tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27114364815814666552024-02-07T01:06:54.658-08:00HomeBuilding CountdownThe joyful journey to our new home!Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-13811089523801609982013-10-05T15:12:00.001-07:002013-10-05T15:14:23.573-07:00Noah's Ark - My First QuiltletWell, it has taken awhile, but it is finally done. Everyone who has seen it asks how much time I have in it...a rough guess would be about 500 hours, maybe...with choosing fabrics, embellishments and actual sewing. But, it didn't seem like that much because it was spread out and I loved doing each piece. My sweet friend, Saundra, put the background together for me and I did all the on top applique and embellishment sewing and then she finished it with edges, binding and a little bit of quilting. She put a rod pocket on the back so I can hang someday...in the new house.<br />
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She's a pro. <br />
The background is flannel and the applique is wool and stuff.<br />
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I worked from a pattern called, "Wool Ark Crazy" by A Piece of Work....you can google it to see how very differently mine turned out. But, I must say, working from a pattern (which I almost never do) was kind of relaxing...not nearly as much figuring out or wasting of wool.<br />
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There are A LOT of pictures, but each block needed at least one picture, right? Take your time...enjoy.<br />
And some cold and rainy day when you have LOTS of time, click on each one to see it big and you can almost feel them...and notice the actual dog and cat hairs that are stuck on...<br />
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TA-DA!<br />
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So, I like primitive style, but not the often dark primitive colors.</div>
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Doesn't it just make you happy to look at it the first time?</div>
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Much color and personality and joy!</div>
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The elephant didn't have mice and they weren't </div>
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Making friends with the bunnies.</div>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-44530399406377290012013-08-19T17:03:00.001-07:002013-08-19T17:03:43.392-07:00Porch, Garage and Lots of Mud<span style="font-size: x-small;">***Um. Lots of pictures in this one...</span><br />
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We finished the porch ... well, it has a floor. Finished will mean screened in with a roof and all.<br />
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Ok...so we couldn't wait and this was really before the floor.</div>
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My first company for lunch on the porch.</div>
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And now the mud part begins...just when I about had the yard looking good. Ah, well, it is all just temporary and now I have less to mow!<br />
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Even though there were a few little rocks!</div>
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Big hole.</div>
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Big septic tank.</div>
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Connections to house and leech field.</div>
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Big trenches beside my house for the leech field.</div>
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Big trenches all the way down the driveway for</div>
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the underground water and electric.</div>
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they rise and shine their light, their light just big enough to illumine a
small sphere around them, for as long as they can. They don’t drop back to the ground when their
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again and again. Each of them lights the
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Courageous little lightning bugs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the inside we had the HVAC guys come and install duct work and some sort of machine thingy. I told them that I was going for a vintage cottage industrial vibe and if they could put the duct work up neatly, I wouldn't cover it up. <br />
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Challenge accepted.<br />
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Here are the boxes that....<br />
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I kind of liked the octopus leg look, but they didn't get to stay very long.</div>
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A few brick had to go and this guy was</div>
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very glad that it was only a few!</div>
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My kitchen light....a bit industrial, too.</div>
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Little by little a home is being made.</div>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-40103307246685186762013-08-03T15:09:00.002-07:002013-08-03T15:09:58.361-07:00Post Hole Porch Prelude....The last big truck came to Shangri La Ti Da with supplies for our garage, deck and upstairs screened in porch.<br />
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I can remember how exciting it was to get the first load of house building supplies as we started this adventure! And getting the last load was pretty exciting, too!</div>
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Still need a few garage roofing supplies, but not a BIG truck full!</div>
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And then the fun began. Post holes. Four to start for the upstairs porch and then 10 more....LATER...for the garage.</div>
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dirt very loosely, because it was anything</div>
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That spud bar weighs about 305 lbs! </div>
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weighed at least 305 lbs. by then.</div>
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Hole 32+ inches deep and 12" square.</div>
