Yes I have too much time on my hands and am spending way too much time on the computer.  But if everything goes as planned I may not see my computer for awhile.  We probably won't have any wi fi out on our property.  So if I don't email anyone for awhile don't take it personally.  Our cell phone works out there most of the time though.

My husband and I love the old craftsman style homes.  The last house we owned was a craftsman.  We would love to be able to build a new one someday with all the same character as the old ones.  Here's a link to a builder's website that we went and looked at their homes.  http://www.providencehomesky.com/forSale.php?type=Signature

They are the best built homes we've ever seen.  There are transoms above the entryways, rod iron hardware on the shutters, wood floors and gorgeous kitchens.  I have to say this builder pays attention to every detail. 

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Here's a few pictures of some craftsman's back in WA.

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My camera distorts anything with lots of lines in it.  I'll figure it out someday.  So no this roof isn't some new swirly design.

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09:59 - Monday, September 1, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

There is just something about an old barn. 

Here's a link to an old barn site where you can buy or sell one.  The site also advertizes restored barn wood.

http://www.oldbarnwoodsite.com/

We've been across so many states lately I'm not positive where I took these, but I think they are in La Conner, WA.

09:39 - Monday, September 1, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

Pictures of some things we did while in WA.

This is our favorite roadside market in La Conner.  They have fresh seafood, produce, local wine, and huge ice cream cones.

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We visited a few restaurants that were on the T.V. show Drive Ins Diners and Dives.

Voula's offshore cafe is a down home cooking and Greek type restaurant in Seattle.  One order is enough for two people.

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Bobby's Hawaiian restaurant is downtown Everett.  You can smell this place a  few blocks away.  Mmmmm.

Classic consignment is an awesome second hand store in Seattle.

Guided tour vehicle in Seattle that also goes in the water.

This building is downtown Seattle next to an organic market that was really fun.

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A dingy that people have been using for donations for some rotary.

08:53 - Monday, September 1, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

It feels good to be back.  We haven't really been able to accomplish much because of the holiday weekend.  Meaning that the motorhome wouldn't start and we can't find a mechanic till Tuesday.  So back to the hotel.  It was a relief to know that nothing had been disturbed at the property.  Some of the grass there is 7 feet tall so we need to get out there and do some mowing and weedwacking around the building.  The man that cuts our hay told us that it won't be ready for hay till mid October.  If it was up to me the jungle would come down.  During our scouting around we spooked a spotted fawn out of the woods and got to see a few new butterflies. 

We are going to look into getting a loan on Tuesday to get the place finished.  If that doesn't work out then we're  going to put the property on the market and hopefully find something later on that is comparable to ours with a house.  We absolutely love our property, but we can only do what we can do.  So our journey continues. 

Here's a place we looked at yesterday.  It's a really old home with tons of character and it needs lots of work.  It comes with 10 partially wooded and fenced acres in the back of the house for $110,000 and for another $100,000 you can purchase 20 more acres in the front that I think is already subdivided into smaller lots.  This would be a really neat place for someone with the money and ambition, but it's not for us.  If anyone is interested I can send you a link to it.

Take care everyone. 

08:20 - Sunday, August 31, 2008 - comments {1} - post comment

We've got about another 8 hours before we get home.  This is our 6th trip across the states and it seems to be taking us the longest for some reason.   The scenery in South Dakota and Iowa is really beautiful.  If you're one who is obsessed with farms anyway. 

Can you see the rainbow?

08:58 - Friday, August 29, 2008 - comments {1} - post comment

Just a quick note to let everyone know

that we'll be headed back to KY on Monday

 if everything goes as planned.  

So we should be back by the end of the month.

How's the weather there?

It got up to 109 here this week.  Yucko!

12:01 - Friday, August 22, 2008 - comments {1} - post comment

Psalm 73:23-26

Nevertheless I am continually with You:

You hold me by my right hand.

You will guide me with Your counsel,

And afterward receive me to glory.

Whom have I in heaven but You?

And there is none upon earth

that I desire besides You.

My flesh and my heart fail;

But God is the strength of my heart

and my portion forever.

12:46 - Saturday, August 16, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

I told everyone we would be home by the end of the month unless something bad happened.  Well it isn't that bad, but it's over 100 degrees here this week and it's suppose to be over 100 in KY next week and our AC in our car just broke.  So it may be a week or two till we can line everything up to get it fixed.  Bummer, we'll get back just as soon as possible.  This will give us some more time to visit my husbands  family anyway. 

 Grandma is doing pretty good, she's fighting with thrush and messed up tastebuds so she's still not able to eat solids yet.  Her energy level is still pretty low, but doctors say that it could be another 2-4 weeks before that comes back.  But praise God the cancer is gone. 

Our son starts working next week.  Praise God again!  Now, as my best friend said, I can head home in peace. 

11:51 - Saturday, August 16, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

Grandma is done with her treatments and is doing really well.  Yeah Grandma!  So we may be heading home in about a week. It's been nice being back in WA and seeing everyone.  Thanks to everyone who is babysitting our plant, guns, guitars and dog.  You've helped make it possible for us to be with Grandma.  We'll be glad to get back to KY and settle down again.  Does life ever really settle down though?  I'm starting to think not.  I am 37 now and I remember about 5 years ago I was really getting bored with our same routine and prayed to God for a change.  Whamo, things haven't settled down since.  I blame it all on our chihuahua, she was the first sign of all the chaos that was about to begin.  When we found her she was the size of a hamster crossing a snow covered road on Christmas day.  We searched for her owners throughout the day, but finally realized they didn't care that she was missing.  Life's been a rollercoaster ever since.  We've lost two parents, three grandmothers, two grandfathers, had financial ruin which God has so generously and gratiously restored, moved about 8 times, lost a business, lost two homes, experienced a church split, and some.  God has faithfully carried us through it all.  He's blessed us, tested us and stretched us.  Praise God for being such a just God and that we need not worry because He's got it all under control.   

