In the past few days we have launched three new blogs!
The Barn on Rough Knob
The Barn now has it's own blog, complete with pictures and supplied with basic rental information. Our hope is that this can be an asset for those who are interested in spending time on our mountain and exploring the outlying area. The pictures are especially exciting, and you can now take a look at the fruits of our labor! Check it out and let us know what you think.
Garden Drive Home
We are also in the process of selling/renting our house in Aurora, CO. It is currently available for showings. We have supplied a blog for easy access to basic information about the house. If you know anyone who is interested/in need of a home in the area, please pass along the blog link and our contact information (sale and rental will be By Owner).
Frugal Health Solutions
Finally, I have been learning so much about the food industry, and we are attempting as a family to be more frugal and cautious about what we eat. Part of this shift was brought on by Dad's chronic migraines. Before we left for North Carolina, we put Dad on a modified version of the elimination diet. The frequency of his migraines was drastically reduced. This is leading us to believe that the majority of his headaches are diet-related. This blog is an easy place to share our discoveries, recipes, and tips that we are gathering as we change our lifestyle for optimal health and nutrition. Most recently, I have started producing my own organic yogurt. My favorite recipe is now included with pictorial instructions for making regular and Greek style yogurt.
We hope that you enjoy these new sites and that they can serve in some way as a blessing to you and yours.
Astounded in His glory,
Chelsey for the McGehee Family
April 19, 2012
"CO"mpletely Done!
Well... not exactly.
The month of March and early April were filled with arduous labor once again as Mom and I traveled back across the country to work on The Barn. Our trip was riddled with torrential weather and vehicle problems (even though we elected to bring my car, which is the most trouble-free vehicle we own). So far, on three of our four drives to and from North Carolina, we have brought my poor little Nissan Cube straight into the eye of a terrible hail storm. It just so happens that each of these hail storms were part of the extreme weather systems that wiped out towns like Joplin, MO. God has graciously brought us through each storm unscathed.
We stopped by the Williams' latest home in Fredricksburg, VA for a long overdue visit. It was so good to see the babies again and marvel at how the children continue to grow in stature and favor with God and man. What a precious family! We continue to pray for Mrs. Williams and the little one she is currently growing. What a special thing to watch this dear family grow.
When we finally arrived in North Carolina, we wasted no time in getting to work on the barn. Our goal: to pass the final building inspection and receive the coveted "CO" letter from the county. Our list was long, but the primary objects of our attention were plumbing and tiling. Don't be fooled though! Our list was about ten miles long and even after extending our stay an additional two and a half weeks, the whole shebang is not quite where we would have hoped. But by God's grace we did finish the plumbing, clean up the property, paint the deck, and finally scrub the construction dust out of the house.
It was such a fun process to experience the benefits of each milestone we reached. The use of the toilet was especially thrilling, though we initially had to carry buckets of water upstairs to flush. And I have never been so excited to do laundry in my life.
On the whole, the trip was extremely long, exhausting, and inhumanly busy. Mom and I reverted to our solid muscle form by the end of the five weeks, and were blessed to have minimal injury despite the use of unnaturally heavy tools. But we achieved our primary goal and The Barn is livable! It is a wonderful thought to know that the next time we visit North Carolina we can actually stay there... in the place that we built.
Mom also discovered her sense of humor (to a greater extent than usual). For instance, as we were installing the washer and dryer she told me to "Go get the thing." We had just been talking about "the thing", and I knew right away what it was (despite the fact that it was 2am). But as I turned toward the tool box I decided to challenge Mom's memory a bit. "Wait a second," I said, "do you remember what 'the thing' is?" Mom spoke without hesitation, "It's what I told you to get." Praise God for the ability to laugh at oneself and each other through exhaustion!
Now that we are home in Colorado, I can chuckle about our return trip. But at the time we were traversing Kansas it was no laughing matter. We arrived in Salina about two minutes before a tornado crossed the interstate. We didn't exactly feel a great sense of safety surrounded by 100 big-rigs that were parked at the gas station in hopes of waiting out the storm. But we decided to continue down the road. Of course, the radio weather broadcast was listing numerous tornadoes by county and we had no idea which county we were in. The black clouds and rabid wind did clue us in to the fact that the tornadoes were likely close.
We stopped at a gas station in Lincoln county after lightning made a funnel cloud visible to me - the storm-watcher - directly ahead of us. Craning to stay upright in the wind, I asked the store owner if he knew where the storms were. He said that one tornado had just lifted about a mile away, and another one was moving in quickly (the weather service clocked the fastest tornado at nearly 70mph and most others at 45mph). Against his advice to "hunker down", we hit the road again, not wanting to stay in the middle of all the severe weather (and at this point we were unless we kept going). When we only saw two or three cars on the highway, we questioned our own sanity. But again, by God's grace, we drove about 90mph down the interstate and to the outskirts of the extreme weather system. Naturally, this was just in time to drive into Colorado snow on Highway 24. That's adorable...
