A bit ahead of schedule....

And knocking on wood as I type

Headboard completed and ready for stain

 Headboard stained...Color Ebony

 Headboard and footboard Completed

(They look a bit darker in this pic for some reason)

They turned out amazing

Bed rails need to stained still

3 Shelves have been completed and are ready to be stained

3 still need to be made....
anddddd
you would be proud I totally remembered to wear gloves when staining

Although I think the fumes got to me just a lil bit

Wheeewwwwwww another night of hard work

but sooooo well worth it :)

IT IS SO WONDERFUL AND REWARDING TO SEE YOUR IDEAS BECOME REALITY
anddddd
LOTSA
 (love that word...even though its not really a word)
HARD WORK!!!!!!

Busy busy busy....

FROM THIS

TO THIS.....



This Bed is going to be totally awesome.....

Headboard completed

Footboard completed

Drawers 90% completed

(Holes drilled for the rope pulls rope needs to be added after the staining is completed)

Actually it is a piece of art not actually a bed

I even surprise myself sometimes!!!

Tonight SANDING...SANDING...and more SANDING

Tomorrow night

STAINING...STAINING AND MORE STAINING

When Karen gets this furniture and puts the room together it will be totally amazing....

I was at her house last night and

I LOVE IT AND THE AMAZING THINGS SHE HAS DONE.....

GORGEOUSSSSSS

anddddd

I totally talked her into creating her own blog

she has amazing ideas

check it out....

DAME OF DESIGN

She is holding back some of the great ideas she didn't want to add them all at once ;)

Finally fit in some Leslie time

A benefit on Saturday afternoon and evening

(Benefit is for Landon Rush a precious four year old with Cancer...it will be at Hot Spot in High Ridge Saturday from 1-7...if you can swing by to help this adorable little guy out do soo)

andddddd

FAST EDDIES ON SUNDAY!!!!!

I have not made the time to check Fast Eddies out in years and everyone keeps telling me how awesome it is....SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!

All work and no play makes Leslie

a workaholic.....

bwaaahaaahaaa

so not what you expected to hear I am sure!!!

This will definatley be me in the very near future

LMAO

Its called old age my friends :)

So missed

It's so crazy how it aggravated me when I was younger that I looked like my mom.... Now on days like today when I look in the mirror as I am getting ready for another day it makes smile and miss her soooo much.... 14 1/2 years without my best friend :-( ...My mom and dad would of been married 39 years on Valentines day this year (yes Two days ago)...5 grand baby's she was never even been able to meet and enjoy....She was a wonderful grandmother too....my oldest son Tom was crazy about her and she was crazy about him (even when he colored all over the back seat of her brand new car with his crayons) Now grandpa on the other hand...not soo happy...Mom said now Allen it's just a car....There was this song I remember mom and Tommy always dancing too Tom called it The Train Song....Oh she would get him doing moves I had never seen before...
LMAO
(sorry Tom but it was priceless)

Mom would love to show him off...she was so proud....and I am so fortunate that she was part of his precious life...she helped make him into the wonderful man that he is today!!!
Thank goodness for all the wonderful memories

Today I look just like my mother.....so I think about her everyday!!!

Wonderful memories start at home......

I am ready to make many more with my kiddos :)

just as my mom did with us...

I am fortunate we already have sooo many good ones!!!!

Memories are the only thing you leave behind

Perfectly said......

Sweet Sweet Simplicity....

  



Things I love.....

Love
Adoration
 Smiling
Making others smile
Kind Words
Sweet words
 Being Silly
Peacefulness
 Simplicity
and gentle sweet kisses on the forehead

YES PLEASE!!!!!

Happy

Gorgeous solid Oak desk added to the

Simplicty Market place

Transforming Zachary's Room using...

Reclaimed lumber from pallets....notice the under storage drawers that will be also redone.... Stay tuned for the after

BEFORE

Progress being made on the under the bed drawers

drawers almost completed....Rope bull handles need to be added

These turned out sooo cool

Can't wait till I am done and Karen gets the room all set up

She is awesome at pulling it all together 

Footboard Progress....

And another awesome addition to the room will be 6 pallet Shelves similar to these

A row of three very similar to the pic

a row of three above that row that will be similar to the pic with a shelve on to for decor!!!!

It will be so fabulous!!!! 

Headboard completed and it looks amazing ready

for sanding and stain

Footboard almost completed

Both drawers have been recovered

and

are ready for rope handles

Sooo much more work than anticipated

(and the weather isn't helping at all)

buttt to get it to look totally awesome

it is totally going to be worth it!!!