4-8-11

2:50pm

Finally home since about 

8:20 this morning.

I only found a few things of

interest at the church sale.

a fabric decorative rooster for .25 cents.

Two rolls of dimensional wallpaper

border for the bathroom.

It has a raised design on it.

.50 cents each roll.

It has an original price sticker

of $16.99 each x's 2 is $33.98.

That's crazy to pay those ridiculous

prices for wallpaper border.

It was from Home Place.
The name of the border is Tuscany
which fits perfect with my kitchen,
living & dining room theme.

 And a large bag of fake geranium

flowers I plan to put in my flower

pots on the porch.

I paid $1.00 for the whole bag. 

There was 5 bunches of flowers

in there.

Each one still had original price tags

of $7.99 each from Oakland Nursery.

$7.99 times 5 is $39.95.

There is no way in you know what

that I would pay that much for

fake flowers!!!

We then headed to the thrift store

on High St.  I found a shelf in there

originally priced at $6.99

and it was marked down 50% off

to $3.50.  I want to paint it the

Dover White color and hang it on 

the wall above the toilet in the bathroom.

It looks like it was a plate rack

because there are grooves in the shelves.

I just wanted to let you know I didn't
carry around measurements
for the space on the wall behind
the toilet.  Here is the shelf
sitting on the toilet.  I don't think I could
have found a shelf that would fit 
more perfect on that wall behind
the toilet!  Of course it will be painted
white, the old cupboard removed,
and this one hung in it's place.
And maybe I'd like the cyprus grass
paint a little more in there once
I put up the border.  The borders
has sage green leaves/ivy on it.

And lastly I agreed to go with

my mom and step-dad to the 

senior rec center to watch

a gospel concert.

And that's been my day so far.

I am so tired!

And in another half hour I should

get my second wind as youngsters

get off the school bus full of

piss and vinegar.

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4:25pm


Got the first coat of paint on the
bathroom shelf.  And now that
I step back and look at it I kind
of like the look of the paint brush strokes
giving it an old look.  So we'll see if
I continue to paint more coats
to give it a clean white coat.

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8:00pm


I decided to give the shelf it's 
2nd coat.  It'll probably take about
3-4 coats to make all white.

I knew Tony wouldn't be too happy
with me painting over the wood.
But come on now, the dark (and scratched)
wood doesn't really go with anything
we have. 


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