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Let me start this by saying "MY TAXES ARE AT THE ACCOUNTANT'S!!! WOOHOO! I finally finished up everything and took it last night. I was not leaving work until they were ready! Tomorrow is Hysterectomy Day and almost everything on my BH (Before Hysterectomy) list is done. I have to finish the list at work today and then pack some things tonight and drag all my Recovery projects downstairs to the family room so that everything will be ready for my return home. Yesterday morning, in the insomniac mode that I am in...I started this project and thought that I would document the process. I have had this frame hanging around for awhile and finally painted and crackled it. The wool came from the Dirtiest Yard Sale EVER (at least the dirtiest one I was ever at) but they had lots of wool blankets and I washed and washed and finally my daughter suggested washing them in white vinegar and sure enough that took the smell out. Several people have suggested that I was not in my right...

I promise that it will be coming to an end shortly...you see we have an old two story house with a two story addition on it and when we built on we did not connect the two upstairs so in order for me to get to the attic I have to go down the stairs from my bedroom, across the house and up all the stairs to the attic on the other side and as of Wednesday, steps are going to be out of the question for a week or so. I painted this over the weekend and wanted to get it hung this morning and when I looked at the pic, I realized that I still did not hang those little crystal drops back in the candleholders and candles need to be on my shopping list for that room. Found these when going through that attic and I am not sure where they came from but I like them for this room. I painted this many years ago and have never really had a place for it. This is the wall above the stairway...not quite the right colors but enough out of the room that I think it is ok.

Late yesterday afternoon I opened my front door and there was this package on my porch. It had arrived in the mail earlier in the day and I had not checked the mail yet. Char at the Pickled Pepper Patch was my swap partner and I love it all! I entered this swap for my daughter who actually has a laundry room and I will be giving these items to her and I know that she will love them. She has been so good to help me out the last two Saturdays on my attic project. Thank-you Char! Found these plates in a stack in the kitchen and thought that they would be perfect on this shelf in my attic. Not exactly bedroom decor, but I like it! I also found this quilt that I had made a zillion years ago, probably the only quilt I ever made start to finish. I still am not sure that I want it for a bedspread, but I think it has found a home in this room. This little cutie stayed with me last Saturday night. She is such a little ham and when she sees the camera she is ready to pose, even to the point of ...

Just a quick post before I have to run and get ready for the boys....wash the paint out of my hair and run to the store and get the treats/necessities for the evening's entertainment. I have a big list of stuff to do yet for this room, but the biggest part of it is done...it is painted! Not sure what I want for a bedspread...I was going to use this sheet and sew the dinner napkins on it for a quilt, but now am not sure if that is going to look righ. I have throw pillows to make, a stitchery for the wall, another painting that I started...some type of headboard, the windows need washed, curtains need made, but I feel better now that it is this far. My daughter showed up early this morning and helped and my other daughter and son-in-law brought the bed up for me. Les, You Have a Room! Cathy

About a week ago I posted pics of my attic that I am reclaiming as a bedroom, well today is the day for painting. And now for a little commercial break....if you have never used this paint before, try it, you will love it's coverage...I painted the inside of our business in January, all cement block and it had never been painted and two coats covered perfect. I am really hoping for one coat to do the trick here.....hoping...hoping.....hoping! I bought mine at Walmart, but I am sure that it has to be available elsewhere also. This is the stairway to the attic and landing. I can picture it finished and decorated... A dresser that is there from when this was my daughter's room. I have started to peel all the stickers off the mirror, kind of sad to do that, but now she has a daughter of her own to stick stickers to everything for the next 18+ years, what goes around, comes around? Assorted items that were salvaged during the cleaning for decorating purposes. The "org...

Finished up this stack of coasters. They were actually easy and fun to make. I am still working through the BH list as it has become known. Finishing things and prepping for the Recovery Time.

The huge stack of blue jeans is now becoming more manageable. I started cutting this morning and so far these photos are the by-products. Flat felled seams for coasters. (check out the Polka Dot Pineapple) The buttons from the waists and some cute little change pockets. A stack of back pockets... The hems, I don't know for what but could not throw them away. and the rest of the stack that still needs cut, but for now I have a blister from the scissors. And I could not finish without trying one coaster. I have been collecting these jeans because I have an idea to make I SPY quilts for my grandchildren for Christmas. More on that later. I think I am close to having enough, now I just have to gather the spying items. I can see them in my mind...hope that I can create them. I found out yesterday that I have to have a hysterectomy on April 1st. That gives me about 11 days to get things in order and have lots of sitting projects ready to be finished, books gathered to be read...