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Your Input, Please
In a few weeks, I’m going to give a little informational talk to a women’s group from my church. What am I going to talk about? Well, I was wondering if you could help me with that. The topic of my talk is autism. And, yes, I really don’t need any additional information on that — I mean, I could go on for days as it is — but I’m wondering what other people would like to know. The amount of information about autism has gone up tremendously over the past few years. Just last week, Oprah did a show about it. But, you know, there is a lot of information out there and I’d just like to know what people would like to hear about. So, if you could leave your question(s) in the comment section of this post I’d be very grateful.

Art Project

This is an art project that Jon put up in our den/playroom. He found a cool photo of three Yellow-Shafted Flickers (otherwise known as Yellowhammers). He then did some computer mojo on it and presto, art. It looks so great and brings lots of color to the wall. So, if you like it, you know what you have to do. Find a great photo, apply mojo with your computer, get some colored paper that you like and then print and hang it up.

Art Project

This is an art project that Jon put up in our den/playroom. He found a cool photo of three Yellow-Shafted Flickers (otherwise known as Yellowhammers). He then did some computer mojo on it and presto, art. It looks so great and brings lots of color to the wall. So, if you like it, you know what you have to do. Find a great photo, apply mojo with your computer, get some colored paper that you like and then print and hang it up.

Art Project

This is an art project that Jon put up in our den/playroom. He found a cool photo of three Yellow-Shafted Flickers (otherwise known as Yellowhammers). He then did some computer mojo on it and presto, art. It looks so great and brings lots of color to the wall. So, if you like it, you know what you have to do. Find a great photo, apply mojo with your computer, get some colored paper that you like and then print and hang it up.

I Read This Blog Everyday…
and now I’m on it. Wow. Check out my chair on
Apartment Therapy.

I Read This Blog Everyday…
and now I’m on it. Wow. Check out my chair on
Apartment Therapy.

I Read This Blog Everyday…
and now I’m on it. Wow. Check out my chair on
Apartment Therapy.

Chair is Finished
The saga of the Dux chair is over. Here is a quick rundown.
You may recall that Jon got the free Dux chair from some folks who posted on Craigslist. It was a cool chair. In fact, it reminds me a bit of this one. It was covered in SMELLY black fabric. I started taking it apart and discovered that the fabric wasn’t the worst of it. I thought, before beginning, that the foam would need replacing and that it was deteriorating, somewhat. That would be an understatement. As I ripped the chair apart, the foam ran out like sand. Actually, that voice, from Days of Our Lives kept running through my head during this part of the process, the one that says, “Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.” So, anyway, when one takes a chair apart, the whole thing is like a puzzle in reverse. And part of my puzzle was missing. That made the whole process more of a guess and more lengthy, too, since I didn’t guess right sometimes. So, yes, it took awhile. It was exhausting. It was sort of fun and, yes, I’ll probably so another project someday. But, I’m finished with upholstery for now.

In closing, I would like to thank
1. Jon, for abiding with the mess and buying more staples
2. Nathan for his kind comments and general encouragement
3. Van Morrison, The Bees, The Kinks, the Meet the Robinsons Soundtrack, and any other band that my picky CD player would deem worthy of playing
4. Beer, of course
5. My stubborn nature — it comes in handy sometimes

Before:

After:

A slideshow of the whole project put together by my techno-smart husband:
Slideshow of Entire Project
*The best picture of all is at the very end of the slideshow.

Whew.

Chair is Finished
The saga of the Dux chair is over. Here is a quick rundown.
You may recall that Jon got the free Dux chair from some folks who posted on Craigslist. It was a cool chair. In fact, it reminds me a bit of this one. It was covered in SMELLY black fabric. I started taking it apart and discovered that the fabric wasn’t the worst of it. I thought, before beginning, that the foam would need replacing and that it was deteriorating, somewhat. That would be an understatement. As I ripped the chair apart, the foam ran out like sand. Actually, that voice, from Days of Our Lives kept running through my head during this part of the process, the one that says, “Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.” So, anyway, when one takes a chair apart, the whole thing is like a puzzle in reverse. And part of my puzzle was missing. That made the whole process more of a guess and more lengthy, too, since I didn’t guess right sometimes. So, yes, it took awhile. It was exhausting. It was sort of fun and, yes, I’ll probably so another project someday. But, I’m finished with upholstery for now.

In closing, I would like to thank
1. Jon, for abiding with the mess and buying more staples
2. Nathan for his kind comments and general encouragement
3. Van Morrison, The Bees, The Kinks, the Meet the Robinsons Soundtrack, and any other band that my picky CD player would deem worthy of playing
4. Beer, of course
5. My stubborn nature — it comes in handy sometimes

Before:

After:

A slideshow of the whole project put together by my techno-smart husband:
Slideshow of Entire Project
*The best picture of all is at the very end of the slideshow.

Whew.

Chair is Finished
The saga of the Dux chair is over. Here is a quick rundown.
You may recall that Jon got the free Dux chair from some folks who posted on Craigslist. It was a cool chair. In fact, it reminds me a bit of this one. It was covered in SMELLY black fabric. I started taking it apart and discovered that the fabric wasn’t the worst of it. I thought, before beginning, that the foam would need replacing and that it was deteriorating, somewhat. That would be an understatement. As I ripped the chair apart, the foam ran out like sand. Actually, that voice, from Days of Our Lives kept running through my head during this part of the process, the one that says, “Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.” So, anyway, when one takes a chair apart, the whole thing is like a puzzle in reverse. And part of my puzzle was missing. That made the whole process more of a guess and more lengthy, too, since I didn’t guess right sometimes. So, yes, it took awhile. It was exhausting. It was sort of fun and, yes, I’ll probably so another project someday. But, I’m finished with upholstery for now.

In closing, I would like to thank
1. Jon, for abiding with the mess and buying more staples
2. Nathan for his kind comments and general encouragement
3. Van Morrison, The Bees, The Kinks, the Meet the Robinsons Soundtrack, and any other band that my picky CD player would deem worthy of playing
4. Beer, of course
5. My stubborn nature — it comes in handy sometimes

Before:

After:

A slideshow of the whole project put together by my techno-smart husband:
Slideshow of Entire Project
*The best picture of all is at the very end of the slideshow.

Whew.