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Tuesday 20 August 2013

Never too old to learn!!

This is my first posting on my new laptop.  I'm not too sure just how confident I am that I can come up with something worth reading as I'm not very comfortable with it yet, including the keyboard.  So, if you find lots of mistakes, we can blame it on that, LOL





It's an ASUS - to be honest, I had never even heard of this make.  I'm sure it is just as good as all the other makes, e.g. Sony, Acer, Gateway, etc. but so far, I have lost this post twice - it just disappeared from the screen - was it me???  I was always an excellent typist, 95 words a minute on an electric typewriter but now I am lucky to be able to get by with around 40 wpm and keeping my fingers on the right keys.  Of course, my twisted fingers (from arthritis) might also have something to do with it.  I'll put the blame wherever I can, LOL

Having said that, let's see what I have been up to lately......


I refinished a lovely coffee table.  A little different from the usual, more square and with a small drawer.  I guess it could be used for more than just a coffee table - would look great in a large foyer.........










Of course, many people would say that they prefer the original wooden look and I do too, but it's so much fun working with my home-made chalk paint.

I also refinished a cute little footstool.  A friend of mine rescued it for me.  Her neighbour's dog had chewed the seat of it and was throwing it out, but my friend knew that I would give it a new life......




And, wallah, the finished product, so cute.



And yet another wooden product.  It seems that is all I did lately, but honest, I did do other things.  This one is a small stool which had absolutely no personality......



and slowly it turned from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan.....



I used a water-slide decal which I had purchased from The Polka Dot Closet - a fabulous blog and a wonderful place to visit.  Go and check in with Carol.




I also turned a dirty old thing into this, I think it is a toilet roll holder/magazine rack.....



The colour looks a little wishy-washy - it's more of a yellow/black.  The above picture is from my Boutique.

A few more things I have done.....













And, now in closing, here are a couple of photos of my most favourite people, grandkiddies, Rhys & Katherine - I can't wait to get on that Greyhound bus and go visit in September....






That's it for now.  Have a wonderful week.  Talk to you again soon.
Hugs,