10 years ago
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
TV/Entertainment Center
After several weeks I finally finished what I started! The process was slow due to only getting to work an hour at a time once or twice a week because of my full time job! ;)
BUILDING was actually really easy even though some of my boards were not cut exactly straight or the right size. Home Depot was nice enough to cut everything for free but I guess its hard to get everything exactly perfect. So a little wood filler helped fill in some of the spaces. I could have gone back and got my door trims cut better but I had already been twice just for them and they still couldn't get them right. I guess it is hard to cut thin short strips. There is a second shelf but there wasn't a lot of space between them so I left one out. Also, "2x3's", or any other somethingxsomething is not exactly that measurement, so, get the real "2x3" and don't get a piece cut that is 2x3. Does that make sense?
PAINTING took forever! I primed the unit then had to do 3 coats of white so that the grey prime wasn't showing through! After that I skipped the primer on the smaller pieces and did 2 coats white and it worked. The green in the back wasn't exactly what I was hoping it would look like (too light) but it will work for now.
HINGES for the doors were the worst part of all! I went 5 times to Lowes to buy and return hinges that were wrong! The trouble was finding a hinge that kept the doors flush to the unit. Each time I went a different person helped me and told me what to get. GRRRRR! I was so frustrated! Finally on the fifth time I got a guy who knew his hinges! So, get butterfly hinges that are fancy looking.
Out of everything the hinges were definitely the hardest part of the whole project!
cost of wood ~ $80
Hinges and knobs ~ less than $10
For my first wood project EVER I think it looks pretty darn good!
you can build this too and more...click here
BUILDING was actually really easy even though some of my boards were not cut exactly straight or the right size. Home Depot was nice enough to cut everything for free but I guess its hard to get everything exactly perfect. So a little wood filler helped fill in some of the spaces. I could have gone back and got my door trims cut better but I had already been twice just for them and they still couldn't get them right. I guess it is hard to cut thin short strips. There is a second shelf but there wasn't a lot of space between them so I left one out. Also, "2x3's", or any other somethingxsomething is not exactly that measurement, so, get the real "2x3" and don't get a piece cut that is 2x3. Does that make sense?
PAINTING took forever! I primed the unit then had to do 3 coats of white so that the grey prime wasn't showing through! After that I skipped the primer on the smaller pieces and did 2 coats white and it worked. The green in the back wasn't exactly what I was hoping it would look like (too light) but it will work for now.
HINGES for the doors were the worst part of all! I went 5 times to Lowes to buy and return hinges that were wrong! The trouble was finding a hinge that kept the doors flush to the unit. Each time I went a different person helped me and told me what to get. GRRRRR! I was so frustrated! Finally on the fifth time I got a guy who knew his hinges! So, get butterfly hinges that are fancy looking.
Out of everything the hinges were definitely the hardest part of the whole project!
cost of wood ~ $80
Hinges and knobs ~ less than $10
For my first wood project EVER I think it looks pretty darn good!
you can build this too and more...click here
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
GOOD reads
Monday, January 17, 2011
Winter UV's
the best tanner i have ever used! no streaky orangey gunk! love this stuff! ssshhh, its by my friend Victoria.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
for Josie
I make this Christmas tree look GOOD!
She figured out to put the olives on her finger tips all by herself...she must be related to Kamara, Brytinn, and Amarie!
I love sports! The batting cages was so much fun! I challenge Aunt Josie and Uncle Joe to a home run derby!
nothing gets in the way of banana time! love love love them!
How do I look Aunt Josie and cousins?
California Christmas
Makayla got to go to Travel Town to see the Trains with her Dad and T.Daddy!
We love to go to Santa Barbara and ride the family bikes along the beach walk. It was a lot easier than I remember it being as a kid, must've been my strong husband ;) We also looked up on our Garmin the see if the "Psych" office was listed...its not :(
Oh, how I miss this beautiful place.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
taboo
The New Year is the only time I really take time to think about and write down my goals but after I write them down what happens to that piece of paper and enthusiasm to achieve them???...gone the next day, forgotten like Calculus. Well, in an effort this year, and by advice from my husband, I am telling people about my goals to have a support group and to report my progress to.
...the only goal that is worth reporting is to get back to my 'pre-pregancy weight'. I am almost there but these last few (=10+the holidays) pounds seem to be stubborn. So cheer me on and send me some love!
Weight is such a taboo topic for women. I have been fortunate to have not been so bothered by my weight growing up, although I always felt much bigger than all the other girls my age because I am so much taller and that Viking blood gave me 'sturdy bones'. But I have learned not to compare the great dane to the chihuahua. I am comfortable in my skin and love it. Of course I have things that I wish didn't pooch, fold or bulge but that's how my body is made and I cant change that. BUT I can help how much they pooch, fold and bulge! I really dislike complainers that think they are fat when they aren't, I am not saying I am fat...I am simply just wanting to return to my starting point before I take on the lovely form of a basketball in my front section again soon.
by the way, Spanx are awesome!
OK, WOW, I have re-written this sentence over and over, it is really hard to admit your own weight...please consider my height and 'sturdy bones'...why am I making excuses and defending myself?...ugh, this is hard. I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours. deal? 165
...the only goal that is worth reporting is to get back to my 'pre-pregancy weight'. I am almost there but these last few (=10+the holidays) pounds seem to be stubborn. So cheer me on and send me some love!
Weight is such a taboo topic for women. I have been fortunate to have not been so bothered by my weight growing up, although I always felt much bigger than all the other girls my age because I am so much taller and that Viking blood gave me 'sturdy bones'. But I have learned not to compare the great dane to the chihuahua. I am comfortable in my skin and love it. Of course I have things that I wish didn't pooch, fold or bulge but that's how my body is made and I cant change that. BUT I can help how much they pooch, fold and bulge! I really dislike complainers that think they are fat when they aren't, I am not saying I am fat...I am simply just wanting to return to my starting point before I take on the lovely form of a basketball in my front section again soon.
by the way, Spanx are awesome!
OK, WOW, I have re-written this sentence over and over, it is really hard to admit your own weight...please consider my height and 'sturdy bones'...why am I making excuses and defending myself?...ugh, this is hard. I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours. deal? 165
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