Spinning Positive

Haven't said much about the house lately...mostly because I really don't even know where to start. If you ever build, I will give you one piece of advice: get. a. good. draftsperson. We did not, and have been dealing with consequences on a daily basis. This whole process has been a rollercoaster of stress and excitement. Thankfully our framing is almost finished which means that most of our structural stress will be over and we can now just work on finishing the interior. I look forward to the day I stop hearing "Who did these plans? Are you sure they knew what they were doing?".

We walked through the house again last night and I am starting to get SO excited about the potential. We have craaaaazy high ceilings (which we didn't mean to, but it's never a bad thing!) so the house feels huge-er than it already is. We ended up with a very large entry way (which we also didn't mean to) and will have really wide stairs going up and down (building a bi level). While this is somewhat of a waste of space, it will really make the entry way look nice. I'm so excited about my kitchen I can hardly stand it. I look at our cabinet drawings almost every single day.

I love thinking about the potential and the future of this house. I love looking at it knowing that, Lord willing, this is where we will raise our kids. The park across the street is where they'll play and skin their knees and learn how to ride bikes. I love knowing that good friends are close enough to walk over to when I need a cup of sugar or a cup of coffee. I love knowing that at the end of this, our hard work WILL pay off and we will have a beautiful home.

On a slightly different, but very related topic, something that has changed our lives significantly is Mitch's job. Wow. The value of having a husband who love his job is indescribable. He comes home happy almost every day, and it's so cool watching him become empowered and able to accomplish things he never thought he could. It's been pretty awesome timing having him start apprenticing as an electrician as we're building our house because he is learning tons about building processes and coming home with tips and ideas all the time. I honestly think that this job factor is part of the reason we've been surviving our house endeavor. I watch my husband grow in confidence and assurance and is become a man who is handier than I ever dreamed. He feels capable of attempting tasks he wouldn't have before, and has an "I could totally figure this out" attitude. While he did have some of this before, this new job has encouraged him to step out in so many more ways. Praise God for a place that makes my husband happy.