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Bricks in the bottom for the post to sit upon.</div>
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Get it level and build supports.</div>
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Ready to see how much it is starting to look like a porch?</div>
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I did a happy dance!</div>
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I love working on the house with my little husband. And I love when help comes, too! And I love that I can start to see my porch.....ahhhhh.</div>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-72100633604875630162013-07-24T13:16:00.001-07:002013-07-24T13:30:57.579-07:00A Tale of Two CatsOnce upon a time there was a very old cat named Willow who lived with a couple of people who said they were about done with having pets...they wanted to travel and such...<br />
Then there was a stray cat and a very long and cold winter.<br />
Soft hearts made a warm spot for the stray and it took all winter and into the Spring for him to warm up to them enough to get petted...just an outside kitty. Don't want to upset the old Willow.<br />
Until the stray started loving them and they named him Weaver.<br />
And he gets to live inside as much as he wants, but he still has a bit of the wanderer in him so some nights he goes on walk about.<br />
Willow and Weaver like each other. Weaver is respectful and Willow is tolerant.<br />
And I get to watch/look in on them when the people travel.<br />
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Here was today's visit.<br />
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Hello. Glad you came to visit. </div>
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I'm Weaver, the new guy.</div>
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Follow me. Let's go in and eat!</div>
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Since I am the new guy,<br />
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I'll just sit here and hope there is some<br />
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OK. He's been eating a while. <br />
Maybe I will hover on this side.</div>
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Oh, I might as well just eat some of the crunchy kind.</div>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-13894007786949227802013-06-30T12:20:00.003-07:002013-06-30T12:20:48.632-07:00Let it Rain, Let it Rain, Let it RainA couple of things green and sparkly....something about a soft summer rain....you can almost hear the plants growing, almost see them changing as you watch....almost.<br />
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So, we have scallops on the outside of the house up in the pointy parts of the roof. (You would think I would know what these parts are called after all this house building time, wouldn't you? But, I don't.)<br />
I love the cottage-y look it lends. Definite cute factor.<br />
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Wanting to carry that cute on down closer, I dreamed up window trim with scallops and my little husband made them for me...and painted them and put them up and caulked them. Yep. He's that kind of guy!<br />
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Have a look...<br />
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Then it was time to move on to the front door trim. It needed an extra piece to tie it to the door style....see the dental (how do you spell that word for this meaning?) molding piece?</div>
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...scallopy trim around the garden bed. Can't plant too much yet, because we still have to get in there to do corner trim and battens.</div>
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West Virginia just celebrated our sesquicentennial and our community chorus dressed in period clothes to sing. I borrowed mine from a Civil War reenactor friend. It was hotter than the dickens...whatever they are...but fun!</div>
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The plan was for each of us to grab a cat and stuff them in a cat carrier, then grab the dog and her leash in one hand and my bag in the other hand and run for the car....it was night time and we don't have a TV so I'm not sure how we would have known when to make a break for it, but that was the plan. My little husband did stay awake and monitor the internet until the watch expired. Me? I didn't hear a thing. <br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-61924861377873881712013-05-25T06:31:00.000-07:002013-05-25T06:31:13.520-07:00Party!After 3 years of fun and exercise....yes, both of those words in the same breath....Karyn decided to call it quits. I don't blame her at all, but I sure am going to miss the friends I made there and the calories I burned and the muscles I tones....but mostly the friends. I have been seeing some of these sweet ladies 2 or 3 times a week and sharing lives with them. Now, I am going to miss watching the pregnant ones grow and blossom and I won't hear about the trials and accomplishments of getting that next degree or the weddings of kids and the birth of grandkids or the adventures at work places...one of my circles has fallen apart. Not gonna lie, it makes me sad.<br />
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Maybe it will make my life less busy, but it will also be less full.....ah, well.<br />
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To celebrate the end we had a party! I think I might like to be a party planner (or a meteorologist0 for my next career.<br />
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It was fun and nobody cried!<br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-81234141510550294952013-05-07T15:29:00.000-07:002013-05-07T15:29:00.917-07:00Colors!These are most likely my favorite colors....today...along with yellow....and purple....<br />
But these are my most favorite.<br />
Today.<br />
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The magic season of burst and blossom.</div>
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When once again God says, "Continue."</div>
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Life. Abundant. Vibrant. Fragile. Fleeting.</div>
