...need to get internet in my apartment. Sorry for the absolute non-existence of posts this month. I've been busy at work, which is usually the only time I can post. But, it's a slow day today (thank god!), so here I am!
Not a whole lot to report. I've just been working and hanging out with mom and dad, or Stephen and Jacqueline. I probably murdered the spelling of her name too. :-)
Well, I got all the painting done in my apartment, and all the furniture moved in and arranged. Aunt Anne hooked Sarah and I up with a couch and a nice arm chair, as well as a coffee table and a couple of end tables. Their friends, Christina and Al, gave us a nice little table and some chairs too. That's the first kitchen table that I've ever had in my own place! I would just always eat in the living room because I've never had room to put a table before. I love this apartment!
Last week I refinished the table. The top was just natural light pine, and the legs were a stark white. Ugh. Didn't really match the decor in my place, so I had to do something about that! I stripped the varnish and the stain off the top of the table, and got it back down to bare wood. I mixed up some stain that's this really nice, lustrous, dark cherry color, and put that on really heavy. After the stain dried, which I did at work, I took the table home to spray the laquer on top. Nine coats, and three wet-sands later, and my table is looking nice!
On the legs I sprayed a product by Rustoleum called Hammerite. When it dries, it has a hammered steel texture to it if you apply two or three coats. However, if you just do one thin coat, it separates from itself as it dries, and allows the undercoat to show through slightly. I just did one light coat, it separated as planned, and it's perfectly smooth. It looks almost like granite!
Other than that, haven't been up to much else. Still looking forward to going to Disney sometime this month. Now if only I could get someone to go with me...
*winks in the general direction of mom and dad's house*
Steffie and Ty, I miss you guys so much!!! I want to come out and visit sometime next spring, and I'm looking forward to Skype this weekend! Give the kiddos a huge hug from me!
Aunt Kellie and Uncle Kerwyn, I miss you guys too! Thanksgiving just wasn't the same without Uncle Jeff passed out on the couch watching football, and eating turkey at your house.
Say "Hi!" to the whole fam for me. I miss all of you! I even miss the snow.... just a little.... o_O
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