No rot here!
Ajigasawa Town Office offers (financial) assistance in changing over to a wood burning stove. So my husband - after a year's contemplation - decided to go for it. But that meant removing the straw mats from that corner, so he thought he'd take time to check under the floor and re-enforce it, which meant fixing the walls, which then led to a new ceiling - and so, after 11 years, he's drywalling the living room at last! Yes!
Of course, that means weekends like the last one - when 5 different groups were crowded into the church and parsonage all cooking their particular ethnic food for our town's international night; and this one - we have two couples (with kids) coming to stay - are a bit of a trick.
What it looked like last weekend!
There is never a neat little portion of time labelled: "Time for exclusive care of upheaval, all other obligations have ceased." Food had to be prepared, dishes washed, clothes washed, teeth brushed! And though the search for "truth" and "meaning" is something many people mean to take time for "some day", there is no neat little portion of time that will drop into your lap labelled: "Full stop ahead for contemplation and search for meaning in the universe." The end of life just comes up and hits you when you're not looking!
- Edith Schaeffer, L'Abri
We're getting there!
2 comments:
It will all be worth it though... It will look great when it is done and wood burning stoves are great too!
Hey! Its looking better all the time! I can hardly wait to park my rocking chair in front of the stove! :-)
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