{"id":9967,"date":"2013-10-21T01:52:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T08:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=9967"},"modified":"2017-06-28T22:09:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T05:09:21","slug":"sunday-bullet-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=9967","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Bullet List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh, such a day full of blessings… packed I tell you!\u00a0 In order of occurrence, and as nearly as I can remember, they were as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. My day started at 4:21am, and I enjoyed some quiet for a little while, until the rest of the house began to stir around 6am.<\/li>\n
  2. I got caught up on some reading,<\/li>\n
  3. then had myself a cup of coffee, in which I discovered honey works quite well in the absence of my usual dose of Splenda.\u00a0 Healthier too, without a doubt!<\/li>\n
  4. We were all off to church in our respective vehicles by 7:40, and convened at 9am in the Cathedral for mass (of course, receiving our Lord in the Eucharist is the most profound blessing possible — all others pale in comparison!).<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. After church, there was a brief time of refreshment with friends over doughnuts in Smith Hall — chatting, even a little, with a friend is a day brightener, and is a double blessing when it coincides with the relief of sitting down after a mass, which can sometimes strain my old back.<\/li>\n
  6. A stop for gas and cold beverages on the way home was another blessing (all the beverages, hot and cold alike, had run dry at Smith Hall by the time we got through the line).<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. We arrived home to find a house full of kiddos and Paul off on a mysterious errand, soon to be revealed when he walked in carrying 6 pizzas from Little Caesars.\u00a0 It was awesome to see the kids all gathered round the table and using the brand new benches<\/a> <\/strong>that were finished yesterday afternoon!<\/li>\n
  8. As Paul and I relaxed in the living room nibbling on pepperoni pizza, we discussed the options for painting the benches.\u00a0 Obviously they needed to be treated in some way, since food and (likely as not brightly-colored)<\/em> drink was bound to be spilled on them sooner or later. We decided that if colors were involved, I had better be the one to go to Lowes and to the choosing, so I took Laurent and set off to fulfill that joyful and somewhat stressful task.\u00a0 (If any of you are old timers, you will recall the strain of choosing colors for the house after the fire — so many factors are in play, it can drive me berserk!)<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. With my trusty wing-man by my side (can a girl be a wing-man?\u00a0 wing-woman? wing-gal? wing-buddy-ol-pal?)<\/em> I began the arduous process of assessing which color would serve the overall theme of the house best.\u00a0 I have long been enamored of the idea of painting my table red and black, so those were the two colors that dominated my consciousness — until I reflected on the fact that the one color that is completely missing from my household scheme is turquoise.\u00a0 That really could not be allowed to stand!\u00a0 With the added strain of choosing the proper shade of turquoise (bearing in mind I had a previous failure with that color before the fire that haunts me to this day)<\/em> I would have buckled, were it not for Laurent.\u00a0 She kept me focused! Lol!\u00a0 It took too long by Paul’s standards, but we did eventually make it home with brushes, a gallon of Valspar Sea Kiss<\/a><\/strong>, and a sample card for Autumn Fire<\/strong><\/a>, which will look absolutely splendid on the table legs beneath a shiny black lacquer top.<\/li>\n
  10. Having completed my task, I took the opportunity to catch up on my missing morning zz’s while Paul and Laurent set about painting the benches.<\/li>\n
  11. Meanwhile, Johnny decided, out of the goodness of his big, beautiful heart, to do some yard work and car cleaning with the kids.\u00a0 What a beautiful gift to wake up to – my Minty van and Paul’s old Blue now sparkle inside and out!<\/li>\n
  12. The benches were finished just in time for Paul to take the kids home.
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