Projects

Here are a few things I have been working on lately. I have to say I like doing this stuff. I re-finished this nightstand for Katelyn's room. I decided to paint it Turquoise and then I was going to antique it but when I sanded it and saw the white coming through I liked that better. It's hard to see it in the pictures but I think it turned out really cute.



She has been wanting a jewelry box for a while now since she has her ear's pierced and has quite a few earrings. I found this jewelry box at Hobby Lobby on clearance because it had a few nicks and dings in it so I thought it would be perfect I will just re-paint it. So I did and it looks kind of cute. I think it would of been better if I would of spray painted it but I painted it will acrylic paint so you can see some brush stokes. But it still looks okay.




We bought these end tables a while ago at Lowes on clearance. So I finally decided to paint it. (I still have 3 more to do). I used a black satin paint but a semi gloss clear coat. It seems a little to shiny right now but I thought it would be easier to clean up. I could decide if I wanted to antique it and put a glaze over it. So I left it all black. Maybe I will try something different with one of the other ones we have.

Easter

So this year I thought it would be fun to hide the kid's Easter baskets. So I made up a little scavenger hunt to find their baskets. They were so excited in the morning to get up and I told them there was nothing out in the living room for them. Of course they didn't believe me and when they walked out they were shocked to see no baskets. I left a message taped to the TV so when they read it and realized it was a scavenger hunt they were excited.

Bathroom Cabinets

I want to refinish my bathroom cabinets. Over the years it is starting to dry out so I thought I would try it in the main bathroom first because if I didn't like how it turned out we have a new vanity to replace it with.


First I cut (or had my dad cut) some Wainscoating to put on the door fronts. So I clued it down and clamped it for a day then I caulked the edges. It took me a while to caulk because it was my first time but I think I did it pretty well. Then I primed the door and added 3 coats of satin black paint. After it dried I sanded it down and antiqued it. Then I finished it off with a glossy finish. I actually really like how it turned out so I think I'm going to leave this vanity in the bathroom. Now I can't decide what color I want to do in my bathroom. Black or Dark Coffee Brown. Decision... Decisions...

Playing in the Rain/Snow

Granny and Grandpa Ed finally decided to put in a new fence since 2 or 3 sections fell down. So the weekend before the new fence was going to be installed they needed to take down the rest of the old fence and pull out 5 posts. So of course that day was raining and snowing all day. It was such a soggy mess. Every time the post seemed like it was coming out the clay would suck it back down into the ground. What would of took them a couple hours on a clear day took them all day.

Sick Kids!

There is nothing worse then sick kids...
(I know there is worse things but...)
I hate when my kids don't feel good.

Gar has been sick for 5 days and when you think he is starting to feel better, it hits him again. He has been laying around most of the week and if you know Garrett that is NOT like him. He is always going. He loves playing with legos, the WII or playing Basketball outside. Hopefully he will be back to his normal self soon because he is getting really bored not being able to do anything.

Katelyn has been sick for 3 days now and when I actually took this picture today she had a fever. (She hides it well, doesn't she?) She is funny though. She loves school so much and cried and cried on Tuesday morning because she couldn't go to school because of a fever. Hopefully she will be able to go back tomorrow and enjoy 1 more day of school before the weekend.

The Wax Museum

Gar had to do a Wax Museum report at school. He had to choose someone famous and read a book on that person and do a report. The "Wax Museum" part of it was he had to dress up as his person and sit still with no talking during the presentation. If you wanted to know information about the person you had to read the poster. He did great. He read his book and wrote down all the interesting things about Tony Hawk then he typed everything out on my laptop. We printed it off and some pictures and he put things where he wanted it to go.

Good Job Gar!

Lookin Better!

Gar's forehead looks much better now than it did a couple weeks ago. He got his stitches out and did awesome. Now we just need to remember sunscreen on it so it doesn't get dark red.