...... Peace ~ and ~ Plenty .....

Time never stands still...

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Here's hoping you and your family have a very Safe and Happy New Year! All we can do is hope that the New Year blesses us with what makes us happy and complete... Health ~ Family ~*

~ Peace ~ Plenty ~ Prosperity ~ ... and Wisdom ~

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Take Care,

Tina

....... More Primitives Listed .......

It's been a couple of days since my last post...Here's the status of my house... the tree is still standing and the Santas are still staring at me as I walk by...I did manage to take the candles out of the windows...but that's about it! In the past, I have been eager to remove all traces of Christmas as soon as possible...I get this from my Mama, she starts taking her tree down after Christmas dinner and everything else is gathered up and packed away the next day (I kid you not!)... However much I would like to follow in her footsteps, I can't...my husband likes to have everything up until New Years ...he follows the church calendar, you see... So you get the idea of what this weekend will be like for me...I'll frantically be rushing about shouting for the kids to help gather up and put away Christmas until next year ~ With all of us working together, it should only take about an hour to have the house in order once again...yippeee!!

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Here's a little primitive update: I just listed a couple of dolls on ebay tonight...I have some brand new dolls that I will be listing soon on my website...I still have aspirations of FINALLY listing items on my Etsy site...it will happen...I mean it...

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Take Care,

Tina

.....Holiday Rollercoaster.....

Well...it's over...when and how did it get by? Every year leaves me with this joyous build up of anticipation and then this unbelievably dumbstruck feeling...When I woke up this morning, I caught myself thinking of when I will be taking the tree down...There's always half of me that wants Christmastime to last forever and then there's the other half that wants to move on into a new...and hopefully better year!....I'm so full of inner turmoil...but time heals all wounds and we all must move forward...

I feel very lazy today but there are so many things I'd like to get caught up on...hmmm, I wonder which one will win! Let me give you a hint...I have been a lazy bum lately! I think I'm deciding my fate right now!! LOL

I hope everyone of you had a wonderful day yesterday and was able to step back from the "blur" of the season and find a little inner peace in yourself and this crazy world...We all need to feel peace and comfort all year round...and this is the best time to begin...just close your eyes and take a deep breath....

Many thanks, once again to all my cyber-friends...you have made my world much brighter in many, many ways...I look forward to reading your comments and take comfort that someone out there has read thus far...

I hope y'all will stick with me in this new and upcoming year...I'll have plenty of up and downs and so will you but our friendship will grow...Thank you again for visiting my humble blog!

Take Care Friend,

Tina

.....Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.....

Where has the year gone? It seems to fly by so fast and the older you get...the faster it gets!!!

I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you to all you loyal customers and friends out there...

I wish I could meet every one of you in person but that's not likely...I value your friendship nonetheless...I so appreciate your stops on my website, ebay, and blog...it means a lot to me that you want to see what I make and read what I ramble on about!!!

Many Blessings to You and Yours!

Take Care,

Tina

....... Saturday~ Then~ Sunday .......

Today was a very busy day....It's saturday so it began much later than during the week!...I can always tell when I have too much on my mind because I always wake up about 6 a.m. thinking we all overslept only to realize that it's the weekend and we're all sleeping later!...I think I move much slower on saturdays too because I piddle around too much...it's so easy for me to get sidetracked these days...and anyday, for that matter but that's another blog!...

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I went to the grocery store to get some final ingredients for my baking/cooking day tomorrow...I was going to have everything ready and begin early in the morning ....As luck would have it, Harris Teeter was out of ground pork...my husband is from Vermont and he grew up eating meat pies for Christmas...being the goode wife that I am, I got the recipe long ago and have been fixing them every year for the last twenty of our twenty-one years together...Now I've got to take a quick run back to HT in the morning so I can get everything in production...Oh well, life's not easy...if it was, I'd merely snap my fingers and they would make themselves appear...to my delight!

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I took a few pictures when we went home to my parents farm in Virginia for Thanksgiving...We had a great time...it always flies by too fast...Here's a picture of my mamas spoiled cat having a run in with a little calf and some chickens...He's very cocky and slaps these animals around...It's really funny!!!! Until next time...

