Coffee Table Make Over & Making Jam

 

 

I do hope you've all had a 

lovely weekend . . .

I'm sitting around today

not doing much at all,

but the weekend and the few day

leading up to it were full of projects.

 

 

One of the things that I had to do

was get the A/C unit recharged.

We had temperatures as high as 116 

and I was three days without A/C.

 

The air intake is under the sofa.

I got to thinking that having that

storage chest in front of the 

sofa probably wasn't the best idea.

 

So, I went out to Steve's shop

where I have a lot of things 

put aside for a yard sale.

One of them being our old coffee table.

 

 

It seemed having a table in front 

of the sofa to allow air flow

would be more efficient.

So, I decided to give this table a make-over.

 

 

 

Of course I can't do anything 

without making a mess.

I used leftover paint from

painting the front door for this project.

 

 

Here it is finished.

I did a little distressing . . .

Then if it does get bumped or scratched,

it's never noticed.

Not by me or anyone else, LOL. 

 

And here it is back in the house.

I'm so glad that I haven't had

my yard sale, yet.

You have no idea how many things

I've gone out and retrieved. 

 

 

 

 

I also made jam

from a recipe I found on You-Tube.

I had some rhubarb so I did a search

for rhubarb recipes.

If you want the recipe 

go to You Tube and type in:

 

Parsnips and Parsimony

Making and Canning 

Strawberry-Rhubarb Jello Jam

It's made with rhubarb, crushed pineapple 

and strawberry jello.

No pectin.

 

This was my view out the kitchen 

window as I worked.

Our neighbor was mowing his hay :)

 

 

I had enough rhubarb leftover to bake muffins.

 They were nice to have on hand,

because one of my out of town girlfriends

stopped and spent Sunday night with me

on her trip back home, after visiting 

with her sisters.

 

I've been blessed with wonderful

and very supportive friends

and amazing family encouragement

and love.

We are living through trying times.

Remember to put God first. . .

He loves it when we come to Him 

with our problems instead of trying

to figure it all out on our own.

 

My goodness, 

He is so much wiser than we are :)

Why do we sometimes wait until things

are overwhelming before we call on Him? 

 

Have a lovely week and thank you 

for stopping by to visit.

 

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)