"I can't BELIEVE how much you've done!"

Yep. That's what Joe and Shirley had to say when they saw our house.

Did it bother them that:

• There's an electrical cord running to our water feature while we wait for the hardscape guy to finish up?
• The house trim isn't finished?
• The garage is a pile of boxes and debris?
• A baseboard trim piece is missing from M's room?
• The lawn has newly seeded parts?

Ummm, No.

Instead, they said:

• "The backyard looks great. This is so beautiful. The grass will be great in about a week, won't it? You'll really like that."
• "Your house color is much better. The place is lovely."
• "You're going to be out on this new patio all the time!"
• "Contractors need a place to work. Your garage is fine. Let me see where you plan for an upstairs office..."
• "This place is such an amazing transformation from back in October/November. You've done an amazing amount of highly-skilled, highly-detailed work in such a short amount of time. Truly amazing."

That's what they said. That's what I said they'd say, all of C's stage-fright pre-visit worries to the contrary, they responded how loving, caring, unconditionally accepting family members will always respond.