Work, Work, Work!

So, Justin came home yesterday but he was off again this morning. I should have him back this weekend. The kids are at their dad's until Monday. I didn't have Justin long...we had dinner, examined the Christmas gifts we ordered for people that came this week (and did a lot of laughing), he had to do a business call kinda late so we really just went to bed (wink) after that and then went to sleep.

Waking up this morning was so nice...I love the feel of his body next to mine. We snuggle well...he's my perfect Lego. I felt so content.

While he's away I will be pretty much doing nothing but working. Overtime = Christmas gifts.  I love, love, love giving Christmas presents! I cannot even tell you how excited I am about going to his parents' house for Christmas. It will be so much fun. I depart for Oregon in 22 days, 9 hours, 30 minutes. Justin keeps saying how excited he is about the trip too.

This weekend I am determined to get some projects done! I bought some fabric for less than $12 (yay 50% off!) and used my new staple gun to redo the fabric on the dining chairs. This dining set was given to me and the fabric that was on the chairs was a light color and all kinds of stained. My kids have just made them worse. They gross me out...so I made them better! I have one more chair to do...it's a bit of a pain.  See before and after:

Justin totally amazed me last week. I had said several times I wanted to get a kitty condo for our cat. We had an empty corner in the living room that would be perfect for such a thing and I figured she would like it. I didn't want to spend $100+ on such a thing so Justin designed and constructed one! All it cost was about $35 for the wood. I found a free carpet remnant on Craigslist and we had leftover stain from a previous project.

Here is the constructed condo before carpeting and staining:

Here's the kitty in the box!

Here's Justin adding the carpeting (after staining):

And the finished product:

He amazes me constantly.  I love him!!

This weekend I have some PJs to make...for me, Gavin and for a friend for Christmas.  I am tempted to make another handbag as a gift...it's been years since I made one so I don't know if I can still do it.

Ah, I miss him already.