August 25, 2004

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  Another freebie! Another project!    By now most of us have heard of Freecycle.For those that haven't, Freecycle are a mailing lists that are set up for the area in which one lives. List members post "give away" items which they want to keep out of the landfill, bless another with or just plain get the heck out of their house! Perhaps you have a fish tank that is cracked, so it doesn't hold fish. Someone that has lizards may be able to use that, though. Post it! Old windows or an old sliding glass door? Post it! Too many day lilies? Post it! Baby or children's clothing, a usable rug in a funky color, paint, stair stepper, furniture, etc. Post 'em! Or if you have a need. For example, I posted looking for Stella d'Oro lilies, which are hard to find in my area, and which reproduce like mad. Gardeners are known to be generous people, and knowing this I posted that I was looking for some if someone had some to share. My request was answered! I also posted that I was looking for quilting cottons to use for making charitable quilts with students. I had a woman write to me about it. Some of the requests people are making are a bit crazy: I want a sailboat, a canoe, a laptop computer. One woman seems to have put her entire Christmas shopping list on the group! LOL Some people have brass ones, that is for sure!   To see if there is a Freecycle group in your area, or to see about starting one up, go to http://www.freecycle.org.   So Sunday night a lady posted to the group that she had a ladies writing desk that she wanted to move out of her house. I just jumped right on that one! I had been saying to Michael that Saturday, just the day before, that I wanted a small desk for the bedroom to use as a bill desk. I wanted something to fit just behind our loveseat in the sitting area of the bedroom, and guess what! The ladies desk is PERFECT!  For some reason Mike seemed to think the desk was too big, but it was exactly what I was picturing when I was talking about it. Now to get a nice wooden desk chair.  Of course, I want to refinish it. lol I have honey colored pine furniture in our bedroom, and I want to paint anything else that we put in there with some sort of painted furniture finish. I am thinking to make the desk either red or green, then paint it black and sand off the edges and certain spots to make the other color come through. OR paint it green and age it with black or sienna over it. I am hunting up furniture pictures online until I find "the" inspiration. I have time..it isn't like I don't have 12 different painting/construction/rehab projects to do! Most of them have been waiting on cooler weather, and the garage being cleaned out and fixed up so that I have room to work in there. I was in the garage yesterday and decided that, yes, I have plenty that I too, can Freecycle.   Do it..join a Freecycle list! It is FUN!   Blessings...                                      Kathie

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