Picture this..............Chances for Xtra Entries For My Mystery Giveaway !!!

It's around 4:00 a.m. in the mornin'. You wake from a deep slumber because you have to go potty......Your in the bathroom with your jammies down and you've just sat down to potty ~ when outta the corner of your eye you see somethin' by the bathtub.......You look and low and behold it's one of those things you are deathly terrified of !!!!!!! It's a .......................... snake !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do you do ? Well.........I stood on the potty with my jammies around my ankles and screamed and screamed as I watched the thing slitherin' round the floor.....Now this wasn't an itty bitty one either....It was at

least 2 foot long and how in the world did I walk past that thing when I went in the bathroom was beyond me ! Well I'm still yellin' and cryin' and finally one of the kids wakes up and screams what's wrong and I said helloooooooo Snakeeeeeeeeee Get your Dad !!!!! At this point I've lost track of time, I'm feelin' queasy, shakin' and wishin' my hero would come rescue me FAST !!!!! The snake is slitherin' towards the potty and I'm lettin' out louder yelps lol.......Finally the Hubbs comes in and says What do you want me to do ? Duhhhhhh get the nasty snakeeeeeeeee outta here !!!! So he says with what ? I'm like I don't care what just get it !!!!!! He tells me ~ just jump over it and get outta here......Now girlies let me remind you I'm standing on top of the potty with my jammies down round my ankles and he wants me to jump ???? And what if that thing gets me before I get out the door ???? Well when your in a panic your brain just doesn't think well ! Hubbs calmly says pull your jammies UP and JUMP !!!! It's behind the potty now......So I get my courage up and I pull 'em up and I jump like Michael Jordan doin' a slam dunk !!!!! I ran soooo fast outta' that bathroom and down the hallway I coulda' set a world record I tell ya' ! Hubbs got it out and that wasn't the end of the snakes in the house =0( About 2 weeks later during the day I went to use the rest room....let me back up a sec' I didn't go to the bathroom forever without someone checkin' it first.....Well it had been fine so I decide I'm a big girl I can do this. So I go alone I slowly open the door ~ floor looks clear. I see nothin' behind the potty, o.k. it's good I can go. I lift the potty lid and........................ OH MY GOSH !!!!!!! YEPP There's one IN THE POTTY !!!!! Hubbs is outside I go screamin' for him and he's like NOT AGAIN lol I said yepp IN THE POTTY !!!!! He goes in and it's dead and he get's it out. Then one mornin' I get up and Hubbs is standin' in the hallway lookin' in the laundry room and I said why are you just standin' there like that ? He says You might wanna' go on back to the bedroom.....I say why ? He says there is about a 6 foot black snake in there !!!!!!!!!! Well you don't have to tell me twice !!!! So he gets that one out....Thank God he isn't afraid of 'em ! We'd be outta' luck for sure. This story is leadin somewhere I promise lol......... Now my daughter isn't afraid of 'em either but that snake in the laundry room freaked her out cause it was HUGE ! Well we go to Menards cause I'm sealin' any nook and cranny in this house ! We buy a case of that fill and seal stuff and go to work. Weeks went by and things seemed to be gettin' back to normal. When my oldest son Josh woke up one mornin' he comes and gets his Dad and I see 'em talkin' in hushed tones. I'm wonderin' what's up ? So I ask and they say you don't wanna know. Well I instantly knew ! Yepp more snakes !!!!! And yes it was not one but a nest !

Josh found baby snakes on his bedroom floor. They were copperheads ! A week before that my baby Maggie Moo Moo outta the blue came crawling on her side and she was seizing and within 3 minutes she passed away. I had just had time to grab the phone to call the vet and she was gone. We believe that she was bitten by one of the snakes. We packed up the fur babies and clothing and headed to my cousins house. We stayed there for almost a month. I wouldn't set foot in here till I knew we had fixed EVERYTHING to where they wouldn't get in again. We replaced Josh's floor. We redid part of the roof. Hubbs trimmed limbs away incase they were gettin' in that way. We bought more fill and sill and they filled around anything and everything ! That was last year and a few nights ago I was lookin' up at the vent in our bedroom cause I saw somethin' hangin' there so I go get Hubbs and he says Now DON'T panic it was just a piece of snake skin....DON'T PANIC ?!?!?!?!?!

