Curb Finds: A Telephone Table

~Curb Finds~A Telephone Table

by FriggleFraggle

We live in a typical city suburb neighborhood, winding streets lined with ticky tacky little boxes. It is fairly quiet for the city but louder than the country side that I am so accustomed to. Since we are on the edge of a big city we get the pleasure of having a little more space for nature trails and walking paths that someone thoughtfully planned when making this neighborhood. I am thankful for that!

Each night we go for a walk taking different routes to see new things. I love to look at the flowers and decorative gates that make the houses a little unique from one another.  I compare flowers and trees from here to where I lived before to get ideas of what grows locally so I can begin planting my yard. Taking pictures to capture the colorful beauty to hold on to throughout the year because winter is coming and it will be cold and white for a long time.

In this neighborhood, most likely in many others, when someone is wanting to part with a piece of furniture they will put it out on the curb for others to take.

I have found a few interesting items and have taken some to donate at the thrift store as well.

One of my finds was This Awesome Mirror!(coming soon)

This one is about a telephone table that was a little too rough to go to the thrift shop so I decided I would see what I could do with it.

This is what it looked like when I first picked it up.

It was covered in a thick layer of sludge and smelled of wet basement. So I got some cleaning supplies and started scrubbing.

Sadly it was in too rough of shape to take to the thrift shop. They would just trash it. 

I decided I would take on the project to see if I could fix it up. If not, then I would toss it to the curb next garbage day. I was up for the challenge!

I took the table and cloth parts off and started sanding. One of the legs was a little wobbly so I got some metal corner brackets and sturdied them all. Then I added the first coat of paint.

I chose black as the base color then added many layers of browns and gold.

I found these awesome curtains at the thrift shop and fell in love! They had 4 panels and one extra partial panel that was cut so I used the partial one to recover the bench.

It was a lot of work over a few weeks when I had a little free time. I am glad I saved this piece and gave it new life. It gets used everyday!

The gold dried a little sharper than when I first added it so I am thinking about softening it out some with browns. What do you think?

From Curb

to Classy

April
~FriggleFraggle~
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5K!

One of my new years resolutions or goals for the year was to do a 5K race on my birthday. I have been working on it and I finally did my first 5K today since I was a teen! (Don't get me wrong, working on the farm and having kids, I walked way more than that everyday but just to do one on it's own, in my free time) AND I realized that today is exactly one month until my birthday! This was not a race, I am just training in my driveway. (see earlier post here - yes, I know I need to update it :P)

Now that I know I can do it time to find one and sign up :D

Million Mile Month Week 1-2 Updated

Week 1 April 1-7, 2016

Day 1    2.11 miles @ 40.52 min. 19.03/per mile  Total 2.11 @ 40.52 min  60* nice
Day 2    1.06 miles @ 17.29 min. 16.09/per mile  Total 3.1   @ 57.81 min  50* windy
Day 3    1.07 miles @ 19.50 min. 18.29/per mile  Total 4.24 @ 1.3 hours    60* windy
Day 4    1.07 miles @ 17.46 min. 16.19/per mile  Total 5.31 @ 1.6 hours    60* rainy
Day 5    1.32 miles @ 28.46 min.  20.49/per mile Total 6.63 @ 2.08 hours  40* windy
Day 6    1.04 miles @ 20.59 min.  19.49/per mile Total 7.67 @ 2.43 hours  50* very windy
Day 7    0

Week 2 April 8-14, 2016

Day 8    .38 miles   @ 8.43 min.  22.49/per mile Total 8.05  @ 2.51 hours   50* windy/rain
Day 9    0                                                                                                40* rain/snow
Day 10  0                                                                                                 40* rain
Day 11  1.35 miles @ 31.15 min.  22.58/per mile Total 9.41 @ 3.09 hours  50* cloudy/wet
Day 12  1.36 miles @ 29.52 min.  22.19/per mile Total 10.76 @ 3.59 hours 60* nice
Day 13  1.52 miles @ 30.18 min.  19.31/per mile Total 12.28 @ 4.1 hours 60* beautiful
Day 14

The goal I have set for myself is 30 miles in the Month of April. I figured if I do a mile a day (or more on the days I am up to it- so if I have to skip a day because of weather or schedule, I could be a little ahead) I can accomplish the goal.

I am going to keep a weekly log of my progress. I am mostly walking, jogging, or running on a gravel driveway that is on a hill. When I get to go to the track I will note it so I can keep track of the difference in the terrain.

Here are some pics of the driveway that I am using right now. It is convenient because it is just outside of my house and I can just go when I have the time. Going to the track or trail will be nice when I am able to schedule it, but it also means driving longer than I will be working out.

According to the GPS tracking on Map My Run I need to walk down the length of the driveway 9 times and up 8 times to make 1 mile.

Down the driveway

Down the driveway

Up the driveway

Gravel I am treading on :P

I use this time to either clear my mind, pray or listen to music depending on what I need at the time.

It is getting easier each day. The weather is also getting nicer. It has been quite windy the last few days though and it rained on me on day 4 but I kept on going.

The wind and cooler weather make it harder for me to stay out for very long. I can't handle the cold very well.

P.S. I don't like being in the rain because I will melt :P

~FriggleFraggle~

Million Mile Month

April 1. 2016 starts MMM

Million Mile Month

You can register here

http://millionmilemonth.org/

I have signed up and linked it to Map My Run using the GPS app on my phone

You can sign up for free or donate 

Time to get active!