Its Been a Minute...

Oookay so its been a month give me a break

a girl can only do so much..

laundry

dishes

clean the house

work

take out the trash..

or

In my case

be so consumed with a TV show that nothing else seems to matter

Its sad and rather pathetic

If you're looking for a good way to waist your time other than

facebook

and

pintrest

take this show

It WILL consume your life

Jake and I have seriously been obsessed with this show

I blame this for my absence

moving on.

My time hasn't been all waisted

A few posts ago I told you I was working on a project for my bathroom ..

well

its finished

Kinda

I'm going to go ahead and call this one my stumper project

Why?

well this project became my worst enemy

not only because it took me forever and plus some to finish it

but because this project believe it or not had more dead ends than I had imagined

It started with this little sucker

Have you ever tried to take a pallet apart?

Yeah.. Everyone on pintrest makes it look simple

Well

 let me help reality smack you in the face a little..

It is NOT easy.. those nails attaching it are absolutely not meant to come out,

GO FIGURE!

but with a nice hammer and handy husband

 and of course

 a couple of profanities

You'll get it apart

I used the skill saw to get the edges off only because I didn't need the full piece

made my job a little easier

after you get the pieces needed apart those rusty stubborn nails are still going to be around

once again your hammer will be your best friend with this project

Okay.. any Ideas of what this nightmare is turning into?

Yes ladies and Gents

I'm shooting for a "Pallet Shelf"

I immediately fell in love with the "rustic look"

and this little star. I'm not sure what its supposed to stand for but I liked it

JCI - BAT RTN1

You re Mine!

I applied the back anchors on my 3 main pieces

And Nailed away

Soon enough (a week later)

My project looked half way complete

(I'm not sure why my hood is wrapped around the front of my neck like its cute or something)

Alright, It may or may not look easy to you by this point in the game but let me inform you that

just moments after the snap of this picture, was the Snap of my shelf

the weight of the top shelf ripped off causing  the majority of the project to fall to pieces..

!itsokaylifegoeson!

and so did the project

I went to the one and only

Lowes and got 3 clearance hooks for a steal

I don't have the process pictures but the

 finished project

Insert:

D r u m R o l l

Ahhh

Finished!

Hanging in its assigned placement ?

psh, are you joking?

We haven't even figured out how to hang it yet

Husband has a "few Ideas"

I guess we'll tackle that one this weekend

This project was ridiculous

broke 3 of my drill bits

took me almost a month to finish

(partly because I hated it and found every reason NOT to work on it)

snapped a countless number of screws

and the worst part of it all

it still isn't finished

a midst the terrible project:

When Jake and I bought our home,

Along with the carpet, the floors, the paint and everything else that had to get ripped out

we had a "pretty little tree" in our back yard that quite possibly could have qualified as the ugliest tree standing in utah

Thats not it.. but its close enough

Jake and I  have put off cutting it down only because it just wasnt our number one priorty

But i came home to quite the surprise over the weekend:

TIIIMMMMBBBERRRRR

Tree Down

Oh I couldnt beleive my eyes!!

Best husband award for cutting down the ugly tree

and SO much more!

Tucker and Aspent Turned into Beavers for a day

and help shread the remains

What great little helpers they were!

We're Red Necks.. I know....

Any Ideas on how to hang the stumper project?

Whats your favorite tv show?