Work, Work, Work...

Today was very productive! Ross and I started working at the house this morning at about 8:30. The plan was to sand our bedroom. AGAIN. We worked on the sheet rock for about two hours and went out on the porch for a little break. Neither of us were really feeling into the tedious job of sanding and since the weather was so WONDERFUL we decided to work outside for awhile instead. Awhile turned into 6:30! We had started in the yard yesterday afternoon and we got a lot accomplished so we just picked up where we left off. We have three fairly large flower beds and three smaller ones (yes, his grandmother loved flowers!). Boy did we do some work! All of the flower beds were full!! They were full of both weeds and "bushes". These were "bushes" that I have never even seen before. Some of these things were rather obnoxious. Most of them were so overgrown that we had to get the chainsaw and cut them first and then get the tractor and pull the roots out of the ground. And when I say we, I mean we. I used a chainsaw today! Rickey (Ross' dad) keeps telling me that he is going to turn me into a county girl before its over. Ha. We have six crape myrtles in our front yard and seven in the back and they all had to be cut back. I look like I have been attacked! I have scrapes and scratches ALL over me! Seriously. It seemed like every time that I looked at my hands and my arms I was bleeding from somewhere. Even my legs are scratched up! It was a hard days work, but I loved it! I like to think that it is good for the soul. It always seems to remind me of just how amazing our God really is. Sometimes I get so caught up in weeding and trimming that I realize that I have been praying for 15 or 20 minutes. Its a job that has to be done but I feel like its MY time and it's more like a privilege than a chore most days. Now the sanding, that is usually another story. All I can focus on is the pain that is radiating from my forearms to my back! Ha. I'm really glad that we are doing it ourselves. I know that we will have an even greater appreciation for our little home when we finally get it finished.