Busy is Good

I've officially decided that busy is good and totally wins out over laziness any day! I've had all sorts of projects lately and I feel so accomplished and motivated to keep going. For the past two weeks, Matt and I have been working like crazy to get his new house move-in ready. We've painted, cleaned carpets, cleaned walls, and lots of other small projects here and there. Matt and his dad built an island in his kitchen too, which I thought was pretty impressive. Don't you just love a handy guy! You should see how great his place looks!

And on the days I haven't been helping Matt, I've been getting ready for the big garage sale this weekend. Wow... garage sales are a LOT of work! First I had to gather all of my own things and then drag them over to Kyra's. My family and friends (who I love immensely!!) drug their stuff over to Kyra's too. We priced it all and organized it on tables and racks and now we've got ourselves a fabulous sale all set up and ready to start on Friday morning at the crack of dawn. I'm praying that the sale will go very well and we'll sell ALL of our stuff and raise lots of money for South Africa. And bonus if we sell everything, we don't have to haul it all away:) My goal is to raise enough to pay off the last $600 of my trip. If we make more than $600, we'll use all of the extra money to buy medicine for the kids at The Pines. The families that run The Pines said they always need Tylenol and other over the counter medications for the kids. Our group already has a huge collection of beany babies, shoes, crafts, and other items to take to The Pines, so I figured that medicine would be an excellent way to use the garage sale profits to help the kids in South Africa.

I'm down to only 12 more days until departure. It's getting pretty realistic all of sudden and I'm getting SOOOOO excited!