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Well, kinda.

Yesterday my folks rolled in, camper and all, to spend about 10 days helping us with some major home renovation. On the list:

• finish the division of one long room into two, with closets, and built-in bed-berths for the boys
• refinish all the floors except the kitchen, bathroom, and master bedroom
• enclose the back porch, creating a mud-room
• paint both kid bedrooms; also sew quilts and decorate
• replace 4 windows

I am thinking of posting before and after pictures! What do you think?

In other news….a friend wrote this poem recently and I just loved it and wanted to share it.  It’s by Kristina Campbell. 

I wonder what it will be like when we are old 

and we paint

together

on Wednesdays

will we paint on Wednesdays?

and will our art belie our age?

or will I paint flowers and puppies

and children out skipping?

will I have my hair cut short

just because I am old?

Our children will come

and bring their children with them

and we’ll tell the same stories

again and again

but no one will stop us -

no one will say anything

they’ll just listen

and be thankful

that they have us at all

And after they’ve gone

we’ll sit at the table

together

alone

wondering how we got to this place

thankful to be in this place

where you still call me beautiful

and I still call you strong

where hours slip slowly

and memories mark time.

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