Fantastic Friends!!!
Wow!! Only two more sleeps before I leave for Africa! I can't wait! :-)
And I've still got a lot to do and the next two nights will undoubtedly be very short. However, thanks to the help of some friends, it's starting to look a little more manageable.
The other day, I asked a handy-man to help me with some work around the house. He said he wouldn't finish installing the shower door because I had already started. (Note to self - never start a handy-man project if you can't finish it. None of them will touch it with a 39 1/2-foot pole.) Then I asked him to paint one interior door and 8 door frames/jambs. He thought it was going to take 5 hours (at $25/hour). I thought it was a little steep, but willing to pay because I needed to get it done. When he came back the next day to get started, he told me he had thought it over, and it was really going to take 10 hours. Apparently, he's a very slow painter. I told him to take a hike.
When I was telling my friend/co-worker about this, she volunteered to come over in the evening for an hour. She got a lot done in an hour and I painted for another 2 hours. Now the door jambs are all done and the door is half way done!!! Yay for Cindy to volunteer.
My friend Laura and her kids also came over to help with the shower door. Now they've enlisted the help of their Uncle Larry - good guy. He's coming over with Laura this afternoon to finish it up.
Laura and the kids came back over after youthgroup/AWANA/choir to help me stuff envelopes. WOW. Ronnie slept on the floor (poor kid gets up at 4:00 AM every morning for ROTC) and Nikki, Laura and I had a great little assembly line going on. We were done stuffing by 10:00 PM.!! Praise the Lord.
I really am blessed with some wonderful friends. I have felt so much love and encouragement in this process - especially recently in trying to get my house in order to sell. (It goes on the market on Saturday at 3:00 PM.)
Praise God for the wonderful "family" I have when my own family is physically far way. Thank you! Thank you!
Comments
I love to paint. Wish I could help.
Posted by: Joann | October 12, 2006 11:28 AM
Wow. Those are some stellar friends.
Posted by: Michael Seiler | October 12, 2006 11:25 AM