~~~~~~~~PINK ADIRONDACK CHAIRS~~~~~~~ And What's That Up My Pants?

~SWEET PINK ADIRONDACK CHAIRS~

One of the things I promised myself I would do during the spring and summer months was to repaint my suffering Adirondack Chairs.  I blogged about this earlier in the year and had every intention of giving all three a fresh new coat of my favorite sugary pink paint!  Not sure just what it was that kept me from finishing this project...probably just unfocused.  Secretly I do believe I might have have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder).

Either that or I've got too many irons in the fire. 

~VIEW FROM OUR NEW FRENCH DOORS~

Anyway, even with the incredible heat I managed to get up early enough over several days to get my repaint job done.  I love morning hours and would just love to go outside and sit for a spell and just read.  But...at 9AM today the temps here in Oklahoma were already 98 degrees.  It's suppose to be 112 today...

WHAT?

  ~THE PALEST OF PINKS~

I hate it!  I ran up to LOWE'S yesterday around 5PM and just breathing the HOT AIR made me feel sick.  While I was there I noticed all the plants and shrubs offered for sale were dying and marked to nearly nothing for quick sale.

~POORLY SURVIVING PLANTS~

Early each morning I take my Ferns and other flowering plants outside for a bit of real sun.  By noon each day I return them to our garage in hopes they will survive...

Around 7:30AM I was outside hand-watering (we're on water-ration here in Oklahoma!) when I felt something tickle my hip.  At first I thought it was just an itch or something until I felt it again a little higher up...

Totally trying NOT to FREAK OUT, I grabbed at my jean shorts for a little peek at just what was BOTHERING ME...

I peeled back my waistband just a tiny little bit and all of a sudden a big fat HUMONGOUS GRASS HOPPER flew right into my face.

Now...for all you earthy-peeps this was no doubt not a big deal.  But, I'm not one of you and I don't claim to be.  I'm a self-confessed wimp!  And, just for the record I'm not embarrassed to tell you I don't like:

Critters

Jumpy-Flying Things

Spiders

Ants

Beetles

Bugs

Crickets

Roly-Polys

Worms

Stingy Things

ETC...

or anything else that might threaten my life...

Hot or not, tomorrow I'm wearing long pants!

Hope your Tuesday is awesome!

Love to you... 

~PINK ADIRONDACK CHAIRS ARE COOL~

~PINK ADIRON CHAIRS ROCK~

Ever since my Mr. AGPMan and I purchased our white Adirondack chairs from Tuesday Morning a few years ago I've wanted to paint them pink!  But, at the time we were in the middle of planning our girl's 2007 wedding and so the very thought of squeezing in ONE MORE THING during that crazy-busy summer was out of the question.  They were white and would remain white.

 Now~I'm quite sure this made my guy VERY HAPPY.

 Me?

Not so much!

 ~HOT PINK ANYONE???~

And so...for the next four years they remained void of color.  I suppose for many that would have been just fine, but, given the fact they were probably made in China (Boooo!) and were coated with this cheapo and totally pathetic sub-standard white paint (I'm thinking it might have just been colored water!) :(, they haven't fared too well.

 ~PINK PEPTO PAINT~

Combine their lack of quality, heat from the blazing hot sun, sprinkler and rain water along with our Oklahoma wind (you know...the kind that comes "SWEEPIN' DOWN THE PLAIN") we ended up having a real mess on our hands.

~HOW ABOUT TURQUOISE???~

And so...over the weekend when my husby pulled our chairs out from winter storage you can imagine my despair...  They were a totally crummied-out and at first I was terribly vexed.  

Until....

 ~IN DIRE NEED OF PAINT~

~PINK PAINT TO THE RESCUE~

I realized that because they were in such terrible condition and in need of a really good repaint job I had a GREAT EXCUSE for changing them to PINK! 

 ~EVIDENCE OF DUSTY PAINT~

~PALE PINK PAINT RULES~

Early this morning I was already on my mission!  After sanding and sanding and more sanding I've managed to get the first couple of coats of PINK PAINT applied to the footstool portion of three chairs! 

~TRANSFORMATION UNDERWAY~

As soon as I finish with all the painting I'll be sure to post pictures of their makeover!  Our lawn and garden area is sure to be stylin'!

Now...in case you are a BIG Do-It-Yourself-er, I found these neat picture-plans online and thought I'd pass them along!  Pretty detailed and not for the faint of heart for sure...

 ~ADIRON CHAIR PLANS~

Hope you have an awesome day!  

Love to you...