Siding is up.

What a day. Right when I start with the how on earth, and what if? How can I, God goes and does something so big that what else is there to say but Wow He is amazing. and DUH! He is so in charge. Our friend Alex bought siding for us last summer and laurie had this siding guy who said he wanted to do it for us. We have wood plywood on the front of the house that I keep painting in the fall. Mike couldn't decide what he wanted white or beigh. It was never a priority on the list. I really wanted it to match the garage. Well guess what it does. They came today and worked like trojans. It was a bitter sweet to watch them. The guy Paul is very much like Mike. He was out in the cold, I mean bitter cold all day, and is still out there and just as kind as can be. He had two workers with him. Because of the time with Don I was able to pay for the two workers for him. I am so grateful for the way it looks. He fixed the shop siding and the back of the garage. The siding on the pointy part of the roof has been peeling for years. (lifetime warranty) Mike and I just hated it to start doing that. It looks so good., I mean so good.
Mollie and I went and took Madison with us bra shopping. Now I think I should do a little movie and girls shopping for bras. The lady measured them at the same time, it was precious to me. They shopped and tried on and shopped and tried on. I had gone to the counselor at 8 and then Toni came and wrote on the walls, and then I started work at 9:45, I had a break in the day when we went shopping, The guys I thought wuold be gone but no they were still here, It is now5:45 and they are on the ladder. I started work again at 3:30. I havc had animals up in the roof for a while and now they can't. Still in the back part I have something right above my bed. I will get my trap back from some friends and trap that one.. I am so excited. I just walk around and around the house. To knnow the wood is not roting. Mike had tried so hard to get that kind of stuff done. It really is wild how things start to fall apart when not looked after.
It has been 7 months since Mike died. I go to my widow class tomorrow night. it will be the second one. I have some anxiety about it. It was true they said it would leave you raw, and it did. I think do I want to do that again. I committed to 4 times.
Paul the siding guy is going to post some of the big equipment for me. The walk board Mike had just bought for $1500 and he thinks he can sell that. I also have some huge ladders, like 40 foot ones. I can't even carry my end when Mike had me help him. Really heavey. That was good news. I will in the spring go through all the screws and little stuff and do a garage sale. I am going to keep all the power tools. The boys will want them someday in their homes. I like to use quiet a bit of it.
I have got to go back to work. The kids were off today and that was nice.
I love that we can make choices about our life and day. I need to continue to remeber that all through the day. I want to choose to see the good in people and lifes happenings. Love to you,