy,I will take good care of him :) Alright so are you keeping track here? A house remodel and a boyfriend in repair!Wow,it's going to be a busy summer,I pray the God gives me the patience and compassion of Mother Theresa :)
BUT wait.... the day wasn't over yet! Tonight I also called my parents and guess what?! My Dad is giving us his boat! We had talked about it before but this time he was very serious! This isn't some fancy canoe either,it's a fishing boat with a jet engine!(This is required to fish UPstream in a river) We can have it he just wants to be able to use it when he comes to go fishing in Sekiu " Take it or I'm going to sell it! No sense in having a boat I don't use and letting it go to waste!" he said. What did I say? "Thanks for the boat Dad!" without hesitation! There I go,adding yet another task or ten to the pile- picking the boat up in Idaho and bringing it here. Storing it until we can adjust this river boat for the Straits Of Juan De Fuca. Pulling it out to Sekiu this fall for the annual fishing trip. But still,I am so thankful! So thankful to have parents that can give us a boat! Vern and I have so much to talk about tomorrow...and so much planning to do.Perhaps we can escape all the aches and pains and craziness mentioned above as we float around the local lakes this summer..in our new boat :)
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