Just stopping by to wish you a belate Happy Easter

Well I have been so busy that Easter slipped my mind a little and forgot to come in wish all of you a very Blessed and Happy Easter. Sorry I'm late. I did have a wonderful day and Al came over and bar-b-cued for me---that was sweet of him. I made the potatoe salad and beans and he cooked chicken and pork sausage---I don't eat red meat and it was so good. My son and family went to Heidi's mom's for Easter, but we have the gc next weekend, so we will have another Easter with them.
Please keep me in your prayers this week. I am having an MRI to see how much damage my brother caused and then in the afternoon of the same day, I will have my mammogram. I will let you all know if I am approved for breast reduction, but not sure I am brave enough to post pictures. We will see. I know that it is a painful surgery, but my neck and back can't take it anymore and I can't have anymore epidurals for a year.
I lost some more weight, I went from 133 to 125 and didn't even try to lose it.
I will tell you another sorry story later, but now I need to get my booty to bed and get some rest. The weather is too great to sleep the day away and I have more painting to do. This one is a project I am making to sell, but it will have to be locally and I don't think I will have a problem selling it. I also want to finish my giveaway and I will give you a few hints. It's an altered canvas with music, lace, old trim, and some bling, so stay tuned, because that will be done before anymore projects are started.
Love, Hugs, and many Blessings to all of you and prayers for all who need them. May God answer your prayers as He sees fit. Just remember, He always gives us what we need. Have a great day.

I have been busy again

First of all, I would like to say that a sweet chick gave me a call on Saturday, Connie at Living Beautifully. Although I have never met Connie, she sounds just like her posts, sweet, kind, gentle, and caring about blogging friends. Her call brightened my day. Thank you Sweet Connie.

Now I have been busy trying to keep my mind off the latest saga of my sister trying to hurt me, but she didn't do it. I found this mirror at Goodwill for $3.99 and looked at it and thought about how it would look white and use it temporarily for my bedroom dresser until I can afford or find an old round mirror. It took 2 coats of primer and paint and the pictures don't do it justice. I really like it, but there are 4 little areas that had the mirrors missing, so they've been measured and Al will get them for me. I did like the brown and gold, but I didn't need a mirror for my living room. It's really pretty in person and I always have fun painting. It's the one thing that I can do standing up straight. You can click on for a bigger image.

I found some more things for my blog store, but won't set it up until I have enough things to keep it going like Amy does. My prices will be reasonable and I will be selling things that I make or redo if they are not big. I do make squash scrapbooks and I will be selling those for $15 and my journals for $10. If I get around to beading cards again, they will sell for $6.00, a lot of work for little pay. I have a box full of linens with embroidery designs on them, one is blue that will go well with some blue ware I found. I do hope to sell to help pay for some of my co-pays for the surgeries I will be having.
One of the surgeries will be breast reduction and that is being set up right now. I have to have my mammorgram and the doctor ordered an MRI on my neck for next week. My daughter is happy that they are finally going to do it, because she knows how much I have suffered with them.
Not sure if I told you all, but last year my bad cholesterol was over 2000 and with diet and medicine, it is now at 143. I was shocked, but very happy.
I will try and come back on Thursday night, because Good Friday, we don't do anything, but remember why Christ died for our sins. On Easter Sunday, Al will come and have dinner with me. My son and family will be going to his mil's for Easter, so it's just us, but it gives us time to discuss things about our relationship, which we are hoping to re-build someday.
Well I have got to make 96 kiss roses so I need to get started. I will try and visit blogs tomorrow, between making roses and wrapper candy for bouquets. Wish me luck that my thumb doesn't trigger lock on my again. Love, Hugs, Prayers, and many Blessings for a wonderful Easter.

More Finished pieces

I just finished these two little cabinets but the first one is going to a friend on Thursday. These both are pieces that Al made but were in green and oak color. My friend Carol's bathroom is white with colored walls and accents. We don't have that much to do with her bathroom, but now that it is warming up from a long winter, we can finish the work. We didn't want to hammer either with the new baby there.

