a gallagher tale
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Hump Day Updates
Last night we drove down to leave Zane with his nana for a few hours so I could help Shane with the house-building. We worked until 9:30. By the time we called it a night, we were both laughing maniacally at nothing. Good times.
But the reality is... Shane is mostly a grumpy worker. Most of the time. He wants to work fast and functional. He expects everyone to do everything he wants them to do and he expects them to know what that is. This might work fine for people who are *in* the business and know what to do, but it does not work so fine for me, who knows nothing. He says "put your foot on that board" and I go and put my foot on a board and he stares at me like I'm the biggest idiot in the world because I set my foot down the wrong way, or, and this is a good one, I put my foot on the WRONG BOARD. It's all good. He gets over it quickly and apologizes. It could be worse!
He will put the shingles on tomorrow. I was initially a little annoyed that he didn't consult me about the shingle color (hehe) but then I remembered that this is an addition that will someday be a storage shed and it doesn't really matter and besides he got the shingles on sale. Building this little addition, though, makes me excited for the future. It makes me excited for building our real house someday. We decide the size, the layout, the vaulted ceilings, the chandelier in the entrance, the front door, the windows, the floor coverings, the wall coverings, EVERYTHING. We decide! How exciting is that. This place isn't going to be our ideal because we are tight on money and we are tight on time. We need the place put together so we can use the fireplace (wood stove as it happens) to keep us warm. The propane doesn't last long and the electric heater is expensive.
Otherwise things are up and down. Being poor really sucks! I know it's temporary and it's "good for us" (you know) but it really kind of sucks. I'm glad I got Zane's Christmas presents because he is the most important to me, but this time of year has gotten so commercial that it just makes me feel bad to be poor. The rest of my family still wants presents (especially Lisa & Eric!) and it ain't looking good. And, really, I'm not a huge fan of "Christmas for Adults"... I'm kind of the person who sees something in the store that so-and-so will like, and be it March, July, January or December, I will buy it for them if I can. Yet on Christmas I have to find *something* (no matter if they will really like it or not) just for the sake of someone having something under the tree to open. I do not really care for that. But then, too, I have always disliked presents and opening presents (for myself) so that probably has something to do with why I don't like it in general. We have two more paydays before Christmas, I just hope I can spare a little from one of them to get everyone something.
Noah is doing great! I just love how he says hello to us. He has really won me over. When I met him, I wasn't SUPER impressed. He was soaking wet, he was bony and fat all at the same time, and he was just sitting there munching grass minding his own business. But now that I know him, I'm so attached. He is awesome. By the by, I have heard twice from Amauvia's new owners... They love her! I am glad. They are working on her training so they can get her in the show ring ASAP. I hope she does well for them. I miss her, but I know she is 100% better off when them. I hope we can be equally lucky in placing Peaches...
Zane & Noah! Zane thinks Noah is like a big dog. Luckily Noah doesn't mind. :o)
I don't know if I mentioned this... but Shane's good friend Paul just had baby number two! A little boy born Nov 13th they named Noah. This makes having a donkey named Noah slightly awkward, but, in our defense, we did not know his name until we went to pick him up, and it was one point five weeks AFTER baby Noah was born. But still awkward.
Shane is taller than the trees! He had to stand on top of the trailer to put the rafters on. It was actually better than scaffolding! Almost.
I was just looking, I have 414 pages of pictures on Flickr! Seven thousand, four hundred forty five photos. Wow!
Right now Shane is blaring Willie Nelson while he works. Love is like a dying ember, you know. Or is it life? Haha! Too funny anyway.
7:25 p.m. - Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007
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Someday Soon You Won't Even Recognize Us - Saturday, Dec. 08, 2007
Pictures - Friday, Dec. 07, 2007
Go To Sleep... - Friday, Dec. 07, 2007
Hoping for a Christmas Surprise - Friday, Dec. 07, 2007
Motherdom - Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007
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