O.k. sureeee I won't panic lol We are movin' the bed cause the vent is on my side !!!! Sooooo as much as I'm ready for spring I'm dreadin' it too ! Hoping everything we did last year fixed it where there won't be anymore surprises ! I don't think my lil ol' heart could take another summer like that ! I have a terrible phobia of snakes. I can't see 'em on t.v. I can't see pics of 'em they just petrify me.....

Now that whole story was leadin to this.........

~~~~~Spring~~~~~

Yepp we are gonna play a Spring Bingo game for extra entries !

You just need to pic 5 words from the list below and email me your choices to willowbendprims@yahoo.com with the subject of Bingo word List. Each day I will post 2 words and you'll need to see if it's one of yours. If all your words have been posted you've got a BINGO and you'll need to email me and let me know.....

Good luck and here's your words to choose from.....

Lilacs, Iris, Blossom, Sprout, Flower, Plants, Bloom, Kites, Wind, Spring, Seeds, April, Birdies, Chickies, Bunnies, April Showers, May Flowers, Easter, Tulip, Sunshine, Gardening, Spring Welcome, planting, Spring Break, Jelly Beans, Easter Bonnet, Chocolate Bunny, Egg Hunt, Daffodil, Buds, Grass.

And IF you haven't submitted a caption for the picture in my previous post you have till Friday Night to get one in for an extra entry chance....see post below this.....I'll be putting up the captions Saturday night to be voted on. I've only got 3 so far and lemme' tell ya' they are GOOD !!!! Sorry for the lack of pics today....My cam batteries are dead and I have to be at work at Noon soooo no pics to share today...... Hope everyone is having a wonderful day !!!

Get them Bingo words in and a caption if you haven't done so yet...

Till next time my Prim Friends

Hugggs n Blessins

EDITED***In my hurried state to get this posted I forgot to say I won Christine's Giveaway !!!!! I can't wait to get my goodies ! Thanks Christine for hostin' a lovely giveaway ! If you've not visited Christine you must. She has a wonderful blog....

Here's her link ~~> Preferably Prim Stop on over and say Hi =0)

My Mystery B~Day Celebration Givaway ~ Sharin' some Pics & A few things I'm workin' on.......

Hi ya'll =0) Hope this post finds ya' in GREAT Spirits !

I'm sure doin' much better. I was down in my back for a few days. Work really kicked my patootie and for a couple days I could barely even get outta bed. Thank goodness for the heatin' pad, massage mat and the meds that finally made it bearable come Saturday mornin'. I was going stir crazy ! I'll NOT be liftin' like that at work ever again ! I have an appt. at 11:00 today with my pain specialist so hopin' we can discuss some options for my protruding disc problem. ( Ran outta' time to post this before I had to leave....The Dr is sendin' me for another M.R.I. and physical therapy..... I've done therapy a gazillion times and it didn't help soooooo hopefully this time it'll do somethin' ?!?!?! )

Anyway on to happier notes ;0)

Lindsey, MaKenzie and I got out to go thriftin' and junkin' for a bit on Saturday. We found some new places to hit over in Spencer. One of them is a drug store but wow it's stocked full of Primtastic stuff ! Lindsey with her trained eye spotted it ( I've taught her well lol ) I forgot my camera or I'd have snapped some pics ! Lindsey had hers but I can't remember if we took any pics there. Anyway they had all kinds of goodies. I was simply amazed. We'll be goin' back there again for sure ! I think we got a few shots of our excursions with Lindsey's cam but her batteries went dead so maybe she'll share a few when she gets batteries. We also went to an antique store that was just full of amazing stuff there too ! Ohhh my they had some primtastic cupboards and dry sinks, crocks and cabinets. I was nearly droolin' !!!! I spotted a crock I'm debatin' on goin' back to purchase. We had a pretty good day and it was nice to get outta' the house for a bit ! The weather was wonderful. So glad we didn't get the snow and freezing rain they had been talkin' about!

I even put up all my winter decor on Sunday and started breakin' out Spring stuff. Still have some major tweakin' to do but I didn't wanna overdo it and get my back a hurtin' again !

Here's a few random pics of my livin' room......

