Love Thy Neighbor

Yay!!! Scott finally epoxied our garage floor! Before we moved into our house, I kept telling Scott that we needed to paint and epoxy our garage. I wanted it to get done before we moved in, so that things wouldn't collect in the garage, making it improbable that the project would ever get done. This weekend, after living in our home for six months now, Scott cleared our buildup out of the garage (it is now cluttering our living room) and epoxied the floor. Our neighbor, Allen, came over, took the paint brush from me, and helped Scott finish the floor.

Scott sprinkled little paint chip things on the floor (he wasn't trying to be artistic - they came with the epoxy kit). In one corner of the garage, he spelled out "Scott Liz '07." He figured since we can't put our hand prints in concrete, we can at least have our names spelled out on the garage floor in paint chips. (I forgot to take a picture of our names.)

After they finished, Allen basically commanded Scott to go to Home Depot the next morning, pick out paint, and he would be back later in the afternoon to help him paint the garage (Scott was planning on putting everything back in the garage and then painting at a later date . . . when I say later, I mean never). I was SO excited that Allen was willing to help us. The next day after picking out paint, Allen and Scott painted the whole garage in 4 1/2 hours (that includes taping and cleaning up).

Allen's incredible. He didn't even need to put tape around the doors or lights on the ceiling. He just painted right up against them without getting paint on them. As if that wasn't enough generosity, Allen then helped Scott move our old entertainment center out of the house and onto a trailer heading to Good Will, helped Scott pick up our washing machine (which weighs more than a truck), so Scott could put rubber pads under it (this was extremely important because any time the washer goes into spin mode, it sounds like a freight train rolling through our house), and offered to help us install storage units on the ceiling of our garage whenever we're ready for that project. We are so lucky to have such an awesome neighbor.