A Lamp, etc..

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Happy Sunday everyone! I got to sleep in a bit this morning (thanks hubby), so I'm feeling refreshed.  O.k., first, the lamp. My sister bought a brass lamp from goodwill for $4.99. It didn't end up selling at the flea market, so I claimed it as my own. Here's a before picture (obviously it's the one in the middle):

I felt like I needed a little more yellow in my life, so I spray painted it "straw flower" by rustoleum and I love how it turned out. Here's the after shot :

Brass is seriously so easy to paint! It coats so well.

WHY??? Why??? Why is is SO hard to find a "perfect" lampshade for this lamp!!?? All I'm looking for is a white drum shade that is long enough to hide the harp of the lamp. I think there is a conspiracy going on because I went to like 6 different places yesterday and had the hardest time. Finally WalMart had a cream colored shade that was the right shape. Yay! BUT, it is too short and shows the harp. Grrrrr. Seriously??!! Seriously!

The lamp shade hunt continues! I refuse to go back to the large pleated style that the brass lamp typically has. I'll let you know what I come up with. I noticed that Walmart had adjustable lamp harps so that may be the road I have to take....we'll see.

Yesterday we had a garage sale and it went really well. We sold a ton of JUNK, and whatever didn't sell got swiftly donated to goodwill. Away with you junk, away!!! Here's a pic or two :)

Noah and Hayden had a lemonade stand too :)

And Uncle Josh brought bagels....YUM!

Ha ha!

After the garage sale, the kids took a much needed nap (& I dropped off the junk at goodwill and ran around looking for a lamp shade). When I got home, we headed out to have some Saturday family fun. Our local outdoor mall has a HUGE Ferris wheel and the kids were dying to go on it. We have been on it before, but daddy wasn't with us the previous time so this was a special treat.

We had a great time being out and about, and the kids thought it was extra cool that they got to stay out until 10pm. Summer rules!!!!

Oh yeah, and I have officially decided that I am going to be a person that gets to have fresh flowers on my table often. It's official!

Look at these beauties! GORGEOUS!
Happy Summer :)