Faith

I know that the economy has probably affected us all these days. In one way or another this has probably touched each of our lives.

We have been feeling the affects since our work has declined and has slowed down. We are still remodeling homes, and it is very lucrative right now with the home prices being so low, but it has slowed down as well.

I was praying for several days that we could have a little bit of money to be able to pay our bills and just keep our home. And sure enough during the same week that I was asking for help two roofing jobs were handed to my husband. THEN in the same week, THE SAME DAY, two more roofing jobs were given to him.

Now Ricky has four roofing jobs to do, but that is not all, the town he is in has several roofs that need to be reshingled. So, he bid on another job while he is out in Sterling. Not only that, but his boss got him his own business license for roofing and remodeling!!!

I thought that he might be able to start his business here in Colorado, but this is much sooner than I thought. So, keep your head up and have Faith. God will provide! Unfortunately, it is in his time and not ours.

Smile :)
Audie!

New blog for the Booga

I have opened a new blog dedicated just to LynLee, not just about her, but FOR her. If you would like to read along the blog is lynleehope.blogspot.com.



Smile :)

Autum

Spoiled!

Well, sorry it's been so long since I have blogged. Not that anyone probably reads this that much to have noticed. But since we moved we did not have a computer. Just an old out dated laptop that was set up for AOL. Which BTW if you have not had AOL before its like an infestation and it is everywhere in the computer. So that being said....we had to do something about the TV situation since we did not have a digital converter and the list was on hold due to government funding. We opted to try out Comcast and get the internet as well.

We hooked up the Internet and it did not work. The connection could not find the ethernet. We called my father-in-law who also has three computers: one desktop and two laptops. He lent us one of the laptops. Which did not work, either. It seemed to be something wrong with the connection, but there was not. Our computer only had Windows 98, so we upgraded to Windows 2000. Still nothing. The borrowed laptop had Windows XP, still nothing. We gave up. It took about a week to find that our internet connection was fine, but the computers we were trying were no good.

So here it is Valentines day! My husband bought me a white rose symbolizing his true love for me. He also got me a cute little red and white teddy bear in a basket. But since my birthday was on the 11th, he went shopping this weekend. He brought me home a new computer!! It was really sweet, considering he went over his budget by several hundred dollars. I expected something on a smaller scale, but when my husband gets something in his mind and mix that with what he feels in his heart it can equal the best most sweetest gift, with a big price tag!!!! lol

I love him and would not trade him for the world. Just wanted to brag as it were that my husband is the best that I could have ever asked for.

Smile :)

Autum

New Home

So we have moved into our new home. Well, new to us, but completely refurbished inside. And some refurbishing outside. I will put some pics online when I can get some. It is so nice to be in our own home and to be able to do what we want when we want. When you live with another family you can't do anything when you want. You shower aro9und their schedule and they have to work around yours. You can't just cook, or leave, or sleep, or much of anything when you want to. But now If I want to nap when the baby does I can. Not that this happens that much, lol. But it could!

Anyhow pics will follow as soon as I can get them. We don't have our own computer just yet, but still feel free to email us.

Love everyone,
Autum

Poor Blogging!

I am sorry that I have not been updating anyone about LynLee or about our life here in Colorado, but here are some recent pics. I hope you enjoy them! I will blog about what has been happening in our lives in a few days or so.

Smile :)

Autum

Happy Holidays!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

I hope everyone is enjoying the day with family,

friends, and loved ones.

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas!

Love,

The Verbecks

LynLee Trying to Crawl

Since it's been so long since I have last posted, I thought that I would let all know that LynLee has been trying to try to crawl. Here is a pic of her on her little legs, but at this point she can't get the other leg out from under her and when she does she just ends up on her tummy again.

Also, I was in a dog fight. My dog and my mother-in-law's dog do not like each other. They got into it and in our haste to seperate the dogs I was in the middle. (my mother-in-law fared worse than I with three bites in various places.)

This has been my brief look at what has been happening in my life. Other than trying to get that blessed house completed we have not accomplished much.

Smile,

Autum

House Completed!!!

Woo Hoo!!! The house is completed. I know that it has been forever and a day since I blogged, but the house that I last added into my blog is now completed. Here are the pics of the house now that we remodeled it and staged it for the open house.
Let me know what you think about the work that was done in the home.
Smile ;)
Autum

1.Family Room-dwn 2.New Window 3.Bathroom-dwn 4.Kitchen-Dwn

1.Upstairs Hall 2.Hall other direction 3.Bathroom-up 4.Bthrm Mirror-up

1.Bathroom-up 2.Great Room 3.Kitchen-up

Kitchen-up

New Job!!

My husband, Ricky, has gotten a new job. He was working at Celestial Seasonings, but called another guy about a roofing postion. That guy, Mike, hired him but quickly proved he was not a very worthy boss as he was always out of money and we soon saw that we would be better off licking our elbows than expecting to get paid. However, this led my husband to his current job of remodeling homes.

He started out doing small jobs, such as: fix trim on a bedroom door; paint a door; put in a heating vent; replace the weather stripping on the front door. And various tedious jobs like these. Since he started with this company he is now completing a whole house on his own. Wether he knows how to do some of the stuff or not that is a different subject.

I know that a huge list of items is a bit more daunting than a small list so in order to assist my husband I go to the house and paint here and there and generally organize the next step in the process. So far it has made quite a difference and I have taken pics to show the progress. So here are the starting pics.

I have made the upstairs bathroom my own little pet project!

Keep watching for new and updated photos! I am excited, I hope that you are too!

Smile :)

Autum

Holidays!!!

It's that time of year again. When fun is put into the family word: dysfunction!!! We all want to be around our families because that is what we are used to. The way we remember each holiday is to filter out the crap and then remember the good times. Ah, but here we are agian.

The family is all together, the fire is roaring in the fireplace, the snacks are out and around the table, drinks are abundant, and the bickering starts. It can be as insignificant as: "I told you to take out the trash" or as prominant as "The last time I told you about your money you said...." These could both start fights. But do we stay away from taboo topics. Not in this family. Or rather not in my new family with the In-laws.

I don't know. But I really miss my mother, God rest her soul. We had Thanksgiving each year at her house. Everyone dressed up in our nice clothes. We cooked and visited and had a genuinely good time. We didn't fight nor bicker really. It was nice, and homey, and felt real. I miss those times.

I hope that no matter how you celebrate this day that you all have a good day with your family and its filled with love and happiness.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone,

Autum :)