Plan(e)s are in the mail

August 11, 2011: I received the plans in the mail! I am not overly excited about the quality of the package as a whole, but I think I'm up to the challenge. There are only two pictures of the finished product. One drawing and one photograph. Otherwise, I'm on my own. On a good note, all the plans are copied to scale so I will be cutting the parts out and placing them on the wood for pattern cut-out. This will also be nice for making a template for future pedal planes? Judging from the plans, I am estimating this project will take somewhere between 30-50 hours of casual woodworking and run approximately $200 for total project materials cost.

Project Begins

August 4, 2011: I purchased plans for a Pedal Tiger Moth from the Experimental Aircraft Association online store (eaa.org) for $26.50 including tax and shipping. The plans are licensed through Aviation Products, Inc but are sold at only $20 through EAA rather than $30 at AP, inc.

Pedal Plane Project!

Pedal Planes!

For those of you who know me well, you know that I need projects to keep busy. Home improvement, car/motorcycle repair, woodworking, etc. Well, I've been thinking a lot over the last 2 minutes about blogging my new project. I figured posting pictures and updates will keep me motivated to complete the job on time. If you see a lack of posts & updates, feel free to let me know I have been slacking off and I will get to it.

Ok, whats the project? Well if you read the Blog title, its a pedal plane! I have decided to make a Pedal Plane for Charlie's 1st birthday (Dec 24th). I will be recruiting the help of my friendly Lowes Employees (for supplies) and my dad (for woodworking expertise). So I hope you enjoy the next few months worth of posts as I update you on the project.

-Stephen-

Fall

I don't think I can explain how much I love the fall. I have loved autumn this year even more because it brought such a relief from the especially bad heat of summer. I love sleeping with the windows open at night, watching the trees change, walking through piles of leaves, wearing cute layers of clothes, apple cider, apple pie, baking and I could go on and on.
There are only a few days left in October, after that it's the "Holiday Season". How is that possible. I think Fall gets the short end of the stick. Don't get me wrong, I love the Holidays, but we look forward to them SO much that fall is over before we even realize it. So basically, take time to enjoy this very minute, this wonderful weather and the fact that there's no ice on the ground :) Oh, also I've especially loved my best accessory over fall season this year, my baby bump!



So, have I mentioned lately that I'm in love. It's true. I'm crazy, totally, hands-down in love with 2 men....my wonderful husband and my beautiful baby boy (haven't met yet). This pregnancy has been the most incredibly amazing journey I've ever been on in my life. I love that God has given me one last time of true independence and DEPENDENCE on Him. God has been showing me so much through this deployment. I am a strong woman, I'm also fully relying on God to get me through the rest of it :) I could go into more detail but I would write way too much. So for now I'll just leave it at that. God is good. I am totally reliant upon Him and I can't wait for my Hub to get home, but am very grateful for this last time for me and God. I guess it won't be the LAST time, we are in the military after all!

unworthy

I am incredibly unworthy of any gift the Lord gives me. Who am I that I should find favor in the Lord's eyes? My God is SO big, so mighty, so powerful and so so Holy. What a mighty awesome Father we serve. I have been taken out of the miry clay and set on firm ground. How can someone be so amazing that there are no words to describe Him? There are no words even worthy enough to be spoken about Him. Thank you, Lord for who You are and that You've chosen me to be Your child. Thank you even more that you have chosen Stephen and I to carry one of your precious children. To raise him as our own. What an incredible blessing he is.

"Georgia on my mind..."

I have a confession to post....I'm not a very good blogger :) ! Sorry Stephen would be so much better at writing these but he's a very busy man, where as me.....well let's just say I'm doing the wifely thing! Is wifely even a word? Ok, so finally Stephen and I are down here in Georgia together, it's been about a month and we have loved every minute of it! Stephen is in the second part of his training for the summer, which is the longest of the two parts of the summer.

His day usually goes like this:
5:20a wake up
6:00a PT time
7:30a back home for breakfast
9:00a report back for training
11:30 come home for lunch(usually, a lot of times he is out in the shooting range, simulations, lots of different stuff)
1:00p report back for more training
5:00 home for the evening( sometimes its even later)
9:00p bed time

Then we basically only have a few short hours together before bed time. He works SO hard for us and I'm so very thankful for him. We actually have had it pretty nice, getting to see him for every meal! Really helps to break up the day.

Now, as for MY schedule haha:
6:00a- tell husband goodbye, I fall back to sleep for awhile
7:30a- Stephen gets back from PT where I make him coffee and breakfast
8:45a- I drive Stephen to his training, then I head to the gym to work out!
10:30- done with the workout and head home to shower(usually, haha)
(this is when things start to get a little different from day to day)
11:00- home with Stephen for lunch
1:00- usually do laundry 2-3 times a week, play with our kitten Josephine*(our kitten pictured at the bottom!), go to the public library, think of something to make for dinner, read, watch food network, clean, get ready for stephen to come home for the evening and sometimes go to the grocery store here on post.
5:00 wait for Stephen to come home for dinner :)

I am really enjoying my time down here right now. I LOVE taking care of my husband, fixing him meals, doing his laundry etc etc. It's also fun being in a different part of the country for a little while! Being down South has been fun! We are still on the hunt for a good church, but this coming up Sunday we are going to be visiting Morningside Baptist Church! We're very excited, they even do outdoor baptisms like TBC! We do miss our friends and families very much and look forward to being home in the late fall! As for now, I must be off. Food Network is getting the best of me!

absence makes the heart grow MUCH fonder

Stephen and I have been married now for 46 days :) little more than a month. things have been wonderful. things have also been tough because Stephen is in Georgia right now and has been for about 5 weeks. long story short, I get to be with him at the end of July and I cannot wait. I can't wait to cook, do laundry, clean make a home down there with him. I'm also excited to get down there and make some friends and experience a different part of the country for awhile.

Last weekend was the 4th of July and my birthday! Stephen came up on Friday and was here through the weekend. We had a whirlwind of a weekend but it was incredibly wonderful having him here, in our home. Speaking of which, I should post pictures of our condo! It pretty much all set to go and looks very homey! Ok, here we go.This is our living room :) old couches but with some lovely slip covers. Annoying little things but they sure do the trick. This is our BEAUTIFUL new shower. When we moved in, Stephen found out there was water damage behind our old shower, so we gutted it and started working hard to fix it. Stephen got a lot of the work done before the wedding but we needed a little help from our friends to get it done. Lance and Sam worked SO hard to get it done before we got home from our honeymoon.



Kitchen or at least one side of it.this is where I get ready everyday! I love it :)
My favorite room in the whole condo. It's just beautiful and yes...that is purple paint :)

So there you go, just a few pictures of our humble home. It fits us very well at this point in our lives.