Getting There

Good Morning

I hope you all enjoyed the Memorial day weekend

We had a great weekend

Note Busted knee sure put a damper on my planting plans this year *sigh*

So I am going to see what I can come up with this week, to brighten up

those flower beds some

But I am Happy to say the Knee is Healing, just a Huge UGLY scab

That breaks open when I move around

But I could not stand it any longer, so I have been cleaning out my

flower beds, and moving around more! Still so much cleaning to get done

Pretty sad looking beds this year, I lost my large bushes to the flood last year

But they are coming back out

And Yes I am Keeping my knee Clean 

Never managed to get out and a get a large pot of Petunia's for my deck

for this year, so planted a couple of smaller plants

Miss Lilly loves them and she always wants

a Pink One, and a Purple one :)

She is Helping her Daddy build a Chicken Coop

She loves Nana and Gampa's Chickens so she is going to

get some of her own

I will start putting my building back together next week

not sure I should be lifting and tugging on furniture just yet

I will get back to creating Soon! Goal is to reopen my shop

around the third week of June, or at least no later then July 1st

Have a Wonderful Week

Brenda

Too Much time on my Hands

confession time, I would almost be thrilled to go back to my studio

looking like this right now!

But by the time I emptied boxes and storage bins, it was crowded in there

What do you do when you are stuck in a chair for longer periods of

time then you prefer to be...........browse for ideas for said studio

since my leg got infected they changed my antibiotic

UGH.......now I can not get outside on this gorgeous sunny day

because they told me these meds would make me blister!! BLAH lol

And I have to take them for another 8 days *Sigh*

So with everything I have boxed up, I have been checking out

studio's on Pinterest (source for photo above)

Now in a dream world I would have a High ceiling

* but in reality I know that is impossible *

And look at that wall of windows, simply beautiful

See too much time on your hands and Pinterest

seems to make you want to do things that you will NOT be able to do

I have two small windows, one will house my air conditioner

I do have a door with window panes in it

I am going to uses mirrors to attempt to reflect what little

natural light I have in my building

See what I mean, this was before I boxed everything ALL of it,

 up and sold some items I did not use any longer, in a yard sale

(and by the way this is just one end of the building, yes there is more) 

It is dark in there, and all furniture items I have are dark

So plans are to paint everything white ! well not everything

I think I want to do some pops of cheerful colors in it

My floor is painted white 

I am thinking of splattering Paint on it :)

That way when I spill some it will not matter

Heck I may even splatter my windows, if I get brave enough to

But as small as they are that may not be a good idea for light to come in

My dream is to purchase a few items for storage

( Library card storage )

But I want to paint it if I make this purchase

and on Pinterest you will find several of these 

drawer containers, with ideas to paint, or cover with papers

I want to do one with map pieces of the lake we live at

 Source

So yes my room with still be eclectic I just can not settle on 

one particular style

Pinterest has made me have mixed feelings

First thing I have to get my knee healed up

and then I will tackle this project

you can find my Pinterest board of inspiration HERE

Hope you are enjoying your weekend

Brenda

Every Drs office should have a child in it

Good Morning

source Walmart.com

Just have to share my visit to the Doctor's office yesterday

The Nurse practitioner was who I got to see 

She walks into my room with a Cute little girl following her

Asks me if it is ok, the child was her daughter

This little girl squats down and looks at my knee and says

"Oh that is a bad one"

Her mommy gathers everything to scrub my wound

and the Little girl puts on surgical gloves and grabs her 

a square of gauze, and says

"I will help you mommy"

At this point I was not nervous at all, instead I was so calm

And enjoying the child being there

Her mom washes my wound and there is wound cleanser 

going down my leg, the little girl paps it dry, ever so gently

I ask her how old she was and she replied

"I am three"

after cleaning the wound, the nurse was putting iodine on it, the little girl 

informs me, that is great stuff, I always get that on my boo boo's :)

her mom whispered ask her what she is going to be

so I did and naturally she tells me "OH I am going to be a Doctor"

When her mom informed me they were giving me a shot of

antibiotic, and I mean the one that hurts and burns :)

The little girl says I will help I will hold your hand

(yes I hate needles LOL)

But that shot, well the entire office visit went so smoothly for me

I walked in stressed and worried about my knee

but instead had a very pleasant visit

Every doctor's office should be able to take a child to work with them

because it was just so SWEET and very soothing for her to be there

In fact I asked her if she could be there when they remove my stitches LOL

A child is full of compassion and care

Many adults could learn so much simply by watching children

Heck many doctor's today could learn from them

seems so many do not have a compassionate side to them 

Hope you have a wonderful day today

the knee feels much better, the swelling is almost all gone now

But Tuesday can not get here soon enough, I am ready for this 

to be OVER with. I am tied of hobbling around
I will hobble and have to be careful for a couple more weeks
but that is so much better then the fear of messing up my knee

Brenda

Seriously

This is a picture of Lilly that just seems to say

***SERIOUSLY***

So I will start with that and again SERIOUSLY 

I have not posted on my blog since March the 14th WOW

I was taking a much needed vacation from everything online

Yes even creating and selling 

No such luck at a vacation on a warm tropical beach somewhere :)

Seriously 

My intentions were to go back to work on the 15th of May

What a Flop that turned out to be

speaking of flop, I twisted a flip flop and 

I took a fall in my yard and my Knee and the corner of 

a Paver brick kissed each other

Let's just say the brick Won the battle

Violent Stone it was LOL

Stitches and Pain later............and today a trip to the DR

because it is infected :( I should share a HUGE frown here

Because in all honesty when I woke this morning to dark red

blotches going down my leg and major swelling I Freaked out!!

Seriously - the little toe was black from swelling UGH

So I am delayed at getting back to work

you see I boxed everything up in my studio building

Everything I tell you !! And cleared out many things I did not use

any longer. I was going to redo it, because it was far to cluttered

and uncomfortable. Now those plans are on the back burner

until said knee improves and I can move around better

So I will make an effort to at least post on my blog more often

or while I am laid up

Note: I shared Sweet pictures of Miss Lilly 

Because she just cheers me up 

Hope you are all still following me, I will be back soon

Brenda

Spring is in the Air and I have a winner

Good Morning, I am late at announcing my winner

Thank you to everyone who signed up and shared

the winner is 

Cathy of Acorn Hollow

congrats Cathy on winning 

 Look who came to see Nana :)

what a crazy week I had last week

I had Internet issues, computer issues

all due to storms a week ago this past weekend

And then since my kiddo's are all down I spent this

past weekend with family, we went fishing last night!

Kale built him a fort out of wood at the lake

They keep this wood piled under a tree to build firs

Yes it was a cool windy evening but so much fun

and we did have a Nice Fire going

Nana caught the first fish, ok so not officially it was on my rod

but PaPa had to reel it in because Nana and Lilly was gone on a walk

I will be out of touch this week

have orders to wrap up today but I am spending quality time with family

Have a wonderful week, it is Beautiful weather here

Brenda