Mark is home!  He came back last night after being on the boat for 10 days. It is so nice to have him home again. We went out to dinner for yummy Mexican food and then spent some time catching up back home.  

Well, you've heard me mention over and over all the things that Mark has done around the house...replacing light fixtures, picking up the dog "gifts" they leave for us on the lawn, taking out the trash (without me asking him to), and surprising me when I got home one day by patching up a hole in the wall of the garage.  He does it all with no complaints and even seems to find joy in it.  It was definitely my turn to surprise him.  Our bedroom was painted ugly green (the same as the rest of our ENTIRE house) and our bathroom has ugly green and orange stripes on it.  We had been talking about redoing the area, but when?  He works long days and is exhausted when he gets home, and our weekends are filled with other family and friends activities.  

So...I decided to take care of it and surprise him.  Last Saturday morning I invited some of my girl friends over for a "while he is out" project. Friday night Katie and I painted primer on the walls of the master bedroom and bathroom and then Saturday morning my mom, Jen, and Amanda and I all worked for hours to paint the bedroom walls.  I spent the next few days decorating (I still need to hang pictures and other fun things on the walls) and the final result turned out BEAUTIFUL!  No more ugly green!  And Mark was so surprised when he came home last night...he really likes it. :-)  Thanks again to those who helped! 

Here are some pictures from the "while he was out" project: