If You Know, Star Projects, Primer Verses Paint and the Leg

 Morning bloggers!

I ran across this on FB.

I had to laugh, yes, mine

were done this way.

Only, a clothespin was involved

also. I am sure most of you know

what this means.

I was 12 when mine was done and 

my aunt Martha did them when I was 

visiting in Fla.

My dad's remark to me having 

my ears pierced was, "if God would 

have wanted you to have holes in 

your ears, he would have put them 

there!" 

Had I been a couple years old, 

more into the teen years, with 

the teen attitude, and a teen mouth,

I would have jumped on his statement.

I would have told my dad that God did

put holes in my ears, that is how

I hear!!

haha...

Good thing I kept my mouth

shut.

On Friday, I hung out on the deck

for the 4th day, working on projects.

Needless to say, nothing has been

getting done in the house. 

I have dishes to put in the 

dishwasher, fold and put

away clothes, pick up things

I have laying out from digging

around and looking for things 

to work on said projects. 

But Friday, I did get a couple

of things started and finished.

I have a couple I started but had

to sit aside for stain or paint to dry.

My spray paint dries better and 

faster than regular paint when using them

outside with the temps and the

fact we had rain the night before,

so, it was damp out.

Here was my first project on 

Friday to start and finish.

My second one.

I am making things up to 

maybe be able to be in a craft show

next year. My goal was set to do that

this yr. But my summer and stones

made that an issue.

My wood slats for these stars

came from a box of pieces a friend

down the road gave me. He late hubs

had a work shop, I went to get some

wood she was giving me and she had

this box of precut wood.

If I have failed to post how I feel,

let me do that now.

I feel good enough to work on 

projects, and it has been a while since

I have felt like getting into crafting.

However, there is a side effect that goes

with me feeling better.

I can't control my mind. I think my mind

feels like I need to rush to get things

done before the cold of winter

sets in and sets off the fibro. The summer

being dry, and not so hot, really helped

hold pain at bay. But on top of that, 

I want to do, I want to craft, I would 

to make, I want to do what I enjoy.

Part of the problem with not being

able to control my mind is, I have a 

hard time staying on task.

My thoughts and what I do are bouncing

off the walls.

I start something, go to another room 

to get something or put something away, 

and then I start something in that area.

Going back 30 mins or so later to realized

I had to finished. I have a craftroom (girls room),

in a total MESS. 

I started in there a couple weeks 

ago to make space for the shelving 

unit I am going to put together for the 

girls. That required moving things 

around, which had me throwing things

in boxes, having to work on moving 

my craft paints and arranging them,

but first I had to prime and paint the 

unit the paints were going on.

After dealing with this, which side tracked

me, I just left the room a mess.

I moved my hutch from the living room,

and installed some shelves on the walls,

moved my Halloween stuff around

and got things set up, but with the 

hutch move, I had to take items off

it, they are still sitting in my bedroom

floor and on the dresser. So that messed up

my room and yes, it is still a mess.

And yet, with all I have to do ,

I sit here and blog!!

Now, if you recall when I posted

about redoing the bookcase, I said I 

had issues with my paint, it was thin

and not covering well at all.

Well, in doing Amber's end table,

I found the issue. 

I picked up the gallon of "paint"

after priming with a 1/2 a gallon of

primer. However, I forgot that I had

primer in a gallon container and for the 

first time ever, I bought a small container

of paint, which I left sitting there.

What I am saying is, you can't paint

something with primer and expect it to 

cover well. Painting primer on primer

just don't work!

Update on the shed fall and hematoma 

on the shin~

I still have some yellow bruising on 

both sides of my foot but on the shin

the bruising has faded away. 

The hematoma however just don't

seem to heal.

I read up on shin hematomas and found

out that most times, they require having 

to be drained. Monday I was about to call

a dermatologist to see about having that 

done, but read on.

A shin hematoma can also take

months to heal. With all the doc

bills I have going on right now, 

I decided to NOT go to the doc.

I am watching it.

I spent the better part of the summer

in pants cause of the chigger bites

that took forever to heal (diabetic)

and ended the summer in pants cause

of this knot.

NEXT SUMMER.....

NEXT SUMMER will be better!

Thanks for coming by,

Pam