It’s Sunday and I am sitting out looking around at the reason we are building here. The weather is incredible with the Sun, a few clouds providing passing shade, and a light breeze.
The mountains and meadows are as green, as I have ever seen them. The wildflowers, normally seen earlier in the summer, are starting to bloom with all of the recent rain the valley has received.
I’m drinking a cold one and listening to the Eagles Live album (via computer). I really look forward to when we can spend more time (all) our time here.
The moment though is broken, as I think about some distressing health news on one of the folks in the area. Randy, one of the builders in the area, suffered an aneurysm that resulted in a stroke. He is a young at 46. His prognosis doesn’t sound good.
Life is so tenuous and can change at any minute disrupting plans a lifetime in the making. The effects for him are too painful to imagine, but even more so for his family. I just think of the life that Marlys’ Dad led after his stroke. When I think about this I always end up trying to answer the unanswerable, about how and why these things happen.
Today, Marlys and I painted until we ran out of paint, to bad we had not yet run out of house. Next weekend we should be able to complete the job.
Scott and Norma from Bright Lights (electricians) will start their rough-in tomorrow. We walked the place and tagged anything that is out of the norm for them to consider. Of course since we have never done this before it’s hard to say what is out of the ordinary. As with most of the sub contractors we have used we will use there experience and expertise when questions come up.
UPDATE: It took Scott, Norma and I over 4 hours to do the walk-though on Monday. Marlys and I didn’t even come close to the level of detail needed. We placed every outlet, switch/pattern, light fixtures/coverage, and specialty circuit. In all we will not be buying many fixtures as most of the lighting will be recessed. We need to get a couple of outside lights, a few fans w/lights and a pendant fixture for over the island.
The place is really starting to feel like it will one day be a home, and it is a seemingly small items that makes it feel that way. Shutting the doors, until now the doors and windows have always been open to the outdoors. But I noticed today, while painting, that when you shut the doors it provides that separation between the two environs. The interior becomes quieter and the breeze isn’t moving through the house.
It feels like a house with walls and boundaries, and with time a home.
We are also starting to act like the business that is just about to breakeven and show their first profit. As we get closer to the end game we are watching the budget even closer. I am continue to remind myself that the expenditures have been planned, so as not to pinch the penny so tight that we don’t make smart dollar decisions.
But no matter the positive changes we are seeing, our thoughts still circle back to Randy, his family and the changes their lives are going through.
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