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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Organizing Books
As we move back into the house, one of the more daunting chores is organizing all of the stuff that we packed up when we moved out. The house is arranged differently now, and we're trying to limit the number of pieces of furniture in order to maintain a sense of openness in the house. For me, books are the biggest problem. I'm attempting to sort the books by some sort of categorization scheme in the shelving unit I'm using for Orthodox books. I decided I would have a shelf for praxis and liturgics, one for history, and one for theology.

It was the last category that has caused me the most problems. Actually, all of the categories cause me problems. You see, as one of the Desert Fathers said, "A theologian is one who prays, and one who prays is truly a theologian." That is, true knowledge of God comes only through interacting with Him, and that, of course, means prayer. So, do my prayer books go with my theology books? Do my books on the lives of various Saints go with history, or praxis, or theology? I think this will actually all help me, as now I have a ready made excuse for not organizing my books. I haven't really done so for the past thirty some-odd years - I suppose there is little reason to start now.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

We Have House
Woohoo. We passed final today! We have our house back! Let the moving begin!

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

The House
Wow, so I realized how behind I was on house pics. So this will have a series of pictures of the progress, along with the current pictures. Final inspection is tomorrow....


Framing in Progress


Windows Going In


Kitchen Drywalled


Living Room Drywalled


Getting Ready to Hang Cabinets


Part of the Master Bath


The New Master Shower


Children's Bath (before counters and grout)


Close to Finished Kitchen




Living Room


Front Door


Girls Room

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