Projects around the house & A new Job

With making ourselves at home we haven't done everything at once. Like hanging pictures on the wall. The living room still has nothing hung up. I am the type of person that likes instant home. Everything in it's place the first weekend. The three picture frames are in our entrance when you come in. There were existing nails and we decided instead of taking them out and having holes we would add just another nail and make it three. As life changes we can change the photo's to reflect us and our experiences.

The other weekend we picked up our rain barrels at the arena in town. There was a special drive and they were cheaper then in the store! Another little project was our flower boxes that we made out of 100 year old barn board. Since our yard is a work in progress we wanted some color at the front door.



The latest project is our DECK! With some help from our cousins we were able to get a great start on Saturday. This week our work schedules became a little different so the deck will become complete this week other then the stairs which we will wait till we landscape the backyard.



With spring comes new life and new opportunities. However for Lars this new opportunity came about in a very unfortunate way. Something happened at work that bothered Lars and he wanted to bring it to the attention of his boss. The response was shocking. The person who did the wrong got his way. Strange that you can show up at work drunk and pick a fight and still get your way (both grounds for dismissal according to their guidelines). It turned into a very sad and frustrating reflection of some people in this area. Some ways of doing things that I do not agree with and it angers me when it done under the name of Christ. Long story cut short. Lars was moved into another department & pay-scale. Lars went out yesterday and got himself a new job and when he gave his notice they gave him the week off paid as it didn't make sense to train him in another dept. So my husband can finish the deck. ;)

I hope this is a good new beginning for Lars in a community that can be very hard to break into.