Today's the day...

I drink the darkest tea known to man kind. I swear this stuff looks like syrup in my little green container. I had an okay weekend, picked up an awesome oven/microwave combo from someone off of Craigslist, super sweet people and the oven is freakin' AWESOME. This will make a great addition to my kitchen, we are planning Reagan's dream kitchen. She is the cook in the family, I bake but even my baking skills can't compare to what she can do with a Chicken Breast and a pack of noodles. I envy her that talent.

I also picked up a sofa table from someone on Freecycle and got an outdoor table base out of the trash. I know you guys probably think I'm nuts for getting everything I can for free but you got to look at it this way.

1.) I am saving the item from either going into the dump (like that table and my GORGEOUS Pink chair!) or I'm just picking up something that someone else was going to give away anyway.

2.) You really can take something old and ugly, apply a little imagination and you got something that a lot of people pay money for. I recently saw a pink/damask chair online for $400. Really? $400??! I got mine for free!

3.) You feel some sense of accomplishment when you are a finished. There is nothing like the feeling you get by taking someone that is old and run down and making it beautiful again. Everything was purchased by someone because they LIKED it, maybe even LOVED it, so at one point it was considered beautiful. Even if now it has a lot of nicks and holes, scratches and dirt, and cobwebs upon cobwebs...underneath all that grime there is something beautiful that can come out of it.

So, there you have it, 3 good reasons to start pulling stuff out of the dump. As for what else I'm working on, I have a bathroom shelf that is almost complete (it is now a very bright pink with white stripes, I am using this in my craft/office room to hold ribbon and paints.) I have my ugly wobbly table and a desk that I just can't decide which way to go on. I can't sand either of them so I think either some awesome contact paper or some paint with glass covering the top..not sure yet.

I'm still trying to read Morning Light, I know it never takes me this long to finish a book but I honestly have had a lot going on.

On Saturday night I got a call from my cousin who got his car locked in a parking deck and they wouldn't let him out without a credit card to charge $5 on. It was hysterical, he called me and was upset that they wouldn't take his $3 in change and he beat his car up and threw his $3. I still giggle about it.

Anyway watch for Stephanie's story later today (Part 4, readers!) and have a great morning!