UP NEXT ..................

I plan to spend my day putting together some flea market/yard sale finds and with any luck this idea in my head will be amazing.....

STAY TUNED FOR THE FINISHED PROJECT

AND NOW FOR THE FINALE !!!!

My little kitchen cart has finally been finished and delivered to its new home.  Can't tell you how happy this makes me as it was such a pain in hands and my "a--".  I have been thinking about it for months, but now it's not only out of my garage but also my head and it frees me up to think about other things, fun things, I hope !!!

I can confess it's not perfect, but the new owner was happy and so am I....

GOLD CADILLACS AND GOOD FRIENDS !!!

On a recent trip a memory came back to me and with the help of Google I found a cocktail recipe for a drink I hadn't had in 30 years.  A recent invitation to spend some time with good friends at their cabin in the mountains seemed like the perfect opportunity to try this drink.

Many years ago I made several visits to a little restaurant in California's gold country and the one thing I remembered most was their signature cocktail "Gold Cadillac".  My Google search led me to the restaurant and also the news that it had been sold and was now closed, but did give me the story of how this cocktail came about and the recipe for it. 

 

My only thought as I blended the ingredients was hoping my memory wasn't going to let me down and I'm happy to report that it was hit with all and the perfect libation to end a perfect day !!!

I MUST LEARN THE MAGIC TWO-LETTER WORD !!!!

My grandmother taught me that please and thank you were magic words, however as I continue on this journey of mine I now realize that sometimes the most magic word of all is "NO" if I have any hope of stopping to use all those "magic" four letter words.

After having spent the last 10 days on a project I have been putting off for months I am sorry I didn't use this magic word when I just said "sure.  After seeing a kitchen cart I had re-done last year a friend purchased a well used one in hopes that I would bring it back to its glory.  Knowing I had a lot of work ahead of me I came up with every excuse in the book to not begin this particular project, but having come home from another road trip I knew I had to get this item out of my head and my garage, so I began the process.

I sanded for days as this cart had been repainted many times over it's years and the last painting was latex paint that had been heavily brushed on.  Just a hint, never use a brush on metal.  I then gave everything  a nice bath to soak the layers of grease and grime.

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The pieces have made their home back in my garage the last few days as I worked on the painting and today I gave it a light resin coat to give it a nice hard non-scratch surface.  Tomorrow I will re-assemble the piece so that I can deliver it to its owner first thing Saturday morning.

I will share a picture of the completed project once it is back together and I can only hope it's owner will appreciate all the hard work I have put into this piece and I hope the next time I get one of these requests I will remember my new "magic" word.

CAKE DECORATING "101"

What happens when you give a four year old her mother's box of sprinkles to decorate a cake ???

Well of course you must use them all (LOL).

Just some of the perks of being a Granny !!!!!