Since Steven left my friend Lindsay has been staying with me. It's been nice having her around. Especially in the evening time when I get the most bored. We've had fun cooking together, going on walks, decorating the house, and watching "High School Musical: Get in the Picture" on TV. Well it's not like I could watch it if Steven was around! I don't want to put words in Lindsay's mouth but we both secretly enjoy it.;)
LIndsay and I with our deployment message to Steven
Yesterday a couple that Steven and I are friends with, John Mark and Bethany, moved into a house. Bethany was there to help Steven and I out when we moved so I was glad to help them move and paint their house. From that experience I've learned that no matter what you're doing, if you're with a group of people that you really enjoy and respect you're going to have a good time. I tried my hand at painting their bedroom but realized it was not for me. Thankfully I realized that before I started to paint my own house so that makes my decision final on getting a professional painter! The only thing I felt remotely confident at was painting around the trim. I'm not much of a roller girl. Emily and I also helped Bethany put some of her kitchen supplies away. Even though I had done it only a few weeks earlier, I envied her for the fact that she gets to make the decision of where she wants her things and how to set it up. It's a fun process to go through!
After helping the Benson's move and paint I went home to get ready to babysit for the Hardins. Scott was our realtor for our house and Deanna, his wife, is a teacher's assistant at my school. Since Scott was so helpful with our house, Steven and I got them a gift certificate and a free night of babysitting. They decided to take us up on it very quickly.;) I've been babysitting for them for the past 3 years. They've got 2 boys, aged 8 and 4. The boys are great and no trouble at all. We played a couple of games of hide and seek, watched a little bit of TV and then they went to bed. It was a pretty easy night.
John Mark, Stu, and Luke paintingAll in all, I'm grateful for the extra time I am allowed to spend with my friends. I miss my husband dearly but am thankful for the people around me.
5 comments:
What a great update! Yeah, I am not a great painter either! Jenn and I spent a whole day painting the living room at my house and Amos came home and did a third coat because he said it was streaky! :) Oh well, we tried! It is so nice you have such close friends to spend time with! We are thinking about you! Love ya!
Oh, its no secret, I do enjoy the High School Musical show. Haha! See you tomorrow night! =)
oh yea! love the time you spent with your friends and all the help you provided...amazing! love ya lots..m.e.
It would've been nice to know that you weren't a good painter before I asked you to help paint our bedroom years ago! :) I thought we did a pretty good job on it!!
Waiting for an update...:)
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