All the projects I want to do lately require sanding the wood first. I've never sanded a thing in my life. But, my father was an expert hobby woodworker and carpenter and I just know I inherited some of that talent.
So I pulled a drawer off the old dresser and took it out to the garge. Found some sandpaper in Hubby's toolbox and happily started sanding away!
About 40 minutes later (along with a couple of blisters and a broken nail -- not to mention all the sawdust in my eyes and on my clothes and shoes) and my dresser drawer really doesn't look all that sanded. It actually looks exactly the same. Except now it has a bunch of scratches all over it. Wow. I worked very hard at that. I'm obviously a failure at sanding things. I did not inherit the cool woodworking gene from my dad after all.
This is how I felt:
I was so bummed out. I had such huge plans pictured in my mind of all the beautiful things I could create out of all the old stuff. But as a sanding failure, I wouldn't be able to do anything now...
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But then ... a surprise ... ...
Whoa!!! Just look at what my sweet Hubby bought me!!
An electric hand sander ... sanding ... thingie! It arrives tomorrow! Oh my gosh, I can't WAIT to sand something!
(!!! happy dance !!!)
My hopes and dreams have been restored! I'm going to be a sanding fool! You are all going to read about the most awesome and incredible "before and after" projects on my blog one day.
Thanks for visiting!
7 comments:
Congratulations! Enjoy your sanding projects. :)
Pam
Good luck, that looks like a great sander! I can't wait to see your before and after posts!
Carlee,
ladybirdln.blogspot.com
Oh Fun!!! & very sweet..
& it looks even a little "girlie" :)
I had something similar this week... oldest son said, "Mom, I bought you something" & he hands me a new staple gun.. I did that upholstery project with an older one & he thought I should have something better.. sweet Boy :)
+ it was a power tool & it was on sale... his kind of deal.. :)
Now make sure you show us what you do with your new toy
It's amazing what the right tool will do! Snaps to Don for choosing it for you~
You're going to love your sander...and very quickly you're going to want a detail sander. Yes, another expense, but you'll get mush better results on anything with turned pieces...corners hard to reach, etc. Thank you for dropping by my post a for the follow. I'll be following, you, too. Cherry Kay
I see so many wonderful projects that it motivates me, too. But I have tried doing some of these things quite a long time ago and didn't do too well, alas. It takes a LOT of work.
That was so sweet of your hubby to get that for you. I hope you have lots of fun. :)
Elisabeth
What a great hubby! Can't wait to see what you do with your new sander! I know the feeling... Soooo many cool projects just waiting in the wings.
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