This is a shot from the hallway.... I love the entertainment center but..........ya' there's usually always a but huh ? lol.....It takes up toooo much wall space ! I'd love to get somethin' smaller maybe someday. The livin' room is not that big to begin with because of the stone wall and our woodstove. You have to watch how ya' place things and make sure they aren't to close to the woodstove. We took it out one season and wow our electric bill really went through the roof !!!!!! Our home was originally a 2 room house from the late 1800's early 1900's till the owners before the ones we bought from built on an addition over 60 yrs ago and then the owners we bought it from did another addition in the 90's. In Jess's room we tore out a wall and found part of the original chimney still standing. One of our  neighbors who is in his early 80's has pics of the original 2 room house that part of his family lived in. He is my one of my best friends Grandpa. It's neat to learn the history of your home. We are the 3rd family to live here. We've slowly been fixin' things but ( ya' that but word again lol) it's a work in progress. Someday I hope to have it all done !!!

As you can see in this pic it needs some major tweakin' ! I'd like to add more simpler pieces. More on the antique side or even reproduction.  After paintin' I was  happy to just get things back up on the wall ! If I can get some better whole pics I'd love some ideas on furniture placement if ya'll have any you'd like to suggest =0)  When I take vacation time this year I know what I'll be doin' ! Major declutterin' and organizin' and gettin' things how I want 'em. I  keep the furniture covered 'cause I'm afraid the dogs may scratch it with their nails. Would like to find somethin' a lil more on the prim side to cover it with though......... Speakin' of fur babies.......

They all wanted to say Hi !!! From the front is Lovie ~ Then Scooter ~ Tinker Belle layin' down ~ Then Ms. Cocoa Channel ~

and Ms. Daisy Mae.........Now one of these sweet innocent lookin' furballs has been gettin' into my things and chewin' 'em up like there's no tomorrow !!! Hubbs got home one afternoon last week and calls me at work to tell me they had gotten ahold of a few of my dolls or somethin' and there was stufin' EVERYWHERE !!!!! Well they just happened to be 2 rabbits and 2 dolls I had made over the weekend for an order !!! =0(  Soooooo I had to start allllllllllllllllll over on it.....

 I started puttin' things up higher so they can't get to it. I don't know why the lil turkeys decided to have some "rip shreddin" fun ! Hubbs says they gotta goooooo and I said they are part of the family ! We've had them all except Daisy since they were born and Daisy was 4 months old when we got her. Sooo I guess I'll be doin' some research on doggie trainin' and teach 'em NOT to tear things up. They usually don't do things like that so I don't know what made 'em decide to start. Any pointers on dog trainin' ? I even thought about obedience classes at Pet Smart but I don't think that'll teach which ever one it is NOT to be chewin' up my things. Ahhhhhh well..... I love 'em anyway.........although I DON'T like the chewin' !

This is one of the wood beams that is in the living room and there are also wood beams in the dining room and my lil craft nook area. I'd like to take down the old saw and hang up baskets and drieds. I found the buttocks basket on our excursion and wanted to see what it'd look like up there. I need to age it before it takes it's permanent place there.......

In this pic you can see part of the beams better and part of the stone wall that sits behind the woodstove..... I'd love to take the woodstove out and have a fireplace put in instead and the chandilier over the table.... I'd like to replace soon with an early light....like somethin' from the Irvin's catalog. Gee I need to hone my picture skills a bit better lol ! And is that dust I see above one of the beams ?!?!?! OOOPPPSSS sorry I'll get that taken care of as soon as I finish this post lol ! Isn't it funny how things you don't see well really show up in pics !!!! hehehehehe.......

Looks like Ms. Lovie has some attitude goin' on in this shot !

Soooooo for an extra entry in my Mystery B~Day Giveaway....

Which if you haven't signed up for yet.....

click here to enter ~~~> B~Day Mystery Giveaway !!!!

So for the extra entry..... come up with a caption for the pic above and email it to me.... please don't post it in the comments ( I want it to be fair when we vote ) and I'll give ya' an entry.....then I'll post everyones caption and we'll vote on the top 3 fav's and they'll earn etra entries 1st place will get 3 more ~ 2nd place 2 more and 3rd place 1 more.....So put on your thinkin' caps and get those captions in to me at ~~> Willowbendprims@yahoo.com and in the subject line lemme' know it's your caption submission =0) I really enjoy doin' the extra entry games ! Lookin' forward to seein' what ya'll come up with =) Andddddd I'll be postin' the words for the bingo game soon for chances at more entries sooooo be watchin' for that post soon.

