A very full weekend

We had a very full and very fun weekend.  It started for me about 4:30 am on Saturday when I got up to go to the JBS potpourri sale.  This is basically a huge yard sale that happens at a local private school once a year.  Some fun girls I know organized about 15 of us a trip there that included sitting in line for about 2 hours.  All in all it was very fun and a huge learning experience about what people will do for a  bargain.  I spent $22 and got 2 coats, 7 pairs of pants, 7 shirts, a sweater, a pencil holder, a diary (with a lock and the keys) and a salad dressing container.  I love that sort of thing and could have stayed there all morning but I needed to scoot to get my rental house ready for a showing and get to a 10:30 baseball game.

After Sam's baseball game he headed to the Cardinals game with Scott and 2 of his friends.  They had a great time sitting in the bleacher seats.  It was a beautiful day for a game and the boys were very good game watchers.  After the game they came back to the house for cupcakes and some foosball play.  Sam got a new foosball table from us for his 8th birthday.

Scott had a very full day as then he needed to get ready for the Daddy/daughter dance at school that evening.  The girls were SOOOOOO excited.  I took them dress shopping while the boys were at the game and they looked beautiful.  Scott got them wrist corsages because it was "suggested", he did not regret it.  They have never been so excited!  He took them out to Farotto's for dinner after a short photo session.  When they got home Sam was asleep and I was already in bed, but not asleep so I still got to hear all the details about the evening.  I can't wait until they are older and I get to hear about the dance...or maybe I can!

Happy birthday Sam!  

Tonight for Sam's actual birthday we met Scott in Arnold at Culver's (his choice).  His sister's gave him back massages!  He had a pretty good birthday.

The life of a table

For 13 years we have had the same kitchen table. Here is her story...

I was born Ethan Allen and sold around 1970. In 1998 in Kansas City, a nice couple who no longer liked my look, listed me in the classifieds. I was purchased by Scott and Lisa, these cute young newlyweds, who took me home and jammed me into some apartment. I came with 4 chairs, a bench and a 2-piece hutch. We were so happy together.

I loved the sun and so did that cute newlywed couple so we moved to the beach. They had a cute baby. She loved me too. She would bang on me but did not cause any real damage. I had no idea what was to come.

In 2001 I moved to St. Louis and the top part of my hutch got put in storage. It was just too big for their little house. My cute newlywed couple now had 3 babies. I loved them. They used me for every birthday party. In 2005 they moved to a house with a breakfast nook! How dare they... because this meant my chairs were too big and they, along with my hutch had to be sold! By 2005 the 3 babies were getting bigger and they were stronger and my pine wood is soft. The forks and knives began digging into me and the Sharpies autographed me several times with names as sweet as "EMMA". My finish was starting to bubble and peel. I was not looking so good. I feared they were going to get rid of me.

That cute newlywed couple has grown up too. They no longer like to spend money on expensive furniture. They realize that it will all get a knick sooner or later and that resale is the way to go! They took a trip to look at newer tables and that is when the really wise Scott said to his wife, "You like that table? It looks just like our table." And at that very point my life was saved! I was unaware of the microderm abrasion I was about to undergo, but I can't get enough of myself now!

Scott sanded me down and Lisa beat me with a chain and poked nails into me. Ouch!

They took my legs off. I was humiliated and sent to the garage. I had thought what the kids had put me through with their forks was hard, but this was horrible. Lisa stained me with a gel stain and put 4 coats of poly on me and look at me now...


I love my new look! Do you? I am about to get moved again and Lisa's grandparents just bought me 6 new black chairs. I get to keep my bench although there is talk she might be getting some work done too. I love my family and I am so glad they are going to hold on to me a bit longer.