Thirty years ago when we built our house it never occured to either of us that there might come a time when one or the other of us might have trouble climbing stairs,  Well that time has come, I can climb the stairs (all our bedrooms are upstairs) but it is more effort  than I like to put forward, in other words it is hard and it hurts.

With all this considered we decided to build an addition onto our house.  We are doing the construction ourselves with the help part time of our oldest grandson.  It is slow going, not nearly as fast as when we build the original house 30 years ago, of course we were 30 years younger then.   When it is completed our bedroom will be downstairs, along with a new sun room and extra large utility room.  With the new layout I will be able to navigate the entire downstairs when I am in my wheelchair.  I try to stay out of my chair as much as I can, but sometimes it is a necessity.

I will keep you posted on our progress.