AM. The House Mover Man called last night, wants to
meet at the burned lot by 7:30AM, as he has not seen it
yet. I start out with my morning cup of coffee and the
news, Benny decides to eat breakfast after the meeting,
so I keep watch outside while he gets dressed, talk to the
neighbor kids as they leave to get on the school bus, and
as Benny walks down the road sipping a cup of coffee, I
begin breakfast. It is almost 8:30 AM when he gets back,
the phone has just rang, and it is the Barn Mover man.
He is wanting to start taking down the porch roof on the
Western House this morning. The Real Estate Lady was
supposed to have put a combination lock on the property
yesterday, so we tell him he will have to check with her
this morning. The electric company has not taken down
the line yet to the Western House, so that also needs to
be done before the movers get there. I keep reminding
myself......"Walk by faith, it will all come into place"....the
Mover Man has given us the price of moving the houses,
it is triple what we expected (and what we were told by
Real Estate Lady), but truly, we were all unsure. Our
estimate ourselves was unsure. It will about $4 and a
little more per square foot. I would rather invest in these
houses.....I believe in owning my own land.....I tell
myself this over and over. Again, we go over our
finances, pulling from here and there, cutting back here
and there, but He will guide us, I just know it....keep
walking by faith.....Benny is eating his blueberry
pancakes, bacon, and drinking coffee...the Dumpster
people have taken off the one dumpster full of debris,
one of their trucks has broken down. They will take the
other off after they return from the first run...they have
to go over 50 miles to dump the debris. We have to get
blocks and pads yet for the house. We have checked the
prices, it will run about $2.75 for each one, and it will
take a bunch...we now know the direction the house will
be facing, so we can line up for the plumbing in our
minds anyway. Busy, busy, busy....and the old carport
has to come down as well....one tree yet to be cut
down...but my renter will do that for us...he is a precious
young man. The Homeless Friend we have taken in will
help some with the Barn that is to be moved to our
property here at our house. He trimmed tree limbs
yesterday, and cut and stacked the wood for us. He will
take the leafy debris to the road today for the city to
grind up when they have time.
Problems begin about 9:45 AM...I receive a call from the
Dumping Company in Abilene...unable to load 2nd
dumpster, something about a piece of debris on
top...Benny is trying to call BackHoe Man and gives up..I
say a prayer, pick up the phone, and his wife
answers..Thank you, Lord...get ahold of him, he will be
right there....Another phone call....Barn Mover Man
needs permission to cut a tree down to start on the roof
of the house...call to real estate agent who has to call
owner..No oak can be cut, but Thank you, Lord, this is a
small pecan tree and he agrees it can be cut down to get
the porch off...Dumpster Man and truck have arrived at
the scene, BackHoe Man is smacking down the debris, I
talk to Dumpster Man and thank him for his patience, he
is agreeing with me on how hard this is to get done, and
waits patiently, then begins to load the Dumpster...load
#2 is on the way.....BackHoe Man thinks we will need at
least 3 more times of emptying the containers. Lots of
debris. We decide to crush all the cinderblocks that were
the old foundation and will use them as fill when we put
in a patio slab at the site in the near future, Lord
willing.Benny goes to price beams to place under the
Western House, and we figure the price up....We will
need at least 10 or more to go down through the middle
of the foundation. This is a very busy day....we decide to
go and take the antenna down off the Western House
and bring it in, we can do that much to help. I take the
camera with me so we can share with all our friends. The
workmen are at lunch when we arrive, but we meet them
on the way out and wave at them. The antenna came
down easily...we could not fit the pole in the back of the
truck, so we took it inside the house and left it on the
floor, it will ride with the house. I love this house, I want
to live in it myself...we discuss fixing it up for us and
renting out our huge place to a younger family. It has to
have so much work done on it as well. I really hate the
house, in all honesty, that is why I purchased a house
across the street, so my friends can come and we visit
there, and my kids can have a place to stay when they
come to visit with all my grandkids and great grands,
and what fun we have when we do get to visit. I am
getting too old to walk upstairs. I never go up them
unless absolutely necessary. I did not even count the
bedrooms in the Western House until today...there are
three bedrooms. It still needs some finishing done on it,
but most of the work is done.
BackHoe Man is busy filling the dumpsters again,
hopefully we can call and have them dumped again
tomorrow.
Benny's tooth is driving him crazy, so he calls the
dentist, who is a great guy, and he leaves to get two teeth
filled. Imagine that, just a call and he can come to the
office..The Lord is so good to us. My friend Terri comes
to visit and we just had the best time ...we have a praise
party...LOL...we love to share the blessings of the Lord
and just marvel at how He works in our lives. She is my
greatest blessing and true friend. We worked together at
school, and we both resigned this year, we are just
getting old ! Went to visit the minister today and took
him back his pears in a new form...he really
laughed...told him I was returning them in jars. Took
him canned pears and pear honey. He is getting
company in next week. His wife is quite ill, and I visited
a little while with her. She was doing fair today. Thank
you, Lord, for helping keep her pain under control. Her
daugher is also staying with her, and she is precious .Got
back to the house to see Benny and his son Marty at the
burned lot. They were having a great gab session and
laughing. Need to call the Dumpster Lady tomorow
morning and arrange for the two dumpsters to be
emptied. I think they hold a ton each, they are huge, and
there are still about 2 more loadings. A busy day, a busy
day, but all is calm, it is evening, and hopefully, we will
get a good night's rest so we can be refreshed for
tomorrow and what it holds, Lord willing.
A view of the Western House as you drive down into the meadow...
Taking down the antenna today....
Benny on the porch....
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