Thank you
As I've chronicled here, the past few weeks have been pretty grueling for my family. What I've been remiss in relaying here is the support of our family and friends, and I need to correct that now.
We closed on the new house last Monday afternoon and began painting the new one on Tuesday evening. Our goal was to paint 7 rooms, 2 halls, and the trim in another room before the floors were installed on Saturday. That's a lot of painting in a little time, but not only did we get it done, we even managed to paint a ceiling, too! (OK, technically we finished the second coat in one room on Monday, but we took the weekend completely off and the floors weren't installed in that room yet.) Considering that during all of this we were also dealing with the difficulties which come with the contract falling through on the house we're selling, I'm very happy with what all we accomplished.
I've been a little surprised at how many of our friends are keeping up with what's going on through this blog (don't ask me why that's a surprise, I know that's what a blog is for), so this seems to be one of the many right places to say thanks.
First, to the hired hands. I lucked out and managed to hire the three best teenagers in Atlanta. Thanks to Corey and Dave for several long days of painting and to Becca for giving up her one free night. You're good painters, but the Anne Murray music's got to go!
Then to all of our friends who helped out. Veleda brought us an incredible lunch and then loaned Mike out for a long evening to paint. Doug watched the girls at home while Vanessa got high on paint fumes at our place. Keith also gave up a night to help out, which means Liz was at home with the boys. Finally, there's Jimmy who's stayed with us so many times over the years that he may as well be family. Jimmy painted more than I did (hey, someone's got to earn some money in this family) despite his cold. Nothing goes with paint fumes better than Robitussin!
Doug, Vanessa, and the girls made sure we took Saturday night off by inviting us to the pool. Little did they know we were going to bring the lightening show of the year to their house and kill the electricity. We all had a great time anyway, even if we didn't get to see Doug light up like a Christmas tree while cooking burgers.
We also need to say thanks to Reid and Kim for caring enough to invite us over for a nice, stress-free lunch after church. We needed that even more than we thought, and meant a lot to us.
I would also say thanks to my parents and in-laws, but they don't spend enough time on the internets to know what blogs are, which is the way it should be.
Friends like all of you make weeks like last week bearable. And we're looking forward to years of welcoming you to our new house.
We closed on the new house last Monday afternoon and began painting the new one on Tuesday evening. Our goal was to paint 7 rooms, 2 halls, and the trim in another room before the floors were installed on Saturday. That's a lot of painting in a little time, but not only did we get it done, we even managed to paint a ceiling, too! (OK, technically we finished the second coat in one room on Monday, but we took the weekend completely off and the floors weren't installed in that room yet.) Considering that during all of this we were also dealing with the difficulties which come with the contract falling through on the house we're selling, I'm very happy with what all we accomplished.
I've been a little surprised at how many of our friends are keeping up with what's going on through this blog (don't ask me why that's a surprise, I know that's what a blog is for), so this seems to be one of the many right places to say thanks.
First, to the hired hands. I lucked out and managed to hire the three best teenagers in Atlanta. Thanks to Corey and Dave for several long days of painting and to Becca for giving up her one free night. You're good painters, but the Anne Murray music's got to go!
Then to all of our friends who helped out. Veleda brought us an incredible lunch and then loaned Mike out for a long evening to paint. Doug watched the girls at home while Vanessa got high on paint fumes at our place. Keith also gave up a night to help out, which means Liz was at home with the boys. Finally, there's Jimmy who's stayed with us so many times over the years that he may as well be family. Jimmy painted more than I did (hey, someone's got to earn some money in this family) despite his cold. Nothing goes with paint fumes better than Robitussin!
Doug, Vanessa, and the girls made sure we took Saturday night off by inviting us to the pool. Little did they know we were going to bring the lightening show of the year to their house and kill the electricity. We all had a great time anyway, even if we didn't get to see Doug light up like a Christmas tree while cooking burgers.
We also need to say thanks to Reid and Kim for caring enough to invite us over for a nice, stress-free lunch after church. We needed that even more than we thought, and meant a lot to us.
I would also say thanks to my parents and in-laws, but they don't spend enough time on the internets to know what blogs are, which is the way it should be.
Friends like all of you make weeks like last week bearable. And we're looking forward to years of welcoming you to our new house.
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