Hooray for Becky at the North Carolina passport office!! She happened to be at work today, and I got through to her. She took pity on my plight, and managed to locate my application (she likened it to finding a needle in a haystack). She physically walked it around to its various stages of printing, packaging, etc. in order to make sure that it went out today. She even called me later this afternoon to verify that it had been picked up by FedEx! My hero. I just could not even contemplate the hassle and expense of delaying our flights, or worse, me having to travel alone with Eva...
Today was the cleaning party that Jill organized. Jill, Jenn, Collette, Jana, Amie, Melinda, and my neighbors Heidi and Traci helped clean and do yardwork. Collette got Max and Lucas to help her outside -- brilliant. Jessie helped by taking Eva all morning.
They all got so much done that they kept asking me for more jobs and I couldn't think of any more! I can't remember the last time my house looked so good. They even mowed the lawn, pulled weeds, and swept out the garage! Now I can focus on the bedrooms -- packing and cleaning. I don't feel nearly as overwhelmed as I did last night. Thank you everyone!
Today was the cleaning party that Jill organized. Jill, Jenn, Collette, Jana, Amie, Melinda, and my neighbors Heidi and Traci helped clean and do yardwork. Collette got Max and Lucas to help her outside -- brilliant. Jessie helped by taking Eva all morning.
They all got so much done that they kept asking me for more jobs and I couldn't think of any more! I can't remember the last time my house looked so good. They even mowed the lawn, pulled weeds, and swept out the garage! Now I can focus on the bedrooms -- packing and cleaning. I don't feel nearly as overwhelmed as I did last night. Thank you everyone!
Jana & Melinda brought their babies -- here they are playing together
Jenn is a pro -- she can hold a baby, make him happy, and dust at the same time. Just one of the reasons we call her our own resident baby whisperer.
Collette, Amie, and Melinda cleaning up the garage!
Jana, Heidi, and Lucas
Jill tackled the ugly task of cleaning the bathrooms.
Collette giving us a lesson on packing clothes to minimize wrinkling.Needless to say, things are definitely looking up today!
18 comments:
I'm so glad everything worked out with your passport. I can't even imagine how stressful that was! How great that you have such great friends to help you prepare for your journey. Lucky you!
Aww... so sweet! Becky and all of the gals pitching in for you... loved reading about this today!
I love it when your friends come together and serve! (Especially when you're the lucky recipient!) What an amazing group of friends you have. And that's SO great of the passport lady to make sure everything is in order--I love coming across people who take such pains to help you out. Good luck getting ready for France! I'm glad you're feeling better about it all :)
what a great day. what great friends. cleaning? packing seminars?
seriously, i have said it before i will say it again, Greatest BookClub EVER!!
so great!
Hooray for passport success and for friends being there when you needed them most! I sure hope you'll blog from Paris!
oh so great!
You do indeed have the greatest friends! AS your mother, thanks to all of them for doing all the things I can't do living thousands of miles away. You are a lucky girl. And that's the truth! Glad all is going well.
I'm supposing your blog will keep us in touch while you're in Paris! Sleep tight tonight and try not to worry. Love you.
I'm glad that you had so much help getting you out the door.
I had no idea you did't have your passport. That's a little frightening, but so lucky you had such a helpful woman. I still need to get mine. Speaking of passports do you send the acutally birth certificate or a copy? I still don't know.
What a great idea. It would be fun to do group cleaning with friends!
What a miracle the passport is!
I can't imagine a better way to enjoy cleaning. With friends for a friend. I bet everyone had a good time, I know I would have. Love the one with Jenn cleaning with the baby, too cute.
I love when we find the helpful people in life right when we really need it. So glad you found Becky, gotta love her!
What a great passport lady to help you get that sorted out! And, what great friends to come and help you get all cleaned up before your trip!
Hoorary for Becky in North Carolina! You have some fantastic friends. So glad they jumped in and took care of you. You can do it! Especially with all this good help. Good luck, Michelle.
Will you be blogging in Paris?
What a relief -- horray for Becky, and a wonderful group of friends. I hope everything else is going smoothly as you are on your departure countdown!
Love your striped bathroom!
Good luck with your trip tomorrow. Hope it all goes well and your kids sleep a very long time during the flight!
by now you are probably off braving the airport! bon voyage!
We could all use someone like Becky in our lives. How kind of her to help you out and ease your mind.
Have a fantastic trip to Paris! I hope your knee is well enough to handle all your sight seeing.
Just passing though, love your blog. So cute, love to see a good service project.
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