1. Hugging my Realtor after the closing, with the house keys in hand.
2. When B, my friend M (there to help paint) and I were having a “picnic” on the hardwood floors during a painting break and I tried to say the blessing for the food. I couldn’t get out the words, “Thank you Lord …” before my tears of joy started to flow. B had to do the prayer.
3. Sitting on the new porch swing with my friend M, after we had come to a stopping point in our painting. Just relaxing after a hard — but fun — day’s work and viewing all the pretty land and scenery around us. No duplex 10 feet away!
4. The moment when B and I were alone painting in Big A’s new room and we looked out her window and saw 23 wild turkeys in our yard. Amazing!
5. When my girls came home from violin, dance class and dinner with their grandparents and got to help paint their own new rooms. They were so excited!
Here is the story in pictures:
Big A and Daddy discuss whether we should go with green or yellow paint for her room. Big A makes a convincing case for both, and that's what we got!
"BEFORE" in Big A's room.
"BEFORE" in Little A's room.
Let's get this party started!
Taping done, primer going on. Daddy working in Little A's room.
How awesome is it to have a friend who not only loves to paint, but knows what she's doing and is willing to help you for a day??? M, you rock! Yes, that's looking like some fluorescent yellow (yikes!), but really is a lovely lime green (weirdly called "Yellow Lettuce") when it's all said and done.
Little A applies "Celebration Pink" to her walls.
Big A starts the "Chickadee" yellow wall.
"Honey! Look ... turkeys!" View from Big A's window seat.
Clean slates down stairs. They need no painting -- they just need to be moved into!
Another surprise! We have four tomato plants. These came off of them.
We worked until 10 p.m., but didn't leave without a shot on the porch swing with two painted, happy little girls! Of course once we got back to the duplex we had to scrub all that paint off them, so suffice it to say that it was a VERY LATE night for the kids.
looks like a really lovely house!
ReplyDeleteYAHOO!!!! I'm so happy for all of you. We painted the kids' rooms a few months ago (yellow for Miss T and a coppery-brown for the boys) but still need to do the rest of the house. We've been putting it off and putting it off. If the kitchen project ever gets finished we'll be out of excuses. Can't wait for more updates!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited for you all!!! when I read the part about you trying to give a blessing it put tears in my eyes. I am so happy to see this new chapter in your life unfold.
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