Yet Another Before and After

I promise I took a better before picture than this but can not find it. The house elf seems to delight in taking my before pics of any furniture that I decide to paint. Probably his way of making my end result look better. Anyway here you go..........

Looking closely at the photo, up front you'll see part of a microwave cart. This was made by my father and I've had it for most of my married life and it has looked exactly as it's stands here....

Same cart with two coats of black latex paint... I'm telling you I have this unhealthy obsession for black lately. Wonder if there is a support group for people like me. Anyway I love the new look of the cabinet and wish I had painted it years ago. Until next time.....Kristi.

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Words Wednsesday

"Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow." Author: Frank Dane

What is the Worth of a Word?

I had a friend mention to me not too long ago that we say the word love too often. That set me to thinking how many times I use the word love, and whom I say it too. What I came up with is that the word itself has many versions for there are so many levels of love. There is the 'I love you bud' for the friend that you've known forever and that you confide in. The 'I love you buddy' for the nephew you love like your own son. Love for the people you care about and care what happens to them. The 'I am in love with you' kind of love. And of course the ones you have to love because they are family but don't necessarily like them. So yes I guess I do tell lots of people I love them, using the same word but with a degree of difference depending on the person. I don't feel a need to apologize for that because I also thought about the times I had used the word hate or felt the emotion. I couldn't come up with one actual time or person that I absolutely hate. Maybe a few with a small dislike but no hatred. So isn't that what we are suppose to do? Love one another and not hate? Do good to those around us? Maybe we should overuse the word love more often. Maybe there would be more compassion in the world and less wars. Less children abandoned and abused. Less elderly lonely and overlooked. Less bickering over petty insignificant things. Again I don't think I should apologize for using a word I mean, in whatever degree I say it in. Until next time....Kristi.

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Words-Wednesday

"Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."
Author: Abigail Adams

School Daze

It's that time again. That time of year that I dread and my son anticipates. SCHOOL TIME. Every year I dread it until we have our routine down, our schedule established. Of course by that time I'm relaxed about the year, my son is in a qualm about this whole education thing. A sense of deja vue hits and all I can say is welcome back, settle in, we've got 38 weeks of this before freedom indeed comes back down this path again.

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Crown Winery in Humbolt, Tennessee

Loved this place. Absolutely beautiful. And I always love learning something new. Thanks everyone for answering all our questions, and believe me, there were many! Until next time.......Kristi.
(p.s. It's worth stopping if for no other reason than to hear Peter talk. Love the accent!)

Words-Wednesday

"Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain,-- Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after." Author: Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)
Source: Don Juan (canto II, st. 178)

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Deep in Thought

Family Traditions

Do you have a family tradition? We do. Not in a traditional, holding hands around the dinner table at Thanksgiving, sense. More in a modern contemporary way. We get together every year. Gather the family in the living room and camp out in front of the television. That weekend being when X Games comes to California. We vegetate for an entire weekend. We come away with eye strain and rubbery limbs from lack of exercise, but we witness some of the most spectacular and amazing stunts and tricks from the extreme sports world. Not exactly a tradition you'll read about in family guides or ever hear about in a classic but family togetherness nonetheless. And isn't that the idea anyway? A tradition of bringing the family together in a moment of complete agreement and this particular family agrees on the X Games! Until next time......Kristi.