Breakdown………..#2

Well, last night I had #2 breakdown from this whole process!! I cannot even begin to tell you how stressful this all is!! I will update you quickly. The floors in the house are not even close to being done. (They were supposed to be completely done last night ha!) The guy we hired just isn’t making this a priority at all……….he’s very young and just have “more important” things to do like talking on his cell phone while working. So I’m afraid we are not going to be able to depend on him to get it done. Second, the cabinets are still not done but you won’t hear an ounce of complaining out of my mouth for the sweet guy that is doing them……bless his and Kris’s heart they have had a time with these cabinets!! So installing counter tops this week isn’t looking like that’s going to happen since the paint is not done yet, unless they can get them done today, but it’s just a big mess right now. Kris and the guy helping him worked their tooshies off trying to get done this weekend.

I guess reality has set in with this whole project……..it doesn’t seem that we will be moving in this week at all. Maybe, and I mean MAYBE by this next weekend, but it’s going to depend on those floors. Apparently it takes a long time to dry with this type of poly that the guy is using and since not even one room has the poly on it……..ugh, anyways! =) I am leaving on Thursday for a prayer retreat which I’m trying to get excited about, it’s just very hard with everything we have going on but I will be back Saturday afternoon. I have made about a million trips to Lowe’s and Home Depot, they are going to know me by name when this process is complete! So all the driving and running around, taking care of girly’s and working, it’s really wore me out! But, I did get to spend a couple of hours with some sweet friends yesterday afternoon for a birthday of a friend of mine. That was a nice break!

Kris has been amazing and I mean amazing through this process! Last night, he was so understanding of all this is doing to the girls and I. And normally he’d be like, OH WELL. But, he was very sweet and just knows that this is all very stressful! So, I was allowed to shed some tears of deep frustration and then he came up with our plan! He went into work super early this morning and will be off early this afternoon, he’s going to rent another sander and my brother and him are going to try and get these floors sanded and then hopefully the guy will come and put the first coat of poly on tomorrow night.

My super sweet dad is taking the girls to Carowinds today, which they are just THRILLED about!! So, I should be able to catch up on some laundry (since no one has anything clean since we’ve been gone so much this week!) and finish my kitchen table. My mom took the girls to get their haircut on Saturday and they both look so cute!! Taylor went super short, which I’m very glad about, her hair is so thick that it’s very hard to manage when it gets long, and she looks so sweet!!! But bless her heart, she spend the night with a friend the other night and they were riding scooters and she fell and really scratched her face up pretty bad! I feel so bad for her! Hope left her hair long, which is good since her hair is so thin it does well long!

Kennedy is still not walking and now she’s not even trying. I’m calling the dr. today to see if I can get her in this week to see what they think. She is 18 months old now and I just think it’s all very unusual. I think her foot might have something wrong, but who knows, I could be wrong but I feel like she at least needs to be checked out, she’s due for her checkup anyways!

So life is busy, chaotic and oh did I mention stressful???!!! =) But through it all, I have heard my sweet Lord whispering in my ear, “I’m here, I know what’s going on, it’s going to be ok.” There have been many blessings through this whole process……finding light fixtures on BIG TIME SALE….meeting some of our very sweet neighbors…….our families helping out so much…..Kris just being awesome…..and so much more!! I have really been praying continually through this whole process. Every time I’m out buying something I’ve been praying for God to lead, lead, lead. I refuse and I mean refuse to go over our budget or to take out credit cards to pay for this whole process. I am trusting on the Lord and if that means I don’t have any living room furniture right now, then that is what it will mean. He will provide and I know He sees our obedience to not go into debt in this process.

Thank you my friends for all of your prayers, support and encouraging words!! I was so thrilled the other night when I checked my e-mail to find all kinds of support!!! THANK YOU!!! Have a super dooper blessed day!!!