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When once again God says, "Live."</div>
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See beauty in the tiny. </div>
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See possibility and promise and future fruits.</div>
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When once again God says, "I love you...just this much!"</div>
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And this is spring in another color palate.</div>
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The ornamental red maple with early morning</div>
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Thank you, God for spring!</div>
<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-77159155390135620362013-03-28T17:53:00.004-07:002013-03-28T17:53:59.010-07:00Maundy Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We cannot mourn this Holy Week - the reality of its shame and pain and blood. The reality of confusion and loss. We cannot wish it had never happened or we would be lost.<br />
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We can celebrate the love of the God who willingly sacrifices his PERFECT LAMB to save me...and you. <br />
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We can know that we never have to suffer alone (and I know so many who are suffering right now) because he knows all about pain and suffering...<br />
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Now, to go from this Last Supper with his mandate, his new command to love one another as he loves us. How can I mess up such a simple command so often? God have mercy.<br />
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Do you think that at that supper, he wondered or worried that any of his disciples 'got it'? <br />
Got all that he had told them and shown them? <br />
Got all that was going to happen to him tomorrow and the next days?<br />
Got the LOVE that he was offering and asking them to pay forward?<br />
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Do you think he wonders still?<br />
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Love.<br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-58631744203597194352013-03-26T14:25:00.001-07:002013-03-26T14:25:25.916-07:00October to March! I love living in the mountains of West Virginia....especially when we have a 6 month winter season like this one. It started in October with the Hurricane Sandy left overs and it is still going strong today! <br />
Enjoy the pictures...The first 2 are the October storm and the rest are from this last week in March!<br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-46179629929510194152013-03-21T11:10:00.002-07:002013-03-26T14:50:06.092-07:00Callie-CatOr, as her dad calls her, Callie-gator! <br />
She needed two dresses to make everyone happy and when she saw them she was very happy! Wanted to wear them both....at the same time and that made me very happy!<br />
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You probably remember the story of Callie's horrific accident right before Christmas where she lost her big sister and her Gram. Callie still can't use her arm. Her hand is working, but she can't lift her arm. Lots of technical medical explanations for that, but what she needed right now was a hemi-sling to keep the arm in the shoulder socket tight. You can buy them, but not for tiny Callie, so her mom and I figured out our very own by using parts of Callie's neck brace that she no longer needs and felt. I love felt! It is so very useful and beautiful in so many ways. Here's Callie sporting the prototype. (and she isn't unhappy....just not a good picture of her)<br />
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See the gray part? It is soft and came off the neck brace. Velcro sticks to it like glue. It ties, with a shoe string under her opposite arm. Has to go on the outside of her clothes for now because she didn't like the feel of the shoestring under her arm....can't say I blame her.</div>
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I am making her another one with some pretty on it...nice stitches and decorations. Feel free to offer suggestions about how to make it more comfortable and cute!</div>
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Here is your real job - they have an appointment on April 1 at Johns Hopkins hospital with a doctor who does 500 or so corrective surgeries on little ones each year....your job is to pray that Callie is a good candidate and they schedule her surgery ASAP....nerves only live so long when they aren't doing their job. Thanks for your prayers. Callie is almost 2 and is just the sweetest, cutest, smartest most independent little thing!</div>
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The other night her parents, Rachel and Aaron, were watching The Bible and she heard them talk about Jesus and heaven and she said, " With Laurel and Nan-nan...." </div>
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*****UPDATE: Callie and her family go on Monday, April 1 to Johns Hopkins to talk to the doctor who can do the surgery. Pray that he sees Callie as a good candidate for the surgery...or that God tells him to do it anyway! Please and thank you.</div>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-51612377926134666862013-03-19T14:38:00.002-07:002013-03-19T14:38:28.770-07:00Whoooo?Sometimes I think I should just give up on this whole blogging thing because I am really not very good and faithful to it and to all of you who read....but then, something wonderful happens. Out of the bluebonnets of Texas comes a gift- in the mail- to me.<br />
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Isn't it just the cutest thing? I LOVE my new owl, Miss Tanna and as you can see you need not worry that it came too late. We still have snow and more is predicted even for tomorrow...the first day of Spring. Oh, how much I love it!!!!! It makes my heart happy and my head warm. It came at a perfect time....you are amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you! A lot.</div>
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Thank you again, Tanna....you are a gift to me!</div>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-3836857555603512022013-02-24T12:28:00.002-08:002013-02-24T12:28:21.640-08:00WordsI don't seem to have any words. (you might have guessed this with the lack of posts)<br />
