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"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
- Henry David Thoreau

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Monster Feet

Her hair is almost as monsterous as her feet.

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Good Morning

Revived Chest

While digging through a storage barn at my parents' farm, I discovered an old rat turd and spider infested chest of drawers.  The chest was chipped up dark green and had some internal and external damage.  I hauled the nasty thing out of the barn and over to my dad's workshop where I originally thought I would just sand down the chipped paint areas and paint over the whole thing.  However, when I started sanding, the paint came off easily to reveal a nice wood grain underneath.

The game plan then changed: Sand/scrape off all the paint to return the chest to its original wood.  Initially, that seemed like an easy task, but the beveled edges required some serious work.  My dad and I meticulously sanded the tiny beveled areas using a Dremel Tool, a chisel and pieces of sand paper wrapped around a specially angled piece of wood.

Next, I stained the whole thing using Minwax Early American wood stain.

Once I got the dresser home, I slathered on 2 coats of polyurethane with a light bit of sanding in between coats. Here is the finished result. Not bad for a former piece of forgotten junk... Sorry the picture kind of sucks.

No More Prune Brain

I know some of you have been looking at this blog lately and been wondering, What the heck is going on here?! Where is all the cool stuff...the crafty junk...the furniture flips...the garden pictures?  Settle down, despite the fact my home has been a den of sickness and despair for the last month from wince there is no escape (everyone, except me, has been on a nonstop cycle of puking, coughing, snot dripping, and general disgustingness), I actually have been working on some things.  I will try to share the latest creations/recreations in the next few days.  As is the case every Autumn, the cool winds begin rattling the leaves off the trees and the dust off of my stagnant Summer dried up brain.  The forecast is showing a cold blast of creativity on my horizon.

P.S. The running preparation for my 25K has been steady so far...a steady beat down.

Insane

In my quest to find some sort of motivation to stop, and possibly reverse, the growth of my ever increasing midsection, I, during a moment of temporary insanity, signed up to run the Rocky Raccoon 25K.  Let me just say, the start of training has reminded me why fat boys prefer donuts over running.  What a beat down!  It is unfathomably difficult to remember that once upon a time in a galaxy far far away I used to be a skinny great runner who loved this stuff.

Attention Fiscal Liberals

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."

- Thomas Jefferson

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The Latest Masterpiece

Copies of almost all my little homemade books were mailed to my book agent/relative. Now I just wait and see.

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Goodbye Summer

You had your good moments summer, but over all I hated you. What I love is a 45 degree temperature drop in two days!

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The Prize

Yeah, it's a golden donut trophy. I am in a fantasy football league with a bunch of fellow cops, and our league was self-depricatingly named "Glazed with Sprinkles." Therefore, we thought the Golden Glaze was the most appropriate trophy. Needless to say, the trophy shop had never received a donut topper request. So, I swiped one of the rings from my kids old stacking toy, spray painted it gold and glued it up top.

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