The 5tewart Family: Rental House Saga OVER

Monday, July 14, 2008

Rental House Saga OVER

So, our family has been very preoccupied and busy the last 2 weeks with getting our rental house ready for the new tenant. We were very excited about getting "out with the old and in with the new" but it was very tiresome (physically and emotionally) and very stressful. Trying to make grown up decisions, trying to fix ceiling fans, toilets, closet doors, blinds, light fixtures and the list goes on and on. We were trying our best to make the most economical decisions and still maintain the integrity of the house. We quickly discovered that people want to charge A LOT for manual labor jobs and we were so close to being able to fix it ourselves.

My beautiful husband stretched so far outside of his comfort box I hurt for him. He worked every day relentlessly until everything was done. And he did it all by himself AND it's all perfect!! I am so proud of him and so impressed by his accomplishments. We got everything in the house repaired and have even decided the house is in better condition now than it was when we lived there! New carpet, new fridge, new paint, new light fixtures, etc.......

I have a good bit of emotional attachment to this house since it was our first house and that creates a desire to want things done "a certain way" (feel free to read between the lines here).

Darrell showed himself to be a "jack of all trades", well rounded, determined, persevering, money saving, hard working, "Andy on Call" manual labor, MAN - and I love him for this and many many more things. We turned the house over yesterday for another year and it was hard to let go but felt freeing all at the same time. We pray that God blesses our home and the new tenant for another 364 days.......

3 comments:

Betsy said...: if Darrell is a "jack of all trades" maybe little Darrell can be Jack too. just a thought....; July 14, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Ryan Revis Stewart said...: What a GREAT point you make!! I'll be sure to mention that to Darrell!!; July 14, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Anonymous said...: ...emerging from one's "comfort box" often enhances the beauty of our spirit...; July 18, 2008 at 11:09 AM

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Stewart Family Mission Statement

Back in April, our family (Darrell's Mom's brother and sister) got together in Lenior, NC to celebrate several April birthdays and attend Goudapalooza '08. As part of the celebration each family was asked to bring their Mission Statement. As you can see, I miss using the marketing/advertising part of my brain. We collected famous "tag lines" to create our mission statement.

The Stewart Family Mission Statement:
As a growing family we believe “We get it”. There has been “One love since 1994”. We “Believe in the best” and believe “This is the place to be”. We love our family and it is “Grown for pleasure”.
Every morning we “Wake up with the King “ and always “Answer to a higher authority”.
Mommy believes “The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup” and we frequently find ourselves wondering “Got milk?”
Each day we promise to “Grab life by the horns”, even when “It takes a licking and keeps on ticking” because we believe “We bring good things to life” and “Quality is job one”. Often times “The only easy day was yesterday” and yet we are still grateful. We strive for “Getting things done” with our “Heart to God, hand to man”.
At the end of the day we still shout “Just do it”, “Do unto others as you would have done unto you”, and “Be all you can be”. But on the occasional “You deserve a break today”, “For all you do, this Bud's for you”. Because there are days where “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't”.
So, “Life's good” and “There's no life like it”. “Feel the force”. “It's everywhere you want to be”.
Because at the end of the day “You can't top the copper top”. “He keeps going and going and going”.