Happy birthday to Kathy today. We will be having a little party for her later today. She had to work today with her hurt finger but managed to keep it dry. Trusting that this year will be a good one for her.
Tonight some friends are coming over to help celebrate Kathy’s birthday and then we are going to have our Spring Equinox Ceremony. I love this time with these friends and look forward to them every time we gather. The world would be a different place if everyone had a small group they could gather with and share their hopes, dreams and fears.
I met with the house builder. He is young but I liked him. He did a great job hearing what I asked for and figured out a way to make all that I asked for happen. We changed a couple of things while we were talking. Amazing to watch him make a few changes on his computer and like magic a wall moved. I am to take a couple days and make sure the plan is what I want. He is to start gathering prices from the subcontractors and give me a rough estimate of costs once I approve the final plans.
I have found two more changes I want to make and then I think I will be good to go with what he came up with. It will be small as it is only 1,200 square feet but that is what I want. I’m glad I will be living in the rental house for about a year before the new house is ready as that will help me get used to small.
His computer program showed me a 3D image of what it will look like inside and out. That helped make it feel real to me. I like the way the outside of the house looks in his plan better than the plan I gave him as a starting point. The inside works better too.
Seeing the actual floor plan makes it start to become real for me. It will be a long year waiting for it to be built but time goes by quickly and I will be in it before I know it.
He gave me a better idea of how the financial part will work and what I will be responsible for and what is included in his cost. I will be busy shopping for flooring, countertops, door handles, doors, cabinets, appliances, etc. in the coming months. I am not a good shopper so will have to figure out a way to shop without draining myself. Not sure I look forward to all the decisions that will have to be made but I will make them one at a time and work my way through them. When I hit overwhelm I will stop and give myself a break and go again. I can do this!
Doing some laundry and cleaning this afternoon. I took another car load of trash down to the curb for tomorrow. The pile in the barn keeps shrinking and I should be able to get it all gone before closing day. There are some big pieces I need to figure out how to make go away or maybe I will leave them for the next owners.
Tomorrow will be a long day as I have to go to town twice to do taxes. I’ll do exercise class after I get done doing taxes in the morning and then stop and see the Chiropractor before my evening tax shift. Thursday I am going to Council Grove for lunch with a dear friend and then Friday I have to go to Emporia for exercise class. No stay-at-home days for me this week.
The EFIS supplier reached out to me this morning. He knew about the missing filter thingy in the overhang and said the guys told him they needed some more time to do a bit more touch ups and clean up. He will let me know when they are coming back for the last bit of work. I appreciated him getting hold of me and letting me know he knew about the missing filter thingy. He has a good crew that works for him and they did a nice job.
The guttering is to be done next week sometime. I haven’t been told yet what day they are coming. Gosh it will feel good to get that done and have the hail restoration project completed. It took over seven months to get it all done. The insurance adjuster told me he was impressed I got it done that quickly.
We are having a family day March 30. Jason asked me what I was fixing and I told him I hadn’t got that far in planning and he offered to fix the main dish. How nice is that? Love when the kids surprise me with things like that. That will make that day even more fun for myself.
It is a beautiful spring day on the prairie today. Temperatures reached the mid 70’s. It is windy on my hill today though. Funny how the wind isn’t such a factor when I am in town. I must say the one thing I won’t miss about living here is the wind. Somedays the sound of it almost drove me over the limits of my sanity.
Sitting in a good place this afternoon. I’m excited a big step was taken towards building a house today. I liked the builder and feel like we are off on the right step together. This move will be a huge change for me on many levels but it feels so right that I am making this change. Time to simplify my life and downsizing will help do that. Sometimes I have to step outside my comfort zone and head in a new direction. I feel so supported by the Universe right now that I know this is what I am to do.
Grateful to see floor plans today that match what I want, grateful for this beautiful spring day, and grateful to get to celebrate Kathy tonight.