Painting Day!

I'm excited, I feel like we're having a party. We are going to paint the exterior of the house today, and I haven't seen it for 6 WHOLE DAYS. This means we have ROOMS with WALLS that I have never seen before!

Not only that, but I get to put together a slew of great food and feed our friends who are coming to help out. There is something about my family (most families probably) that tends to love and appreciate people through food. We will be working our butts off, so the peanut butter cookies I'm making will be consumed guilt-free. :)

I still have quite a bit of work to do before we leave... a couple of shopping trips and some beef kebab assembly. They will marinate in the bottom of the cooler while we work. I also have to bring the grill, utensils, napkins, plates, cups, sunscreen, snacks, etc etc.  If we get out there by 10am I'll be shocked, and hubby's goal was 9am.  We shall see!

On the old home front, I can pat myself on the back for having completed step one half, scrape the fence. Now there is another step, three quarters, called replace a couple of boards. They were put on with Canadian screws, not sure why... but now I need to find/get such a square-headed screwdriver so I can pull off the bad ones and replace them with good ones from the side of the house. Nobody sees those boards anyway.

But, replacing the boards must wait until tomorrow for today is Painting Day!  Maybe I will post a picture...