A piece of my heart and Wicked the musical Inspired Library Table Makeover.

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Welcome back my Beauties.

I know I have been missing for a while but unfortunately it was for many reasons. 

First off, My daughter graduated and that as you know takes up a lot of time. Then we were getting ready for our big trip to England.

Again a lot to get ready for. Sadly right before we left my brother died, so we had that to deal with.

But we dealt with all those things and left for England.

An amazing adventure that was done in honor of my mother who passed a few years ago. 

I swear I will eventually post stuff from the trip as I took a couple THOUSAND pictures. (You can see some of them on INSTAGRAM)

We got home and things slowly settled into place.

Then I got a phone call that hurt my heart.

One of my best friends had died in her sleep.

Yes she had been sick, and dealt with a lot of medical issues,

but she had just rebounded as she had for so many years and we all gave a sigh of relief. 

(We were born in the same hospital 2 days apart and we always celebrated our birthdays together when we got older)

(If you follow me on FACEBOOK you would always see my posts with us out to lunch and getting into trouble around the time of our birthdays) 

So in all honesty it was as unexpected as it can be for me as we had just texted a few days before. 

My world was rocked and I was a mess.

I didn't know what to do with myself.

The first day I cried...

The second day I cried..

and on day 3 I decided I needed to soothe my soul.

I figured I would paint and listen to music.

So I picked up this old library table that had been collecting dust in my garage and started working on it.

I sanded down the beat up old top and  cleaned it up and gave it a coat of General Finishes gel stain in Mahogany

I was already loving the richness it gave to the top of this once beat up old table.

Then I had to decide on paint.

Then I had to decide on a paint color.

I had no idea why my brain was adamant about painting it emerald green. But it was! 

I painted the whole piece as I thought of my friend and then as I finished it hit me like a lightning bolt.

WICKED!

This was our last birthday celebration together.

Katie LOVED musicals! 

I mean this girl could play "Name that show tune"

and win every...single...time.!

I still remember like a recording in my head while we deciding to go or not and She was worried the tickets were too expensive and should we spend the money on them, and then her saying "well we could always go next year when they come again"

I still choke up! 

I said "no way, we are doing this now"

I figured I would be the one "too busy"

or too many kids things that I wouldn't be able to go next year.

Little did I know it was meant to be we went then. 

I still remember sitting during the musical and singing along with her, and of course crying at our favorite line "because I knew you, I have been changed for good" 

She had so many medical issues but honestly she was one of the most caring, big hearted, empathetic people I knew.

Always willing to listen and counsel someone. 

I still cry now because 
"Because I knew HER, I have been changed for GOOD" 

So here you go Katie.

A WICKED inspired table makeover.

I have been nervous to post because SHE was always one of the first people to comment and tell me how much she loved "whatever" I did; and 

give accolades and basically be the best damn cheerleader ever!

I hope you like it girl! 

I will forever miss you and forever wonder  we never figured out which one of us was GLINDA or Elphaba. <3

So there you go.

 A little bit of a makeover and a whole lotta my heart.

Go out there and have a Beautiful day,

and give your loved ones a big ole hug!