Update and Furniture Projects

I know I leave some huge gaps in-between posts, so I try to make up for it my posting a REALLY long one (or at least it feels that way) I worked on this baby and then the computer shut down, thank goodness for the auto-save or else I don't think I would have come back :)

My classes are done... I'm back to a some what regular routine again and just taking it easy. We have been really enjoying Cael's soccer practices and games and seeing what an amazing kid he is! He scored 2 goals this last Saturday, his number on his back is 3 so Ben keeps telling him he needs to score that many goals. We like to set our "standards" high :) Just kidding! Only 2 more games and then spring soccer season is done :( At least we can sign him up again in the fall...

We've been trying to keep cool with visits to the community pool almost everyday last week. We did manage to squeeze in about an hour of swimming before Ben has had to leave for work for his night ICU rotation (yuck!) He is gone all night and sleeps all day! The only upside is Cael has been going to sleep/bed especially early, around 6:30 or 7. That kid must be growing or he is really burning up all his energy. Either way I am left with a too much time with nothing to do! I need to figure out a project or something...

Speaking of... I have had few finished projects I've meant to post. A friend of mine has really inspired me with color, and I wanted to add a bit of that to some furniture that we were given, we had, we found, or bought for $5 at a garage sale. There are some sweet spray paint colors (and oops! paint in just the right colors) at some stores here in town, which I bought and proceeded to color dressers, bookcases, etc...

#1 Black bookcase.... WA-LAH! it's blue! I let Cael paint until he was bored... he actually stuck with it for much longer than I thought, however, I did finish the job after he left the brush inside the paint bucket after becoming distracted by something his brother was doing.

#2 Dresser was given to us from my good friend. Cael helped with the sticker-pulling and even kept a few of the Thomas the Train ones. I had to sand, prime, then paint. This is where spray paint is a beautiful thing!

now it's GREEN! I got some cool looking silver handles at HD. It looks pretty sweet!

#3 sewing table: was WHITE now BLUE with Green handles! However, since I do not have a working sewing machine, this baby is now resting quietly in the closet... don't worry, she'll be going to work as soon as I get a new machine :)

#4 My garage sale dresser. Because it was so dark originally, I had to prime this twice, paint a base color (twice) and go over it with spray paint... you guesses it... TWICE! I do love the yummy yellow! The next move with this little treasure will be choosing the inside drawer color, something bold, don't you think?

#5 This last little number is now a spunky bedside table. I didn't take a before, but just imagine a boring, dark wood that has now been transformed...

Well, that just about does it for now. Until next time, or when other exciting things happen with our family....