Who doesn't like a before and after?

This last week I finished refinishing my grandmother's cedar chest. It's a chest from the 1930's that my grandfather gave to her as a wedding present just before they were married. It was quite beat up and rickety. I had started to work on it a year ago but when we moved, 2 of the boys helping us picked it up and it fell apart in their hands. so a year later my dad was here with my mom for a visit and he put it back together for me with a little bit of my assistance. I finished sanding it down then cleaned it up and stained and lacquered it. So here it is:

Motherhood: it makes you stupid.

I don't know where my brain has gone lately. For the third time, that I can remember, I forgot to put detergent in with the wash. Who does that? So I ran a nice full load of pukey/poopy baby clothes in a tank of cold water. Oh well. People don't usually mention the fact that once you're a mom you become an idiot. I guess that might be considered rude. Granted I have done dumb things in the past. For instance, one time instead of changing my undies, I put a clean pair on top of the day old ones and didn't even realize it until I was getting ready for bed that night. And no, I didn't notice when I went to the bathroom. But I didn't do that three days in a row! I'm betting that with each baby after this one, I'm probably just going to keep getting dumber. How ridiculous. It's just a really good thing I like this kid so much.