Block and Drywall

The next two days are big days at the house. Today the block layers are coming to lay some block. The walk-in closet will double as a safe room so that Odie can take refuge in the event of bad storms. This is something we really wanted to include since Odie can not flee the house easily at all.

We were hoping the block would be laid in June but we are glad to get it now. They should be able to finish in one day. Once they are finished I have one more set of pocket door hardware to hang. We left it out so the block layers did not have to work around it but it needs to be in place by Saturday morning.

The second big thing this weekend is drywall. Bro. Corwin Cain is bringing a crew to hang the sheetrock and begin to finish it on Saturday. That is really exciting for us. Once it is finished we can help Kelly Jo's Dad start slinging paint. Once the paint is started we can hang cabinets and make this place start looking like a house. 

While the block is being laid, the sheetrock is supposed to be delivered early this morning so we will have a lot of activity. We have cleared room for the sheetrock to lay in the floor and we have tried to make room near all the walls to hang it. We have a little more to do on that and I need to insulate a few interior walls for sound today. The plumber has a little more to do as well.

With all that needs to be completed, I better get to work.

Thanks for reading.

Davy

Jimmie Radcliffe - A Family Member Coming Home

Bro. Jimmie Radcliffe will be here again soon and we are super excited to see him. We have missed him terribly. I think someone may need to shorten the distance between Ohio and Oklahoma. I was going to make a joke about removing Illinois but I have too many friends there.😁 Plus Jimmie is originally from Illinois and he may want to stop and see his family.

Jimmie and his parents and one of his brother's family have prepped the big tent trailer and loaded it up with cabinets for the house.

Then Bro. Jimmie picked up the metal door for Odie's safe room and all of the interior doors in Oklahoma City.

Each one of these items has a great  story to tell and the stories will be told in good time. Right now, we can hardly wait to see the big truck and trailer pull into the Lazy OD Ranch again. 

It was a sad day for me personally and for my girls when Bro. Jimmie pulled out last November.

The smile turned upside down and my eyes started leaking when his truck and trailer rounded the curve and started heading for Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

All will be well soon! AND we are so happy about it!

Stop in and see us!

Davy

A Super Tuesday

We really had a great day yesterday. It was so good, that I will label it a super Tuesday without a doubt.

Drywall will be hung soon in the house so there are several things that need to be completed before then. One of those things is the pocket door hardware. The house we are building for Odie has seven pocket doors. Three of them are 36" and four of them are 42". Learning how to install the hardware was the main task Tuesday.

I have never installed pocket door hardware before so it is a learning process. Plus the 36" and the 42" are different brands and even different designs. That means we are learning it all twice. Between me and Dad, I think we just about have it.

This is the 36" door between the kitchen and the utility room. Originally this door was drawn to be a 42" door but as the plans developed it was evident there was not enough room.

Bro. Bennie Sutherland, our Pastor, came by the house today with Renae and Jacqueline Coffman. It was great to see them and to drink a little salsa while they were in town.

It was Renae and Jacqueline's first trip to Acapulco. That is hard to believe!

Bro. JR Alexander preached great at Dryden Rd. Tuesday night. The sermon was definitely a Word from the Lord for us and our home church.

God worked in miraculous ways in the altar service for over two hours. It was awesome and was a tremendous way to top of a super Tuesday! We are looking for more great things today.

Thanks for reading.

Davy