And here's the photo of our company grill that didn't upload correctly yesterday - not too shabby. Can cook a few burgers on this baby. To the right of the open door you can see a little of the garage door I have talked about that we open.
When I woke up this morning I was excited for the day - painting the house with lots of my friends from church being here - but it was sprinkling. One of the first things I do when I get up is plug in my phone so it can charge in the bathroom upstairs and off downstairs I went to do lots of things before everyone got here at 8:00 a.m.
About 7:45 a.m. I headed back upstairs to put on sunscreen - even though it was lightly raining - I was being positive that the sun would be coming out - and realized I had a voicemail from my small group leader. I listened to the voicemail and Rob said it looked like we needed to postpone the painting until next Saturday. He would call me back after Pastor Josh checked with the painter providing the equipment, paint, etc., to see if next Saturday worked for him. By the time I finished listening to Rob's first voicemail, his second voicemail was waiting for me saying we were shooting for next Saturday.
I texted Rob back and we shot a few text messages back and forth with me saying God must have a reason for the rain and we'll try next Saturday. I already have an idea why God is thinking next Saturday which is the Saturday of the 4th of July weekend - I'll see if my idea squares with God's plan. I also mentioned in a text message that I wished I would have listened to Rob's voicemail BEFORE putting on the sunscreen :) Then Rob texted me saying how the different smiley icons on my text message app made him think of Mr. Miaggi and Dilbert and I replied that I was now worried about him.
So......I had a day "free" that I wasn't expecting. A little before 10:00 a.m. Dad and I headed out to the library for me to get some books and then the grocery store - and then I headed to the Other Art Show at the Fairgrounds in the Varied Industries Building. I had hoped to go to the show but figured it would be tomorrow after church - God let me go to the show today. While Mike and I enjoyed the DSM Art Festival that is downtown on the street, if the weather is bad or it's hard to find a place to park, we didn't always go to it - and the art downtown was not "our style". The art at the Fairgrounds is what we - I - like.
I'm very picky about what I buy but when something "hits" me and I like it - I buy it. I came around the corner of one of the rows and a few vendors into the row was this guy that his art jumped out at me and I immediately fell in love with. He had large, unframed canvas prints that were quite pricey - and I told him to keep coming back each year (he's from Miami) - and some day I hoped I would be able to buy a canvas. But for now I'd have to settle on his smaller prints and here's what I bought.
Then I go down a few more rows and see a booth where an artist has made beautiful work with different sizes of ceramic tiles and this one immediately jumped out at me. If you can't read what it says to the left of the single beach chair it's "Life is good" which it is, and you see me wear in tons of my Life Is Good t-shirts. The single beach chair represents me and this will go on my enclosed front porch with the Caribbean theme once the walls are painted, the windowsills redone and carpet put down. I'll try to put it on the wall near my pink adirondack chair Mike made for me.
So while today didn't go as planned - it was a good day. Tomorrow at church will be testimonies of those that will be baptised after church at Easter Lake. This will be a first for me to head with everyone else to Easter Lake for baptism and then a church potluck - looking forward to it!