This is somethin' a customer from work who ordered a doll and rabbits from me just made me !!! I just love it ! It's knitted using strips from bed sheets.....The colors she used made me think of Spring...

She said this will keep your feet warm on bare floors and I said I wouldn't dare put it on my floor with 3 fella's in this house lol ! So I'm usin' it as a runner on my coffe table. Here's a closer up pic of the colors.....

I just love the pale yellow and blues with a touch of white... This is somethin' I'll treasure for a long time to come ! I tried to pay her for it but she wouldn't take a dime from me. Thank you Joyce I really love it !!!!!!

Wow I always start my post thinkin' I'll keep it kinda short and look !!! My fingers have done typed a mini novel lol.... Sorry ya'll guess I just had a lot to ramble on about hehehehe..... I wanted to share a few projects I been workin' on.....

A few of these items will be on my selling blog.

 if you'd like to check it out.... It's a work in progress and I hope to get some more things added there soon !

link ~> Willow Bend Prims Mercantile Peddler of Handids n Such

Well hopefully I didn't bore ya'll to tears with this longgggg winded post !!! BUT I gotta' share one more thing with ya'll.... Several posts back I had asked for prayers for something that would have affected our whole family in a NOT good way..... Well we just recieved good news this afternoon via a phone call !!!!! Everything is going to be a o.k. !!!!!! Prayer and faith sure does work !!!!! Thank ya'll sooooo much for includin' us in your prayers and thank you Jesus for listenin' and answerin' them !

That is such a burden lifted from our shoulders !

I can feel the stress leavin' and I can breathe a sigh of relief !

Soooo thanks ya'll again from the bottom of my lil ol' heart !

I hope your week is of to a fantastic start !

Till next time my Prim Friends

Hugeeeee Hugggs n Many Blessins to ya'll !

Snow n More Snow n A Suprise n Learnin' X Stitch

Hi ya'll I hope this post finds ya' in GREAT spirits =0}

Wow what a week here so far ! With all the lovely new snow on top of the snow we all ready had that hadn't even melted yet....School canceled the last 2 days and I was stuck at home today myself.

We got almost 9 inches here yesterday. It was a fairly heavy snow as you can see in the pic below.....

It has this poor Pine Tree weighted down....

And there sayin' maybe more this weekend.....Better keep them shovels out and ready !! (talkin' to you honey ;0})

Hubby was able to get out on Monday mornin' around 5 a.m. in my car before it got really bad only to be sent back home at 10:00 a.m. as the snow was really fallin' by then. So today we all had a snow day at home....Jess played xbox, Kenz talked on the phone (imagine that lol that girl was born with a phone attached to her ear !!!) and Hubbs helped me turn doll parts and while I did some stuffin' and sewin'. Back to work tomorrow though =( I'm just hopin' I don't walk into a mess.....The route drivers still ran so that means 2 days of returns plus what wasn't finished on Saturday to go through...ughhhhhhhh I'm pooped just thinkin' about it !!!

I did get a few dolls and some Easter bowl fillers all finished up and got 'em listed on my sellin' blog and I'm teachin' myself to x stitch.

This is the project I'm workin' on......

This is how far I've gotten so far....

I messed up the red rows =( But when I got to the S I figured out what I was doin' wrong.....I think I'll just leave it as is though. Now that I'm gettin' the hang of it I'm likin' doin' it. Just what I need though somethin' else to add to my I like to make list lol......

Any of you experienced X stitchers out there wanna share some pointers ? lol......Does the S look correct ?

****I have an announcement to make to.......****

I am starting my Birthday Giveaway tonight !!!!!

My B~Day is March 7th and I wanna celebrate it with ya'll by having another giveaway !!!!!! This one will have all the fun little xtra's to earn more entries too ! We are going to do a Bingo game with words for one of the extra entries.....More on that in a future post coming soon ! This is a mystery giveaway. So ya won't know what your gettin' "wink" Ohhh the suspense hehehehe.... I promise it'll be some lovely goodies ;0]

The same rules apply........