10:17 - Saturday, August 2, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

I just love this picture of my Grandmother, Mother, and Aunt. 

Just wanted to give you an update on Grandma.  As of Friday her doctor couldn't feel or see the cancer in her neck any longer.  Her last treatment is on the 30th and boy is she happy about that.  She hasn't been able to eat real food for over 3 weeks and I coudn't say for sure, but I think she spends most of her time in her room fantasying about the delicacies that await her.  She's doing great and she still has her hair.  Woohoo! 

Once things settle around here we'll head back to KY and start on the house again.  Coming back to WA for awhile has made us thankful once again for our place in KY.  We are so blessed.  Thank you so much for your prayers for Grandma.  I know they've helped because whenever we're at the doctor's office they keep referring to her pain and we keep telling them "what pain"?  She hasn't got any pain".  Praise God!

12:38 - Monday, July 21, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

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2 Corinthians 5:4-8

For we who are in this tent groan,

being burdened, not because

we want to be unclothed,

but further clothed,

that mortality may be

 swallowed up by life. 

 Now He who has

prepared us for this

very thing is God,

who also has given us

the Spirit as a gurarantee. 

 So we are always confident,

knowing that while

we are at home in the body

we are absent from the Lord. 

For we walk by faith,

not by sight. 

 We are confident,

yes, well pleased

rather to be absent from the body

and to be present with the Lord.

05:58 - Friday, June 27, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

We're staying in Missoula, Montana tonight and we'll be at Grandma's tomorrow.  She's still doing really good considering the circumstances.  Please keep praying for a full recovery.  Speaking of praying.  I don't know how many of you I told, but I've been having a real bad time with my eyes for over 3 years and most of the time I couldn't read.  Sometimes everything was blury.  I had my eyes checked and the doctor said that my eyes were fine and gave me the same perscription for contacts.  So my wonderful husband always has to remind me that when I have a problem that I need to pray about it instead of just dealing with it.  Well I have to say that for the last month I've had completely clear vision and I have to give God the glory because I don't believe in coincidence.  I prayed that if He would make it so that I could read again then I would spend more time reading my bible, which I have a tendency to lack in when we get busy.  So praise be to God.  I am so thankful. 

James 1:17

Every good gift and

every perfect gift

is from above,

and comes down

from the Father of lights,

 with whom there is no

 variation or shadow of turning. 

08:51 - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

Jeremiah 29:11-14

For I know the thoughts

that I think toward you,

says the Lord,

thoughts of peace and not of evil,

to give you a future and a hope. 

Then you will call upon Me

and go and pray to Me,

 and I will listen to you. 

 And you will seek Me and find Me,

when you search for Me

with all your heart. 

I will be found by you,

says the Lord

07:12 - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

Today we made it through all of South Dakota, visited Mt. Rushmore, and then into Wyoming.  We may make it to Washington tomorrow.   Having lots of fun and enjoying the beauty all the way.  This has been our favorite way to go.  No boring dry and barren lands this way and the hotels seem to be alot cheaper up north and then west.  Usually we go down the west side and then through the southern states.  The hotels are above $100.00 that way and so far we've not paid more than $80.00. 

Supreme unleaded is cheaper here than the regular unleaded because it is made from corn ethenol.    I don't think we've ever used supreme before.  Hope the car doesn't get used to it cause I don't think it'll be the same once we get to Washington. 

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John 14:6

Jesus said to him, "I am the way the truth and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me.

08:42 - Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - comments {1} - post comment

Wind Point Lighthouse on Lake Michigan

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We decided to go North and then West this trip so we could see Lake Michigan and some different states.  We traveled through Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minessota so far.  Illinois is very beautiful and not what we expected.  It took us almost three hours to get through Chicago on I94 on Sunday evening.  I can't imagine what it would've been like during rush hour.  Wisconsin looked alot like Kentucky, but with better roads.  People were alot more layed back behind the wheel.  Minnesota is beautiful farm after farm.  We'll be headed into South Dakota tomorrow. 

Grandma had a really good weekend and was able to eat and drink which she really hasn't been able to do for a few weeks.  My aunt, uncle and our son built her a pergola roof over her back porch complete with new plants and a comfy lounge chair.  It's something she's wanted for a while now.  There's nothing like a pretty scene to help a person feel better. 

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Psalm 121:1&2

I will lift up my eyes to the hills-

From whence comes my help?

My help comes from the Lord,

 Who made heaven and earth.

07:06 - Monday, June 23, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord

run to and fro

throughout the whole earth,

to show Himself strong

on behalf of those

whose heart is loyal to Him.

09:24 - Saturday, June 21, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

1 Chronicles 16: 8-12

Oh, give thanks to the Lord!

Call upon His name;

Make knowm His deeds among the peoples!

Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;

Talk of all His holy name:

Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!

Seek the Lord and His strength;

Seek His face evermore!

Remember His marvelous works which He has done.

His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth

07:11 - Friday, June 20, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace you have been saved

through faith and that not of yourselves;

it is the gift of God,

not of works,

lest anyone should boast. 

 For we are His workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus for good works,

which God prepared beforehand

that we should walk in them. 

08:48 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

John 8: 31 & 32

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him ,

"If you abide in My word,

you are My disciples indeed.

"and you shall know the truth,

 and the truth shall make you free."

07:17 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

Hebrews 13:14 & 15

For here we have no continuing city,

but we seek the one to come.

Therefore by Him let us continually

 offer the sacrifice of praise to God,

that is, the fruit of our lips,

giving thanks to His name.

07:51 - Sunday, June 15, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment