Did you know....

......creepy millipedes* can survive a Whirlpool delicate cycle????  THEY CAN!!!!!!

* I cannot be for certain if it was a millipede or if an earthworm & a millipede had a love child.

Yesterday when my washer stopped, I fetched my clothes and saw something in the bottom that looked like a string or leftover fuzz from a sweater.  I also don't believe I was wearing my glasses.

I removed the item from my washer and when it was about 12 inches from me, it twitched 1 or 3 of its legs.  I nearly had a conniption fit.  I took my full container of laundry soap and beat it to death.  God bless the designers of the 7th Generation liquid laundry soap.  Their containers are quite durable.

When it stopped twitching, there wasn't enough left for a photo to identify the creature.  It was about 2 inches long and had a worm-like body with those legs.  Legs that reminded me of miniature hermit crab legs.  Lots of legs.

How in the world did it survive a laundry cycle?????

Did you know....

......creepy millipedes* can survive a Whirlpool delicate cycle????  THEY CAN!!!!!!

* I cannot be for certain if it was a millipede or if an earthworm & a millipede had a love child.

Yesterday when my washer stopped, I fetched my clothes and saw something in the bottom that looked like a string or leftover fuzz from a sweater.  I also don't believe I was wearing my glasses.

I removed the item from my washer and when it was about 12 inches from me, it twitched 1 or 3 of its legs.  I nearly had a conniption fit.  I took my full container of laundry soap and beat it to death.  God bless the designers of the 7th Generation liquid laundry soap.  Their containers are quite durable.

When it stopped twitching, there wasn't enough left for a photo to identify the creature.  It was about 2 inches long and had a worm-like body with those legs.  Legs that reminded me of miniature hermit crab legs.  Lots of legs.

How in the world did it survive a laundry cycle?????

Craftroom setup!

As promised, here are craftroom pics:

Psalm 134

I have a Cri-cut. Not by my own doing.  God prompted a gal to mention to my mom that she had upgraded her Cri-cut and didn't really need her old one.  My mom then mentioned that her eldest did not have a Cri-cut which then prompted the owner of the device to hand it over to my mom for me.  Oh and she passed along several cartridges.  What a huge blessing.

My craftroom has not been completely put together as of June 28th.  However I am happy to report that on my mental health day off (06/29/18) I, Angie Good, purchased a used office table and a used desk.  They are both to be delivered tomorrow (07/03/18) which is just on time for my Wednesday holiday off!!!!!  Fireworks-sccccchhhhhmireworks.  This girl is hoping to stamp or paper-cutting with the Cri-cut or both.  The sky could potentially be the limit.  I may go on a craft binge which could include the following:

1. Card-making
2. Ice cream consuming
3. 7-layer nacho recipe trial run before making it for friends
4. Pillowcase sewing
5. Ironing
6. Online rug purchasing
7. A visit to the lake w/my was-July-but-thank-you-Jesus-is-now-our-August-bookclub book
8. Cri-cut cutting out of vinyl Psalm 134:2 to use as wall art

Once I get the two new pieces, I will post craftroom progress.

It's done!!!!

My first chalk-painted dresser is done.

I am so glad I used Annie Sloan's Florence colored chalk paint.  Her stuff is the cream of the crop.  Totally worth the investment. 

Thankfully Walgreens carries Crayola chalk.  99 cents.  Good bargain!!!  I totally expect to find my box of chalk now that I purchased new boxes. 

Hospice care plant worker

I tend to send plants to the big greenhouse in the sky.  It's what I do.

I have managed to keep alive a spider plant, a (let's go phonetical which sounds close to fanatical but it is different) fill-oh-den-drun, and a Christmas cactus.

Today I went to Home Depot for 4 screws for my coffee station and I left Home Depot with...
1. Potting soil
2. Two succulents
3. Screws
4. A catnip plant

Expensive screws trip.

Needless to say - I had nabbed two little milk glass bowls (sugar bowls I believe) from the Agrace thrift & the Rescue Mission Thrift and I intend to keep alive 2 succulents.

The succulents' little instructional tag said, "Thrives in desert like conditions."

Perfect.  I shall neglect and forget to water them.  Done. 

Chalk paint

I nabbed a fabulous wooden dresser at the sketchy thrift on 251.  It required me borrowing Trudy's van and hauling it home and then in to my duplex. 

After 2 coats of Annie Sloan's Florence  (teal-ish) chalk paint and a coat of clear wax, I went knob-hunting.  Thankfully the Hobby Lobby had all their knobs 50% off and I had just enough 2-day's worth dog-sitting/dog-walking cash to purchase said half off knobs and a sign that says "Life is better with a cat."

I am thinking Bryan needs that sign especially after he text me how his Chloe caught a mouse and remove the head and tail gifting both to her beloved cat dad.  She then ate the deceased mouse's body and promptly barfed it up.  Gift that keeps on giving. 

The dresser turned coffee bar turned out exactly how I pictured it.

Next week I want to paint the dresser's mirror with chalkboard black paint and then paint the trim the Florence teal color.

I forgot how much I love painting.  Not enough to start another craft addiction but I sure do enjoy it.  I am now picturing my 2nd painting project - a fun bookshelf for a new munchkin arriving in July-August. 

Not only was painting and knob-hunting involved but now that it is done, I want to find fabric remnants and make a runner and coordinating cloth napkins for my dining room table.  Did I mention that the coffee bar had to go in my dining room area?  It did.  It was too long for my kitchen.  This is totally fine.  Now I will be on the hunt for a cart or shelf to put in my kitchen cause let's be honest, I need some sort of catchall by the door.

My craft room

I survived the relocation.
Mostly everything is unpacked with the exception of my craft room.  That room is boxed up / toted-up in the basement. 

My t.v. is not operational as I do not have a t.v. stand and I refuse to settle for a stand that I only tolerate not love.   

My computer is also not setup because my former hutch-desk combo had a stripped screw.  Yes, the movers could have moved it in to my duplex kitchen...however WHO in their right mind would want to ask 10 of her closest friends to help move a 100+ pound hutch-desk in to a craft room?  That is a sure fire way to lose friends.

My weekend mission is to find a dresser to double as a t.v. stand & storage and to find a computer desk.

Hashtag goals.