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Yep, I am wearing a camouflage cut off sleeve shirt. We went on a guided hog hunt at night. By far, one of the coolest things we have ever done. Here is a not so rednicky photo of my sister and I after dinner in Austin....

On our way to Yellowstone.
Finally made it after TONS of driving.
Visiting Mt. Rushmore. It was SUPER cold up there. And just to clear things up -- there is no lake behind Mt. Rushmore like there is in the move National Treasure. Liars. We also went to Colorado for almost two weeks over Christmas....
We skied, sled, played, drank lots of wine and had tons-o-fun.
And just to kill you with cuteness....










Step 1 in the revamping it process, CLEAN. It was pretty dirty so this took some time.
I forgot the in between shots but the jest includes painting with oops paint I got at Home Depot for $1.00. Then heavily distressing with sand paper....
For a second I considered leaving it the stark white before the distressing was done. I think it has a lot more character now....
This is one of several projects that got completed this weekend. I can't wait to post about the rest later this week (including our new cabinets mentioned here).... 

It's current home is in our master bedroom where it is getting daily use from all family members...including Tils, unfortunately.