The Barn

We live on my husband's grandfathers old farm. Old farm house and an old barn. Our house is old and not in good shape. We have toyed with fixing the house up but that would mean a whole new foundation, roof and a complete gut and remodel. Weighing the cost of doing that and building a new house we decided we'd rather start over. Well, we also have an old barn in the picture that is huge and would not be cost effective for us to fix up either. So we decided that we would take down the barn first and then decide where to build on our land. We have a barn person that is taking it down for us. He started two Wednesdays ago by removing the siding and finished up this weekend. Now we have to get our junk out of the barn and then they will finish up. Thought I would share some before pictures and work in process pictures.

The Before Picture:

The "In Progress" Picture:

Good Night

Well it is 10:38 pm right now so I'm signing off for the night. My alarm will be going off at 5:15 am tomorrow and if I don't go to bed now I'll be asking myself "where does time go" when I count the few hours of sleep I got.

More to come soon!

My son the builder

We have a very rustic hunting shack about 40 miles north of our house. No electricity and no running water. This land belonged to my father and his brothers and when my father passed away his portion was given to my brother and myself. We spend quite a bit of time up there together as a family. Last Saturday my husband and son went up there to make firewood. When they came home Luke told me he had made a shed for his toy trucks with some cement blocks that were up there. In my mind I'm picturing a "shed" maybe 2 cements blocks long by 2 cement blocks high. The four of us went back up there on Labor Day to get some more work down. We drive up to the shack and I see his "shed" for the first time and my mouth dropped. I couldn't believe my eyes. This "shed" was 4 feet wide by 6 feet long by 4 feet high. He had even found some tin sheeting and made a roof for his "shed". I just couldn't believe it. My husband said that he moved every single cement block by himself. He is one creative kid. Here's the "shed".

Brianna's 1st day of Preschool

My baby is going to school. Well it's just preschool but that counts. She goes to preschool 3 days a week for 2 hours. She just loves it. Brianna is a very independent little girl. She loves wearing dresses and playing with dolls but will also get down in the dirt and play trucks with her brother.

Luke's 1st Day of 1st Grade

Here's my big man! I can't believe he started 1st grade this year. Here's a little background on Luke. My husband is a mechanic and works on construction equipment like bulldozers and backhoes so Luke has been around machinery since day one. He said "tractor" before he said "mama". So needless to say Luke loves equipment. His favorite tractors are John Deere. He love CAT and John Deere construction equipment. Luke does not own action figures or Power Ranges or anything along that line. I asked him this summer if he wanted to play T-ball. He told me "No, I'm just a boy that doesn't like that." Ask him if he wants to go along bulldozing with his father and you couldn't get a bigger smile from him. He loves to sit in a dump truck all day with his dad and haul gravel. On the first day of school he choose to wear his new John Deere t-shirt that says "Dirt Magnet". And that fits him perfectly!

Why did I choose this title

I'm not a very creative person (I'm an accountant) so this title is one of the first things that came to my mind. But "where does time go" is something I find that I ask myself quite a bit. Like where have the last 14 years gone since I graduated from high school, where has the last 8 years gone since my dad died, where have the last 6 years gone since my son was born, where have the last 3 years gone since my daughter was born, where did the summer go, and where has the last 19 days gone since I created this blog.

I work full-time outside the house and have a very challenging position, which I love. But now my son is in 1st grade and my daughter started preschool and I'm finding it very hard to juggle my work career and my family. I feel like I rush in the morning to get Luke on the bus, Brianna to the sitter and myself to work. At night I rush to pick up Brianna, rush to pick up Luke, make supper, do the dishes, do homework, bath time, story time and then get the kids to bed. Once they finally fall asleep it's do the laundry, go through the mail, etc.... The weekends seem just as busy with "chores." Anyway, my point is that time seems to fly by so quickly and I want to know Where Does Time Go?

Please be patient with me. This blogging thing is new and I'm just learning how it all works. If you have any tips or pointers I'd welcome them.