It has been a busy few days both here in Texas and on the farm in Kentucky. The days are starting to get shorted and my mom is tired of cooking by lantern light. So I got on amazon with Chad and we searched page after page looking for the perfect light fixture for above the kitchen table. Thankful for Amazon prime and the light came in on Thursday afternoon. Now, I am very particular on where I want things to go in the house….and my dad and Hunter played a mean trick on me this weekend. They hung the light from a hook in the middle of the ceiling in my kitchen area and moved the kitchen table under it and sent me a picture. It looked like it was mounted from the ceiling but it wasn’t. As soon as the picture came in on my phone, I was calling them from a deep sleep. Remember there is a time change between here and there and they are morning people (EWE). They got a good laugh at my expense and I was not amused with their shenanigans.
I have been working on the antique dresser vanity for several days now. I bought some wood filler for some boards that were separated but I ended up not liking how it looked with stain over it. Then I went and purchased some wood glue and went for a scavenger hunt in our storage unit for some large clamps. I glued and clamped each section and let it dry overnight. Then I did the second area the next day. This gave me time to get better from the sanding and my allergies.
I started working on the second antique table we purchased. It is a drop leaf table that was also needing some love. I had never stripped paint before but I decided it would be worth a shot. I am glad I did. It was such a neat process and it was much better than sanding 8 layers of paint off of a table. I still did a lot of sanding and luckily Chad was home the next day to do more sanding. I love working on projects with him.
Chad has been learning to play the guitar. He has been trying to learn more and more each day. He ordered some accessories from Amazon for it and the strap was supposed to come in Friday. He got the package from amazon and all it was, was the tag for the guitar strap. Seriously, how frustrating is that? Amazon can be amazing but sometimes ordering things online can be a letdown. Now we get to mail back a tag in an amazon package so they can either refund the cost or send a new one.
Living in an RV is not always bad but these last few days I have defiantly wished we were back in a house again. Cooking dinner has been making the house very hot and the ACs cannot seem to keep up, there are no trees here but I like eating real homecooked food. Then while working on the tables it started raining. We had to bring the vanity and the table inside so they didn’t get wet. If you have been in an RV, you know that there is absolutely no room for these items in the RV and be able to still move around. We have been trying to finish them up in between rain showers.
My dad worked on weed eating the garden area on the farm so he could put some of his “teenage” chickens in the chicken tractor. They caught the chickens and put them in there and then had much less luck putting them back in the big coop that evening. The chickens will eventually do better and go back to the big coop on their own but I am sure they were very excited to eat all the bugs and the different plants. Tex (the cat) has decided he forgives my dad for the tortuous ride to the farm and is now letting him pet him again.
Payton had her first physical therapy appointment and it went great. The physical therapist has figured out that when she is walking, she is turning her foot inwards most likely to relieve pain or pressure on her hip from her back pain (she has scoliosis) which is causing the pain in her foot. She learned some exercises and has been working on them daily since. I thought it was amazing that the physical therapist prayed with us after her appointment for healing. Such an awesome experience! She will be going twice a week for now. School has been going great for her this year. She is way ahead and is making good grades. Hopefully it will be a good school year for her. I cannot believe she is a sophomore!!!
When I was at the farm there was a cattle gate by the barn and it was being held up by some string and a belt. I took it down so I could do some mowing and so it could be put back up properly. My dad got the gate put back up and it in working condition again. Eventually it will need to be replaced but it works for now. They have also been getting a lot of rain on the farm. And it looks like the tin behind the barn did not block much so I will be working on that when I get there. I have got to get that fixed before any tools are ruined.
We had to make a trip to Lubbock because the hardware store here does not sell color tinted stain which we planned to use on the drop leaf table. Lowes had a beautiful display for the 13 fallen service men and women. Prayers for their family I know this is a very difficult time for them. While at Lowes we got some table legs for that vanity it was way too low to the ground and I am short so that says a lot. In addition we got the blue stain for the table and took Cheyenne to lunch. We also went to Sam’s Club for more toilet paper since apparently there is a shortage again. We have finished the vanity for the most part, we are still waiting on the new handles and faucet to come in. What do you think?
My dad and Hunter finished hanging the light above the table and I love it! My mom was glad to have light to cook by other than a lantern. It is the first light fixture in the house. I ordered some Edison light bulbs for it that should be there early next week. Things are coming together and I am so excited! We will continue to work on the drop leaf table tomorrow and hopefully get it finished, weather permitting. There are some boards that need replaced that hold the table legs on. They were split in half but still worked. Chad started to make new ones when the rain decided to honor us with its presence. What is Labor Day weekend without rain?
Pink Squirrel Farmstead 