It has been a busy weekend for me...whew!  I think this is the first time I have sat down today. 

Saturday I woke up early because I had a ton of errands to run and a hair appointment at 12:30.  I had some grocery shopping to do and I wanted to go to Kroger.  Since they closed the one here I had to drive to Raleigh, it was worth it since they had a good sale on some things I really needed.  So off to Raleigh to go to Kroger, then to Harris Teeter (they had some good sales too) and that completed my grocery shopping.  Since I was in the area and had 30% off I stopped by Kohl's.  I found two pocket books on the clearance rack that would make a perfect Christmas gift and one as a gift to myself  :)

Back to Wake Forest where I had to make a stop at Home Depot to get the items to start working on my bedroom suit remodel, and then to Target.  After all that I was starving so I ran to Sonic grabbed a hot dog.  I scarfed it down in 5 minutes and ran in to get my hair cut.  Then I had to come home unload and put up a trunk full of groceries.  After that I dropped off some Pampered Chef stuff and then came home and sat down for about 10 minutes.

Then I went hunting, and when I got home I changed clothes and we went to the shack to spend some time with our friends.

Fast forward now it's today.  I wanted to get up early and start working on one of the night stands.  I was itching to try out my new sander.  I promised I would only work on it until 1:00 since my house was a total mess from not having time to clean Saturday.  So I got up and went to the shop to get to work.


So this is actually Mark's night stand.  It doesn't match my set, but I thought it would be a good practice piece (ha ha).  Well as I started sanded it I figured out it wasn't real wood (which explained the terrible whelps) it was made of some type of pressed particle wood.  Anyway, after 5 hours I got it sanded pretty well.  I still have to work on the drawers but I made some progress.

I have to do some research because I think I can go ahead and prime, but I might have to do a little more sanding.

If you are planning on refinishing furniture I can tell you from today...it is not an easy task!  This is going to take a lot of time and patience (which I lack).  Hopefully I can do a little at a time and get it done before the end of the year.  I will keep you posted!