Past reflections

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
"I think my new hobby is crying in bars."

Taken out of context that sounds REALLY funny.

Now remind me why I don't read posts from the past anymore?!

Pretty

Work on vacation...

While on vacation one should not work, correct?

I just can't seem to get away from the stress for even a day, it follows me everywhere. I think there are some things I could have done before my vacation started, but the main word here is COULD. I had not time whatsoever to get everything done - unless of course I had worked through a couple of nights.

Just give me a break - I really can't do everything perfectly, especially not when I have a million things going on at work.

Whine over.

Quote of the day

"You are too um intellectually challenging. I mean, um, you have too much going on up there for guys."

I interpret that as "dumb yourself down".

No thanks!

Painting furniture!

I've been talking about getting a bedside table for ages, and haven't really seen anything I want... So my Mum was her usual creative self and found a set of two tables that are going to be absolutely perfect once I restore and paint them...

I started today. Sanded down the tables that started off as an off-white colour. My bedroom has a pink-black-white theme, so after some pondering, I decided that I would paint them black and maybe add some silver stars, or a red rim. We will see - I need to get the fully painted first!

Here is what they looked like before I started:


It took me about 50 minutes to sand them down (with one cigarette break). Then I put the first coat of paint on them:


The paint seems to be more watery than I expected, so I am assuming they will need at least 3 coats. I may sand the corners down again once I have finished so they have a more "distressed" look (Mum's idea). We will see!!

I am really enjoying this - I can't wait to do the second coat!

More to come...