Last weekend, I was feeling crafty. I decided that I NEEDED an American flag pallet over the entry way into my dining room. I’ve seen several, and I’ve always wanted to make one. James had a couple of pallets in the garage, and we had paint, so we went to work. (Yes, we- James is always willing to help, even if he thinks I’m being ridiculous). I told him I wanted to use 2 pallets. He looked at me crazy and asked if I realized how big that was going to be. “Of coarse I do! It’s a big wall. It needs to be big!”. I did not, in reality, realize how big it was going to be. He shrugged and we started working. I was just going to paint each board white/red, and add a few stars. James decided that if we were going to do a flag, it needed to be accurate, so he went to measuring. He drew lines and I started painting. Midway through, I decided I wanted to do something a little different, so I did some internet surfing and found an example of what I thought I might want. We worked on one pallet at a time, which made it even more difficult to visualize the actual size of this thing. We finished one side. We painted, sanded, painted, stained, polyed, until finally, we were finished. I looked at the finished product, both pallets laid out side by side. It was only then, I realized just how big this beast was. James saw my face and asked if I still wanted to hang it up. Of coarse I did!! Maybe it wouldnt look so big once I got it on the really big wall…. I was VERY wrong. We drug the extension ladder and all of its dusty glory into the entry way. I climbed up, and we went to work lifting and hanging this ginormous piece of work. We finally got it hung, moved the ladder, stepped back to take a look, and…. I hated it. Really, REALLY hated it. By this point, it was after midnight, and James’ surgery was scheduled at 6 am, so we had to call it quits. Now, it remains hanging on the wall. I still hate it, but I’m unable to get it down by myself, and James, obviously cant climb a ladder. So, I will continue to stare at it, and silently think to myself that this is ONE TIME that I probably should’ve listened to James. 🤦‍♀️