And On The Seventh Day He (We) Rested . . .

Well as much as you can in the Dooley house.  After working many hours at Cottontown the past week, we (really I) decided we needed a break on Sunday.  Here is our week in review:

Monday:  Worked at Cottontown after work from 6-8:30 painting ceilings, installing doors, ect.
Tuesday:  The same as Monday night.
Wednesday:  Remember the last blog post.  Took Rilee with us to pick up everything from Home Depot.
Thursday:  Worked at Cottontown until 8:00 unloading all the Home Depot goods. 
Friday:  Picked up the final bit of stuff from Home Depot.  I don't know who was more relieved us or the HD staff. 
Saturday:  Worked at Cottontown from 10-4, painting, painting, and more painting. 

You get the point.  It was a LONG week, and I really needed a break.  Don't get me wrong we didn't rest by sitting on the couch and watching television, we had an action packed weekend. 

We attended 8:30 service at St. Stephen's Lutheran on Sunday.  Since Rod and I got married, we have been searching for the perfect church, and a couple of months ago we found it.  We visited churches, but couldn't find the perfect church for our WHOLE family.  Well, that is until we found St. Stephen's.  You see, we wanted a church that had activities for our WHOLE family, me, Rod and our first born, Sadie the bulldog, so when we found out St. Stephen's had a Blessing of the Animals we knew it was the right place for us. 

All jokes aside, we love St. Stephen's and officially joined the church this summer.  Yesterday was the annual Blessing of the Animals. 

About 30 dogs and their owners attended the afternoon service outside on the church lawn.  We had a small service and each animal received a blessing.

 
I realized during the event that our dog honestly does not know she is a DOG.  There was another bulldog there, but Sadie wouldn't even acknowledge him, and she definitely wouldn't cooperate for a picture.  If her picture cooperation is any indication of what it is going to be like when we have children, I may as well leave the camera at home. 

Although there was a lack of cooperation for pictures, Sadie was blessed, and it was a fun event. 

After church and before the Blessing of the Animals, we worked in the yard at our "primary" home.  It was in need of some serious TLC, as it has been neglected since the purchase of Cottontown.

I have to give a shout out to my FIL, Keith Dooley, for graciously cutting our grass.  Thanks! 

Grass cut - check; Pumpkins out- check; Pine straw added- check; Planters planted for Fall/Winter- check; Bushes Pruned- check; Porches cleaned- checked. 

I managed to escape inside for about thirty minutes (to play on Facebook), and I returned to find this . . .  

Rod used some old bricks he had to build a border around this flower bed.  Seriously, he NEVER stops. 

After all that, we attended a charity function in Columbia for Palmetto Place.  It was a great event for an even better cause.  I think we hit the sack around 9:00 P.M.  Well, on the seventh day he (we) rested from Cottontown I guess. 


For your viewing pleasure, here are a few more shots I took of our precious bulldog.  (Note the Gamecock Collar, she is no fair-weather fan.)   

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