I’ll paint over ESPN

Well, my ‘studio’ is now the ‘game room’. I knew this day was coming, but I held out hope maybe my crafty room would stay crafty. We’ve contemplated getting a ping pong table for a while. We tried the ping pong attachment that can fit on any table; it only confirmed we would really use a full size table. So, I compromised. They got their table and I get to paint it to make it not so navy and not so ESPN. The first day we have spray-painting weather, this table is getting an Ashley facelift. I am sure that makes no sense to so many, but it makes complete sense around here.

Honestly, as much as I make jokes about the new table – I think we all win with it. I’m fairly certain there will be years of the best memories made around this new table.

I was playing with my six year old, who is far better than I am, and it made me think of an old photo. In 2009, I watched him so desperately want to be big enough to play with his brothers and dad. He held a paddle up to the table, unable to actually see the top of the table. It is one of my all-time favorite photographs. Looking across the table at him today, I remembered….

So, I guess I already have great memories around a ping pong table. Time to make more…but I am totally painting it.