Parades, Paint and a Date

Parade...

Well our little town had a huge festival this weekend and we went to the parade.  It was a typical small town parade...short but a fun feel.  Then we went and walked around the fair...rides and vendors and lots of great people watching.  It was a nice afternoon after an interesting morning.  The girls got asked to volunteer at the fair so we dropped them off and then went into the next town (or so we thought) to drop Wil's bike off for a safety inspection so he can register it and use it to get to and from work.  We weren't going to do it since he wasn't going to be using it until next year but we are changing our plans as the government changes theirs.  Anyways, the shop in the next town ended up way outside the next town on lots of dirt roads.  Well, for any of you non-riders...big street bike on dirt roads not a fun drive for Wil but we made it.  We dropped it off and went into town for the parade.

We got the safety done on the trailblazer and all is ok except I have a dial that turns off the daytime running lights and that is illegal.  All Canadian cars have to have daytime running lights all the time so we had to run it in to the Chevy dealership and have the flash it with Canadian programming so that they don't turn off so now I have to run it back to the safety place tomorrow to get it signed off on and then I can register it.

Before

Paint.....

The drywall in the rooms has been sanded and primed for painting so we thought we would get started painting Tiana's room...so we did.  She picked 4 colors..angry lemon, majaraja, sexy girl and picnic....or yellow, blue, orange and green in lay terms.  :) So we started.  As of tonight we have all the walls complete with all the coats except the touchups and the polka dots (which I still have to figure out how I am going to do).  I will just show you one wall and leave the rest for when it is complete. 

We also started painting the computer room and we have the colors picked out for the rec room, pics to follow as we get them done.

A date....

Well, maybe becuase I have been so cranky lately, my family decided that I needed a night out so Wil and I went on a date.  We went down to a bar called Rob Roys and had some great food and then they had some entertainment for the festival.  2 guys called Heely and Roy, just some home town duo but they were very entertaining and funny and a nice band.  It was a neat little bar and a fun night away from the madness of drywall dust, dirt and boxes.

Things are going ok but it is hard.  I didn't realize how much I would miss family, friends and work, specifically  my boss and coworkers.  For 25 years I have worked full time and I always thought it would be neat to be able to stay home.  Well, I am blessed to be able to do that now but I really miss the adult interaction.  It is very difficult when you are in a place with no friend, no family and no other women to talk to regularly.  My emotions definately are highly charged.  There are so many things that I try to look forward to and it seems like they all just fall short...not finding the church last week....trying to plant a tree and hitting clay...ordering a fridge that should have come in on Wednesday and hasn't and is now on back order...not being able to clean the house and having a thick coat of drywall dust on everything...feeling dirty,dusty and sweaty and disgusting all the time...having boxes everywhere.  All little things but they add up to me being on the verge of tears.  I know that I am blessed and I have a wonderful family but I am fighting the negativity constantly.  I am not winning but I am still fighting.  We did find the church, I planted the tree, we have a fridge we can used and we are all equally dirty so whatever.  I will continue to fight.  But please pray for me and my attitude.

We did find the church this morning and it was a nice little Methodist church.  The pastor is a hispanic, New Yorker who married a Canadian who was going to school in New York and has been pastoring this church for 15 years or so.  Nice guy, unfortunately we didn't hear him preach because there was a guest preacher.    Very friendly church and a nice youth pastor.  The youth don't meet during the summer but it definatly has promise.  There is a Baptist church and a Presbyterian church that I want to try and then we will pick one from those I think.

Wil goes to work tomorrow which is kind of funny because although he did get the cancellation of the posting to the ship, he never got the new posting.  So he doesn't know what he is going to be doing.  He is going to show up where he was posted for the time between Colo Spgs and the ship but that commanding officer may not know that he is going to be there tomorrow.  So we shall see what happens tomorrow.

Tomorrow I am going to go grocery shopping which in itself is interesting...new brands...new packaging (milk comes in bags)...not as large a selection in this small town but I will work it out.  Then I am going to go to the spa place and get hints for setting up the hot tub.  It is supposed to be wired tomorrow and then we will fill it...maybe not heat it but fill it so we can get in it and make sure it is working.  I think I may mow the yard too, I am the only one that hasn't used the lawn tractor yet.  Or maybe I will go swimming with the girls...who knows.

This is what you get with drywall dust, dogs and them jumping on your leg.