What have I been doing these past days?
Life.
Around our house, if there isn't anything happening, we usually start a project.
So, while we waited for the paperwork to go through for the rebuild of the woodshop at our ministry centre, Walter got our house "mudded" to repair some dings and improve the plastering we had done in our dining room addition.  It took a week to get everything done.  The dining room was in the living room during that time!
Then the okay arrived and Walter and our "mud expert", Jacob, were gone.
I was left with the task of painting.  Fortunately, Caylea was able to help me and proved to be very skilled at "cutting in".  Amy had helped me pick out the paint colours and did some prep work to clean the bay window frame.
The finished product looks amazing!  I had always wanted a yellow kitchen and now I have it!  
But there were a few other areas that needed touching up,  so the front entry is now a khaki colour and this leads into the living room, which is the next room to be painted.  The kichen itself will be done in the yellow in due time.  But only one area at a time, as stuff needs to be moved out of one room, while it is being painted!
In the meantime, progress is now being made at the woodshop job site!  Jacob and Mark are Walter's right and left hands for the project.  And the weather has mostly held considering it is mid-November. The concrete is poured for the piles; the post and beam construction is underway. Trusses are ordered.  And one more project is being done:  mudding and painting in the ministry centre!  The construction boys were working on that before the go-ahead on the woodshop.  So now Amy is working away at the painting inside.
I think Walter is happiest when one or more projects are on the go.
The rest of us keep our running shoes on to keep up!
Yes, the finished products will be very satisfying.  While we are in the midst of the labour, it can be a little overwhelming.  The beauty of it all is that my work has no real deadlines, just my own desire to have the rooms back in order.
Some other things I have been able to do:  visit a co-worker, bake muffins, curl and go to Curves.
Life.
And I am so thankful we are healthy, free and blessed to set goals and accomplish them!
God is in the midst of our work.  And it is good to serve Him.