We left off at Wednesday and the "If Only" post about the dreamy B & B idea. Earlier that week I talked with one of my friends and previous customers, Melissa, and she invited Bill and I to share Thanksgiving dinner with her and her family. When I say that I "talked" with her, I mean that we texted. We hadn't actually had a spoken conversation before and come to find out, we were both hoping that the other wouldn't think the situation was just weird. Thank God, neither of us did! Since we are who we are, we knew that we couldn't show up empty handed. Also, and not that there is anything wrong with it, we also knew that stopping by the store to pick something up other than drinks wasn't going to sit well with us.
So, what did we do? We baked two pumpkin pies, nope, not the pre-baked ones in the cute little aluminum pans. We bought everything that we needed to bake the pies from scratch, crust and all. Now, settle down, before you start thinking and asking out loud "Are you crazy??", let me just tell you, YES! WE ARE!! But technically I think we would argue that we aren't really crazy at all, it's just who we are and what we do. Nope, it's not too much trouble, or even a little bit of trouble, it's truly just who we are!!
We had a lovely time with the Wright family and friends and even though it wasn't our home or our family, it was a close second!! We are so thankful for the way social media can bring people together. It truly felt like we had known each other for ever! A gift from God for sure.
Friday, our last day there, we had offered to help Evan around his office with whatever he needed help with. I was so excited about this day, yes I am fan girling - so what? It was a dream come true.
Let's see.....I used to work for a florist, I've always loved design, creating and color coded, organized shelves full of supplies/props, so this seemed like the perfect day to me!!
Evan had a wedding that coming weekend that he needed to do the flowers for and his office was right in the middle of a renovation and he was a week out from his first holiday open house! There was plenty for us to do. On that Tuesday we had met up with Evan for lunch and he took us back to his office. We started to clean things up while we were there and move some of the furniture back to where it belonged. Friday we split up and I helped Evan with his flowers and Bill painted those huge urns, primed and painted a fireplace mantel, painted a mirror frame, moved furniture and hung things on the walls.
Evan was even kind enough to let me play around with his mantle design. I knew he'd change pretty much everything that I did and that was okay, because I would do the same exact thing! It was still a blast and I loved every minute of it!
All day long, I just kept looking around and thinking "I can't believe I'm sitting here, working with Evan G. Cooper!". Now, I know that he would say that he's nobody special, I know that because it said it more than once to me that week. Yes, I would agree with that in the sense that he really is just a regular guy with amazing talent and an amazing personality. He's making a name for himself in the event planning world. But from an IG followers perspective, this was a pretty spectacular opportunity!! I was in awe of the fact that I was there!
We finished up the day and went out to dinner together. It was a really great, really fast week! I couldn't believe that we were heading home the early next morning. We made great friends, saw a lot of great houses, and made great memories that I will hold for a lifetime.
We plan on heading south again, hopefully sooner than later. In the meantime, we're hoping that Mr. Evan G. will make a trip North to visit us!! I think he'll have to wait until the weather warms up quite a bit.
Thanks so much for following along with us!!
God Bless,
Lorraine and Bill
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