one month

If one is too busy to write, then one is too busy. So very true.

We are moving into the stone house in one month, and the swirl of events around us has made it hard to sit still even for a minute.

Ana and I spent the afternoon at the properties yesterday; I was painting bedrooms at the stone house, she was raking glass and debris from the yard at the apartments up the road. She also came over and began removing paint drippings from floors (left from the previous tenants!). The plan is to at least have the bedrooms ready for our move by June 8th.

As for the main floor of the stone house, Bill has ripped apart the dividing wall between the two main rooms (dining room/living room) in order to see if we could install pocket doors. Nope. Too many wires/pipes hidden in the wall. At least now we know!

We have decided the enlarge the opening between the two rooms, though. That way, a piano recital, Christmas Party, or any other large gathering could be more integrated.

After the floors are sanded and refinished on the main floor, I can then paint. Hopefully this will happen before our move!

The supervisor of the bridge stopped by the properties to meet Bill yesterday. He is eager to rent apartments for the workers and Bill was eager to show him the possibilities. The apartments need to be ready by June 1st. This is one of those good news/bad news deals, as the push to ready the unfinished apartments seriously cuts into our moving preparations! But this is a huge blessing, as it will insure monthly income until November AND after then, finished apartments that are rental-ready.

There is only 24 hours to each day, so please pray for us (and especially my husband!) as we push ahead. Today is his birthday, so if you see the "Mayor of Madrid" around town, wish him a happy one!