The Good, The Bad, and The Dirty.

The real life of a DIYer isn't all pretty little projects and perfectly staged photos. To get to the good, you gotta go through the bad. And the dirty. The very dirty. 

This is how I spent my last weekend. Oh yeah. Sanding years of gunk from the top of my dining room table.

I just decided I won't be going into the furniture refinishing business. I vowed that before I did this again, I would BUY a new table! (from craigslist, of course!) Not my cup 'o tea. But I think I will be pretty happy with it once it's all done! I still have the 2 leaves to go, then I can put the poly on the whole thing. I wouldn't expect any finished product pics any time in the very near future. Right now I have to get over the sanding-arm-itus. Groan...

I just thought that I was dirty, all covered in gunky varnish slime and sanding dust. Until I found these all over the dining room floor. Hmmm...I'm thinking it's time Carson had a bath!

I caught the dirty little culprit, (but not before he'd successfully left his "stamp" on everything in the house...) and stuck him in the tub, being careful to dump in a few cups of extra bubbles. As cute as these little piggy prints are, I can only deal with so much dirt. So the whole house got a good scrub down. Again. And I'll prolly have to go through the same thing all over again tomorrow. Ah, the joys of BOYS!!!