Exhausted, I feel like I did after seeing the damage from the Great Ice Storm a couple years back, overwhelmed. I know Robyn is too, and she has to get up and go to work everyday. But, I woke up this morning after the best sleep I have had in a while, feeling energized. I took some time to just clean up the deck and start organizing things, and it made me feel better. The cure for the frakes is almost always just getting busy, and every little thing we do makes it just a little bit better. I have not worked on anything except moving and the hundred little items that need to be done for daily life for 10 days. I still have a couple weeks of work left inside to finish every last thing, so I'm anxious to get settled enough to resume wood working and clear coating. Meanwhile, fall is just about gone, and I am ready to get out in the woods. I remember after we finished the cabin, I took a long time for myself enjoying paddling and playing guitar, think I'll do that again. And of course, the main thing is to enjoy our family and spend time together outdoors, seems like the perfect place to do just that! We have satelite hooked up now, we don't have the 60" screen for the awesome room yet, but we have everything we need. This has really been one of the toughest parts, and we have awhile to go before everything settles down. It is starting to slowly sink in, we did it!, some how through life's crazy twists and turns, in just 5 short years after we bought this spot, we live in a house above the Osage Gorge sitting on the bluffs overlooking the rapids of the creek. Let me tell you, when we bought this place it seemed foolish to even us, yet Robyn and I have both always believed that if you form a thought in your mind and believe in it, no mater how stupid it sounds to some- it will come true. So be careful what you think about, and embrace whatever it is that drives you. A special thanks go out to my father in law- Jim Bonds, a wonderfully generous and positive man who's gift enabled us to roll the dice, even though it was the last thing we should have done at that time. Anyone else would have thought we were fools, spend the only money we had on a piece of land close to the Buffalo River and Harrison Ar., instead of paying off some of our huge debt, with NO prospects of living there or being able to make a living to get to live here. In the last 3 years, we got the opportunity to open Liquidation Outlet in Harrison, sold my countertop business in Maumelle at the height of the recession, moved to the mountain and built our dream house. Best 3 years ever for us, we are not complacent though, becouse the game is always changing and you gotta stay ahead of the curve. Look forward, stay positive, and always believe. Love ya, The Hollohead
