Thankful Tuesday, or What A Blessing He Is!

I am married to the most amazing man! He is off work...has to "use up" vacation days before the year ends...days that they would not let him take earlier in the year. (Didn't matter anyway-we are missing both real estate and disc jockey incomes, so we could not go anywhere). So, he wakes up, turns on his computer and does a morning meeting (happens every day at 7 am.) Then he goes outside to work on the many projects we have going. We began a yard remodel and upkeep a few years ago, and, had we hired others to complete the work, we would have run out of money many moons and many projects ago. However, due to his willingness and resourcefullness (plus the able assistance of young Doran and Danyel collecting rocks, Ethan loaning valuable tools and hooking us up with his wonderful father in law, and Nathan just being the go to guy to lift, pull, push, mix, tote, install, remove, shovel...well, you get the picture)we have many, many things we would not have ever had, for very little money, but many many hours of time. He has built us an outdoor fireplace and is now working on river rocking the top of the wall around that courtyard area. We will stucco between now and Christmas. He has built me an outdoor kitchen, complete with sink, running water, and lovely grill and an oven...just needs some electrical work and he is going to finish the granite countertops that he made out of some junk granite from Master Marble Co. He paid someone else to put in the pool, but he has poured and cool decked cement borders, pads, and sidewalks, mixing over 500 bags of cement by hand in a wheelbarrow. He has made my grandbabies the most tremendous playground, for little money. He copied the design of a Rainbow Playground Set, adding his own special touches, and poured a sandbox with a racetrack border. He has made the kids a sand volleyball court, finding the nets and poles on Craigslist for little money. He even today wired an old light fixture and made it so the outside old fridge can be plugged in right by it, not via extension cord.(That thing was always coming unplugged and we wouldn't notice until the freezer ice was melting...not a good situation for Kayty's insulin!) Now, some would call this guy "handy" and that may be part, but I feel so blessed to be married to a man who never lets things stop him. When others wanted to charge us 1500 dollars for a small block wall out in the front yard, he said he could do it...he bought the block, poured the footings, and we did it. He is willing to try and do anything...he can put down stone floors and polish granite. He can pour concrete and stucco walls. And, during all this, he has worked on a 1960 panel truck restoration...again, saving money by doing it himself: grit blasting, sanding, bondo-ing, polishing, painting (We started this about five years ago, and he has dreamed of this for so long. So, our small savings account is being used to make his dream vehicle come true.) He is just the most amazing blessing, and I am truly, truly thankful for him!