Regarding my last post, it seems I am off the hook.  Matt installed linoleum in the downstairs bathroom and decided it would be ok to hire the rest of it out.  Yay!  We’re also going to hire out the plumbing work for the showers and the water heater.  Matt is almost done with the railing, which means he finally is starting to have time to work on other things at the house.  I may help with the faucets, but I think that’s about it.  Matt’s “day” job is still busy though, so there’s been little relief in the work schedule.  Things are moving along at the house though, and every once in awhile I feel like there might be just a small glimmer from that light that I keep hearing is at the end of the tunnel.

Blogging is such a strange practice for me now.  I can’t figure out what I should write about, and it seems like it is far too easy to write “woe is me” sort of posts.  Really, life isn’t all that bad - tiring, and challenging, but there are definitely a lot of rewards too.  There are a lot of other life paths I could have been traveling right now, and none of them are as appealing as the one we’re on now.  It has been hard, and at times very hard, but God has really used all this to grow me a lot.  An extremely huge amount, really.  I’ve got a long way to go to sainthood (*grin*) but He’s really used this to do good things for who I am.

And on a completely different topic, does anyone enjoy doing laundry?  Really, I’ve actually come to enjoy it.  Sure, it is endless and all, but I like feeling like the clean clothes fairy, gently depositing fresh items in everyone’s drawers when they’re not paying attention.  I once read a comment on someone’s blog that she uses her laundry folding time to pray for her family.  I don’t always do that, but I do reflect on things they’ve done recently while wearing what I’m folding and sorting and how much my children are growing and changing.  Besides, it is a lot easier and less taxing than installing flooring!