Filed under: Health
Wednesday morning, I woke up with extreme back pain. I had similar pains back in January when I had my first kidney stone. I say first, because I confirmed later in the day that I now have my second stone. It was a terrible day to get one as I was due to give a 45 minute presentation to all the faculty at the University. I ended up getting to the presentation about 15 minutes later than planned as my boss, was very gracious and did introductions to our plans and introduced me during this delay. I was drugged and still in pain, but the presentation still went off okay – at least from what I could tell.
I think these kidney stones derive from my many years of soda consumption. I was drinking a can or bottle of Coca Cola once a day or more. I love the stuff. I think I may have to swear off of it, or at least reserve it for special occasions like following a good hard hockey game or something. Now that I am in Grand Rapids, and my commute is so much shorter, I should be able to start finding ways to exercise during the extra time I will have (although I’m sure it won’t seem like extra time).
Anyway, pray that the stone passes on its own and doesn’t cause too much pain as it does. I want to be able to continue to work during this time, hopefully I will be able to.
Filed under: Home
Not sure if that is a word…mortgageless…but that is what we are now. The closing on our house in Indiana was Friday. Went off without a hitch. We discovered that the people that bought our house used to work where I did in Chicago (before I worked there though). Anyway, we hope the best for them and their family. It is kindof nice not having a mortgage to our name for a time. But it won’t be for long.
Our family took some time yesterday to go to the Dutch Festival in Greenville, MI. It was a fun time, unfortunately we weren’t able to go to all that we had wanted to because it rained out late in the day and completely on Sunday. Maybe we will go again next year. The kids were hoping to see the elephants that were promised for Sunday afternoon. That would have been pretty exciting.
Allison said that she would take the kids rock hunting this week…on our new property…hopefully they find some good rocks for our future garden.
Filed under: Home
Well we stopped by our new house tonight to take a look around and see what kind of progress has been made this week. It appears as though the insulation is all that was worked on this week. I took lots of pictures…probably more than anyone else would care to see. If you do want to see them, you can do so by visiting my photo collection at flickr.com (someday I’ll figure out how to make them visible directly from this blog site – until then you’ll have to follow this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmccread/
The sale of our home in Indiana closes tomorrow, so we’re making a day-trip with the whole family. Pray that everything goes smoothly.
Filed under: Home
Well, we are another step closer to finally relocating. We are buying a home in Rockford, MI which is approximately 20 miles north of Cornerstone University, where I work. The home should be completed sometime in September. It is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath
situated on 1 acre of land. It is a “green built” home that is Energy
Star rated — you know me, the tree hugger; that’s why I own a big SUV 
Anyway, we do care about the environment, so we are pleased that this home is being built with that in mind.
We are very excited about the possibilities for this home. We never thought that we would buy a new construction home. Being able to meet with the builder and
select
cabinets, flooring and colors, etc has been a lot of fun so far. The builders were so friendly and went over all the different special touches that they plan on putting into the home. Its going to be a beautiful home — God has been so good to us. Once we take possession, the first thing we
will do is put in a 4th bedroom in the unfinished daylight basement and do some landscaping. I have included a picture of the front of the house and will try to post more pictures that show the progress that is made in the coming weeks.
