I don't even know what day it is. The only hint to the approximate date would be the snow on the ground and the cold wind in my face.

Unbelievably December. Really??

The past few months have been survival of the fittest, and I fear that I'm at the end of that list. I'm not sure which way is up anymore.

Current house building is at electrical rough-in. My poor (and dear) hubby has been pulling wires and hooking up receptacles for almost 2 weeks. No heat or insulation in there yet. Brrrr!!!! He graciously has let me stay inside for most of the wire working. It gets so cold!! Most mornings start at 7:00am and run until around 12:00am. Then they start all over. Christmas season with our business has filled in the cracks of our time (but not our sanity) and day to day events have become exhausting.

While my hubby works on the new house the past 2, I'm working on the current house. Painting baseboards, hemming curtains that I've been intending to deal with for a long time, cleaning out the laundry room (that was the lifesize version of Jenga) and tackling the "small" things that should be updated to sell the home.

I'm having more grumpy days than not lately. I blame it on the lack of sleep and the constant demand for our time. My hubby and I have had 2 dates in the past 4 months and that is never a good thing for cultivating relationship.

The one thing I just have to keep returning to is:

WE ARE BLESSED

Most people don't own a home, and we currently own one and are building another. We are blessed. Our home is going to be beautiful with a fireplace, large kitchen, ensuite, fully finished basement, guest room, double garage. While some people might consider those "normal", we are fully aware they are not. We have lived 4 years with 1 bathroom between 4 people (we did put another one in the basement this past year). We live in a 900 square foot home and our cold garage can't even fit our car in it (although honestly - it's too full of stuff to really try. I think when it's clean, you can fit our car in there if you don't intend on opening the doors to get out). And we are ALREADY blessed to own our humble 900sq ft home. VERY blessed. Let alone move into the house we are building.

So while I rub my burning, angry eyes and I massage my aching, hard-working muscles, I am counting my blessings. And when I grumble about how little time I have and what I'm NOT accomplishing I'm remembering:

We are building a freakin' house!

What a journey. I didn't realize how much I would actually be able to do, and it's been a lot of fun (in some areas) and a lot of learning (and angst) in others. For example: the grade beam. This is what your garage walls sit on. I would never do it again. Ever. What was so bad about it? I couldn't tell you besides the rebar, the leveling and the logix forms we used were all working against us. But framing? I would totally do that again in a heartbeat. We framed all our exterior and interior walls. That's a rewarding job!!

Sigh. I'm looking at the blowing snow outside. I have the day to myself today while my hard-working man is out at work. I have a pile of stuff to do and I'm not sure what I should tackle first. I believe hubby is booking an appraisal for this house mid-December, so I have to finish a few things by then. But I also have a lot of Christmas stuff to take care of!

Priorities.

I figured I haven't been on here in months so I would drop a line. We have been doing our Advent Activities again like we did last year! I will try, try TRY to post them, but quite honestly, I don't know when I'll have another few minutes to spare. But here is my small "hello", and I hope to post again soon. And post something that isn't full of ramblings and jumbled thoughts, but actually a brain-filled post and not a vomit all over the blog.

Soon.