The Circle of Life: My Kitchen Angel + pics of my G.G.'s

Remember my Kitchen Angel from Aug. 5 blog entry? She's back! Cindy came over Saturday morning to help me paint. She was well aware of my continued knee problem (I'm so frustrated), so she gladly came to help out. Not only did she paint a good portion of my kitchen, she got on her hands and knees (something that is presently out of my range of motion) and cleaned every tiny spot of paint that I splattered. Then she swept and mopped my kitchen floor. Then she replaced my kitchen table and chairs. She insisted that she wanted to decorate that room for me, but I impolitely refused. She had already come earlier in the week and put up all the wreaths and garland on the front of my house. She is such a selfless workhorse. Can't say enough about that girl.

Speaking of the paint I splattered. I love to paint, but I sure am a messy painter. I really am. Cindy had on spotless blue jeans and a t-shirt. When she left, she still had a spotless pair of pants and shirt. I, on the other hand, had primer and paint on my arms, hands, hair, nose, and all over my toes b/c I wore my 12-month-shoe-of-choice flip flops. And of course, I ruined my flip flops, unless you like flops with huge blobs of paint all over them. Jane and Adger dropped by right after we finished painting. Jane asked me why Cindy looked so good and I looked like the biggest loser from a paint ball tournament. Well, actually my clothes are the same pants & shirt that I wear any time I paint. I showed her patches of my former paint from a kitchen project years and years ago. So, all the paint on my clothes were not from this venture. Thanks for caring, Jane.

The kitchen is coming along. It definitely won't be completed until early 2009. I'm finished with what I'm doing until after the holidays. Tom has a few minor things he'll work on when he can, but I have the kitchen decorated for Christmas and I'm ready to celebrate the season.

My G.G.'s are growing and changing. Cady now smiles. She's slowly catching up with Brie. Here are pictures of both girls.