It's starting to look like an actual cabin! This is a side shot...
..and under the eves at the front of the cabin....
We also bought a couple of newel posts for the stairway going from the great room to the loft.
The island in the kitchen is all installed, and Jim's next project is to install the cooktop and a small sink. And, this is the arrangement I liked the most... I think it fits nicely, and would be very workable.
This was something I bought for Jim as a late birthday/early Christmas present. He really needed a bigger tool box to hold stuff like Skil saws, framing nailers, etc.- I really think that while we are in Provo, the tools are procreating because every time I go back to the cabin, there seems to be more... strange...
I guess tools are like teenagers... don't leave them alone because you don't know what mischief they'll get into when they are unattended... Lesson learned.
As this was my birthday week, I have been reflecting on the past... and, it's been a little teary for me..
Every year on my birthday, my mom and I would have a little visit about the day I was born.. In the last couple of years before she passed, I would talk and she would listen, but the story was always the same... My mom passed in March, 2018, so I am now telling this story to you..
On the day I was born, my mother had decided to get ready for my birth, so she decided to haul my two older brother, Barron and Bart, out in the cold, to go grocery shopping. They were living in Port Credit, Ontario, and being that it was December, it was super cold.. She said that she bundled the kids up, aged 6 and 3, and they walked in the cold to the grocery store... She said that her tummy was so big, that her coat didn't cover it all, and when she got to the store, her tummy was super cold... She did the shopping, and then walked with the groceries and the boys back home. When she got home, her labour started, and I was born later that day... She always said that she thought her tummy had frostbite...
When I was born, I had something called erythroblastosis fetalis - that's the Rh factor condition that today can be cured with meds... Here's the part that cracks me up.. The hospital didn't know how to treat the condition, and they wanted me sent to Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto.. So, they put me in a little incubator, and put the incubator in the back of my dad's car, and my dad drove me to Sick Kid's Hospital for blood transfusions... No heat, no oxygen, just a glass incubator, and a blanket.. Can you imagine this happening today? Giggle... (My dad said that after having Bart, and him being so fair and blonde, I didn't look like I fit into the family with an olive complexion and black hair...)
(I remember when Coy was transferred to Primary Children's in Salt Lake, right after he was born... HUGE INCUBATOR, airlifted by Life Flight... flight nurses... pilots, oxygen tanks.... heaters... wouldn't have fit in the back seat of my dad's Nash....)
The rest is history... But, since that cold day in December, so much has happened... I have had the opportunity to live in Canada and the USA, both of which I am so appreciative of. I have a husband who is perfect for me... he is kind, and understanding, makes me laugh, cries with me, and a million other positives in my life. I feel Jim is incredibly intelligent, but truly misunderstood, and if you don't take the time to get to know him, you are missing out on an amazing spirit, generous heart and creative ability... I have two children who have proved to be strong and independent and both have the adventurous spirit of their ancestors. I appreciate Brianne for always striving for more and for better and will put the work into whatever situation to achieve her ambitions. Her husband Lowell is the right man for her. And, my son Brad, is very much like his mother, and has travelled across the country, into the unknown, to follow a dream. Unfortunately, he took the grandkids with him, and I miss them terribly. But, my heart is warmed by little Coy, Brianne's son who is quick with a smile and a hug for this old lady. My life is good, my adventures still keep coming, and I am able to have those adventures with a partner who loves me. Apart from my knees not wanting to have those adventures with me, life is pretty fantastic.
The adventure continues,
Love, Jim and Cheri
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