Finally... a post and some furniture re-dos

Wow.... a post every 3 months. I'm on a roll!

I enjoy looking at other blogs so much that I forget about my own

and

I've been busy,

ok?!

I've been busy painting furniture. Not really that busy though. I have two pieces that I've finished and the first piece, an antique dresser, only took me

a year

to finish!!

Really.

I started sanding on it probably OVER a year ago.

So, here it is....

the before.

She's pretty isn't she? She was in my dad's computer room for a long time and when

he cleaned it out I got to take her home. She sat in my storage building/craft room for awhile.

I sanded her and then, like I said, a year later...

I finished her.

Here she is in my daughter's room.

(excuse all the teenage girl crap everywhere)

I just bought some cheapie black paint from Wal-Mart and put about 3 coats on. Polyurethaned her. Then found these cute ceramic white rose knobs at Hobby Lobby.

 Now we just have to find a pretty mirror to go with her

(instead of the ugly mirror without a frame that's sitting on a towel so she won't get scratched

and leaned up against the wall)

And now for my second piece.

I found him (I call it a "him" because he's not very pretty)

at Goodwill... for FIVE dollars...bargain!

He was $15!

then FIVE!!

He's pretty sad, don't ya think?

I glued and used wood filler on a couple of places.

I had to use a chip clip for a clamp.

Clamps are on my list of things to buy.

Primer... the inside is still just primer, but i would like to paint it a bright color,

maybe turquoise, that just POPS when you open it.

Surprise!

I'm turquoise inside!

And.....

here he is....

 

(I made, or recycled, the coasters. I'll post about them tomorrow.

I promise. I'm back in blogger mode.)

Much better!!

Close up of the knobs... Hobby Lobby again.

Aren't they cute?

One more look at the

Before  &  Afters

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Texas....

Good old Texas...where the tea is sweet and accents are sweeter, summer starts in April, front porches are wide and words are long, macaroni & cheese is a vegetable, BBQ is the state food, y'all is a proper pronoun, chicken is fried, biscuits come with gravy, everyone is honey, someone is always getting their heart blessed, and we are all "fixin" to do something.

(source: Facebook)

  

My first grandchild was born January 25...

I guess that's why I haven't blogged in 2 1/2 months!

I've been too busy lovin' on him...

Anyway, isn't he cute?

His name is

 Bentley Knox Rigsby

and

I LOVE HIM!!

Dreaming of a backyard pond...

One thing on my wish list is to

have a backyard pond.

Since I was a little girl I wanted one.

My dad talked about building (do you BUILD a pond?)

a pond for a long time, but he just never got around to it.

So... I've been bugging my husband to build one.

So far he hasn't gotten around to it yet either.

Our house is for sale and hopefully we'll be moving soon.

I've been house hunting. I LOVE house hunting!

One thing I have to have is a nice big yard with nice big trees.

A nice big yard for a nice pond!

I want a pond with fish and frogs and turtles and

pretty plants and

pretty rocks.

And... a bench to sit on to watch the fish swim.

I'm pretty sure it would relieve any stress I was feeling.

One day I'll blog about MY pond

and how my husband and I built it

with our own two hands.

But for now I'll just download

google images of other peoples ponds.

Scenes from my kitchen

My kitchen was a mess for a week or two during and after Christmas cooking.

It's clean now, but we still have a few little messes here and there.

Here is my kitchen today...

This is just a little mess... just need to put a few things in their place.

See the cheap-o alarm clock/radio... I used to have a nice radio/cd player, but I moved it to the craft/storage/junk room and it got dropped a couple of times, so it's no longer nice, but it will do for the craft/storage/junk room. I really need a new one for the kitchen... I guess I shoulda asked Santa for one.

 Isn't this the cutest little teapot? I think it's supposed to be a Christmas ornament. I don't even remember where I got it...

but i lOvE it!!

Suncatcher and one of my garden charms hangin' around~

Antique bird cage that I picked for free in someones driveway.

We're planning on putting a cute little parakeet in there one of these days.

                                                                                  I have to have at least ONE messy pile.

The beta.... it's my son's. I think he named him Speedy or something like that. I think he's beautiful. I love to watch him swim.

Guess who takes care of him?

.... the windowsill

Still a few lingering signs of The Holidays....

On the fridge...

..... lists, schedules, mixed media magnets that I made, things my kids lovingly made me, a picture of the girls when they were little (sniff-sniff) magazine tear out of vegetables I'd like to grow {one of these days I'm gonna grow them!} ....

Thanks for stopping by

happy holidays

*happy holidays*

everyone

if there's anyone out there

still visiting my blog.

i've been such a bad blogger lately....

* * *

Bargain of the day.... ~*~cardis~*~

First of all I'd just like to say

the following pictures are pretty crappy.

{Sorry, but my room is dark AND

I just didn't feel like arranging them all

cute and folded on a flat surface.}

On a recent trip to Goodwill I hit the jackpot on cardigans. I'm pretty sure these had just been put out and probably came from the same person. They were at the end of a row and kind of all together. I snatched them up FAST! They all fit. Some are cuter than others, but I wanted them all. They were $4.19 each, so I got 5 cardis for about $20!!

Cute, huh?

Who doesn't like LIME green?

I already have a light pink cardi and now I have a

HOT pink one!!

I love this one. It's a pretty blue and heavier than the others. This will feel good

on a cold day and look cute too!

We all know how hard black is to photograph... so there's my excuse for the pitiful picture.

This cardi is not faded (like the picture shows) and has the cutest little flower pin...

This will go with a lot of stuff.

Well, there is my bargain of the day. Now maybe I can do another

WIWW (what i wore wednesday)

because I'll have something new and cute to wear!