Hummingbirds have arrived!!

We put up our hummingbird feeder over the weekend and got to see our first hummingbirds today!  One just about hit Bill in the head on the way to the feeder (as it is located about 5 feet off our deck). 

It was a glorious day today and we ALMOST got the cabins completely finished.  As I was talking to K at the end of the day, she asked about checking smoke detectors and fire extinguisher renewal dates.  Just one more detail that I had not thought of.  I am going to make a checklist (such a surprise to those who know me!) as this revisiting a cabin about a zillion times is starting to get old.  Also, if we have others helping to clean, it will help ensure that everything gets checked and done.

K pushed herself too hard yesterday and so was very sore today and took it easy.  It has not been easy for her to sit back and watch all of this when she is used to doing it all.  We have talked about how difficult this is but that she needs to let people love on her at this time.  If anyone is ever strugging with this topic, there is book called 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper which does a great job of talking about this subject.

Here is the book synopsis:  As he is driving home from a minister's conference, Baptist minister Don Piper collides with a semi-truck that crosses into his lane. He is pronounced dead at the scene. For the next 90 minutes, Piper experiences heaven where he is greeted by those who had influenced him spiritually. He hears beautiful music and feels true peace.Back on earth, a passing minister who had also been at the conference is led to pray for Don even though he knows the man is dead. Piper miraculously comes back to life and the bliss of heaven is replaced by a long and painful recovery.For years Piper kept his heavenly experience to himself. Finally, however, friends and family convinced him to share his remarkable story.

Anyway, we got the cabins 99% ready to go and got the lodge cleaned.  Bill and D got the fishing cleaning shack and the bait shack ready to go.  Bill raked and picked up sticks around the cabins this afternoon (since quite a few showed up from the hail storm)!

Tonight we are heading over for our once a week shower...big occasion in our lives!  For those of you who may come to visit, you will be happy to know that we will shower more often as the weather gets warmer and we sweat more!  We are also thinking about building an outdoor shower but we really need to get our water system set up and hooked into the kitchen as the first priority.  We do plan to get started on the water system once we are past this initial push to get everything ready at the resort.

This blog got pretty long so please feel free to comment if I am rambling on too long! :-)