Toot Toot! All aboard the Newbie Express!

As I've said before, I'm a newbie to this blog thing. But now there's proof here if you look at #36 of the twice owned links at the bottom you will see my awesome bookcase picture with the name "Pam" below it. Yes folks (are there any folks here? Hello? Anyone there? insert sounds of crickets chirping...), many of the other linkers put cute-sy little titles like Rockin' Rocker or Oh, happy chair! but not me, no sir. It says "name" so that's exactly what I put!

Like I've said before, I'm learning. Slowly.

If you read my first post you'll know something I've grappled with is my attention span. Most of my school report cards addressed my problems with this. My bedroom was a disaster as a kid. I could never stick with anything to the end. I'd just lose interest and quit. My brain is just wired differently than most people's I guess.

Even as an adult I cannot just be like Kate or John and Sherry and just get stuff done. Nope, that's not my way. I have to have 10 (or 20) different things going on. I'm like that juggling guy you might see at the circus. They keep throwing more stuff for him to juggle until he's got so much going around it's all a blur. 

My husband likes to randomly tease me by interjecting "I like purple" as an example of how quickly I can get distracted by something. Isn't that mean? 

So when I came across this yesterday I knew it was made with me in mind. Especially because I love squirrels.

But I'm trying, oh so hard to finish stuff, it just takes me so long. I'm trying to have patience with myself and be kind because I end up beating myself up over things. I'm hoping this blog will help me along. If there is anybody out there, please come back and see what I've done!

Wow! Where have I been?

Finally, just before the holidays I switched jobs. No more driving mega miles for me! I now work based out of an office 10 minutes from my house.

Cue peppy music and happy dance!

In all seriousness, it has given me new life: my hyper-stress level is virtually non-existent, the daily anxiety is gone. I actually have time to clean our house, cook real meals (as opposed to a myriad of fast food) AND get started working on my little projects. The downside is my income has seriously gone down, but for now it's still SO worth it.

I've been scouring our local thrift stores for interesting things to re-do and not spend a ton of money in my spare time. And finally I've actually finished something!

This little bookshelf was $4.00 at our Goodwill. It's homemade and was pretty darn beat up with a hideous brown paint which I'm guessing was an oil based enamel because it was so shiny and hard, it didn't even want to be sanded!

But now, a little paint in the color Creamy made it much prettier!

I got the brilliant idea to put fabric on the back to brighten it up and also to cover the hole at the bottom (the little dark spot that shows). I decided to use Mod Podge to adhere it to the back. I spent over an hour cutting the fabric to fit exactly but what I didn't consider was that the fabric would shrink when it got moist from the Mod Podge. I'm learning as I go, I guess. Note to self: preshrink fabric...

So anyway, making lemonaid out of lemons, I found a bright orange trim to cover the gap and I'm loving the look! Here's she is, all trimmed up though I must say the trim is not dayglow like it looks in the picture:

Can't wait for the garage sale season to begin!