Strip Tease

This is my new hobby.

This is my new project.

And..

here is your strip tease!

all the drawer fronts are done but Honey woke up before we could get the rest of it done.

Recent Project

I recently came into some furniture from my aunt.  A tall dresser, night stand, desk, chair, and floor standing mirror with two legs.  I decided it would be Honeys furniture and thought about what I could do to make it more child friendly.  I painted it purple and yellow (which happens to be the local high schools colors).  It is not done drying at the moment but when it is, it will be placed and I can take pictures.

That project got me thinking that I like refinishing furniture.  Yes, it took a long time, and yes a lot of painters tape BUT I think it turned out good (it's not perfect but good).  Halfway into the project, GoodLooking found a desk on the side of the road that was in pretty bad shape but it had the makings of a nice piece with some hard work and thought (not TLC because I was not tender and am trying not to fall in love with it).  While cleaning it, I found a sticker on the underside and looked it up.  It came from a BANK.  for realz. 

I really like the way it turned out and it is my first refinishing project for sale in my ETSY store.  I am revamping the store right now so I won't link to it yet but it is listed for $250.  If someone I know is interested in it, we could make a deal.

Typical Day

Lets talk about Tuesday the 18th of September. As I recall it was pretty typical.
 GoodLooking gets up around 5.45 to get ready for work.  At 6.35, he gets Honey up, we have prayers, then he is out the door.  I let Honey play in my room for about 10 minutes then I get up.
7.30 We head out the door for 1.8 miles of trials otherwise known as hills.
8.15 Honey gets cereal and a 6-8 oz bottle of MILK
I put a coat of paint on the desk I am working on (more to come later) while Honey eats cheerios in her walker
Check internet things and update the Jack Sprat Blog 
10.00 6 oz. and bed for a nap
I do the shake n bake and throw the chicken in the oven for Sweet and Sour Chicken
Shower
11.40 GoodLooking is here for lunch and we talk and
12.00 he gets Honey up from her nap to say hi and bye real quick (she waves bye for the first time)
Honey gets 6 oz of MILK
I do dishes and pick up the house, organize a little, some laundry.. you know, domestic stuff.
Check internet
play with Honey
2.30 4 oz of MILK then a nap for Honey
I nap
4.00 We are up and playing
5. Vegetables
5.45 6 oz MILK
6.00 GoodLooking walks in the door
Dinner of leftovers (Lunch is the big meal of the day so I don't prepare anything for dinner.  It's either sandwiches or leftovers)
I work on some writing
8 Honey gets 6-8 oz MILK and put in her bed
Some internet t.v.
9.30 get ready for bed (scriptures, prayers, teeth, and talking)
10.00 bed
10.30 I am out of bed because I can't sleep.  I play the iPod, read, think
1.30 finally back to bed to try to sleep.

That is pretty typical with the exception of me getting up because I can't sleep.  I don't know what is going on right now but I hope it fixes itself because I like to sleep.

Write about your typical day and leave me a message with a link to it so I can read it.

Small Parcel and Little One

When we took my mom to the airport, we also picked up GoodLookings sister Small Parcel.  She brought her baby Little one and we spent the week keeping her pacifier away from Honey.
We ran most of the days (I think 3 times for me) and we did some shopping and planning and talking and just hanging out.  GoodLooking took her to play frisbee with him on Saturday and I stayed home with the two babies that were only 2.5 months apart in age and it helped me realize a couple things. A) I used to think that twins first would be awesome because that would be double help with later children BUT it means double trouble till they can help I guess, 2) Having more than one might be okay. and D) Honey can entertain herself.  This I already knew but she is a smart girl.

In other fascinating news, Honey has 1 tooth broken through and another either erupted or just about to.  Problem is, she won't let anyone look close enough at them.  She wants to walk but is a scaredy cat.  She gets into EVERYTHING and can reach anything on the coffee table if it is not in the dead center of it.. ie computers, cords, camera, other such things we use everyday and are too lazy to get out, put away, get out, put away a million times a day.  Right now she is in a whiney stage (hopefully that ends soon).  Her furniture is almost done being refinished.  Actually, it is refinished, it just needs to sit for a month curing.

GoodLooking and I have lost weight... a combined total of 40 pounds. check out OUR blog for details.

Also, I can run 1.5 miles in 18 minutes.  This week I am adding a mile.

My Momma

A few weeks ago, my mom was able to come and visit.  It was a nice relaxing visit and she helped me get started on a furniture redo project.  She very kindly and motherly helped with Honey and shared a lot of knowledge and stories and some insight to how her growing up years were.  I feel so special to be who I am and be where I am.  I am so glad she followed the example of her sister and was baptized. If my mom hadn't made some hard choices in her life,  I would not be me.  The more time I spend with my mom, the more I come to a knowledge that her youth was HARD.  It's not to say she didn't have some good memories but she is a miracle.  

"Wolfinger’s research also suggests that if one spouse comes from divorced parents, the couple may be up to twice as likely to divorce. Spouses who are both children of divorced parents are three times more likely to divorce as couples who both hail from intact families."

Statistically, my parents had an elevated chance of divorce being that her parents got divorced when she was young and also that she married at a young age.  My parents also faced hard times, trials, and other unknown factors.  Even with all this against them, they love each other more than can be put into words.  I never saw them in heated discussion.  I never saw my dad yell at my mom or vice versa.  My father was an example to me of what I deserve in a loving relationship.  From him I learned that I can demand respect, love, and help.  My mother was an example of how strong I can be, what I can do, and who I can become.  I am so thankful for their strength.  I am thankful that they pushed through hard times working and growing closer together. 

Thank you Mom and Dad

Running

My awesome cousin has a blog that sent me to this .
It gave me goose flesh.  I totally know how that feels.  To not want to go to the gym because skinny people go to the gym.  Skinny people that can lift a bajillion pounds on the weight machines that I don't really know how to use (I just used them to look smart and strong).  When I very first started to run (after my soccer days and into my senior year of HS), I could not run a mile.  I felt dumb and defeated.  I kept at it (pretending to have a cramp or that I had to re-tie my shoe over and over so I could take a breather).  Finally, I found a treadmill that I felt I could run better on.  I did a whole mile.  It took 15 minutes but I ran the whole thing.  Fast Forward to 6 years later marriage, travel, a little bit of running, some loss, pain, and a baby and I can run 1.5 miles in 18 minutes.
"Running is more of a mental challenge than a physical one"  I have heard that before and thought "I am not stupid". Running hurts.  "It's a jarring experience".  While yes it is a physical challenge, it builds me into a strong person.  I have to make choices when running. I could stop running.  and just walk.  No one cares if I run.  It's totally MY choice.  The more I run, the more I understand that quote.  At first, it is VERY physical.  But, as you grow and become fit, it is a mental experience.

Running, joggin, wogging, skipping, or hopping 

get out and do it.