Weekend project plans & our anniversary

Last weekend was my first weekend home since June, and I was seriously at a loss for what to do with myself. I’m so used to being at the cottage for the weekend, it was weird adjusting to NOT being at the cottage. Have I mentioned that I hate this time of the year? Anyway, I have some projects lined up for this weekend that will keep me busy. Do you remember this little chair my cousin’s wife gave me?

It’s been sanded and painted, and after a few little finishing touches this weekend, it’ll be ready for its debut :-) Finally, my first PARA Paints Blog Crew project will be done! I also found out some interesting info about this little chair that I’ll share with you at its reveal.

Then there’s this little somethin’-somethin’ that arrived earlier this week…

When I had the opportunity to get some free samples of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, I wasn’t going to say no! I chose Paris Grey and Old White to use on the vanity that hubby is going to make for our master bathroom. But I can’t wait that long to try out the paint, so I’m going to pull an old piece of furniture out of our stash in the basement and try out the paint this weekend. I kinda like the look of this frame painted Paris Grey & Old White and antiqued…

Image via The Decorated House

The urge to do a painting hit me big-time last Monday, so I pulled out a canvas and some paints and tried my hand at a little ocean-inspired piece. I’ve already got one request from a friend to create a similar painting for her :-)

And speaking of ocean-inspired, I recently won a glass float on Ebay, which led to me buying a second glass float from the same seller. And when I opened the box on Tuesday, SURPRISE, there was a third glass float tossed in!

I’ll also be out looking for tiles this weekend. When I called to order the accent tiles for the bathroom floor, I found out that they’re out of stock and won’t be back in stock for at least three months. What is up with the tile supply in Ottawa?! I’m hoping to find the same tiles somewhere else, because I REALLY don’t want to have to re-think the floor AGAIN! By the way, layout #6 seems to be the most popular choice…

And to wrap things up for the week, hubby and I were married 11 years ago today. It was such a surreal day, being three days after the tragedy of 9/11. I was actually sitting in our living room making centrepieces for the reception when hubby came downstairs and told me that a plane had slammed into the World Trade Center. Thankfully nobody we know was hurt or killed, but we were still touched by the after-effects of that day. I remember waking up on the morning of our wedding day and hearing on the radio that Prime Minister Jean Chretien had proclaimed September 14, 2001 a National Day of Mourning. Would have much preferred being married on a National Day of Fun & Happy Stuff, but what can you do?! A few years ago, we went to Nova Scotia to celebrate our anniversary and we stopped at the memorial to the victims of Swiss Air Flight 111 – it just happened to be on September 11th, which was a goosebump-inducing experience. I snapped this picture while we were there – I love how the clouds seem to be emanating out from the memorial…

So paint projects and anniversary celebrations are my plans for the weekend. Oh, and I’ll also be tracking down and killing this damn housefly that won’t leave me alone. Fingers crossed I’ll have some “afters” to post on Monday. But not an “after” of the dead housefly. That would be gross.

Happy weekend!