Paint Night

Thursday

I got up at 8. I took supplements, etc. I read some e-mail.

I went cleaning at 9:45. I stayed until noon. Michelle called and talking to her slowed me down. Then I went home. I ate fiber gel, then put on my bathing suit and laid out in the sun for 20 minutes. I came in and made breakfast. I watched The Highwire. I had to pause it after 1:30. I got dressed. I went to the swap shop to pull in some bags of clothes that someone left.

Then I went to the York's house for the sign-over. They had cleaned a lot. But they were still packing their cars. He showed Jamie and me through the house. We decided on $200. He paid and we signed the contract. Then he needed a long shank lock for the moving truck. Jamie ran home to get one. We talked. His wife came back with the dogs. Jamie left. I stayed to see if they needed anything. She gave me some catsup and mayo. I took it home.

I put together a bag of trims for Keli and dropped them off at the library. They gave me a dozen eggs. I went to the chaplain's house to clean. I parked across the street because of the two cars parked in the driveway. I texted Shannon that I was afraid if they got scratched, I would be held responsible. Then I talked to Jamie and we got started cleaning. I worked on windows and floors. Shannon texted when she had moved the cars. Jamie asked me to clean the shower doors, so I did, finishing up after 5:30. Then I headed home.

There wasn't time to eat fiber gel. I ate the rest of the zucchini. I talked with Chris about wanting to play a demonstration video on the big screen in the fellowship hall. Then I had to head to the chapel for Paint Night.

I got there by 6:30. I started setting up the canvasses and cups. Eryne came with her daughter. We measured and mixed paints. Chris came with an old laptop. He connected it to the TV. She tried to use her phone as a hotspot to access the video, but the phone and the laptop would not talk to each other.

After he left, people started arriving. But we had to finish mixing the glue and water and paint. I made 6 oz solutions of each color. So when they had gathered, I did a demonstration pour. I showed them how to use straws to drag through the paint and how to use a balloon to make designs. Then I set them free to create. And they did. It was a lady and 5 teenagers. Two more people hadn't shown up although we waited till after 8. Our plan was to have an after-pour party where the two of us used up any extra paint. And we did do another canvas, but there was too much paint leftover. Eryne's daughter threw the paint away while I tried not to watch. We discussed the evening and decided things went pretty well so we'll do it the same way next time.

They left and I turned out the lights and locked up. I went to the gardens to water mine and Jenni's. Then I went home. I picked some peas and ate them. I read a few messages, then worked on my blog. By then it was too late to watch TV. We read one section from the devotional book. It was after 11 so we went to bed.