Some days are perfect.

Some days are glorious.

You wake up and the sun is beaming in through the bedroom window, casting the most glorious shadows caused by dancing branches that are bursting with buds.
Yawns feel luxurious - stretching yields no aches - and as you toss the thick comforter lazily from your body
you don't have to reach for your housecoat because Summer's on it's way and it's decadently warm in the house.

Some days are perfect.

You throw open the windows and gentle breezes find their way to every one of them - leaving curtains swaying to the rhythm of the songs birds are singing just beyond.

Some days are magic.

The color of new grass - freshly uncovered from it's blanket of snow is somehow the prettiest color you've ever seen - daffodils and tulips are starting to bloom and the hope of warmth is everywhere.

Some days are beautiful.

And you wish it would go on forever - that you could somehow tattoo it onto your heart so that you
can remember it when the rain comes................some days are meant for basking for hours - some days are meant to be wasted - doing nothing but enjoying.

And then there are days when everything is

SHIT.

They happen too

Yesterday -

A morning spent with our accountant - which is way more fun than Disney
An afternoon arguing about what the accountant told us
And an early evening picking this up
DOWN 3 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS !!!!!!!!!!!!
Lucy and Ricardo in action - yelling at each other in front of the woman we bought it from

( who by the way wouldn't even bend down to carry a drawer for us as she ran down the
3 flights to hold the door open for us )

A bad day all in all - and that's the truth - it's factual - nothing was satisfactual
( my oh my what a horrible day )

And then just to end the day on a perfect note - Montreal lost to Boston ( hockey play offs )

There'd better be a blue bird ( or 2 ) on my shoulder at some point today.
Because there was not an ounce of zippity doo da in yesterday.

NO sympathy please - it happens to all of us right?
RIGHT?
RIGHT?

For all of you Mother's - hope you have a beautiful Mother's day
The kid's are coming over so I know - without a doubt - there's " plenty of sunshine heading my way "

( and we did get that hutch home so it wasn't a total write off :)

Have a wonderful weekend
Much love,

Not All There

Or not all here...................

It takes a mind that's been half destroyed to even consider what I just did - I'm even to afraid to tell John to be honest with you - because there's only so much craziness a person should have to deal with - and we all know he deals with far more than his share.

You all know I'm working on this piece, right?

and that the top part sat in the van for days because I simply couldn't lift it out?

well we finally got it out last night ( WE being John and Gordie - my son )
and I started working on it right away - almost the minute it was placed down -
( after removing the back piece - because OHIHADSUCHPLANSFORTHIS )

Now there was - once again - a lot of bleed through - I'm going through a string of bad luck with that crap lately - anyway - shellac - paint - shallac - paint - shallac - you get the picture - and then I started working on the back piece

I had just enough of the wallpaper that I used on my kitchen hutch to do this with - JUST. ENOUGH.
Don't mind the dark areas - the wallpaper wasn't dry when I took this photo................

But you can see how pretty this is starting to look, right?

WRONG - when I went downstairs to finish the job - the TANNIN STAINS HAD COME RIGHT THROUGH THE WALLPAPER -  sorry - I really don't want to run down and take a photo of it - it's too depressing so you'll just have to trust me on this one -  it ain't pretty.

Suzan says - What a mess, I have to pick up some more wallpaper tomorrow
John says - I wish you'd stop taking on these monstrous jobs - they're too big anyway
Suzan says - Big shmig - bleed through can happen on smaller pieces too
John says - BUT IT DOESN'T COST AS MUCH TO FIX IT ON A SMALLER PIECE !!!!!!!!
John says - Anyway I'm not picking them up anymore - it's too much

Oh oh - how do I tell him about this?

Which I told the seller we'd pick up tonight?

After I pick up more wallpaper...................

Have a great day all - I have some serious smooching to do today

               **************************UPDATE******************************

I think the back wallpaper issue can be rectified - I just went down again - and the stains are mostly on the
edges where the shelves meet and which will never show - I may need to buy some thin molding but that's an easy fix - phew.  This hutch may have been just a teeny leetle bit more work than I anticipated.

Have a great day all !
Hugs,