Intentional

I have had this word running through my head the last few days. I want to be intentional in my relationships. I want to take time out of my busy schedule to make an effort to visit people and to tell them/show them how important they are to me. I want to be intentional when it comes to sending cards of sympathy, encouragement or just because. I want to be a genuine friend.

Being far away from family and all my closest friends has made me realize the relationships that I thought were strong, may not have been. There were a lot of comments about keeping in touch and getting together, but that seems to go to the wayside. I know that life gets busy and time slips away, but I am going to make the effort. From today on, I will be intentional.

Grandparents

I am missing my grandparents today. I found a box of old pictures that were in their house and it has caused a lot of memories to flood my mind. I am lucky to have had such an incredible relationship with both my grandparents.

This picture was taken at their annual anniversary dinner in either 2003 or 2004.

FREE!

I love free things. Recently, Glidden paint was offering a free quart of paint (sorry, it expired on 7-2-09). You could go their website and choose a color and they would ship it to you... all for free!!! Since I have walls that need paint, I accepted the offer. My paint arrived today and I am SO excited to see it on the walls to decide exactly where it will go and/or if I need more. I really liked the sample on their website, but I know once I get it on the wall, the lighting in the room may change my decision. I am hopeful that it will work.

https://www.glidden.com/color/color-palette.do

I choose Olivewood (top right section on the color palette, then left side of the sample board that comes up).