It has been a busy week in the Ballew household. We have friends coming to stay with us this weekend and are hosting a birthday/beer-tasting party on Saturday. We wanted to finish our corn-hole boards in time for these festivities... plus have a mini birthday celebration for our 1-year old puppy!
The paint, however, took MUCH longer than anticipated...
First we had to sketch the images on the boards. That didn't take long. Then, we had to paint. And then we had to paint again because it wasn't opaque.
And then we had to sleep... so we didn't finish them on Monday. Nor did we do anything else on Monday because we spent 5-6 hours after work painting.
Tuesday brought more painting...
We still didn't finish them. And again, we didn't get anything else accomplished.
Wednesday rolled around and all that was left was some outlining and sealing! I outlined them before dinner and then we took turns spraying the topcoat throughout the night... between cleaning the bathrooms, dusting, cleaning windows, and spraying for bugs. They look really nice and we are pumped to use them this weekend!
I also made pup-cakes on Wednesday! I wanted to have enough for all the dogs that will be here this weekend, but I wanted them to be ready for Lucy's real birthday on Thursday. I think that they turned out really well!
We let Lucy and Gus be the official taste-testers on Wednesday. They both devoured them in about .5 seconds. And then about 2 hours later, Gus's came back up... hooray for puppies and their messes.
We aren't sure if he's allergic to something in the cupcakes (wheat? carrots?) or if he ate some bug that had been subjected to the bug killer (that says it's safe for pets once it's dry... which it was), but he did not have a good night and we didn't sleep very well either. Needless to say, we don't want to repeat that episode, so Lucy will be enjoying the rest of her pupcakes on her own.
Thursday was Lucy's birthday! We finished cleaning the house and then had a little celebration! Gus got a bone to occupy him inside while we went outside with the birthday pup! She was not a huge fan of the candle...
But she very much enjoyed the pupcake after that candle was removed! (Elapsed time between the picture above and the picture below? About 1 minute... and that included taking the candle out and giving her the plate...)
Happy birthday Lucy!
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