My Sister's Chair

Three years ago I agreed to reupholster a chair for my sister as a birthday gift.

THREE YEARS AGO!

Yes it has really been that long.

The first year it sat in the basement.

I tried taking some of the fabric off the back and the project seemed a bit above my ability.

So it sat.

About a year later I painted it.

Bad paint made the chair arms and legs sticky.

So it sat.

For another year.

So it sat.

Memorial weekend my sister and I went to a flea market.

Said flea market where the chair was bought.

Three years ago.

As I bought a new/old chair for my daughter's room.

I could feel her eyes boring a hole into the back of my head.

"Yes, I know I still have to do your chair."  I told her.  

She rolled her eyes.

I called her after the flea market and said I would have it done within two weeks.

I don't think she believed me.

She had hear that story for three years.

Last weekend I repainted it.

No stickiness.

I called her yesterday to tell her I was almost done with it.

She would have it by the weekend.

I called her back a half hour later.

The chair is done!

However, Mr. M. said it looked so nice, maybe it should stay.

FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS!

So tell me.

What is the longest a project has sat undone?

Now about that chair for my daughter!