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 !