Wednesday, June 27, 2007

returning from my disappearing act

well i haven't updated in a while because i just haven't been up to it lately. i've been bogged down in my own little world of feeling sorry for myself and being frustrated with God and so i've just stuck my head in the sand and pulled away. i seem to do that a little too easily. here's what is going on with the pittsburgh abbotts:
ed is interviewing for a new job (again)... i really hope he connects with a job that will bring him pleasure in addition to a way to support our family. and while some stability to our daily lives would be wonderful, we will certainly struggle with the loss of having him available to do all sorts of much-needed work on our house!! ed has worked like a pro and made so many improvements to our home - inside and outside! lately, he worked a lot of on the outside: raising our front porch (8 inches!!) and extending it to wrap around the house, tearing down our cement steps and rebuilding steps to the front porch, laying a walkway from the street to the stairs, expanding our driveway, building a stone wall along one of the ridges in the backyard and cutting down trees and brush that were closing in our backyard. that's just the big projects he's accomplished so far this spring & summer!! this man that i am married to is amazing - he never ceases to amaze me with what he can do!! and i am thankful that, for the past two years, he had a job that allowed him a lot of time to work on the house. now, we enter a new phase when he starts a new job and i wonder how many house projects i'll start taking up??
okay, that's plenty for now. more later.