Rick Rocks ~ (Oooops, I was so busy shopping Friday I forgot to post about him!)

As is my usual custom, I planned a project bigger than me. For Kyndal's 16th birthday we gave her a bedroom makeover. When we moved into our new house three years ago she chose a stripes and polkadots theme. She had clearly outgrown it. She was ready for something more sophisticated and chose a Tiffany-inspired black, white and Tiffany blue color scheme. I, of course, had grander plans!

This makeover was going to involve painting her furniture black, covering her striped wall, painting her bedroom, lots of spray painting and accessorizing! I was honestly going to do it all myself. I didn't expect, or even ask, Rick to help. But he loves a good project so he offered to help me.

And help he did!!  He sanded the furniture, primed the dresser drawers, painted her entire room and assembled furniture. But more importantly he made me stop and do proper prep work and do things right the first time. (Sounds like I didn't do anything, doesn't it.)

How in the world I thought I would get this all done by myself is a mystery. Without him, it wouldn't have happened!

Mind you, I was busy as well. But I'm more into the planning and creating and, did I mention accessorizing? The follow-through always sometimes trips me up.

With his help we created the most amazing bedroom! I cannot wait for her to see it this afternoon when she gets home! We are surprising her. She knows that we were working on it, but she doesn't know that it will be completely finished when she gets home.

{Stay tuned for some specifics later ... but this post is about Rick.}

I love this man! He makes my life so much easier! And he provides me with so much laughter! After he was done with his part of the bedroom, I found him in the storage room cleaning up our old Christmas trees, boxing them up and putting them away, properly storing ornaments. Then I came downstairs and the dishwasher was running. Later I noticed it was unloaded. He just does these things without me having to ask or nag. He is such a great partner!

Rick Rocks!