1. YOU MUST BE A FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG

2.YOU CAN POST IT ON YOUR BLOG FOR ANOTHER ENTRY

(USE THE SUPRISE PACKAGE PIC ABOVE)

3. JOIN IN THE GAMES FOR CHANCES @ MORE ENTRIES

4. LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST FOR ANOTHER ENTRY....LET ME KNOW IF YOU PLAN ON ADDING THIS TO YOUR BLOG SO I CAN CHECK =0]

THE DRAWING FOR THE WINNER WILL BE HELD March 8th

Good luck ya'll.........I loveeeee doin' giveaways !!!!!

****EDITED POST......I forgot to include this is open to anyone no matter where you live !!! ****

I Hope ya'll had a sweet Valentines Day.......

Oh and my soon to be daughter in law started a blog over the weekend so if ya'll get a chance pop on over and say a hello =)

Here's her link ~~>Crowin Bout Prims

I just love her blog name !!!!! O.K. I better get off here....I wanna' blog visit for just a bit. Then off to bed. 6 a.m. will be here before I know it and I'll be wantin' to hurt the alarm clock lol

Till next time my Prim Friends

Huggs n Blessins.....

Friday Finds N Finishes ~ Barn Pic ~ N More

Hi ya'll I'm takin' a quick break from craftin' to see how ya'll are doin' and I sure hope ya'll are doin' GREAT ! I got a few finds from today and a finished project and one that's almost done to share too.

I also want to say Thank You All who leave the most encouraging, kind and loving comments. They really brighten my day and put a smile on my face ! There's nothin' like comin' home from workin' all day to your sweet words to lift my spirits. This weekend is going to be kinda rough for me but not as much as past years (you'll read why below). Saturday marks the 17th year since my Mom passed away. I was only 21, had just had Jesse a month before and Mom was only 54. I've always had a hard time dealing with it emotionally. They say it gets easier with time but I didn't find that it did until this week and this is why.... Any of you who have followed my lil ol blog have seen the pics of the barn that posts messages on the front of it. Every so often they change the message. Well this week the message really hit home and gave me much comfort. It was as if God and my Mom were giving me a personal message. Of all the weeks to put this message up, they chose this week to do so. Why ? Because I feel that God does speak and comforts us in many different ways. Here is the message.......

God wanted me to know to not be sad. To celebrate the life my Mother led. To cherish my memories of her. Instead of cloistering myself in my room, shedding tears. I should and will be joyous in knowing that my Mom is in Heaven. She no longer suffers. She is no longer in pain. And she is there waiting for the day that we will be reunited. So yes someone is in Heaven waiting for me. I will continue my tradition of writing a letter to her. I've done this every year for the past 16 years. It helps me to put my thoughts in words.

And then I will make one of her fav dinners and we all will reminisce about our favorite memories of her. This anniversary will be a celebration not a day to morn our loss. But a celebration of God calling an angel home..........

I spent most of the day with my Pops. He had a checkup at his oncologist. And I'm exstatic to report that his Non Hodgkins Lymphoma is still in remission !!!!! Woooooot Woooooot....

This was the best news. So we celebrated by going to lunch and a few TS's and GW and they had a huge inside sale and flea market at our national guard armory. Wow did we get some good deals. I love crocks but most of the time they are outta my price range.....So when I spotted this one for 10 bucks well I had to have it !

It's a pretty good size. The only thing wrong with it is a few chips and a hairline crack down the back. The fella pointed all that out to me and I said I don't mind cause I  think it gives it character !

Then I found this.....

Of course the ash tray is coming OUT lol and it will get a paint job.

Not a bad find for 4 bucks.....

Then I found this basket full of tapestry wool and needlepoint and crewel wool for 2 bucks.....

Found 2 of these cute lil firkins....

4 bucks for both. And that chair pad under the firkin was only a buck. Love the worn look of it....

So then we headed out to the TS's and GW......

Not much there but did find the things below....

99 cents =0) Love those kinda prices.....Will paint and age this up.

I thought these egg shaped bowls would be cute to do somethin' with for Easter. And they were 99 cents each.

