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motherhubbard
, 06-04-2008 at 02:39 AM (2225 Views)
About seven years ago my husband and I found an oak table with six chairs for 500 dollars. I thought it was a pretty good deal because the chairs were in great shape. The table was a little worse for wear, but the price was right so we bought it.

Over the years we have set hot things on the table, died Easter eggs, colored with sharpies, cut things and slipped, made loaves and loaves of bread, cut patterns and sewn everything, eaten three meals a day… You know, the table is really the heart of the house. It seems like everything that has happened has happened there. And it really showed.

I’ve been thinking about refinishing it for about five years, but I was afraid of ruining it. It has a starburst kind of pattern so the oak grain is cut in triangles and then attached somehow. I was afraid about sanding with the grain on that part. Then it got so bad that I couldn’t ruin it. Half of the varnish was off, there were nicks, spots, colors, you name it. So Saturday I finally decided to start sanding. I put the last coat of poly on today and my table is beautiful. It’s so beautiful and shiny. It looks brand new.

in other news...

We pitched the tent in the back yard and tonight I have two extra kids sleeping over in the tent. Just sleeping in the tent in the back yard is apparently a very fun thing to do. One child will go home tomorrow night, but the other will stay another night. I think we will make some salt dough beads tomorrow. I wish my garden was producing and I would make all of the kids pick veggies! But that will have to wait a little longer.

We have had so much trouble in finding a dog that won’t eat chickens that I just don’t even want a dog anymore. A month or so ago I had ten hens and one rooster, today I have three hens and one rooster. The dog ate a couple and then there was an opossum and now there have been several raccoons. We end up killing some kind of varmint just about everyday. Anymore I don’t even go out to check the chickens unless I have a hoe in the day or a rifle in the night. Raccoons are probably the meanest, but Opossum are the grossest. They look like giant rats. We call them R.O.U.S.es. So my husband has decided that what we need is a great peranese. They apparently will protect whatever they are raised with. SO this weekend we are going to get a goat, a great perigees pup, and five new laying hens. I’m excited about the new additions.

here is a pic of a great peranese

he's a big guy!
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  1. Sarasvati21's Avatar
    A Pyrenees puppy!!! Oh, you have to post pictures!!! Those are the most beautiful dogs, and the puppies are adorable.
  2. pussnboots's Avatar
    I'd love to see a picture of the table. Congrats on doing the job yourself! How long did it take you in total to finish ?
    Great Pyrenes!!! Those dogs are so cute. You'll have to post pictures when you get him/her. Post a picture of the goat and chickens as well if you can.
  3. Virgil's Avatar
    Oh, a Great Pyrannese. Was it hard to find a breeder? They are supposed to be good dogs. He should be great with the kids too. You'll have to show us pictures of the pup. You know how I love dogs.
  4. motherhubbard's Avatar
    I'll need someone to PM me and give a little lesson on how to post pictures that I take myself . It wasn't hard to find a breeder at all and the best part is the pup is only 25 dollars. The table took me two days, but I didn't push it. Actually I was so sick one day that I went to bed and only got up to puke. In hours it was maybe four of actual work, but the drying time was long. We won't be able to get the animals until Saturday because we've loaned our big travel cage to the humane society. I needed to go by there anyway. I'm putting strawberries out today! I hope everyone has a great day.
  5. pussnboots's Avatar
    I can't believe you are getting the puppy for only $25 from a breeder.
  6. motherhubbard's Avatar
    oh I know PnB! it's a great price. We are getting a very good price on the goat and chickens as well. A hen will go for 15-20 and we are getting them for 5 and the goats are around 150 for nothing special but this one is 50! I"m very pleased about it. I've been reading about the dog and I just hope we do a good job training it. I don't know much about that. Know any good books or videos? Thanks Anti, I'll see what I can do.
  7. pussnboots's Avatar
    MH: I know I have some dog books lying around somewhere but I would reccommend if you have in your area, dog obedience training classes. I took both my dogs to obedience school. Here it is a 6 week program where they teach you and your dog the basic commands. They give a final exam at the end and you get a certificate saying your puppy/dog passed obedience school. It's really quite fun plus you get to bond with your dog.
    Let me get back to you though abt the books I have.
  8. Virgil's Avatar
    $25? Wow that is incredibly cheap. We paid $600 for Brandi, a yellow lab. And there are lots of lab pups around and so we could have gotten one cheaper but we went with a reputable breeder that I liked. My uncle used to be into Neopolitan Mastiffs and he used to pay something like $1000 to $2000. They are relatively hard to find. I would suspect that a Great Pyrennese are also hard to find. You got some deal.
  9. Anza's Avatar
    Beautiful dog, Motherhubbard! Good choice!
    And I loved the "Princess Bride" reference! (was I the only one who picked up on that?)
  10. motherhubbard's Avatar
    This lady isn't really a breader. She is just a lady with a lot of animals and a male and female Great Pyrenes that help with the animals. There are really a lot of farm people who sell their animals at very low prices just because they enjoy the animals and like for other people to enjoy the animals. There are some goats that sell for over 4,000! those are some special goats .