Big Wheel Keeps on Turning

This has been a busy weekend. We finally hung up this awesome mirror that we found down in St. Pete. This was probably the easiest time we've had hanging this mirror. The frame is nice, thick, solid wood. After having been underway for a good chunk of last week, I was really looking forward to this past weekend. We had a Bar-B-Que with one of my coworkers. We were also going to have one of my buddies from my last unit (who was transferred up to Sector Jacksonville). However, his wife went into labor late last week. Their son, was born over the weekend. Congrats to him and his wife! We still need to get together for the BBQ and so our wives can have their play dates. Of course, when ever we have an event planned at the house, there is a certain amount of preparation that goes into getting everything ready. Mainly cleaning up the house. That's really the big one. And for the most part, I'll try to ensure that the lawn has a fresh cut. Well, we took care of all of that and we went looking for some shelving for the garage. Our intention was to get the garage cleaned up this weekend as well. It seems that when ever we go look for one thing, we find something else entirely. Saturday was no exception.

As I said, we went to find some shelves for the garage, and wound up finding an accent chair. As you can see, the chair wasn't in the greatest of condition. However, Cait saw the potential in the chair and we just couldn't turn it down. We paid less that $10 for it at Habitat for Humanity. That was a great deal. So, after some maneuvering, I got it home (strapped to the roof like almost every other piece of furniture we've purchased). Time to go find a slip cover. But before that we checked out a new fabric store in town (Beyond Fabric) and Cait found a fabric that she absolutely loved. However, our original plan was to purchase a slip cover for the chair. We searched both Walmart and Target (which was a bit of a drive) with no luck. So, back to the fabric store. We purchased 7 yards of the fabric. This was also a very good time due in part to the fact that the shop owner said that we might be able to sell some of Cait's bows in her store!

Well, if you've never reupholstered a chair before, it's probably not a good idea to start the night before your BBQ. You can see how things were looking around 0100 on Sunday morning. Not nearly done and that took us a few hours to complete. There was a lot of frustration and a bit of aggravation that went into this chair. That and some E-6000. Well, a lot of E-6000 and staples. But still, we got it done. Of course the sewing machine breaking didn't help either. However, I can add "Sewing Machine Repairman Extraordinaire" to the list of titles I've got. The next morning started at 0630 for me so that I could re-clean the parts of the house that got messy due to the chair. That and to finish mowing the lawn. While I was mowing the lawn, Cait was busy with the chair. And so was Savannah. She was all over the chair and the cushion that Cait was working on. Needless to say, that wasn't to helpful for Cait.
Well, we were able to finish most of the chair right as our guests arrived. The picture on the right is the final product (except for the back). I'm pretty sure that Cait won't be doing upholstery work again. Or if she does, it won't be a rush job. I like how the chair turned out though. Of course if you're her friend on Facebook, you have probably already seen these pictures. On a completely different note, I would like to thank Zack Martin for the good time Friday with Sea Stories of the Submariner world. That and the Walama and Zombo.com. And now, I leave you with this::

-Brent