A Well Balanced Weekend
Apr 9, 2007 Home Improvement, Life
Under normal circumstances, I plan way too way weekend activities. I want to accomplish so much. Reading blogs doesn’t help. I see other creative people up to creative things. Before I’m inspired to make my own. Well I contained myself this weekend.
I started by NOT going to the store Friday night after work. Often I’ll go to the craft or home improvement store before I pick up Ross from his job. Instead I went home and straightened up the house. Then I went to get Ross. This means I didn’t start a new project. After fetching Ross and eating dinner, I got to work on my chairs. Last weekend I applied the second coat of primer. On Friday, I sanded and started the painting process.
Priming these chairs has taught me so much. First I really don’t like to paint. I kind of see it as an evil necessity. I want painted chairs. So I’m whiling to tolerate the painting process. I hate to sand. However, I did learn a valueable lesson. When I sanded the second coat of primer, I wore dishwashing gloves. Since I used steel wool to sand, the gloves made this process significatnly less painful. So remember to wear gloves while sanding. That was the second lesson. Third, it pays to take your time. On Friday might, I only painted the bottom half of one chair. I finished the top and the other chair on Saturday afternoon. While I still need to apply a second and probably a third, I can see the potential for nice chairs. So even I dislike the process, I’m embracing it.
Since the chairs aren’t providing my any sense of accomplish, I started a small project. I decided a while a go that I need a little box to attach to the fridge to hold odds and ends. I found this little wood thing and transformed it with some paint, ribbon, and a little fabric. While it didn’t turn out exactly how I envisioned it, I’ll take what I have.
Saturday was balanced with a few chores and a little fun. I completed the necessary grocery shopping, but not before heading to quilting store. I didn’t need to go to the quilt store. Rather, I wanted to be around fabric. The fabric is from American Jane’s Peas and Carrots fabric line. It will become an apron. I believe I will use the pattern in Amy Butler’s In Stitches book.
In preparation for Easter Sunday, I dipped strawberried in chocolate. I can’t believe I didn’t snap a picture. The strawberries were enjoy by the class that I teach at church and by my family. I think that chocolated dipped strawberries will be my new Easter tradition.
Two other things made Easter memorable. First Ross and I made had an Easter Brunch for two before we went to church. When we aren’t starving we really enjoy cooking together. Second, I went to church with the right frame of mind. So I was really able to enjoy the Easter celebration. I will apply these lessons to future Easter Celebrations.
What am I looking forward to? The next Whipup competition. I’m finally going to finish my iPod cozy. If all goes well, I make it into a tutorial.
I really need to post more often so my posts aren’t so long.
April 10th, 2007 at 6:34 am
Those chairs turned out brilliantly! Glad you learned a thing or two about yourself in the process.
April 10th, 2007 at 6:35 am
Sounds like you took some good steps to balancing your weekend. Some days I just don’t want to turn on the computer because I know how much more productive I’ll be if I don’t.
I don’t love painting either, but painting my own chairs sounds like fun. It’s a big project, but with big projects come big feelings of accomplishment.
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