This is a cute piece I had in my hall and will now be used in my craft room or kitchen later. I am going to paint my cabinets white and look for a pretty pink rose wall paper and do pink accents in it. I have a couple of my watermelons that have pink, so I won't get rid of those. A lot of it will go into my blog store, even though it pains me to see it go, I need the money for surgery (copay). We used to sell furniture and I asked Al last night if he would start building them again, because I think I can get people down here to like pink, but will keep most of them white or unfinished which will be cheaper if you buy unfinished. The prices  at the Unfinished Store are really high and Al does good work, so keep your fingers crossed that he will do it.

I have car rosaries to make and  finish my giveaway, but since I am including overseas, there won't be many extras in it, only things very light like ribbons and lace. Stay tuned at the end of the week. Have a great day and let your Light Shine on others.

Proverb 58

You give but little when you

give of your possessions.

It is when you give of yourself

that you truly give.

Hahlil Bibran

My "New to Me" bedroom pieces

These are the pieces of furniture and things that I have been working on. The first was a ugly green box with Dora things on it. So I stripped and sanded, primed and painted and then put scrapbook paper as a liner.

This was a brown magazine rack that all I had to do was prime it. It is very heavy so it must have been a good piece.

This is a night stand that I only stripped the legs and sides, The top is lamenated so I left it alone. It's small but cute as a nightstand. I need find tiny handles because the standards don't fit. I also stripped and painted an end table, but I need to paint the handles on it. A man was going to buy it, but he changed his mind and gave it to me. I will show that one later.

This is the dresser that had 5 coats of paint on it. Only one drawer was good, but the other three have to be made and that is not a problem, since Al is a wood worker and builds country furniture.

The last piece was already painted, but I will give it another coat, but not until I move. I also found a head board and frame that was painted. All in all, these pieces all cost under $50, not counting primer and paint, of which I have only used half and painted 3 other pieces which I will also post later when they are put back together. If I am able to, I take things apart because it's easier than trying to sand and prime when it's all one piece.

I'm going to buy some embellishments from Home Depot to add some vintage look to them all. I love them and now I am on a search for a cute bench for my sitting area. I have one that I have on my porch, but it's not deep enough to be comfortable. I have milk glass lamps that I in the process of re-wiring and all will look great with my "new" pieces. Opinions are welcome.

My thoughts today

It's Easter Time

Well I am thinking how much Easter means to me and all I could think of was 3 nails and a cross. When I did craft shows, I took 3 nails and wire themed together with a tiny little wreath at the top and sold them as ornaments that you hide inside your tree, because the tree symbolizes the wood used to make the cross. Jesus has always been there for me and I have been through a lot in the last 12 years, but He has always gotten me through. Being on life support and my family knowing that I might die was supposed to be a lesson for them, not me, because I didn't know what was going on. But once I found out, my life became simple, well almost, but now I find myself living the way God would want. I have always dreamed of living in a pretty new larger home, but I realized I have a roof over my head, food to eat, and clothes when it's cold. I am a very Blessed person with a few friends who stand by me when I need them, plus I have all of you in Blogland that have helped me through some very difficult times. I don't have all my graphics from my other hard drive but I am hoping to transfer all them soon.

Easter Season gives us time to repent and become a new person. Most Catholics give up something for Lent, but I choose to give it up forever. Mine is to be a kinder, more gentle person and not let anyone hurt me. I forgive all who hurt me and then go on with my life. I humble myself and quit dwelling on the past. What has happened is over and we can't go back to yesterday, but we can change today. The future holds our destiny and if we change today, our destiny can be everything God wants of us. I have never felt this good about myself before. I have been reading a lot of Christian books and found a lot of answers to what I need to do, so my bucket list is a pleasing one for God,not for myself. I love all of you, and even though, I no longer get many comments, that's okay also. This is my blog and I see it as a journal of sorts.

I still "like" things, but I could easily live without them if I have to, but God wants us to have nice things, but He doesn't want us to worship them. So my thoughts for you today are that you are as Blessed as I feel today. Life is good, even though I am not healthy, but working on what I can fix and leave the rest to God, only he can fix those. He gives me strenght to endure some of the pain, but I still have to rely on medicine. I want to be around to see my grandchildren finish school and see my granddaughter married with children of her own. Have a Blessed Day and May God Bless you all. Love and Hugs, Pat

If you can search for "He grew the Tree", listen to it. I will try and find it. I have it on cassette and need to try and get it to a CD.