Day 9

What a great day!!! Saturdays are awesome anyway, plus it meant a considerable amount of time to work, plus the best part - Alexis came to hang out and help. Good friends are such a blessing- especially friends who are tired enough from their own busy, toddler filled lives who take the time to come help- I can't tell you how much that means to me!! And let's not forget the heroic Love Doc who allowed his honey to come to Reenie's while he held down the fort and negotiated the day with Love Child 1 and 2. It was so nice to work with someone else and it was amazing how much we got done in a few hours.

Progress of the day: last coat of spray paint on cabinet knobs, reattach cabinet hardware, put cabinet doors back on, remove shelf lining from 1970 and put in new liner, touch up cabinet doors... and it looks amazing! Also, taping and painting the pink and light purple stripes, scoot out washer and dryer, vacuum cobwebs, lint, etc; wash walls, think through and come up with a way to cover the ugly maze of pipes above the washer, remove all the painting tape to reveal the AWESOME looking striped wall, visit and catch up with my good friend. And we did a pretty decent clean up job so its ready to rock and roll tomorrow.

Suzie spent most of the day in the crate so she could be with us. She doesn't deal well with the separation and kept standing at the gate in the doorway moaning and being sad... she usually follows me wherever I go and couldn't handle not being with me. So she alternately watched and napped while Alexis and I worked. There is something really great about a little dog who can't stand to be separated from you, even by a little gate in the doorway.

Then Alexis headed home to her honeys and Reenie showered and raced down to Monroe for Gram's 80th birthday party. more on that later.

To summarize: Friends are one of God's greatest gifts! Thanks to all the Loves for today! Striped wall is AWESOME! I'm feeling like I'm close and may manage to finish this project sometime...

oh yeah, pictures are coming soon, I promise. I'm still one of those dinosaurs using film, so I've just gotta drop it off for developing and then I'll post...