Painting Party Participants. Grandma T is taking picture, also Jan and Brian helped. It was full of activity. Dad and I went up on Fri. Weather was great both days, in the upper 80's with a nice breeze. We left about 8am and picked up the paint in Northwood on the way through. We got started preparing the house around 10:00 after we had "coffee" of course. We worked until the misquitos got so bad I had to quit, it was almost dark anyway. Dad finished about a 1/2 hour later. We scrapped and primed 25 windows, finished painting the basement windows and screens so we could get them back in before night. It was warm and it felt wonderful to shower and get into bed.
There was drama. Deb and Ross, Britta, and Jaxon did not make it as we were all hoping. They turned around and went home on the other side of Mpls. because both little ones were hysterical in the car which would make any parent hysterical too. So they went home and hopefully were able to get all the emotions under control again. Jan and Brian were there for a few hours which we all were glad for, but after a couple of hours Brian was miserable, his ankles became so painful they decided they needed to go home. Sandy was a trouper, she painted all the shutters, she had had surger on her foot about two months ago and stood and painted 10 of them with her foot up on a chair.
Dad and I got started about 8:00am on Sat. Trying to get as much trimmed and fixed before the rest of the crew showed up. Sandy came on her own and Bob got there next. Jim and Sarah came about 11:30 Sat. Sarah helped Grandma in the kitchen while Jim painted and was a big help in putting things back in order. Bob was great too as we all worked hard to get it done. Dad and I had to get going about 6:00 pm because we had to drive home before it got dark as we do not have lights on the trailer. It was a good excuse to get it done and get home. It was such a good feeling to get it done for Grandpa and Grandma.
Dad and I are thankful for a good day of rest today!
