You might wonder why there is a couch on our front lawn. You might wonder what the Meyer family does when Erin comes to visit (and Nathan, but this entry mostly has to do with Erin), you might wonder what we do for fun in the summer. Wonder no more….Erin and Nathan came to visit this week for a much needed rest after a crazy, hectic first year of teaching. They were sick, but on the mend (so they hoped) and they wanted a little vacation before Erin started working at summer school on June 4. I was looking forward to a nice lazy week of “mother-daughter” time, maybe sitting in the hot springs at Trimble, or wandering through lots of thrift stores with lunch here and there. Maybe coffee at my favorite coffee spots. Okay, we did get a day of thrift storing in since I had to go to Durango for my weekly visit, and we did break away for Breakfast at the Bistro in Aztec. But Thursday through Saturday we (Heather, Mary, Erin and me – to a small extent) worked on reupholstering Pete and Heather’s couch that was pretty threadbare, but still had some “good bones.” I had the fabric in the attic for some long lost project in the past and so all we had to do was buy thread, batting and the odds and ends you need for re-upholstering. Heather brought the little boys over on Thursday and Friday and the “big” boys (Theoden and Peter) joined us for suppper after work. The house was a wreck, we went through 20 sewing machine needles (because we were sewing heavy fabric on light weight machines), and we went through about six spools of thread. We inhaled cotton fuzz in the garage, sweated in the living room (it was a really hot week) and we ate helter skelter. I did however find time to make the most awesome Strawberry/Rhubarb pie I’ve ever made (and everyone agreed on that one!), and we all survived the craziness, even little Edmond! The result after about two and a half days of work (we didn’t count the hours), was a beautiful “new” couch! Thanks mostly to Erin and her brother, Peter for “throwing down the gauntlet” which started the whole thing anyway!
All I can say is it’s great to have such talented adult kids! (Yep, I can say that even after such an exhausting week!
) Towards the end of the project my neighbor, Bonnie came over in the midst of the whole mess, stepped into our living room, took a look around and said, “You can tell Erin’s home, WHAT A MESS!”
