You're the Cheese to my Macaroni.

I met M a little over 5 years ago. (May 23 to be exact) I was coming out of a 4 year relationship with someone that I just wasn't happy with. Between the 6 months of ending that story and meeting M, I found myself mixed up with a guy that was an asshole. (best word to describe it!) I never cried, I didn't have that emotion. I just dealt. He'd come and He'd go. And every time he came back, I'd be there .. waiting. It was really pathetic. If we could only go back and change history, right?

M and I actually met online. I was living in Kentucky and he was in Michigan. I was in a chatroom of a website that I used to pretty much live on. (and made friends that I still have to this day!) M's sister was on webcam, as was I and several other people. It was probably 4-5am when M came home from work and was in the background of her cam. We all probably chatted until 8-9am (as was usual back then for me. a night owl.) Later that day, I got a messege from him. To make the story shorter.. a couple weeks later, he showed up at my front door. I was shocked, but happy. We spent the weekend together and he left Sunday night headed back home. I got a phone call a couple hours later that he'd been pulled over and the police impounded his car. I didn't know at the time, but he had a suspended license. His dad was on his way, but I was only an hour or so away, so I agreed to drive up and wait with him. I met his dad, sister and another guy from our "chatroom" the next morning in a Waffle House in Indiana. I had to work that Monday, but was off the rest of the week. They all talked me into calling in sick and going to Michigan for the week. With nothing but the clothes on my back! I stayed the week, came home for a week, went back up there for a week. Then 2 weeks later, I moved to Michigan.

I've never for a moment regretted that decision. It was hasty and very unplanned, but it worked. We spent a year in Michigan and then decided to move back to Mississippi, where I'm from.

Our relationship has been rocky. We fight alot. But it's the ones where 15 minutes later, you forget about it. He hurts my feelings, I hurt his. We've let each other down multiple times. And I'm sure that we will continue to. I've cried more in the last 5 years than I have my entire life. Sounds healthy, huh?

I've debated writing an "about us" post for a while now but never really knew how to put the words out. This morning, we had a moment. He left, I cried .. so hard i threw up. And for some reason this felt like the moment to do it. The last few months have been really tense for us. Yes, we got married in April. We've lived together pretty much since day 1, so there really wasn't a "honeymoon" phase. I quit my job to focus on starting my own business. He's having to fully support us right now and it's rough. We both stay stressed out. Our affection and intimacy have been pretty much non existant for a while now. It takes a toll.

I guess what I'm trying to say is .. I love you M. When I said "I Do" I meant it. You are my world and I never want to be without you. For all the things we do wrong, there is so many more that we do right. Thank you for putting up with my ups and downs. Thank you for supporting me in my new journey. Thank you for always being there. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you.

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Blue End Table

It's a fresh new week but my Monday hasn't really had a fresh start. I'm still in that "can't get myself going" phase. Somethings gotta give!! Anywho, I believe I shared in my last post (or the one before that, can't remember!) that I had redone an end table. M and I were browsing Home Depot the other day. He was looking for bolts for his race car and I was cruising the paint aisle's waiting on him. I came across this spray paint that was only 2.98 a can. That's cheaper than Walmart! (Without getting the cheap, cheap stuff.) Most of you have probably seen/used this before, but I haven't so it excites me! :) It's Rust-oleum Painter's Touch in Satin Lagoon. I had originally planned on doing this table a bright red, but after seeing this color I changed my mind. In my excitement to get started, I didn't take any before pictures .. Sorry! But here's the after:

I lined with drawer with some paper I printed out from online. I modpodged it in, but after drying the color changed. At first I hated it, but now after looking at it for a few days, it's grown on me. Kinda gave it an aged look. Also the top had almost completely come off. You could life half of it up off the rest of it. So it took some nails, then some screws and lots of wood filler, but I'm pretty pleased with the result!

Happy Monday!! :)

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A small slice of Happiness.

 

Flowers from my front yard. It's a small start, but it's a start! I've decided that today will be spent "simplifying" my life/house. I'm so sick of clutter, so I'm throwing it all out! Plus, I have a super cute end table to show off. As soon as the poly dries enough to snap some pictures, I'll post it!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

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Kitchen Table Re-Do

I've had this kitchen table for years. My parents bought it for me when I got my first apartment about 10 years ago. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't the cutest thing ever. But at the time, I was just happy to have a table! I used to have a big glass top table in our dining room/breakfast area. (it's small!) When we got our gazebo for the deck, we moved the big table outside and I moved this small set into the house. Size wise, it was perfect. Color wise, not so much. So enter the sanding and the spray paint!

