We all pitched in: My gramma watched baby Jack so my cousin Matt and I could run to the store and get the ingredients, and then Matt watched Jack while he slept on the couch and my gramma and I put these together and threw them in the oven.
It lived in our garage until August when I thought I’d be more motivated to fix it up if it was staring me in the face everyday.So it got moved to the kitchen.

I thought I’d get it done once school started up again in September.Seven months later, it’s finally got a new look..Of course, it’s still sitting on an old uneven floor.

That would explain the cardboard wedged underneath..But just imagine it once the floors are done and the walls are painted!

For now I added a few plates to the wall to try and make this corner feel a little happier.. Chris asked me when I was going to get the bowl of hard candies to go with all of my plates on the wall.. Whatever, Chris.
I used some paint stripper on the top to remove most of the old finish.If nothing else, you can see it’s come a long way!What a year, right?
It was a big year for me, for sure.For one thing, we decided to have a baby after swearing up and down for 8 years that one kid was enough, and then.
we did.. Crazy town.. On the blog side of things, I discovered a whole new group of readers (or rather, they (you!)I still can’t believe there are so many people out there willing to spend their precious time chatting about random weird and wonderful tips with me.
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