Hindsight is 20/20

I can't believe tomorrow is the last day before school begins.....IT WAS A CRAZY FAST SUMMER!

We finished our basement shelves and installed them....I am glad we are finally done with shelving (at least for this go 'round :)  Brad's MAN CAVE is turning out really nice :)  One of the cabinet installers was poking fun at us for ordering cabinets that were new, but looked old....He thought it was funny that we asked them to sand the edges a little to make them look worn...I figure why not make them look lived with already...we'll break them in soon enough and it is easier to say that is how we meant them to look :)

 Now we just have to trim them out

These are the two cabinets we ordered for the basement and a countertop 

I finally got Brad to agree to let me list a bunch of stuff on Craigslist that has been on our property since we bought it 2 years ago....The guy who lived here before us was in construction and there were so many extra construction materials laying around our property and in the pole barn.  I said, "this is part of me learning to be a Proverbs 31 woman" (remember, she buys and sells things, right?)...."don't hold me back" :) So, today we have been hoppin' with texts, emails, and calls from people that are interested in the items we are selling.  I kind-of like listing things because of the really interesting people you meet that are looking for bargains.  We have not had a bad experience yet....it is like some kind of adventure to see who will respond for certain things :)  I always make Brad try to guess which item will get the first call.  He was so excited when this guy turned into our driveway with (I think it was a 1964...I can't ask Brad right now because he doing a dude's only thing...MOVIE NIGHT....hey, I could text him....haha!  WHAT IF I INTERRUPTED HIS MOVIE TO ASK ABOUT THE YEAR OF THE CAR :) Corvette convertible....he told the guy he would take his car as collateral :)....and the guy said, "I already paid you!"  OH YEAH....right!  I guess we can't work the car into the deal this time. FUNNY!

I worked at the Parma church again today...now we are at the point of cleaning and clearing out all the work mess :)  That feels good!  One week from today we will open for services. I pray God uses this building in wonderful ways  :)  It is still surreal that it was just given to us....and, at a time when we already have so much going on at the Jackson church with our building campaign.  This is kind-of funny as in the timing of it all, but we have been waiting and waiting for our loan issues to be resolved at the Jackson church....since November of last year.  SO, then we are given a second building that we needed to work on....now have been working on for a few months.  Now that one is ALMOST ready to open next week and our loan is finally approved so we can start the construction on the other building.  Sometimes it feels like things are really messed up or out of order, but we still need to have faith and keep walking with GOD.

Won't it be interesting to have the whole picture of our life at the end and be able to look over it all and see some things make sense that never seem to fit together right now?  

But, for now, I'm hangin' with Kooper....playing Angry Bird and making one mean pasta salad :) 

 and.....it doesn't have to make sense, right Koop?