Purpose

When I started this blog a year ago I had this grand idea that it would be groundbreaking, thought provoking ideas... it's turned into something that I just haven't made time for... kind of reminds me of a lot of things in my life right about now.
It's not that I'm not doing anything - life has been very busy for me and my family. We're building a house and nearing the end even. For the past 9 months I've put in an average of 25-30 hours a week out there on top of working my full time job. It's been tiring and stressful - but so rewarding at the same time.
The boys are as busy as ever - they are constantly running and yelling and fighting. They love me so much and just want to play and jump on me. It makes coming home a joy and a curse - but mainly a joy. There never seems to be any rest though.
And I've been told not to expect any sympathy from Sonya - because she gets the pleasure of being around that mad house 24-7. I don't blame her, I don't know how she does it.
Needless to say there hasn't been much time to "Evaluate Life."
As the saying goes, "They'll be plenty of time for sleep when I'm dead." I think that's the way life should be - go go go till you can't go anymore. People that say they are "too busy" can usually add one more thing - as long as they want to do it.
My message right now, is to enjoy life. Live life. And "Sleep when your dead."

House Building

We're building a house in Graham, WA. It's been a lot of fun so far. When I say that "we're building it" I mean just that. We are required to put in 35 hours a week into the construction of the house. This is on top of our full time jobs. It's been a challange to get that many hours in. But we're doing it and so far are still a happy family.
The program is through Northwest Housing development. They are a non profit orginazation that is helping us through this. They supply a Supervisor who teaches us what we should be doing and helps us order supplys. Our co-op currently consists of 10 families. We build each house at aprox the same time. We are putting the floors down now. It's nice to be getting done with the concrete part - we still have slabs to pour but we're getting to work out of the dirt and that's nice.
We're trying to finish by the end of June to get the Tax Credit for new home buyers. If anyone has any desire to help we can use it any week - it's strictly volunteer- but it is a lot of fun. If you want to help - please email me - GBIRONMAN@COMCAST.NET