I love coasters and found a few sets at 99 cents each.....

Hoping the tape doesn't rip this set when I take it off.....

Well after the TS's n GW we ran out to see if the bed I have been dreamin' of was still there. Went straight in to where it was and my lil ol' heart was just a pumpin' and..................noooooooooooo

it was gone =( I knew I shoulda just snagged it up when I first saw it. Poooooohhhhh Oh well that's the way it goes sometimes. Maybe I'll find another someday......

Well I did manage to finish up a few things this week.

I did a lil' scrappin' with this pic my Daughter, Alisha and I took several years ago in Brown County. I scanned the original in and printed out a smaller version of it.

That's MaKenzie on the left, Me in the center and Alisha on the right. Alisha is Stephie's mommy and my kids cousin.

The bank where I do the daily deposits for work were celebrating over 100 years of being in business. That's where I got the old lookin' money to use in the scrap page. The saloon doors were made out of a cardboard box and the title letters were cut out with my cricut machine. I like how it turned out lookin' old and vintage.

Then I worked on my prairie doll off and on after work and got her bonnet all finished and her dress done. Still need to make her apron and a flour sack for her to hold.....

Oh ya' got her arms finished too ;0)

I can't wait to get her all finished up ! Still need to tea stain her a lil bit more too...... I'm likin' the way she is turnin' out so far.

I'm thinkin' about hostin' a Friday Finishes. Would anyone be interested in joining in ? If so lemme' know in your comments.

Well I best get goin'. I've got things to get finished up for my sellin' blog. I'm hoping to get them listed over there sometime this weekend. I work tomorrow and ohhhhh I just remembered it's inventory weekend again =0( uggghhhhhhh Hope our order didn't come in so I can count everything quickly after we close ! Hope ya'lls weekend is off to a wonderful start.....

Till next time Prim Friends

Huggs n Blessins

My 1st attempt at making........

A Bonnet !!! Wooot Wooot. Whewww I think it turned out pretty good for my 1st attempt. What do ya'll think ?

The pattern I used is from Carmens Olde Prairie Blessings.

Thanks Carmen for such an awesome pattern ! Love it.

Hoping to get this doll finished up today cause it's back to work tomorrow =( So noooo more really late/early mornin' stayin' up for me......booooo........ I have a few other things in the works to post on my selling blog soon. Got my fabric swatches all ready to post. If you haven't checked it out yet here is the link for my sellin' blog

link~>Willow Bend Prims Mercantile Peddler of Handids N Such

Stop by and say Hi =0}

In my last post I mentioned a case of "The Wants"

I talked with Hubbs about gettin' that Early Hired Mans Bed and....

He says IF it's still there come Friday then I can get it =( I wanted to go yesterday and get it lol. But Hubbs says I gotta figure out where I'm gonna put it or store it first. So I been trying to talk Kenzie into lettin' me set it up in her room and so far it's a NO go =( She says she doesn't mind my Prim decoratin' BUT her room is off limits lol

Shucks ! I have a son Justin who is 21 still at home, my daughter MaKenzie who is 19 and Jess who just turned 17. Wonder which one is gonna fly the coop first ??? Then I'd have a free room {wink}

IF I get to buy the bed I will probably just store it for now. Ohhh just typin' about it makes me wanna rush right on out there and get it lol....Ya'll ever felt like that about somethin' ?

Well sorry to keep this such a short post but I better get my patootie busy since it's my last day off for a bit =(  Might post again later tonight if I get some things finished up to share with ya'll. Hope your week is off to a wonderful start ! Till next time my Prim Friends......

