Dear Pat,
God bless you for your patience.  I know what it is like to be a
blind person in the middle of a remodeling project..  I'm so glad
that our last remodeling job was in the basement and away from our
living area!!  Your project sounds absolutely beautiful though and it
sounds like you will have a lot of storage and a lot of convenience
when it is finally done.  I know about the money too.  There is just
something about remodeling; it never goes as fast and easy as you
expect and it never comes in under budget.  You just end up looking
at  whatever you are doing with dollar signs in your eyes and accept
the fact that there will be a reckoning some day.  Just promise
Vernon that you will love it and enjoy it and it will all be worth it to him.
Kathy


At 04:02 PM 12/17/2005, you wrote:
>Dear Loving EChurch family,
>
>Okay, now God has blessed us with 4 SCANACAN sales in 4 days. 3 last week,
>and one this week.
>Praise The Lord!
>
>Okay, it's cold here not even above 10 degreese. As soon as a little snow
>melts when it gets above freezing, we get more snow. lol. and I'm not sure
>if the sun is out or not, but I pray that we have sunshine today.
>
>Vernon is building me a new island for our kitchen that is now very loving.
>
>We put new under layment on the kitchen hall way, and entry floors after
>Thanks Giving. You know that heat duct I fell in! Well, it's history. lol.
>We covered the whole up and desided not to use it at all.
>
>Vernon is building drawers today for the island he is building for our
>kitchen. We tore out the old one, as it was here when we moved in, and we
>hated it because it was not practical. The shelves in it were narrow at one
>end, and got a little wider, but not very wide.
>
>After we were without power, and not able to cook for 1 day about 3 weeks
>ago, we desided to put in our gas stove we had in Manchester, just
>temporarily until we get the island finished, and then it will go in the
>island permenantly.
>
>Before we did all this, we completely refinished our wood floors with new
>under layment and vinyl flooring. It was quite a job but we finished it
>after ThanksGiving.
>
>This island is in 4 cabinets, with drawers in the top of each cabinet, and
>a sliding shelf down below the drawers in each cabinet, and they will all
>be put together, and then Vernon will build the top for it because we don't
>want a seam in the top. He will make it out of 2 3/4 inch sheets of ply
>wood stacked together, and then there will be an oak peace around the edge,
>and it will all be laminated with furrmycka on the top and the edges will
>be routed out neatly to match the other cabinets in the kitchen.
>
>I know we probably won't get it done for Christmas, but that's a super nice
>Christmas present.
>
>Then, when we get the island done, we'll build cupboards all around above
>the island and a hood will go above the stove and cupboards above that.
>There will be a small sink in the island.
>
>Now, let me know if you can picture all this. <grin> lol.
>
>Please pray that this all goes well, and that we will get most of it done
>before Christmas.
>
>Today, we ordered Vernon a dust collector. How many of you know what that
>is? <grin> lol. He'll use it in the wood shop and attach all his big
>machines to it for collecting all the dust and sawdust from all the
>cutting, routing and sanding. He had one in Manchester, but well, you know
>what happen to that. Now, you can take up a collection if you want to pay
>for this dust collector. <grin> lol.
>
>This dust collector has 4 bags in it, and a 3 horse motor. Please pray that
>it is here before Christmas. It will be delivered by modor freight. Okay, I
>bet you can't guess how much he paid for this! I'll tell you this. It's
>over $600.00 with the few accessories he ordered and the freight and
>shipping charges.
>
>He put it on an American Express  credit card that has to be paid off in 30
>days. I'm really happy about that. <smile>
>
>Please pray that this is exactly what Vernon needs. The cost doesn't end
>here, as he has to buy all the pipe to attach to all the walls to hook up
>the machinery to the dust collector system, when he needs to use it.
>
>Please pray that I find the attachments to my little mixer with a lot of
>power, that I bought from QVC several years ago. It's only been used
>once. lol.
>
>Thanks to all of you for praying.
>
>Love,
>Pat Ferguson