Restored.

 Ooohlala!  Gram and Grampa's dressers

have been fully restored!!!  I could not

be happier with the results!!  Last 

night I had to sleep with one eye open

all night long just to look at these

babies!!  I love, love, love them.

 Gram and Grampa's dressers truly have

a story.  I can remember having my 

picture taken in front of these dressers

40 years ago!!!  These dressers, as

Grampa puts it are "solid maple wood

and good furniture . . . "

 That they are.  Each piece must weigh

about a million pounds.  Anyhow, 

Grampa would insist upon moving these

heavy beasts each time that we moved.

I prayed that he would change his

mind and begged him to let us buy new

lighter ones to replace these monsters.

It is easy to see that he NEVER gave

up and we carted these suckers everywhere.

We crammed them in spaces that were

way to small and scrunched to get into

his bedroom as he loved these two

pieces of furniture.  You definitely get

the picture.  When Grampa died, I was

sure that those two OLD pieces of 

furniture would be quickly lovingly

donated to charity.

However, the night after Grampa died,

I woke up in the middle of the night

with this brillant idea to have those

lovely lightweight pieces of furniture

refurbished to adorn our brand new

master bedroom.  A few phone calls

later . . . I was blessed to find an

AWESOME furniture refinisher who

quickly came to my rescue.

I do so love the results and am grateful

that I was not too hasty in my 

decision to let these two HEIRLOOMS

go.  It is fun to put our belongings

in the same drawers that Gram and 

Grampa did.  Crazy, I know!

We do so miss our Grampa and Gram.

It has been one month and one day

since Grampa went to Heaven.  I talk

and think about him tons and wonder

just how much he is enjoying Heaven,

Jesus, Gram, his family and friends.

I carry his handkerchief and cell phone

in my purse.  I miss his calls, talks,

Milk Dud runs, and his love and 

devotion to our family.  It won't be

long until we all join him there!  I must

say, with each passing day, I get 

more and more excited about that!!!