Before and After

After Hurricane Charley roared through destroying our home in Florida, we rebuilt this house on stilts.  But, because we were still working, we never had a chance to finish the downstairs...until now.

We just spent the last three months enclosing the bottom and building a shed.

I say "we" but my husband did most of it.  I was his helper

holding

fetching

hammering

nail gunning.

We didn't work every day and we didn't put in eight-hour days, either. 

Most mornings we were right out there by the crack of eleven, though.

And by three or four we were sitting on the porch with a beer or glass of wine relaxing.

But, we got it done...well, mostly.  We still have to stucco the posts.  We've started the process but it's going to take a while.  If we don't complete that until next year, it's okay.

So, NOW, does retirement begin?