Weekend update with chairs and pickles and stuff.
Bear with me. This is probably like 3 posts in 1. But it's chock full of entertainment.
Today I gave my kitchen chairs a makeover by re-upholstering them. They needed it desperately. I think this fabric used to be somewhere in the white family, but it had turned a dingy gray with food-stained polka dots and various other decorations a la Little Guy.
Before:
After!
I originally bought that fabric to make a valance over the french doors in the kitchen, but seeing as it has been in the closet for a year (or more) I decided I could go ahead and use it for the chairs. I think they will look super fantastic when and if I ever get around to painting the table and chairs black.
Moving on, I made the most awesome dessert the other night when we had some friends over for dinner. It's a Double Chocolate Triple Berry Trifle and it was Omigodgood. I made up the recipe and everything, but it was super easy. The "triple" berries were strawberries, blackberries and a raspberry sauce served on top (not pictured). The "double" chocolate was a devil's food dark chocolate cake and white chocolate pudding filling. It also has about a ton of FRESH whipped cream. (no canned or Cool Whip, people.)
I borrowed the trifle dish from my neighbor and returned it to her half full so we wouldn't eat the whole damn thing.
Ok, next topic. My dog will eat anything you throw at him. He's pretty trusting that it's a piece of meat or cheese or something he likes. I have always wanted to test this theory to see if he would still catch and immediately inhale ANYTHING I threw at his mouth that I was eating. Well, I did it. I was eating a dill pickle tonight and he was at my feet, begging, as usual. So naturally I threw a pickle at him. He caught it and it was hilarious watching him try to spit it out even though he had halfway swallowed it. I guess he doesn't like pickles, but the amusement was worth it all.
Number next: It's time for a new installment of Whitehousemom's Crazy Dreams.
The other night I dreamed I was at my sister's house (which is, incidentally, the former home of my deceased grandmother, so I'm always freaked out there anyway) and I was asleep, but got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. I opened the door and in the hallway standing right in front of me was this decayed dead girl blocking my way. She kind of looked like the creepy girl from The Ring, with the black hair and white nightgown but her hair was up in a tight bun, so I could totally see her rotting off face. In my dream I was trying to scream for help and the sounds wouldn't come out. I was TERRIFIED and Hub even had to wake me up because I was thrashing around and trying to scream. Nice.
Today I gave my kitchen chairs a makeover by re-upholstering them. They needed it desperately. I think this fabric used to be somewhere in the white family, but it had turned a dingy gray with food-stained polka dots and various other decorations a la Little Guy.
Before:
After!
I originally bought that fabric to make a valance over the french doors in the kitchen, but seeing as it has been in the closet for a year (or more) I decided I could go ahead and use it for the chairs. I think they will look super fantastic when and if I ever get around to painting the table and chairs black.
Moving on, I made the most awesome dessert the other night when we had some friends over for dinner. It's a Double Chocolate Triple Berry Trifle and it was Omigodgood. I made up the recipe and everything, but it was super easy. The "triple" berries were strawberries, blackberries and a raspberry sauce served on top (not pictured). The "double" chocolate was a devil's food dark chocolate cake and white chocolate pudding filling. It also has about a ton of FRESH whipped cream. (no canned or Cool Whip, people.)
I borrowed the trifle dish from my neighbor and returned it to her half full so we wouldn't eat the whole damn thing.
Ok, next topic. My dog will eat anything you throw at him. He's pretty trusting that it's a piece of meat or cheese or something he likes. I have always wanted to test this theory to see if he would still catch and immediately inhale ANYTHING I threw at his mouth that I was eating. Well, I did it. I was eating a dill pickle tonight and he was at my feet, begging, as usual. So naturally I threw a pickle at him. He caught it and it was hilarious watching him try to spit it out even though he had halfway swallowed it. I guess he doesn't like pickles, but the amusement was worth it all.
Number next: It's time for a new installment of Whitehousemom's Crazy Dreams.
The other night I dreamed I was at my sister's house (which is, incidentally, the former home of my deceased grandmother, so I'm always freaked out there anyway) and I was asleep, but got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. I opened the door and in the hallway standing right in front of me was this decayed dead girl blocking my way. She kind of looked like the creepy girl from The Ring, with the black hair and white nightgown but her hair was up in a tight bun, so I could totally see her rotting off face. In my dream I was trying to scream for help and the sounds wouldn't come out. I was TERRIFIED and Hub even had to wake me up because I was thrashing around and trying to scream. Nice.