That's a good thing. I'm almost afraid to type this, but things are really starting to come together all at once at the shop.
We are ordering the paint booth on Monday. The city is the big hold up right now. (big surprise on that one) However, it takes about two weeks for the company to construct the booth, so hopefully by the time it's done, we will be ready to have it put in.
We now have a mechanic!! His name is John, and it turns out he is someone I went to high school with. (should be fun when we get a call for either Sean or John at the shop)He is a hard worker, is good at what he does and best of all, he has the same values we do. As a bonus, he repairs computers, that said, we now have a fantastic computer at the shop making paperwork much easier.
Noelle, as usual, has been quite the social butterfly. In the last two weeks, Liberty had their "Fall Festival" and this week was Homecoming. She has been to parades, football games and dances. (NOT HOMECOMING~she IS only 13) With all of her socializing, she manages to keep her grades high. She has inherited her Aunt Amy's ability to pretty much ace anything when it comes to academics and it appears she has her mom's ability to battle between first and second chair in band.
Speaking of band, it looks like we will be having a trumpet player in the house. Michael has selected the trumpet. He is already practicing and they aren't even playing in band yet. He watched the DVD that came with the book and has taught himself to play two songs. He had a very, VERY cold soccer game this morning at 8 am. Indoor soccer is getting ready to start and it could not be soon enough. Michael has had a couple of pretty bad flair ups with his skin. One was so bad he missed three days of school. We are trying a few different things and they seem to we working. One good thing was the man at the music shop where we rented the trumpet saw Michael's hands and asked if he had eczema. He said he also had it when he was growing up and it got better around age 14. Still three years away, but a promising sign.
Sean and I, are of course, busy at the shop. I've worked a few shifts, but I've up at the shop quite a bit. I'm hoping things will slow up enough for me to get the house in order and finish cleaning out the garage. Our house looks like a bomb has gone off. I hate that. If we could get to where we have a "normal" schedule, that would help. Between the shop and the stuff the kids are active in, it feels like we are going in 100 different directions at times. I know some day I'll look back and wish we were going in 100 different directions. I need to appreciate it now.
As for the garage, I'm finally parking in there. We are using a "manual" garage door opener as the door is slightly "tweaked" from me backing into it a few years ago. My goal is to get the third stall cleared out. It's good to have a goal.