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I can respond to others, but I can't corral my own thoughts/ideas long enough to make them into words that make sense.<br />
Something is bubbling?<br />
A change is in the air?<br />
Anticipation?<br />
Apathy? <br />
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I am reading books that are challenging me to walk the walk....<br />
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Maybe I am just scared to know what I know.<br />
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I don't know what I know....<br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-25109735687604516272013-01-27T11:17:00.001-08:002013-01-27T11:17:29.557-08:00whateverNo, not that kind of 'whatever', with the eye roll and head toss, that seems to be so popular these days.<br />
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I'm talking about this kind...the Jesus kind....the original <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">whatever....</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">from Phillipians...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whatever is true, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">whatever is noble,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">whatever is right, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">whatever is pure,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">whatever is lovely, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">whatever is admirable -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">if anything is excellent or praiseworthy --</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Philippians 4:8</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am a little bit in love with subway sort of art right now and have been doing canvases with paint and words and felt - my version of subway sort of art. </span><br />
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Tomorrow is my birthday.<br />
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Birthdays are a great time to begin again...to refocus, to reflect. 57 isn't one of the BIG birthdays, smack dab in the middle of two of the BIG ones, but not a 'five' or 'zero' birthday.<br />
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I have found myself in a bit of a season of reflection. I have grown closer to God and closer to friends who are like family. I have learned to love my husband even more than before...who knew that was even possible?<br />
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I am in a peaceful place.<br />
I am in a creative place.<br />
I am in a giving place.<br />
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Now, I am feeling a call to refocus a bit...to work out from my peaceful, creative, generous heart...to shine my light....<br />
It is always a little bit scary and a little bit thrilling when you tell God you are ready and ask him to lead you to the work he has for you, but I think that is where I am.<br />
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I think I am ready.<br />
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This might be a fun year!<br />
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Hopefully, this post next year will be from inside our new home...ahhhhh.Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-27196264448383650572013-01-11T15:09:00.000-08:002013-01-11T15:13:24.806-08:00Craft Space(es)So, these pictures might give you an idea of why I am SO excited that in the new home there will be a dedicated crafting area....for me! The little husband will also have his wood workshop outside in its own building. Oh yeah.<br />
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This was my craft table this morning...well, honestly, this is what it looks like too many mornings when I am in creating mode...<br />
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My handy little husband made me the table and the chair and Skippy Jo is up there supervising more often than he is really needed. So much stuff that I really do try to keep corralled!</div>
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Stella Skeleton riding Gozo! So much to love!<br />
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After a day of tidying it looks like this...<br />
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Now, you may be asking how I produce such wonderful and amazing craftiness with what you see here. Well, there are a few other places that I have supplies stashed. Different rooms. Wanna see?<br />
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Sometimes it is to bring joy, like I hope these did.<br />
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Drawing by one of my favorite 5th graders....turned into a woolie.</div>
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Another favorite 5th grader who is longing for a horse of her own, who she will name Jasmine.</div>
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So, while I do make stuff to sell and I am supposing they bring joy to whoever buys them, my biggest happiness comes in creating something especially for someone special.<br />
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It is heart warming to use my gift to do God's work....joy and comfort....<br />
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Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-11121232127372620392012-12-31T13:57:00.002-08:002012-12-31T13:57:42.230-08:00Imagine...Inspire....This might be a long rambling post or it might be quite short. I have a heart full of feeling, but not sure I have words...so, I will just begin.<br />
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Weeks ago, maybe even years ago, I realized that I am not a big fan of Christmas...at least not the frenzied festivity filled version. <br />
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I don't know why we have to squish all the love and peace to the world and joy and brotherhood and gift giving into the few short weeks from Thanksgiving until December 25th.<br />