Huggs n Blessins

Sharin' A Few Finds~ A Case Of The Wants~ And Ramblins of course ;0)

My goodness my late night or should I say early mornin' postin' is becomin' a regular thing huh.Well at least it's not 5 a.m. this time ;0) I do hope this post finds ya'll all snuggly warm in yer beds lol

I did get to bed at about 6 this morn. and was back up and outta the house by 11:00 a.m. It was a mad dash throwing on the makeup and fixin' my rats nest....ohhh I mean hair ! And off to the Prim Shop to drop off some goodies. The lady who runs it was soooo sweet and understanding about me not being there at 10 She had assumed it was because of the weather. I sure felt bad though cause I didn't want to make a BAD impression by being late =( ! I told her with workin' everday this week I just didn't have time to finish everything up and had to pull an all nighter. She said Oh Honey you didn't need to do that. You coulda' just called and brought 'em in next week. She was real pleased with them. Whewwww......lol

After that my Future Daughter In Law Ms. Lindsey decided to take me out on an antiquing excursion. My oldest son Josh and her know the last few weeks have been a rough and tryin' time for me and Hubbs and the rest of the family, so she thought it'd be good to get me out and away for a bit since I've done tried a box or two of calgon and all that did was give me puckered skin....It never did "take me away" hehehehe......... So off we headed to an indoor flea market and girlies (and yepp fellas too if your readin' ;0) I gotta tell ya' I saw THE MOST FANTASTIC DEAL !!!! Oh and if I woulda' had a place for it.....well I woulda' snagged it right up ! Oh how I wish I woulda had my camera to get a pic for ya'll !!! It was the most primtastic Early Hired Man Primitive Bed and it was only $35.00 !!!! I'm sooooo tempted to go and get it and store it at my Dads house till one of the kids fly the coop lol. I thought for sure I read the price wrong cause ya' don't usually see such primitve items like that for such an affordable price. I've got a case of the "Wants"

and Ohhhhhh I realllyyyyyyy want it lol. Lindsey did get me a few "pick me up" things that I just loveeee .....but ohhhh I want that bed hehehehehe............Hmmmm they are open tomorrow !!! {wink}

Anyway here's a few pics of the things Linds got me....

I've got a weakness for chairs. This one is in wonderful shape.

I love the old worn areas and rusty nail heads. I think it looks perfect so no paintin' this one. I'm leavin' it just like it is.....

The seat is even in GREAT condition. It's real sturdy too. And this lovely chair was only $7.00 woooot woooot =)

Then we found this.....

And only $2.00 what a steal ! I love old kitchen things.....

This is another one of my weaknesses lol and $4.00 !!! This place has GREAT prices ! Some of it's even cheaper than Goodwill !

This one was only $5.00 I "heart" prices like that !

One side has this on it so I'm gonna remove it....

They are cute......but the paints chippin' in spots and it really doesn't go with my decor. So that'll be a project I'll probably do sometime today.

I did get this done today......I think I got a lil heavy handed with the aging on it though....

Hubbs got it rewired. I need to get bulbs and it can be hung up.

I like how it turned out but the kids said Mom....that looks pretty grungy, crusty....Crusty ????? lol ooooooo.kkkkkkk.

"Notice object (recliner) appears closer than what it really is lol"

Oh and see that lil round bald spot ? That's Hubbs head hehehe... I gotta' show him that ! He claims he isn't going bald on top that he just has a receding hairline lmbo... I got PROOF hehehe....

Anyway back to the crusty comment lol.....I told the kids I was askin' the experts....that bein' ya'll in blog land. Do ya' think the finish looks "crusty" lol or old and antiquey ? Be honest it's o.k. I can take it ;0) We got a do the dishes aka load the dishwasher bet goin' Crusty I get to do it for a week....old n antiquey....they get ta' do 'em and I don't have to touch a dish for a week wooot woooot.

Ohhh my I better get ta' wrappin' this post up ! It's 4:30 all ready ! My how time flies when your visitin' old friends ;0)

I have one more thing to tell ya'll then I'm hittin' the haysack.

I started a sellin' blog. Yipppeeeee I had a few emails from people about handmade dolls so I decided to just go on ahead and make a sellin' blog. I'd been thinkin' about it for a long time anyways. I think clear back last year I mentioned somethin' about maybe doin' one so I'm gonna try my hand at it and see where it goes.

Here's the link Willow Bend Prims Mercantile Peddler Of Handids

 Hop on over and say hello. I'd offer for ya to sit a spell and have a spot a tea but since it's still under construction I'm afraid ya' might get a bit bored lol. Just one post so far. I'll be workin' on it a lil more today....after I go buy that bed lol ;0) Well it's almost 5 ooopppsssssieee so I better get movin' Till next time Prim Friends

Huggggs n Blessins