News About Baby!

I, Sheryll, had a doctor's appointment yesterday. She set up my c-section while I was there and it is going to be December 30. This is very significant because that was my mom's birthday. That would be neat if she were still alive, but is even more special since she passed away 7 years ago.

I'm glad I have a woman doctor because she totally understood my crying at that news. I have a feeling a male doctor would have been a bit uncomfortable at that moment.

I will also change the subject in this post and say how thankful I am to Bob's dad who got our house all repainted! You may have noticed in some older posts that the house was a bright blue. I really did not like it! So Dad took that on as his project the past couple of weeks. Here is a picture of it in the middle (you can see both colors here):

And with it all finished! Doesn't it look SOOO much nicer????? Thank you, Dad!

The trusses are up!

The trusses arrive 10 minutes early as we're finishing breakfast. Yikes!

Our good friend, Mike Washek briefs the crew. After the brief, there was no confusion as to who was in charge or what would happen to the younger members if any of them walked under a truss that was being moved. Mike is a "retired" contractor. I don't think his wife was thrilled that he was going to be up in the trusses.

Setting and securing the first one was the most tense time of the day.

I wouldn't have wanted to try it without crane!

Our good friend Jeff Hoverson was a tremendous help. He was the last man standing at the end of the day.

Unfortunately, Sid was relegated to a supervisory role, having broken his wrist earlier in the week working on his own roof project.

Trevor hooks up the truss for lifting.

Mike looks really "retired", doesn't he?

And here's the finished product, ready for metal roofing.

Dad in his overalls, working hard as always. You can see his ongoing painting project in the background.

That's all for this week. We stacked and hauled straw bales with our friend, Kevin Forbes and his son Ethan today. I'm going to bed!