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Christmas and New Years...

Just about everyday I've been trying to get in a blog or two...and it's taken me two weeks!! Yuck...and I'm in a not so into detail mood right now so you get what you get. (maybe it's nap time for me)



Christmas was cold and cozy. Mom was going to try to make it up from Bellingham but it had snowed so much that she stayed home...:( I think that may have been her first Christmas alone...It makes me sad just thinking of it. This is what it looked like around our place...needless to say we didn't go anywhere for several days.


Since my little brother moved in with us at the begining of December he made it and my friend Stephanie, her daughter Olivia and her boyfried Andy made it over for a lovely Christmas dinner. We played Mario Cart for the Wii and the boys went out in Andy's dune buggy...aparently Nate almost drove Andy into a stop sign...I think that's the last time Nate gets to drive!!! Christmas was fun but really low key! I missed seeing my sisters and brothers a but I think this years been tough for a lot of us and keeping things calm was just what the doctor ordered.

Here's a fun one of the boys opening some of their presents..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8XeGOg35JM


The Saturday following Christmas Steph and I decided to go to the fabric store...I got this crazy idea to reupholster our livingroom couch. After a little thought I decided to practice on a chair we had in our bedroom...I don't think I've shown this chair to many people...please advert your eyes if necessary. I usually kept a sheet over it to hide the hideousness of the chair...

I could aleast see potential...so I got some lovely fabric and then went to town...there were nights when I stayed up 'till 2am working on it. I was like a frantic worker bee...I couldn't stop myself...and after 13 hours of working here's the finish product.








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Suzanne said…
WOW. I'm impressed. I'd never tackle such a project. You go!
March 15, 2009 at 11:30 AM
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