Good Day Sunshine!!!!

On Saturday my hubby and I decided to go to the land and have a burn day. We aquired our permit and began to burn anything and everything on that property just to make enough room to build a house. We got there at 7:30 A.M. and my job was to man the hose and make sure everything was soaking wet around the pit we dug. We started off with the palm prongs that we had gathered into piles a few weeks ago. About 20 seconds after Mr.D started the fire they were consumed and it was HUGE!!!! We were freaking out, running around the pit spraying the hose trying to keep it under control. We didn't burn anymore palm prongs after that. We did this for 8 hours and I got a wicked sunburn! I put sun block on 3 different times! My lungs, nose, and throat were burning when I got in the car to leave and we still weren't done. Man getting everything done in order to just build, is going to be hard.

 So my face and neck were stinging so bad this morning that I couldn't put makeup on to go to church. I was exhausted and felt like throwing up so I ditched. I hope I am forgiven for this little blip in my progression.

I don't think that I was meant for outdoor labor. My skin is extremely fair, I have horrible allergies, and extremely dry skin that cracks at the slightest disturbance. It's an ordeal just to get ready to go outside to work. I have to be covered from head to toe, sunblock on every other exposed area, allergy medicine taken, work gloves in hand, and some delicious beverage to keep me from getting dehydrated. And after I do all of that, I still can't be out in the sun for more than 3-4 hours.

Then you have my hubby who I think was born on the sun. His skin is like leather. He can go all day without taking a break or getting a drink. His hands are steel and he actually likes being in the dirt. Weird. He is a typical boy. Likes operating heavy machinery, likes playing in the dirt, and doesn't want to come inside when the sun goes down. Thank heavens I married him because nothing would get done outside if it were left up to me.

Now I have done some projects. I'm not a complete priss. One time our rose bushes were getting out of control and I asked Mr. D to trim them for a month. He was busy with work and didn't have a lot of time so I went out there and hacked them down until they were sticks sticking out of the mud. I figured that if I cut them way down, then we wouldn't have to trim them for awhile, and I was right!!!! I've also washed my car a few times in the summer. It's a big job! I drive an Excursion!

So needless to say this building a house thing is going to be a little tougher that I had originally planned. I'm sure it will be fine, and we will laugh about this someday, but right now we are looking at eachother and wondering, " What in the h---- did we get ourselves into?"