denial...

Well girls,

yesterday was  a day of facing reality.

A reality 
that

I had been 
in denial about

because

as you know 

the show must go on.

Tears, anger, fear swelled up

 as we faced the truth.

No more denial.

We found out that our, 

obviously less-than-adequate health insurance,

 (we are self-employed)

denied  my husband's heart procedure.
(We were told the Dr's office was handling the pre-approval.)

As you can imagine, that is no little hospital bill.

My first reaction was: 

paint something. 

paint anything.

 hurry. 

fill up the shop.

what can I sell?

paint something.

paint anything.

on and on. around and around.

All panic.

We wait in HOPE for the LORD;
He is our help and our shield.
In Him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in His holy name.
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even as we put our HOPE in you.
Psalm 33:20

Be still. Be quiet.  
Let God provide.

This will be a slow, steady process...

one baby step at a time.

Praise the LORD, O my soul
and forget not all his benefits-
who forgives all of your sins
and heals your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psalm 103:1-5

I will deny.

I will deny panic

I will deny anger

I will deny fear.

Be strong and take heart,
all you who Hope in the LORD.
Psalm 31:24


I write this mainly for me...as a monument of sorts...
a place to "lay" it down
a place to remind me
a place to record my life and my journey of faith.

I had signed up to do *where bloggers create*...I'm not sure what I was thinking anyway...we're barely finding the floor around here...sigh.
 (BTW-thanks to all of you for making me feel normal for my mess!) and with all of this I need to turn my heart to home.

There's always next year.
And you've all seen where I really create anyway.

barn whites...

If you know me

you know

I am crazy 

about setting up,

especially for my *events*

I always have  grand ideas...

lots of grand ideas

but

as the days get closer

my list of *wants* and expectations

decrease.

There is never enough time.

No matter how much I think 

I am ahead of the game.

This sale was no exception.

Thursday came.

It was time to get serious 

about setting up.

I looked through my idea files

 for simple (meaning quick)  inspiration

and found this:

photo courtesy of garden vintage antiques

THANKS to

 Theresa of Garden Antiques Vintage

TOT of Time-Worn Interiors

and 

Shelley of Sweet Pea

You girls rock

and 

 are my inspiration!

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I think we can do that...

These doors have been just sitting in the barn

not being used.

Oh, honey...

easy, peasy,

fabulous backdrop!

So here  you go

Enjoy!

another easy backdrop 

with shutters 

that I bought *years* ago

and had not used

This french blue with a glaze

 was new for me.

It was a hot-seller!

another fun new color

These signs 

were a new addition 

this year.

I was so happy with how they turned out!

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all in all

it turned out to be a great sale

with

great customers

and

great vendors!

The excitement and energy

were incredible!
That's  all (I think!)
you'll hear about 
the sale
You're probably getting tired of it.
I am
and 
am ready 
to move on to the next thing!

Happy White Wednesday to all...

the calm....

after the storm. 

The storm's name is

Miss Gracie

she touched down here...

the site of the Barn sale

and

 this is the aftermath of the storm.

It is  quiet

and 

I am left wondering...

what to do
 now

after those l-o-o-o-ng  frantic hours of last week.

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I could clean-up

I could do my mountain of paperwork 

I could organize 

but

I did this

I played with my roses

I tried all sorts of backgrounds 

in all sorts of places

Which one do you like best?

I'll be back 

tomorrow

for

White Wednesday 

to show you the rest of the story.


apology here:
I do so appreciate the comments left for me
over the last little while


i am slowly  trying to get around to see you
but I know there is no way
I can get caught up.
Please, KNOW,
that your comments mean so much to me
they encourage me
and inspire me.
so, don't stop!

vintage silver sunday...

just a quick peek

of

Miss Gracies's 

and 

Friends 

ViNtage BARN sale

to be continued...

linking up with silver sunday

at 

Gypsy Fish Journal

talk to you soon
rene'

this is how i feel...

headless

like I've lost my mind

like a chicken with its  her head cut off

you get the idea

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shh...don't tell anyone

but 

I'm supposed to be working

I  just had to take a break

I couldn't let another WW go by 

without me.

we always forget how crazy it gets

and

how big of a push it is

 to pull it all together

I've saved these pics of my manny

 for a day just like this

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 I promised you a sneek peek.

 so here it goes.

it is not pretty.

yet.

I think the hardest part of all

is 

the transition

from storage/work area

to

show space.

And that requires moving 

everything

at  least

3

times.

Here are some very

*in the rough*

pics of my shop

Better get going before I'm caught slacking!

Happy White Wednesday to all!

it's this kinda day...

again.

We've never had rain like this before.

Usually,

I live 

in

the 

desert.

All of my furniture is  back in the barn...

waiting for the final step.

AND

 the forecast is

sun and mid-80's.

Starting tomorrow.

I hope so.

The Sale is next Friday.

so much still to do

and my roses and peonies are just starting to bloom!