Some people were here today to put new siding on the house. I cannot even believe how much of a difference it makes. Josh told me in the morning that they were coming and I was a little bit caught off guard. I said something like that it would’ve been nice to know they were coming. He asked me what difference it made. I said it’s because it’s nice to be prepared for people banging on your walls and being outside your windows.

I just love it so much. My mom and I picked out the color while we were waiting for my dad to get done with his surgery. I liked the color of my in-law’s house but didn’t want to be the exact shade of blue. I don’t even really like blue as a color for houses. But there were so many shades I couldn’t choose from the others. We ended up going with a “deep mineral” which is sort of a deeper blue but with more grey. I like the dark of it.

The pumpkins are going to pop and look so pretty up against it. So will the deep green bushes that we planted several years ago. I hate to say this but it just looked so bad before it didn’t really matter much what you did to it to try and freshen up the look. I am hoping this will motivate me to take better care of the outside area and not feel so depressed about how junky it looks. I mean, after a while you just start to get used to it.

Some people I think get envious because it “must be nice” to have a free house. I do not argue that it isn’t nice to not have to worry about a mortgage or paying your utility bills. The housing is wrapped up as part of the salary. I think it’s kind of a normal thing to want to work on your house and make the needed and sometimes even unneeded improvements. I don’t like being depressed and giving up on my surroundings.

People need to feel like they have the power to change their lives. When you are unable to change the things that are wrong it creates the paths for conditions to turn into despair. I am of the mind that marriage has to have two people changing. People have to first try, and then there has to be happiness with the change that is happening. Life is too short to not be happy due to failing to appreciate the good and love all around you.