A lovely way to pass the time.

I spend most of my Saturdays working on projects for my blog, because I have literally ZERO time during the week with classes and such.
When I am painting, I don't really like to listen to music. It makes me feel anxious and rushed. I'll usually listen to a movie or an audio book, and yesterday while working on my dining room set I listened to all five hours of The Outsiders. It was very enjoyable! I was supposed to read that book in 6th grade but I never read all of it. (I used to sparknotes like crazy in middle school)

1. I had NO idea that S.E. Hinton was sixteen years old when she wrote it! She came on audiobook and introduced her novel. It blew my mind that such a young person could write such a critically acclaimed novel. How cool is that?
2. I cried like a baby when Johnny died. I had completely forgotten that was a major plot point and it came out of nowhere for me.
3. Audiobooks are such a nice way to pass time. I hate that they are so expensive, but I get most from the Library. Did you know that Cracker Barrel has a deal where you can rent them for around $4 dollars a week? When I drove the 20 hours from Texas to Utah over Christmas, I was by myself and really worried about getting tired and falling asleep and crashing and dying. I rented J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy (which is a 20 hour audiobook) and it kept me awake and entertained the entire time. It also made the lonely drive seem so much shorter.

I painted all three chairs (gave them their first two coats) and I painted the table top and two of the legs.

I still need to distress the white to look more like this:

So that is how I spent my Saturday, and it was lovely.

Have a great day!
Kirsten