It just takes one!

So, I have been a little worried about my upcoming visit back to Alabama.  I am so excited to see my friends and for my kids to see their friends but to be honest I am a little apprehensive about being able to leave once I get back there!  I haven't really connected to anyone here.  I haven't felt like my neighborhood is very friendly or that there is anyone around me that I will be able to just hang out and drink a glass of wine with or just talk to or ask a favor of.  I have been very lonely here.  I keep telling myself it has only been 2 months but it has been two very lonely months.

I am a people person and I LOVE my friends!  I NEED my friends!  With a husband that is gone a lot you rely on your network of friends so much!  I have so missed that!!  So, I have been worried about seeing everyone again.  I just don't think I can rip that band-aid off again.  And especially now, knowing what I am going to come back to!

BUT...God sure knows what we need!  I have always told Keith it just takes one person to get you connected.  Well, last week I went to a volunteer meeting at school and sat across a lady who introduced herself to me, asked me where I was from, what neighborhood I lived in, how old my kids were.   Would you believe she lives in my neighborhood and has a daughter Abby's age and in that time has introduced me to 2 other ladies in the neighborhood who one of them called me and asked me to go to Bunko tomorrow night at a ladies house who I can walk to whose daughter is in Abby's class!  UNBELIEVABLE!!  All that right before my trip back home.

It is like God knew that I needed at least one connection before I went back.  So, do I need to go to Bunko the night before a 6 1/2 drive?  No!  But am I going??  You bet!  I even walked across the street to ask a total stranger if her daughter could babysit (She was recommended)!  

It just takes one person to get you connected!!  So, if someone new moves into your neighborhood or you see a new face at school...be that one!  Help them get connected!  

Room Renovation- Abby

Abby loved helping take down her wallpaper border!  She was a HUGE help!!  Give the girl a spatula and she was a worker bee!
She picked out her colors!  Two walls purple (her new favorite color) and two walls lime green!!  
After we were finished she said, "I love my room!"  It was the first time she had said anything positive about her room since we moved!  It is amazing how a little paint and personal touch can make things feel like home!
We still have to hangs some things on the walls and get a rug BUT...it is so much better!!  It is so "Abby!"

Room Renovation- Jake

This is what Jake's room looked like before...lovely for a boy huh!!  He was quite ready for a change...and FAST!!!  It took forever to get all that border down, but hot water, fabric softener and a kitchen spatula did the trick!  Now we are ready to paint!
Well, almost ready!  We have to prep the room.  Jake loved taking all the fixture plates off the wall.  Give the boy a screwdriver and he will work!
This rooms needs some blue!  Here are the boys ridding the room of all things yellow!!
WOW!  What a transformation!  Jake loves his new room and is so glad there are no more "girl colors" in it!!  Of course, now he wants his dinosaurs back on his wall!  YIKES!!!