New (Old) Shop

Hard to believe, but this is going to be one wall of the new shop area in our barn.  I can't wait until it's done and we can start putting items in the shop, decorating, etc.  It will be such fun.  It all sounded so simple, "let's move the shop to the barn..." but now we have a lot of decisions to make, what and how many lights we need,  old flooring, ceiling, colors....what old door where.  It will all come together in the end,  (and hopefully our marriage will stay together too.)  :)  So we'll keep working at it and we'll see you in the spring.

THE BIG BOOM

This church will be for sale when I open the shop up again in the spring. I attended a sale last Saturday, and this is one of the items I was able to buy.  Isn't it the neatest?!  It's from back in the 40's/50's, and it's all there, the light works and it has a music box that plays "Silent Night".   I was so excited, my husband could tell...he laughed and said, "The buy of the day"!  I agreed.      On a personal note, last evening, while sitting at the table working on taxes, the silence was interrupted by a loud reverberating noise and the house seemed to be ready to collapse around me.  I've never heard or felt anything like it before.  They still don't know what it was other than perhaps thunder (it was foggy all around us at the time), or a sonic boom.  After I realized the house was ok, and I was ok, I started thinking about "things".  Will it be like that when the Lord returns...just something sudden, out of the blue?  Will I be prepared?  I sure wasn't prepared for this "boom", it really startled me.  We are to be watching and ready for the Lord's return, it will happen ... how "startled" will I be? 

Stoning Again

I'm finally back stoning birdhouses after the holidays, sitting in my sunny kitchen with music on the radio, thinking about my friends and praying for certain situations.  It was a good day, and I actually got 5 birdhouses stoned.  I'll be glad for that next summer when I'm busy with the shop and don't really have time to stone.  Hopefully I can get ahead this winter and next summer won't be so stressed.

Vacation and Blessed New Year

This week between Christmas and New Year seems like we're on vacation, even if we're at home.  So relaxing...feels great after such a busy summer.  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day.  We enjoyed a great meal, along with family... and our grandchildren were a joy.   They are so busy and active...when we got upstairs in the evening, you could see what they were busy doing:).  Water spilled on the sheets, and shelves down in the closet...made me smile to think of their fun!  I'll be closed in the shop until May 1, 2012, but if you're needing an item, just knock, if I'm home you're welcome to come in and shop.  Happy New Year and may God bless your days!

Merry Christmas!

Goodmorning friends:  We're getting closer to Christmas, the day we celebrate Christ's birth, every day.  I finally have the house back in order after the open house, and we celebrated Christmas in IL last week-end at our daughter's home with all the families.  We really enjoyed the days there, and now it's good to be home.  We'll have some family here for Christmas dinner and open a few stocking gifts, then I'm looking forward to a relaxing week with all the order's filled for bird's nest.  I received some Bob Ross (the artist) DVD's from the children, and can't wait to get started painting.  It's something I've had on my "bucket list" for quite a while. I still have large swans and a few other gifts available for last minute shopping.  I'm closed, but just knock on the door!   So wishing you all Love, Joy and Peace this Christmas season.   Merry Christmas from Bird's Nest.