Birthday Build!

Jim and I have never had nightstands.  Really, we never needed them.  I always kept the clock on a desk in our room.  Jim has never needed an alarm to wake up, he just always wakes up when he needs to.  But now with a cell phone that gets charged nightly he has started using this!

(pretty sure Kamrie originally brought this

in our room for her popcorn)

Well, about a month ago I happened upon a most amazing girl and her amazing blog!  It's called Knock-off Wood and is truly inspiring.  She takes famous brand furniture, and then creates easy plans to make them yourself.  AND she posts them all for free!!

So for Jim's birthday I thought I would build him a real night stand.  After a few different finishes on the legs, I think it looks pretty good.  Of course I had to go buy a lamp and a fancy charger for the phone so my inexpensive gift cost a little more than planned, but it was all worth it!

Where have I been?

I got an email from my Mom and she mentioned she had missed hearing from me. So here is what I have been up to the last month.

GUILT

So, there are times in life when I let my guilt get the better of me. Like when I was at back to school night, and Kamrie's teacher says, if anyone would like to take this old ugly puppet theater home and refurbish it! I feel guilt because ever since I started doing daycare I am unable to help in the classroom. I am sure there are a lot of Mom's that don't help and don't feel any guilt. Lucky for Mrs. Garrett, I do. This project started out a very old ugly chiped red. I wish I would have taken a before picture. After a lot of paint stripping, and sanding, and more sanding, and even more sanding, this was the final product. She loved it, and today Chad's teacher mentioned she has one that is very plain!