Living Room Picture

This weekend our church is having a Mission's Conference.

We're having one of the missionary family's stay

with us for the weekend.

I'm so looking forward to this.

As a child, the church we attended had alot of special things;

singing groups,  visiting college students,

missionaries,  guest speakers,

neighborhood outreaches.

My Mom was always one of the first to sign up to

host these groups.

I remember sleeping in my sister's room and the

company got my room as I had bunk beds.

Often my sister and I would fall asleep, listening to our

parents chattering away with the company.

Or listening to the company talking in the

room next door.

Such great memories.

My Mom was such a true servant, giving of herself whole-heartedly

to make our guests feel totally at home.  My father

was more of the entertainment committee- getting games

organized and talking the guest's ears off!

They were a perfect team and I saw our home being used

to entertain "strangers".

I have this week all scheduled out, each day doing a

big part of the cleaning.

Yesterday I painted the upstairs hall and downstairs hall.

Well, actually I started it and Brendan is finishing it for me today.

Today was the living room.

I washed the curtains, rehung them,

 washed the walls and dusted everything.

Woodstoves create SO much dust.

As I was dusting, I saw this picture.

I've wanted to do something to change it.

I cross stitched this when I was a senior in high school.

I saved up money and had it framed.

I'm not sure why, but I picked out a blue mat. 

Blue is not my color.  Some people love blue and that's

fine.  I'm just not one of those people.

My room was pink at the time so I can't figure out why

I had her do blue. 

My sister posted recently on her blog about painting

the mat.  I actually thought of doing that the very

week she posted but was scared to do it

without seeing it done first.   (We often do things like that,

I made pudding the same day she did! and we both posted

about it!  I love having a sister who also a close friend).

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So, I took the picture down and started to take it apart.

I was so nervous!

What if I ruined it?

What if I can't get it back together?

Oh well, I did it.  I figured what did I have to lose?

The mat needed three coats of paint.

While that dried, I worked in the living room.

I even had a coffee break with my fella.

He came home to grab the three oldest boys and then ran

to a near by town and do their windows.

After it the mat was dry, I put the stitchery back

onto the now clean glass. 

I hammered the nails back into the back to hold the mat in.

And, tada!

It's back on the wall with a new look!

Thanks Tonya for the motivation!

"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers,

for thereby some have entertained angels

unawares."  Hebrews 13:2

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