What a relief to be home at last! Of course, the call of domesticity is ever present as Mom and I apparently increase cooking, laundry, and cleaning by our return to the "man cave". It may take a week or two to re-balance the estrogen and testosterone in the house. Dad and Collier are thrilled - to say the least - that we are home to care for them, and we are all so glad to be together again. We are four adults who enjoy each other so completely that we ache when we are apart. It is an incredible gift as parents, children, and friends.
Joyfully returned to our earthly home,
Chelsey for the McGehee Family
The month of March and early April were filled with arduous labor once again as Mom and I traveled back across the country to work on The Barn. Our trip was riddled with torrential weather and vehicle problems (even though we elected to bring my car, which is the most trouble-free vehicle we own). So far, on three of our four drives to and from North Carolina, we have brought my poor little Nissan Cube straight into the eye of a terrible hail storm. It just so happens that each of these hail storms were part of the extreme weather systems that wiped out towns like Joplin, MO. God has graciously brought us through each storm unscathed.
We stopped by the Williams' latest home in Fredricksburg, VA for a long overdue visit. It was so good to see the babies again and marvel at how the children continue to grow in stature and favor with God and man. What a precious family! We continue to pray for Mrs. Williams and the little one she is currently growing. What a special thing to watch this dear family grow.
When we finally arrived in North Carolina, we wasted no time in getting to work on the barn. Our goal: to pass the final building inspection and receive the coveted "CO" letter from the county. Our list was long, but the primary objects of our attention were plumbing and tiling. Don't be fooled though! Our list was about ten miles long and even after extending our stay an additional two and a half weeks, the whole shebang is not quite where we would have hoped. But by God's grace we did finish the plumbing, clean up the property, paint the deck, and finally scrub the construction dust out of the house.
It was such a fun process to experience the benefits of each milestone we reached. The use of the toilet was especially thrilling, though we initially had to carry buckets of water upstairs to flush. And I have never been so excited to do laundry in my life.
On the whole, the trip was extremely long, exhausting, and inhumanly busy. Mom and I reverted to our solid muscle form by the end of the five weeks, and were blessed to have minimal injury despite the use of unnaturally heavy tools. But we achieved our primary goal and The Barn is livable! It is a wonderful thought to know that the next time we visit North Carolina we can actually stay there... in the place that we built.
Mom also discovered her sense of humor (to a greater extent than usual). For instance, as we were installing the washer and dryer she told me to "Go get the thing." We had just been talking about "the thing", and I knew right away what it was (despite the fact that it was 2am). But as I turned toward the tool box I decided to challenge Mom's memory a bit. "Wait a second," I said, "do you remember what 'the thing' is?" Mom spoke without hesitation, "It's what I told you to get." Praise God for the ability to laugh at oneself and each other through exhaustion!
Now that we are home in Colorado, I can chuckle about our return trip. But at the time we were traversing Kansas it was no laughing matter. We arrived in Salina about two minutes before a tornado crossed the interstate. We didn't exactly feel a great sense of safety surrounded by 100 big-rigs that were parked at the gas station in hopes of waiting out the storm. But we decided to continue down the road. Of course, the radio weather broadcast was listing numerous tornadoes by county and we had no idea which county we were in. The black clouds and rabid wind did clue us in to the fact that the tornadoes were likely close.
We stopped at a gas station in Lincoln county after lightning made a funnel cloud visible to me - the storm-watcher - directly ahead of us. Craning to stay upright in the wind, I asked the store owner if he knew where the storms were. He said that one tornado had just lifted about a mile away, and another one was moving in quickly (the weather service clocked the fastest tornado at nearly 70mph and most others at 45mph). Against his advice to "hunker down", we hit the road again, not wanting to stay in the middle of all the severe weather (and at this point we were unless we kept going). When we only saw two or three cars on the highway, we questioned our own sanity. But again, by God's grace, we drove about 90mph down the interstate and to the outskirts of the extreme weather system. Naturally, this was just in time to drive into Colorado snow on Highway 24. That's adorable...
What a relief to be home at last! Of course, the call of domesticity is ever present as Mom and I apparently increase cooking, laundry, and cleaning by our return to the "man cave". It may take a week or two to re-balance the estrogen and testosterone in the house. Dad and Collier are thrilled - to say the least - that we are home to care for them, and we are all so glad to be together again. We are four adults who enjoy each other so completely that we ache when we are apart. It is an incredible gift as parents, children, and friends.
Joyfully returned to our earthly home,
Chelsey for the McGehee Family
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