They're still not completely finished. I wanted to add some writing to the top of it. Maybe "EAT" or something cute, haven't fully decided. It was actually all thrown together in a day, so I don't think it turned out to bad. I was rushing to get it finished before the wedding in April. I also don't have before picture of the whole set before, that was waaaay pre-blog days.

Anywho, just sharing! I love this color. (ocean breeze by krylon.. i believe.) I painted the S on the wall with the same paint!

Linking up to:
Sumo's Sweet Stuff
Keeping it Simple
Be Colorful
Alchemy Fine Living

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First Feature!

I know that it's been a minute since I last posted. Things the last week have been less than blog-worthy. You know, one of those week's where nothing seems to go right, you feel icky and less than extraodinary.  That was my week. I got next to nothing accomplished. My furniture projects are stacking up on me. I even added 2 more things on top of what was in the last post I made. I just couldn't get myself going no matter what I tried. (although i'll admit, i didn't really try to hard!) But.. this is a new week and I'm determined to get some stuff done!

So far this morning, I slept until 10. Not the greatest start to my productive week. But I didn't get to sleep till almost 3am, so I'm excusing myself! (i have the worst insomnia, esp this past week.) Then I started on these barstools. I have 2, and I didn't really take a before picture. This one is just from some photo's I was taking of my animals one day.

These actually came from my old boss. When we got our house, I mentioned I needed some barstools and she offered up some that were just chilling in her garage. We've used them for almost 3 years now, but they are a little tall for my counter. So I'm deciding to make them over and pass along! My vision is actually to do them in a creamy off white color and just stain the seat in a darker stain. And of course antiqued and distressed! So far today, I've gotten one coat of primer on them. Painting all those stinkin' spindles sucks!! And just because my kitty, Mr. Fuzzy Butt, was in the picture I feel that I need to show off his new haircut. We have 2 cats that are both long haired and I was soooo fed up with all that hair on everything! So we shaved it all off .. Lion style! And I think it's adorable and no more cat hair!

 

I think he felt a little less than manly the first few days, but he's back to his old self now!

Anyways, I'm rambling.. and the real point of this post was to say that "I've been featured!" It's my first feature, ever. And it allows me to cross off one thing on my 101 list! I never imagined that it would happen so soon and I hope that more will follow! It totally made my day just a little bit better! So a BIG thank you to Lauren @ West Furniture Revival! Ya'll go check it out, there is lots of other fabulous ladies featured too!

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New Furniture to work on!

Just a quick post about some new furniture pieces i've gotten to work on before I head out to my parents for lunch. I hope that everyone is enjoying their 4th weekend! Ours has been rather lazy. Which I'm not complaining about!

Kid's Rocking Chair.

Bamboo chair.

Vintage Tanker Desk.

Solid Wood Dresser.

I can't wait to get started on all of these! Plus, a friend of my dad's is getting me a paint sprayer from his job, on the cheap! That will help tremendously.

So, Everyone got great plans for the 4th?

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I'm up for a challenge!

Today marks the first day in my 101 in 1001 challenge. (you can check the official site here.) Basically, I made a list of 101 things that I would love to accomplish in the next 1001 days. And let me tell you, this is not as easy as it sounds. I thought, "101?", that's easy. I got stuck at about #60. Not to mention, I tried to think realistically. I could have put tons of things on this list that I'd love to do, but going to Paris in the next thousand days just isn't going to happen.

You can check out my list here. I made a tab for it in the nav bar up top. Not sure where I'm gonna start at. But as I work through my list, I will mark through and date each item. Of course I'll make lots of posts about it along the way, so I can keep everyone and especially myself informed of my progress. Lots of encouragement may be needed! haha

I am a master list maker, but my follow through is not so hot. So, for me, this challenge means something. I'm hoping that it'll give me the push to get off my butt and get some things done! Plus, airing it out here for all the world (ok, maybe not the whole world) to see is kinda a lot of pressure. Which I believe might be what I need to get it done.

On a side note, my dad and his friend got a buttload of stuff yesterday. He's wanting to get into the flea market business. (and so am i!) But his specialty is old farm equipment, tools .. you know, man stuff. And yesterday he hit the jackpot. Annnnd in all that stuff he got was and old dresser, desk and cabinet! Stuff for me! We go to pick it all up tomorrow, so I'm excited to see what they look like!

Whaaat? A post with no picture? We can't have that! So I'll end with this..

Hershey is my painting buddy. He gets coated in as much paint as I do!

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