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Seventy Year Flashback

F Trish and John Trish, Barb, and John with our dad and Grandpa Otto. John, Jim, Trish, Marg, and Barb Me with my little sis, Sheila. Looking a little less than thrilled to be posing for this picture. High school 1964 I think. I honestly do not remember this outfit.  Is that possible?  Why would I think that bedspread would make a good background? Colorado January 1972 Jodie and her mom. Sheila, Dan, Trish Tricia, Jodie, and Andy Amber, Taylor Jodie, Gabriel, Tricia Taylor, Grandma, Amber Dan, John, Barb, Jim, Marg, Trish That's the short version of my seventy year history.

Components That Make an Island

I finally narrowed the island down to a home made recipe, the ingredients of which I talked about in this post .  Now comes the part where we mix it all together and hope it comes out looking good. Dan and Ron took two sets of bed frames and turned them into a rectangular frame for the base of the island. Casters were purchased at Junque and are the perfect size for the base. Here is is upside down as Dan prepares to add the castors. The cutting, drilling and welding on these materials was not quick or easy. While they were working off site, I applied some stripper and then took the paint scraper to this board that was salvaged from the alley by my neighbor, Rich. Because the board was six inches too short for the length I had in mind, Dan suggested we slice it and add a piece in between. We then decided to bridge the gap with this piece of metal Ron had in his stash. I picked up some carriage bolts and sprayed the bright shiny silver with a gray prim