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Maybe it is just my age or this season in my life. Maybe I am just turning into a Grinch. I used to enjoy searching for the right gift, wrapping it up pretty and presenting it to the one person it was meant for especially. I used to love bringing out the Christmas carols. I have an amazing collection of Christmas creches and I know how to decorate a Christmas tree that I want to just sit in front of for hours. Now, I don't want to be bothered with getting them out and putting them away....sigh.<br />
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All of that was already going through my head, when a most horrible thing happened on December 21 to my sweet friend Rachel, and her family. Lives lost....Christmas forever changed...<br />
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But, it is in this tragedy, that the miracle of Christmas begins to blossom...<br />
LOVE. Not for a season or a holiday, but for a lifetime.<br />
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So, I am beginning again to imagine the Love of Christmas and I am beginning to see it lasting all year long. I won't be waiting to try to get it all done in December. I will be peacefully spreading it out from now until then. I am inspired.<br />
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If I have the perfect gift, card, song, letter, word for you in my heart or hands, I am going to give it to you and we will share joy. I am going to look for ways to share joy each and every month...maybe I will be celebrating the 25th of each month! What can we call this celebration????<br />
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God didn't come to love us for a season. He's in it for the everafter! <br />
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So, Happy New Year and here's to celebrating the Miracle of Love all year long! <br />
Here's to bringing light to dark places all year long.<br />
Here's to joy everlasting.<br />
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And peace.<br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-89188475760208336032012-12-11T15:12:00.000-08:002012-12-11T15:12:41.457-08:00Christmas Show & SaleHere's the thing. I love making my Whimsical Woolies. <br />
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I NEED to create to be happy,<br />
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My stuff? Not so much.<br />
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I set up a tiny booth. Cute, but much tinier than anyone else's at the show.<br />
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I stand behind my space and create. Eyes on the work. If someone stops and lingers I look up and smile. If they pick something up, my heart beats a little faster...maybe they like it. Oh, no. They put it back down.<br />
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I tell you what. This has made my arts and crafts shopping different. I chat with the seller when I can. Compliment their work when I like it...even if I can't afford it.<br />
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Then a friend comes to shop...and buys! "How much will that be?" they ask. And almost all of me wants to say, "Oh, just take it and enjoy." Christmas Show and Give Away! But, I did make these really cute sales receipts! They were fun.<br />
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I was so humbled by the fact that friends did buy for themselves and to give as gifts to make others happy. Happy...that is why I do this. To bring joy and happiness. <br />
That is why I create. It brings me joy and happiness.<br />
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Wonder if I will ever find joy and happiness in shows and sales?<br />
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One thing I did do was help a facebook friend, Marla Taviano, raise money for a project in Cambodia. I had purchased some bracelets from her girls and then I resold them. The money will go right back to them. I also created a special piece of art featuring one of the bracelets. I sold it and all the money will go to them. That part did bring me joy and happiness.<br />
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So, I had a good show and sale by my accounts. I would guess I sold as much as anyone else there. One of the other sellers even told me that because I was selling so much I was pricing things too low. See? That's what I just can't get....if I want them to sell, I want most people to be able to afford them. <br />
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A few of the artists do this full time and I am extremely grateful that I don't HAVE to sell to survive. That would take all of the fun out of it for me I am afraid.<br />
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OK. Enough ramblings of a crazy crafter creator creature.<br />
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Anyone else suffer from this particular kind of crazy?<br />
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Wanna see some more of what I had for sale?<br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-1320179124540254982012-11-20T17:23:00.003-08:002012-11-20T17:23:54.092-08:00A Soft Heart<br />
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In a world where all too often all we hear about are the mean things, the tragic and horrific things, I often ask God to not let my heart grow hard. <br />
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I want a soft heart.<br />
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Sometimes that hurts. Sometimes it is too much. Sometimes I don't even want to drive in my car for fear of killing a butterfly or wooly worm caterpillar trying to cross the road. Sometimes I am overcome with all that needs to be done, that I can't do. <br />
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But usually, it helps.<br />
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It helps me to be peaceful when things seem unfair. <br />
It helps me to have patience when the person in front of me can't find the money they are looking for.<br />
It helps me to be kind to servers and neighbors and strangers.<br />
It helps me to strive for goodness in my life and the life of others....goodness of body and soul.<br />
It helps me to be faithful in the little things that no one will ever see.<br />
It helps me to be gentle with my words and actions.<br />
