project production

Of course it is Monday, no one home but me, dogs sleeping in the garage and I keep waiting up and drifting back but finally awake at 7:30!! dang it. I think it is subconscious as I have doctor appointment at 9:30 even though I have an alarm set. So dogs go out and coffee goes on and I get in some internet surfing time before heading to town.

In typical doctor style I was there early but not seen for over an hour and finally out by 11. That changed my morning plans immensely. I made a quick stop at the lab then grabbed early lunch burger after picking up my General Finishes package at the rental house. Why in heaven's they UPS'd it there I have no idea but at least the missing package is found. I know have a week to finish the contest project with it!

Back at the ranch, I quickly ate the burger before I crushed pills and was off to hose and treat Bird. Her wounds are healing nicely and so glad the molasses/syrup has her licking the bowl clean of her meds. I put her and Pepper in the round pen to mow for me for a couple hours.

I got busy on projects;

growth rulers got painted

parchment on left (antique white) and bright white on right

cabinet waxed and white added

dining table got first coat of grey

and I got started on the contest project, the theme is geometric design and I had this square end table in mind with its geometrical design so order grey gel stain and plan to color block it. I hauled it outside to sand the top down but the shellac on those pieces is THICK!! so back in and a coat of stripper applied. This was work for the stripper so scraping was next and even then the full layer of stain remained. OH MY.. back outside and an hour later with 80 grit sandpaper I finally had the top sanded bare!

 before

 tie to strip as sander took off just the edges shown lol

 this job was much more than anticipated

 then came the hour of power sanding!!

Shaina popped out after a short work cart shift on the cool breezy 16 day. She vacuumed out her jeep while I finished up and then we had a beverage and pretzels and dip during our visit. She was off home around 5:30 so I finished sanding and hauled in to scrub.

Next order of business, treat the patient, this time I just added more Vaseline to the wounds and gave meds, no hose or green cream. Diego was so excited for a walk so took the dogs for a walk which led to refilling all the salt/mineral tubs which ended in dusk so time to come in. I grabbed a late supper and was back out in the garage filling hardware holes on the end table, coating both rulers with another cover of paint and dark waxing the cabinet.. whew, busy day!

 always thinking.. bale mover out of a poop bucket ;)

  Lola hanging out with Bird.. just chewing on some old hooves and smiling

Bird's wound looking good covered in Swat (pink bug ointment)