The final touch

The bench is complete and looks beautiful. I can't get over the amazing job Wes did on building the table and the bench. The pictures do not do it justice. Now, in a previous post, I explained to y'all how the staining and all that nonsense was going to be my responsibility. Ha. Yah right. Of course he didn't let me touch it. Correction, I actually applied the second layer of the polyurethane to the bench. I think it was my amazing polyurethaning skills that make the bench look so amazing. Right.

The finished project ! !

Other views

Jack was following me around while I was snapping the photos and very badly wanted his picture taken. I told him he had to sit and look pretty - I think he did a great job.

Weekend Happenings

This past weekend we headed out of town to Virginia because NC State was playing UVA !

First stop: Richmond

Love Richmond. We went out for dinner, which of course was accompanied by drinks, which of course led to dancing (most likely to blamed on the too many drinks). Needless to say when the alarm went off at 715 the next morning nobody wanted to move. However, Papa Wes rallied the troops with promises of leaving us if we weren't ready to go by 8:30. We needed to be to our next stop by 1000.

Charlottesville! Please note the tailgating supplies we are hauling with us to Charlottesville.

Clearly necessary for a proper tailgate. We couldn't let those UVA fan think we do not know how to throw a proper tailgate party. Please note my show pumpkins. =) And yes Wes, my show pumpkins make the table.

We had a blast at the game! And NC State won ! ! ! UVA has a beautiful campus and stadium - the fans were great.

The next morning we headed up the mountain to Michie's Tavern. One of my patients told me it was absoultely necessary that we eat here. And OH MY GOODNESS - he was so right. Michie's Tavern was established in the 1790's. The tavern serves a buffet similar to what one would have found during that time. Please see my plate below.

Out of control. And yes I ate almost the whole plate. And yes those are layers of food. I couldn't fit everything on my plate. And I finished up my meal by sharing a peach cobbler that is indescribably delicious. I need to stop talking about it ... my mouth is starting to drool.

Our next stop was Carter Mountain - to pick apples ! ! !

Jenn was very excited about picking apples! One item off the bucket list - check. I'm still waiting for my apple pie, btw, JB.

Even Wes joined in on the fun. He says he doesn't like these outings ... but deep down he loves it.

Love-A-Fair

I have been a bad blogger! We have been tailgating and traveling too much the past couple of weekends. Have no fear - I have lots of pictures to share of our adventures.

First up - The NC State Fair.

Let me begin by telling y'all my love of the NC State Fair. I LOVE THE FAIR. Wes does not share the same love nor enthusiasm for the fair as I do. However, this did not stop me for making him go this year. And you know what? Guess who had a great time and said "I could do that again, I mean it wasn't that bad." Oh right - Mr I love the fair Wes. (Okay, so maybe "love" is still too strong of a word.)

We attended the fair with my best friend and fair partner of 4 years - Ms JB and her bf, Alex. I can tell you, we successfully ate our way through the fair. I documented the majority of the food we ate. Please see below:

Giant Turkey Leg - 1 / Wes - 0

Al's french fries - One of Jenn's favorites

You know you're in 4-H when .... you get really excited when you 4 leaf clovers - Loved my days in 4-H!

Our group! We had our picture taken waiting for the pig / duck / goat races.

If Wes was a pumpkin - he would be Bob the Builder Pumpkin. =)

WE LOVE CHEESE ! !

Fried Cheese Balls - Oh my goodness ... words do not/cannot describe the deliciousness wrongness of these treats.

Finishing up our night with deep fried oreos and deep fried pecan pie. We are fat kid / star crossed lovers.

Richard, What did you do?!

This morning, as I was laying all snug as a bug with Lucy, I heard a thud, followed by several choice words. I assumed Wes had either fallen, or Jack tried to jump into the shower. Wrong on both assumptions, please see below.

It appears something is missing....

Well that's no good. Apparently when Wes got in this morning, the shower head came unattached, which of course caused water to spray everywhere. I can only imagine the chain of events going down in the shower once the head came unattached. Awesome. (*Side note - Lucy and I are still snuggled in bed, clueless to the bathroom fiasco.)

When I finally did get up, of course I needed to shower, wash my hair, however I was not down for spraying myself, bathroom, etc. with non shower operating shower head. So opted for this route instead.

I'm must say - my hair turned out extra shiny today. I'm thinking it might have had something to do with the bacon I was cooking prior to the bird bath. Perhaps there were some extra bacon bits/grease left in the sink?

The Farm Table Revamp

As it turns out we did not like how the stain turned out with table. It was too dark. So, last week, Wes spent his evenings sanding down the top, reapplying a new stain, lightly sanding that down, followed by polyurethane. I never knew this could be such a process. Seriously - sand, polyurethane, sand, polyurethane, sand. Our dining room turned into the color of pale pale brown with all the sawdust all over the walls, and floor. Even Jack turned a lighter color of black. However - the end result - PERFECTION. The table is gorgeous. Especially when the sun comes through the windows in the morning - the table glows.

Our next step is formal dining chairs (see picture below) and to build a bench. Now as a side note - I was informed that the bench would be my project when it comes to the sanding, staining, polyurethaning. Wes informed me that this will make me feel apart of the project - ha. Quite honestly I'm not sure why he would want to leave me responsible with a sander, stain, and polyurethane. But have no fear - I will be sure to post about my first staining project.

Another angle:

Upclose:

One more view:

The final look we are shooting for; however our dining chairs (the ones we are lusting over ... correction Wes likes, I love) will be slightly different.