I had today off work, so I helped Patrick paint (most of) the back of the house this morning before it got too hot. I’m glad we like the color because it’s A. Lot. Of. Work. Ugh. And now we have a house that blue/green/blue/green. The neighbors must love us.

Thankfully, our next-door neighbor is out of town and told us before she left that we were welcome to use her pool while she was gone. Actually, she said we could use it anytime, but no way I’m walking into her backyard while she’s home and hopping into her pool. But we took a quick dip to cool off this afternoon. It was refreshing, and I’m grateful for her generosity.

Of course, looking at our house from her backyard really showed us how bad it currently looks in it’s half-painted state. Good thing Patrick has the rest of July to finish it. Ha.