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It brings me love and joy.<br />
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I have more tears when my heart is most tender.<br />
Tears of joy.<br />
Tears of wonder.<br />
Tears of thanksgiving.<br />
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When my heart is soft, I am able to rise up with enthusiasm each morning and believe the best is about to be...like the sign from pinterest says:<br />
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I am more thankful when my heart is soft. How is your heart?<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving to friends far and near!<br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-89145071930767307152012-11-07T13:29:00.002-08:002012-11-11T15:23:00.737-08:00Baby, It's Cold OutsideWe are day #7 of no school for the kids and they won't be back until next Tuesday, so that makes a 10 day unscheduled vacation which might be fun except about 1/2 of our county still doesn't have electric....so, are the kids warm, safe, fed? <br />
There are shelters all around the county, some Red Cross and some churches, so hopefully they are getting the care and attention that they need.<br />
Here at my house, we have had electric and heat since day #2 of the whole event, but I don't turn the heat up very high and wear lots of layers....so, Skippy Jo Lohr had to take matters into his own short furred paws.<br />
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New boots (and their box) that I never got to wear last winter.</div>
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Skippy Jo Lohr got himself into the box.</div>
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He spent quite a little while napping inside the box with the lid down....snug as the proverbial but in that same rug.<br />
This is just one of the machines that are in and about our county right now. We have lots of people from far away working long hours in unfriendly weather and rough terrain....day after day after day.<br />
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And this guy below was in the shower with me the other morning.</div>
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10473148914709570743noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711436481581466655.post-31335649671773846692012-10-31T16:13:00.001-07:002012-10-31T16:21:28.340-07:00Happy Snow-loween!We are used to snow here in the mountains of West Virginia, but not usually on Halloween. Yesterday there were about 17,000 people without electric in Preston County. Today there are about 16,000. I am one of the lucky 1000! Today, after cutting up a big branch that fell down right between the car and the power lines (Thank you, God.), we ran a few errands and I took a few pictures.<br />
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Can you see how that branch fell right between </div>
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My job was to move them after they were cut...</div>
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chain saw stopped to help, too.</div>
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This one fell in the backyard...2 feet from the roof.</div>
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At the end of our street.</div>
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Another unnecessary Do Not Enter sign.</div>
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Lots of poor broken trees.</div>
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But these pines standing tall.</div>
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Ducks taking a bath...yes, ducks taking a bath.</div>
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Now on the other end of the road to Shangri La Ti Da.</div>
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Still not two lanes.</div>
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Still with tree bridges.</div>
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A safe and beautiful drive even in the storm.</div>
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A little more snow...fluffier, deeper.</div>
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Passable road.</div>
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I showed you this view not long ago...resplendent </div>
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in all its Fall finery.</div>
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Now in its Winter wonderfulness.</div>
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My favorite apple tree. </div>
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season after season.</div>
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And this little store is one of the reasons </div>
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Not a light on, but someone came out.</div>
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I said, "Oh, are you open?"</div>
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Yesterday on Facebook there was this story:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Dollar General allowing people in to shop as long as you have cash and patiently wait in line since items had to be added up the old fashion way....by hand!! Manager there to direct people with his flashlight!!!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9pUUIsPN9jm_A7VL0F5B8OHm-nPHiL5G9UiJfJQr3IbCZg2Q-71m4vyJhuPkesNBOKWJN5cji3mtWgHeh_hTwD5tn1pRRm33Vhytc8e8aFkay8w_ITw-WRe8MRZJVly1DgQISilgeKM/s1600/x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9pUUIsPN9jm_A7VL0F5B8OHm-nPHiL5G9UiJfJQr3IbCZg2Q-71m4vyJhuPkesNBOKWJN5cji3mtWgHeh_hTwD5tn1pRRm33Vhytc8e8aFkay8w_ITw-WRe8MRZJVly1DgQISilgeKM/s320/x.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Thanks, Laurie Thompson for sharing.</span></div>
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Another reason I love living here...even during a blizzard</div>
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spawned by a hurricane on Halloween!</div>
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We take so much for granted...hot water, hot food, warm house, mobility....yet even when we don't have those things...if we look, we can find the blessings still.</div>
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