Winter in Oregon

We are loving it here in Oregon. The weather had been pretty great. During the week it can get kind of hectic and Karl and I don't really get to spend much time together but I love that he always makes an effort to be home and hang out with me in the evenings. A lot of the other husbands end up being on campus studying until about midnight so I am really grateful. Hopefully this persists after the baby is born.

Anyways back to Oregon. We try to do fun things on the weekend and this past weekend we went and explored Seaside beach. The beach was HUGE. As you can see there is a lot of great sand behind Karl and the beach went on forever. Once I got over my fear of walking barefoot among the broken shells (another confession. I have an irrational fear of severing the tendon that runs along the bottom of my foot) it was great. We found enormous shells and even some sand dollars!!! Another lifelong dream fulfilled. (I know. I am weird.)
Here is Karl with all the hotels in the background. Seaside really is a pretty cool little town.

That night we went frogging with some friends. Here are our catches. We ended up with four frogs, a salamander, and a worm. They ended up being a lot harder to find than we anticipated but we were still successful. The cops stopped to ask what we were doing. Apparently this is not something people do everyday. We sure had fun though.

My Crafty Self

So awhile ago I scored a nice glider from Thrift City. I am sure everyone is getting sick of hearing about that place but it really is awesome. My chair was only 15 dollars, pretty comfy, and works great. It just didn't look the best. The upholstery had some stains and was getting thread bare in places.

Solution? Re-cover it, of course. So on another trip to the best store ever I scored a set of King-size sheets for $2.50. I had been looking at Wal*Mart and there I could buy a single twin flat sheet for between $5-10. The King-size sheet sets were at least $40. That was just to give you a comparison on deals. So after a good washing the sheets were as good as new and I was on to my next project.

I thought I would give you some side by side comparisons so you could really see the transformations. But first. Here is my lowly glider. I had already started work on the seat (hence the white pad) when I took this picture. The back didn't go quite as planned. It didn't end up being as fitted as I wanted but oh well. It turned out pretty good for a first attempt.
The seat was getting thread-bare and worn down. So I added a foam pad before I covered it and now it is great. The glider had the most stains on it but now it looks nice and new.
So here is the finished before and after pictures. I think it turned out pretty well.
It is a super comfy chair and now it isn't the eye-sore that is was before. Yay for crafting! Now onto the next project-Curtains. Wish me luck!