Sister Sass: Sister Visit

This year has just flown by! It seems like I write posts in my head all the time and when I finally get to put it down on paper, I realize 5 whole months have passed!!!

On October 20th, I flew to Vermont to spend some time with Diane planning out CaDi Corners projects and dreams.

I missed the peak foliage but got to see this:

This was across the street from Diane's house. Don't you just love the orange?!!!

On our first day together we were able to talk about the projects we wanted to work on while I was there. We had QUITE THE LIST! I know, I know, I suffer from delusions of grandeur! But then again, if I don't have a big list, there will be less to check off ✔ (and I love seeing things checked off my list).

I didn't think we were serious about getting these projects done until we did this:

sip sip ahhhh!

Have you ever been guilty of running down rabbit holes when working on STUFF? Surely not! 😉

I bet you would like to know what we did! But first, a little history . . . .

Our Grandmother Bushey bought a Singer sewing machine in 1950. That was the year our parents got married and a year later, our eldest sister was born. Memere Bushey used to sew clothes and blankets and worked that machine a lot. The Singer was made in 1950 and came in an oak cabinet that had a knee press to make it go. That machine ended up at our sister Debbie's home for many years but Debbie passed away in 2017 and a couple of months ago Diane retrieved the machine from our brother-in-law. This was our first rabbit hole. We took the machine out of the cabinet (it was so heavy that it took both of us to lift it out), and prepared the cabinet for giving it a farmhouse look.

I know it is not pictured here, but Diane LOVES power tools! She got to use the electric sander and I was stuck getting steel wool splinters in my fingers using that pitiful piece of steel wool pictured!

It took two weeks of working on it in little snatches of time but Diane did an amazing job!