Friday, May 7, 2010

more of today


i don't have many words right now.
i am overwhelmed...with gratitude and amazement.
and i totally hit a wall about 3 pm and am up on my bed for the next 20 minutes trying to "recover" {ran up here the second pat got home!} before our Shepherd group arrives to help us for the evening!

we made lots of progress today.
9 am the first person showed up.
and they were all so amazing.
just, "what can i do?"
and i actually think i did a pretty good job of having specific things for people to do.
{SO HARD! i want to do it all myself!!!}

then kelly showed up with bags...of our dinner for tonight and breakfast for tomorrow.
HOW SWEET!!
and we totally needed that!
i mean, we could have eaten peanut butter and jelly...again...but how NICE to have a REAL dinner! {they ALL appreciated it, kelly! THANK YOU!!!}


so many amazing women here helping out...
ladies i run with
friends from church
friends from the blog world
friends from high school

and holly came back (!) with bailey's 4 friends :-)


and more people stopped to shop.
one guy bought so much stuff that he had to back his truck up in the driveway!
we made over $400 more today.
and it hasn't made a dent in the amount of stuff we have!


the kids all did so great.
i have no idea how many kids were here...but they all did great!
{no, it wasn't cold. i have no idea why bailey has her coat on.}


the mulch and some plastic dishes kept them occupied for a LONG time!

and i survived on this all day.
which is probably why i hit a wall at 3 pm...

we have a list of things to do yet tonight.
and i am tired.
it's really hitting me...the tiredness.
i hoped it would wait til after the yard sale.
hopefully i'll get a second wind...and be able to sleep tonight!
{i slept GREAT last night, by the way!}

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for everything!
the chance of isolated thunderstorms has gone from 40% to 30%!
keep praying! :-)

3 comments:

Heather Ragosta said...

Courtney - I am sure you don't have time to read this right now but I wanted to say good luck tomorrow! I am sure it will be an amazing day.

Renee said...

So glad things are going well! I wish I were there to help but it sounds like you don't even need it! Praise God for the wonderful gifts he's give you through all of these wonderful friends.

Katy said...

BLESS kelly for bringing dinner and breakfast - talk about THOUGHTFUL!!! I love that!!! and sawyer's tea party with the mulch - that is just too fun!!! of COURSE all the kids did great - they got to play in the yard with a whole BUNCH of new toys! :0