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Thursday, March 25, 2010

tHe StOrY oF sHaRk ToOTh

once upon a time a little boy kept a secret.
hE felt an extra tooth growing in hIs mouth.
one day hE accidentally started talking about hIs tooth.
so hIs momma said, "let mE see in your mouth little boy".
so hE opened hIs mouth wide and let hEr look inside.
sHe said, "son, yOu have a new row of teeth that are starting to grow, 
wE'lL have to go to the dentist".
the little boy said, "NO!.....i want to keep all my teeth."
hIs momma had to explain that if hE never lost his teeth to
make room for the new ones then hE'd have two rows of teeth, 
just like a shark.
this made the boy smile.
there were smiles and grins as the day of dentist begins, 
but soon changed to fear as the drills began 
to appear.
the trip ended with gauze, some things missing, and a sleep grin.
the boy left with a box 
with two teeth of it's own
and the shark tooth would soon find
the right way to grow.
the boy was happy to loose hIs first two teeth, 
and wrote the tooth fairy a note to please
leave hIs teeth behind....as well 
as a little money.
the end.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

iS yOurR tAblE aSkiNg FoR iT?

is yOuR furniture asking for it?
mY kitchen table was so
it got a good beating, finally!

....side note, anyone who know what i'Ve been through
the last couple years knows how it's hard to recover from 
it all.....mY table ended up with only three chairs instead
of four when the 'x-factor' got mad at me once and 
broke it into a bunch of pieces.
it feels so much better to get some more seating to 
go with this set but to also feel like i got something
a little more new since then.
(before....15 years old.......and Ugh....ugh....ly!)
during....
spraint paint legs, check
take a screw driver to the top, check
scratch it up, check
lacquer with dark stain, check
sand the crap out of it, check
(side note: this is a must on old furniture with exsiting dent, bangs, 
or scrapes....otherwise it would be liking paint a car while 
leaving all the old dents.....ghetto....not cute!)
find coordinating bench at flea market, check
(can yOu believe what a good find this was?  it matched perfectly, 
after i had already done the table and chairs....meant to be....)
paint chairs, check
apply 'rub on poly' to avoid bubbles and cracks, check
post on internet and ask if it looks alright.....
check, 
check, 
double check!
please take notice of the dark intentional
scratches and uneven
sanding to create a 'farmhouse country kitchen table' look

this project has made mE want to start all over
and beat it up even more....thank goodness for not being worried about
ruining old furniture.....or even making it more endearing 
to yOuR home!

pAiNt My HeArT

this was a great project for mY sprouts
tHeY loved it and
it was something wE could do 
together....
plus it's something that was great for what i 
call a good
'time-marker'
for tHeM to have later for
looking back

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