the joys of friendship
posted on 02/25/2009
The last few days we had a couple visitors, Vanessa and Rachel McGarry, and they must have been sent by providence. When Vanessa called me up and said they wanted to visit for a couple of days, of course I said by all means! And then I found these strange words coming out of my mouth without checking with my brain first: I'm gonna put you to work. Surprisingly, they were entirely agreeable to that, so I was as good as my word and had them help Steve and I sand, prime, and paint the kitchen cabinets. I can't get over how big a deal it was to have their help! We spent about three days working on them, and I'll be finishing the last of them up tomorrow on my own. Without them, it would have taken me weeks to do this task because of the amount of time Will takes up. It even worked out that Steve had two days off and was able to lend a hand as well. I'll bet he was really glad to go back to work today and escape being a slave to my home improvement drive. While Vanessa and Rachel were here, our running joke was that they were my slave labor and I only paid them in pizza. Gotta keep up their strength somehow, right? I told them they could stay as long as they wanted, but they decided to only stay three days. My charm must be wearing thinner than it used to. :D As soon as I'm finished with the kitchen (for the immediate future, that is) I'll post some before and after pictures so everyone can appreciate all the hard work that went into it.
I have been going through Will's clothes lately, pulling out all the ones that don't fit anymore, and he's only wearing his 3-6 months now. Amazingly, he's already outgrown some of those onsies! He's not even three months old yet, and they are too small! Pretty much all the shirts and pants still fit, and even some of the sleepers (but not all), but it sounds like we're going to be breaking out the nine month outfits in the next couple of weeks. Geez!
Well, it's HGTV time- gotta run!! :P