Project-Success!

Today I have been reading. I still have more reading to do. I decided to read the original The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (its a classic so part of my 50 books project) and its in older English and is quite long. So after reading it for about two hours and only finishing Parts the Fourth and Fifth, my mind was all in another world. Have you ever had the feeling where you were zoned out into the book or something for so long that when you stopped, it was kind of fuzzy? I mean it took me a long time to get there but since its old English,i really have to try hard to concentrate and follow. Well that's what I felt like. I also discovered that I probably should not read (for school) on my bed because I somehow always manage to fit in a nap. I mean after that 30 minutes I'm good to go but I probably could have read a good many pages in that time as well....so to encourage myself (around the napping), after finishing chapters, I sent pics of the new table and quad to my email so I could post them here!

I also had a jazz class which was an excellent break! Did a little Charleston and Swing which is really fun! People make swing dancing look so easy but I find it quite hard. I have to say, for once my lead said I followed! (Always a good thing when a follower actually does what they are supposed to and follows.) My brother tried to teach me how to swing dance once and he said I just didn't know how to relax and follow. Maybe we should try it again and I'd do better. What do you think, Josh, when I come to Portland can we go swing dancing?

Ok so here is the finished project! I'll take you through my first little pre-apartment project....


Here is the duvet cover for the sofa! It's a little big, but it works!



Proof that it's actually Calvin Klein!



We started by sanding and taking the legs off so it would be easier to paint. The table legs actually turned out better than the top. At this point I realized I forgot to take a before picture so this is the best I could do.



Dad helped me set it up so I could paint, that's why it looks like its under construction.



I primed it first. The table legs kind of look like swans.



Finished! I had it sitting under a drop cloth because the paint was supposed to cure for about a week. My friends were like, so when can we actually use it? Now we can, no more stickiness. Katie and I christened it with a late night dinner and episode of The Glades. We both got back late one night (I from rehearsal, she was helping with soccer so we got some food from Basil's. Side note about Basil's they have really good food! I usually get the ham, cream cheese, basil, tomato panini.) We came in and were like, why don't we eat in here!



Sofa cover, pillows, and table all from Goodwill (about $20 plus paint which we had so that was free!)



Oh and the three pictures are from Goodwill too. Poor Katie, Kimber, and Annie. I kept asking them to help me decorate and they were like just hang them up. I kept moving them around trying to decide where to put them and I think I distracted Katie from studying, sorry about that!