The Kitchen Table MakeOver

I Really Liked This Table All Worn

and Loved Looking,

but Decided to Spruce it Up a Bit.

I Was Dead Set on Staining it Black,

bought all the Stuff and was Ready to Go.

Got Up in the Morning,

and Decided to Pull out all the Stops

and Go for

RED.

Heirloom Red by Valspar in Satin,

Actually.

I DIDN'T Know Exactly What I was doing,

But After Lots of Questions,

and Thinking about it

(I've Been Considering it for MONTHS)

I Decided to Go for it.

First I Quickly Washed it Down.

Then I Lightly Sanded It with This:

No. I Didn't Take all the Old Finish Off,

Just Lightly/Quickly Sanded It-

Just Gave it Enough Teeth to Grab the Paint.

Wiped it again with a Wet Paper Towel,

Which, By the Way, Is What I always Do-

It's a GREAT Way to Remove

Sanding Dust from Projects.

Then I Primed It.

I Used a Bonding Primer.

I've been Using it for My Kitchen,

Just Got it at Lowe's .

I Believe it Says

"Contractors Bonding Primer"

On it

Then I Lightly Sanded it Again.

Then I Painted It Red,

Using a Small Foam Roller Brush.

Lightly Sanded it,

Painted it Red Again,

Lightly Sanded it,

This Time Using

This Fine Steel Wool,

So it Would Leave a Very

SMOOTH

Surface.

Then I Antiqued it.

For Antiquing-

I Use a Tintable Glaze

by Valspar

It Comes Clear,

I had Mine Tinted

"Fired Earth"

by Valspar.

Pretty Much, its a Paint that you can paint on, then remove as You like.

I put it on with a sponge brush,

I use a paper towel for the removal,

and You work in a small area.

Then I Put TWO coats of

POLY ACRYLIC

on it.

{I LOVE IT!}

Happy Birthdays

{The Birthday Boy}

{The Birthday Girl}

High Gold Belts

October 21, 2010

{Hope it was a Good One, JoMama}

Love,

Me

You've Had A BIRTHDAY

Shout

HOO-RAY!

{Look Who's 3 Today}

10.09.10

B was Baptized

On Saturday

It was a Really Special Day

for Our Family,

and We're Really Pleased

that B Made the Decision

to be Baptized!

Afterwards,

We had the Families

Over for Some Munching.

and Visiting.

A Couple of Notes I Want to

Remember From that Day:

When One of My Pa's Sang

"If the Savior Stood Beside Me"-

Holy Smokes,

That Was Wonderful.

He Did a Beautiful Job,

and the Tears Ran Down My Face.

Another Touching Moment

was When

B and the other Girl Getting Baptized

Got Up and Lead the Closing Song:

"I Love to See the Temple",

With the Tiny Old Grandma Leader Lady.

Special Moments, Special Moments.

Thanks To Our Families

Who Were Able to Be There,

and For Providing Wonderful Talks,

Prayers, Music,

Love & Support.

I Have a Dead Tarantula

On My Kitchen Counter

My Neighbor Found This While At Work.

"Wha?"

"They Have These HERE?!"

Exclaimth, I.

And Because,

The Neighbors have Been Very

Diligent In Helping Us

With Our Bug Collection,

He Saved It for Us.

So Nice. So Thoughtful. So Helpful.

Gratitude is Mine.

[I Have the Hee-Bee Jee-Bees]

Shudder.

10.07.10

Today I Ran My

100th Mile

Five Months Ago,

Running was the LAST Thing

I Ever Wanted to Do.

Kitchen Progress Update

YES. I'm Still Working On It!

Sneak Peak at the Cupboards:

This is the Only ONE that is ALL Done

and

Hanging Up.

Plus the Drawers,

They're All Done, too.

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This Weekend We

Got This Done:

As You can tell,

Its NOT Acutally

DONE,

Yet.

[Just Wanted YOU to Know.]

[I'm Still Here,]

[Still Working On It.]

What did The Cupboards Look Like Before?

Check Here

First Progress Report for THIS Project?

Check Here