As a child I remember my Dad telling me that I should not wish my life away. For it seems that I was always wishing for something in the future. Probably like all little children, I wished for Christmas as soon as I realized it was nearing, wishing for school to begin when I turned 6 (we did not have kindergarten), wishing for school to be out so that I could go barefoot, and so forth--always wishing for something in the future. Well, now it appears to me that I have almost wished my life away! When I look down the road, it has become a very short one and with each day, even shorter. Blessed with a very healthy life these 60 plus decades, I should not be complaining. I have such a mental list of things yet to accomplish with a short time in which to complete, that I find myself now wishing for yesterday. Trying to accomplish some of these small things has kept me from this blog I realize. So I will start to catch up. First what has kept me occupied is the ironing station that the Mr. so willingly built for me. I spent some time also on this which after completed require time in the sewing room, several days in fact, updating some of the odd pieces I have accumulated in the past year to make the room a little more comfortable as well as efficient for the many projects I always work on. I needed this station to be higher than a regular table and the ironing board I was using was a bit shaky. It needed to be on wheels so that I could move it away from the wall when pressing a large piece and I needed a shelf for my spray bottles and extra irons etc.
It was primed and I picked a pale green for the surface, purchased new pressing cloth, stapled padding and the clothe to the top, which we reused and voila! I love it!
This took all together the better part of a week, with the construction, gluing, painting and room arranging. During that time, I took a 4 day trip to my friend's where we attended a vintage market. It was one of the best markets we have seen. We both purchased items and got great deals and I even picked up a quilt rack for $2.00 at the Goodwill on our way home. Needless to say, I have been painting a few other things with this pretty green, including the quilt rack. In addition to time spent on these projects, I have been trying to finish a few quilt projects and then the Mr. and I took the door glass off the oven to clean the inside. I have done this before with older ovens....no big deal, right? Well, this oven has 3 pieces of glass. What's up with that? The removable one was the center piece, not in need of cleaning and the other were not very accessible and I suppose there is a reason for that. Anyway, I was able to do a little spot cleaning, but not much. I am NOT spending any more time wishing my life away on that oven door!..It can stay dirty and I will hang a towel over it.
"Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or hatch." ~ E.B. White...
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