It takes a village to raise a barn

I have the most amazing friends ever. I already knew I had great friends who are lovely and fantastic and who love me and who I love back just as much, but ...wow. I have been so pleasantly surprised and humbled at how giving they are of their time and gifts.

Yesterday I had a painting party with several friends. People showed up with painting supplies, drinks, food, chocolate, etc., and proceeded to get my house painted. Some friends dropped by just for a few minutes to check the place out and bring love and good wishes, several stayed for 3-4 hours and really cranked out the bulk of the painting, and one dear friend from high school stayed until the bitter end, sometime around midnight-thirty. People have loaned me their stepladders, extra chairs, vacuums and steam cleaners, color expertise, brute strength, lawn mowers, vehicles, ... it's just amazing. I owe these people BIG. I am so blessed!

So we got both bedrooms, the hallway, and the main room painted, and the carpets steam cleaned, sticky kitchen floor mopped - boy, was that disgusting. But now, the place is clean (and I took pictures to prove it!). No more smell of smoke and pet and stale house! Mom and Dad are bringing some furniture from the ancestral homestead to help pretty the place up. I hope to be fully installed by the end of the week.


Won't my kitty be surprised!