Years ago, we purchased a kitchen table which served eight. At that time, there were only seven in our family and the whole crew was very vocal about the need to fill that extra seat. Years went by and the first to fill the seat was our future daughter-in-law, then later our little Benjamin made number eight in our family. With this square table came a Lazy Susan giving very handy access to delicious dishes. However, a Lazy Susan and four boys means you have just invested in a kitchen table weapon. The boys would spin the Lazy Susan with such force that the dishes would fly off, defying gravity's pull. So Lazy Susan was vanquished to the kitchen pantry. This week I decided to bring her back out for a face-lift and possibly the younger boys will not be as eager to use her as a table weapon...yea! right!
I began by looking through pictures on- line of other Lazy Susans that were painted. I marked out eight spaces with my pencil and began creating.
I grabbed leftover paint from my kitchen. I kept the black and white checkered theme and threw in some Mary Engelbreit cherries.
I couldn't help but replay different conversations around the kitchen tables that occurred through the years, while painting words upon the Lazy Susan.
I had to add our family initial and the year this family was created. Since our daughter's new name will also start with a "W," this Lazy Susan design will hold everyone's last name initial.
The Bible will hold Matt. 4:4 - "Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
The red circle around the "W" will hold all our names.
I enjoyed painting. It was really so relaxing and energizing. I must find more time to partake in this art form...now let's see, when will I find that time?
My part/part time job of keeping children for church events increases these next few months through the holidays. It has been fun to rock babies and listen to young adults talking, some mothers, others not. I have also been getting into people's homes one way or another. I have been doing some cleaning and advising on decorating issues. Even while cleaning homes, my mind is rearranging and decorating the house in my head....somehow my brain just works that way. But as I mentioned in a recent post, we must learn to "feed our souls" and I think painting is one feeding I need to take the time to do.
Sometimes we all can just use a "face-lift"... and a new outlook on life.
Prayers for all affected by the storm Sandy...and for those we know coming from Texas to help.
Prayers for all affected by the storm Sandy...and for those we know coming from Texas to help.
