#16: New display in the hutch & #51: Shred our pile of papers

Now that the last remnants of Christmas have been put away it was time for a Spring-inspired display in the hutch.  I also had my husband finally shred all of our junk mail and other papers that have been piling up on it.  The next step is to add the shredded paper to our compost pile.  #59?

#1: Spray paint bulls and put them up

Little bull heads mounted on the wall now hold our keys.  And not just any bulls.  These bulls came direct from the Broomcorn Festival in Arcola, IL.  Done and done.

# 27: Refurbish thrift store tables.

So the other weekend while shopping with my mom, I came across two small gold tables. I thought they would be perfect to use next to our sectional in our TV room.

We first cleaned the tables really well with glass cleaner. And then separated the glass tops and the stands. We decided to spray paint the stand of the table white and the underside of the glass red.

By only spray painting the bottom of the glass red, it left the top of the glass a shiny surface that would be able to have drinks and plates set on it without scratching the paint. Below is the finished product. The first picture is of the tables in our TV room. I love the way they turned out!

#41: Compost old beer.

First of all, there are over 40 thinks on my "40 days 40 projects list" because there are over 40 things I have put off doing...once I started a list I just kept going. We are going to try and get to 40 projects over lent, it just might not be the first 40 I listed.

Secondly, I feel I need to explain my reasoning for throwing out beer. You see for the last two Labor Days we have held rather large BBQs. The first year it was VERY hot and though we had bought tons of beer and people had brought some of their own, we ran out and had to make a beer run during the party. The second year, we were determined to not run out, so we got more beer. But for whatever reason--the cooler weather, less beer drinkers, whatever--we had LOTS of left over beer. So we put it in our beer fridge, and invited people over the next few weekends afterwards. We even brought beer with us when we went to others houses! But we never got rid of all that beer. So today, with the sun shining, I dumped several cans of beer into our compost pile (along with some decaying fruit from the kitchen, lint from the dryer, and puppy poo from the yard). Now our basement is clear from expired drinks, and our compost pile got all hopped up on beer.

#13: Put away the rest of Christmas.

16 dishes, 2 candy dishes, 1 serving platter, 7 mugs, 1 teapot, 1 cookie jar, all of various Christmas and winter themes are now put away in their proper spots. No longer will they lurk in cupboards, counters or the hutch; they are all now in their "homes" waiting next years holiday season.

#24: Put up cat tree.

Yes, yes. I know. It's been nearly 3 months since Christmas, Mom, and we just now assembled and put up the cat tree you got us. After putting it off and putting it off, it only took us the better part of an hour to do and I am really liking the way it looks. And I think the cats are going to like it too.

#29: Make Reservations for Turkey Run

So Easter is coming closer, and we have scratched one thing off our 40 project list...Man, I'm even procrastinating when I gave up procrastinating for lent.

But I'll take it, one down is one down. And though it sounds simple--to make a reservation to go camping--coordinating 5 couples summer weekend schedules to get together and go camping is not easy. It should be a great summer road trip and a great camping trip. Turkey Run is one of the best state parks in Indiana, and as winter melts to spring and spring heats to summer, I will be looking forward to it.