Painting Expectantly

Sunday, she said goodbye.

Honestly, she had mixed emotions - 

sweet and sad.

She said goodbye to the Red door and 

window in my now neutral living room. 

(well, it will be pretty much neutral

when she gets rid of the now mauve and blue

plaid upholstery on the $60 sofa.)

But for now, the red is pretty much gone.

No more of it peeking out behind

the industrial grays, whites and taupes.

She remembered loving the red SO much when 

she decided to go bold instead of white. 

It looked so cheerful against the yellow-beige walls.

At least until three and a half years ago...

Then I came to live here...

She says I have a vendetta against the post man.

He is SO rude - he drops mail INSIDE our HOUSE!!!

I keep trying to get at him to make him stop!

He just doesn't get it.

And hey, I'm bound by the good dog

code of ethics to stay on top of things

and protect my home and my people.

I think she gets it, but she doesn't like it.

So she needed to repaint. 

She is waiting for us to move out. My boy said

we would move last February, 

then it turned into May, now it's August,

which is almost here...so she painted expectantly.

The first coat. She said she will do the second when

we get our own place. We want a mailbox that

keeps the mail outside and has cool blinds

on all the windows so the new postman can't

taunt me persistently. I will finally relax. Maybe.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the old girl will miss me.
No one will be there to bark at strange yard men,
or perform the rinse and hold on some of those

yummy dinner plates. And my boy will 

sleep in the new place, too. At least that's

what he keeps telling us.

Word for the Day:

Isaiah 30:18
 Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

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