Framing

They started the framing this week....it is starting to take shape!! When the roof gets finished they will take out this bay window and place these windows on that wall.

Happy Day!

I was so excited today when I opened my electric bill.....$104! I love the Spring and Fall because we have low bills but I dont' remember it ever being this low!! Now last summer it got over $300 but it was the hottest summer EVER!

Hope you had a happy moment in your day!

My Grandmother's poem

I did find my Grandmother's poem book so I thought I would post her entry. The book was a collection of work from University of Alabama English students published in 1926. My grandmother(pictured above) did major in English...but I did not! hardy har har. She evidently loved poetry because I have a lot of her old books and most were poetry.

Compensation

Perhaps to have had no vision

Is better than one blurred

By all the dilillusionments

That have occurred.

But although my dreams are shadows

My fire but a spark

I have remembered daylight

And do not fear the dark

Ruth Palmer

Poetry

I became a member of the Children's Book of the Month club for the 3rd time 2 years ago just because their introductory offer is so good...you get like 100 books for 1 penny....well maybe just like 5 for $1 each or something wonderful and then you just have to buy 5 over the next 2 years to fulfill your membership. The only hassle is they send out the "month's selection" to you every month unless you call and cancel it or send in the reply card. I usually would just call and punch in some numbers to cancel them sending it or if I forgot and they sent it I would not open it, write "return to sender" and put it back in the mailbox. BUT last week I got "this month's selection" in the mail and decided to see what it was since I am always on the lookout for good books that I could use for preschool.....well it was 2 poetry books. I first thought I did not need these but then I thought I would just read some of the poems. Then I thought of my mother who loves poetry. I remember her reading poetry to me as I would fall asleep. Her mother was actually a published poet. Do you have that poem Mama? Maybe I do??

Anyway....the 2 poetry books I received were "Don't Bump the Glump" by Shel Silverstein...which I sent back(wasn't on the preschool level) and "My Dog May Be A Genius" by Jack Prelutsky. (those are both pretty cool websites....by the way;))
Anyway....the poetry in this book is fun and easy to read. One of my favorites is very easy to memorize....here is it:

Call of the Long Winded Clumsy Owl

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I know...I know....I am easily amused!:)

The perfect poem for Sophia

We were reading in this new poem book I have (see above post) and this poem fit Sophia so perfectly!! She will be the first one up on Saturday but the last one up on a school day!! Our little sleeping princess:)

Please let me sleep all day today

I need to stay in bed

I'm hardly even half awake,

I'm sure my eyes are red.

I try and try to open them,

but can't remember how.

You say today is Saturday?

I'm getting up right now.

Concrete

Here is the foundation for our room! They are supposed to start tomorrow....but I just remembered it is supposed to rain so it might not get going until later in the week....don't tell Richard though! He is very impatient about this project and wants it done yesterday!

Bowling Alley...phase 1

Here are some pictures of the bowling alley....it will most likely be a small extra bedroom and an extended kitchen....but a bowling alley would be more fun!! ha!

The room will be long and narrow. I know Mama will be happy about this extra room because she wouldn't have to live in that out-building if she had to come live with us;) hardy har har.

The bay window is going to be gone and the kitchen extended out. Those double doors will be put on the right side so you can exit out from the kitchen to the outside.

Just another picture from the back yard.

I will try to post pictures at each stage of the process. They got behind schedule because we thought we were needing to move our septic lines....but thank goodness we didn't have to!!