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Saturday, January 3, 2009

The Holidays Are Done!!!

It's official. My Christmas tree is at half mast right now. That is, all of the hanging decorations, balls etc. are off. All that are left are the garlands and the lights. I am going on strike for the rest of the day. It is Saturday! Aren't we supposed to have fun on weekends?

I went into the workroom with a string on my toe, looking for something to keep me busy. By the time I was done looking, I needed the string to find my way back to the door.


I settled on one of my all time favorite kits. This is the bottom of the pile. By that I mean it is the last of this particular kit that I have. It's a Sweetheart. I think that I have put it together 4 different times over the years. I still like it's bones. As you can see, I paid 5.00 for this one. It had been opened by the previous owner........No directions to be found anywhere. Oh well. I have the picture. Surprisingly, I don't have any of the ones that I have completed. They all grew up and went out into the world to live with other people.

The kit was purchased by someone at Standard Brands. I don't think that any of that chain still exists. The price was 9.99. Anyway, it had to be a long time ago. No self respecting six year old would be caught dead in that pinafore! I know I wouldn't. Remember the age of my attention span?


As we pull back from the table and let you see the rest, you will see that things are almost back to normal. I have all of the pieces punched out. I did this by shoving back the Christmas centerpiece and propping up the extra pieces against it. The books are left over from an excursion into the bookcase to clean. The wicker furniture is left from some photos that I took this morning. There's also a 1/4" trunk scene that I took off of its shelf so that I could put a plant in it's place. That's another story all together. It's good to be back in my normal surroundings.

Now. I have to get down to business and have some fun. Someone pass me the sandpaper, glue and painter's tape.

See you tomorrow.



1 comment:

Debbie said...

Can't wait to see what you do with this one Casey.
Did you manage to fix the damage that the cat did on its escapade's? They seem to have the ability to get into the smallest spaces...