Take Care,

Tina

.....Meowy Christmas!! .....

Here's a couple little shots of E.B. under the tree...we have to watch her around the tree because she loves to bite the lights...All I can picture is the poor cat in the "Christmas Vacation" movie...I'm sure you remember, she crawls under the chair chewing on a string of lights...then you have "fried pussycat"...After laughing to myself, because I usually laugh through the whole movie, I grab her and fuss at her for her meanness...It lasts ten minutes at the most...then she's back ... We try only to "light" the tree when someone's in the room with it and her!!

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I only have a few more presents to wrap and I need to put a little thought into the little goodies I'll be fixing this year...When the kids were little I used to bake five or six different kinds of cookies and chex mix and whatever else I could find in my latest cookbook...we would always end up throwing out most of them because the kids would forget about them or just not like them...I've become much more frugal and I have narrowed it down to three favorites that I fix every year... Hopefully I'll get' em done this weekend....They'll be fresher too!

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I've also have this itching to get to my sewing machine lately...Ideas are popping into my head and I really want to update my website before the year's done...My inspirations seem to happen at hectic times but I've learned, if I ignore them I lose part of them...I'm on my way to the attic after this post to sew a little...

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Blessings to you for stopping by today...I hope you are all finding your own inner peace and joy this season...Until next time...

Take Care,

Tina

.....Holiday Ho Hums and Daydreams .....

Okay, I don't like to bring anyone down but right about this time every Christmas season...I start getting the blues...I have a lot to be thankful for and realize that every day. I think it's more about another year is almost at a close...Our family, while tight,is another year older and the kids are definitely out of that "Santa" phase...It's been a few years since Santa visited our house...and that's a little sad...I am very happy that we have raised very polite and well balanced children but as their mother...it's just so hard to gradually let go of them...Change is good but it's also bittersweet because it means that things never stay the same...

This is a little heavy so I'll just move onto something else...I am in the process of working on my Etsy shop and creating a new style for my dolls...I love the farmhouse look and the colonial look too...I'm trying to cross them in a pleasing way...I'll be listing my inventions on my website and picturetrail soon...If I could put an end to my daydreams and wandering thoughts...I'm always thinking of a dozen things at a time...I think I'll call it "brain clutter"! I would get so much more done...I think that will have to be one of the things I'll need to work on in this new year!

Thanks for stopping by!

Take Care,

Tina

..... It's The Most Busiest Time of The Year.....

Whew! This has to be one of the most taxing months of the year...It seems that there's always some little detail that pops into my mind during this time of the year...even for a low key Christmas... I remembered this morning that the car should have an oil change...I didn't really want to go anywhere but Mondays are usually my listing day for Ebay and I wanted to have it free...so I went...I can tell it's Christmastime because the traffic has increased tenfold...a little mission like mine was delayed some in fighting traffic and crowds...While out, I picked up a couple of small gifts for the family...It's nice to have a little something under the tree...The kids are beginning to think I'm a scrooge this year because they don't see the usual shiny boxes ...Just for the record, I'm not...I'm just much more restrained this go round! ~ My parents just left early this morn after a very brief visit...they don't like to leave their home and start talking about when they plan to go back as soon as they arrive! It makes for a very tense stay because I always try to talk them into staying a little longer...it never works....Despite that, we had a good time...We went to my daughter Rebecca's concert ~ she plays the violin in the school orchestra and it's so nice to go to these events every year...A very funny thing though ~ every year it never fails...we get hit by some torrential rainmaker ...I think I would be at a loss for words if we actually had a clear night next year! I will be outside tonight looking for that super big moon that only happens ever so often...Luckily, tonight will be clear enough to see it... Thanks for stopping by and reading my humble blog...I really appreciate it!

Take Care,

Tina

....Christmas Joy....

The joy of Christmas comes but once a year...I think as I get older...that joy is coming in different ways...This year has been a great eye opener for me...you see, I used to dwell on the material things in life and want tons of jewelry and as many meals out as possible...I could never get enough...I truly believe I was out of control...my weight was spiraling out of control too...I think that is what drove the other "hungers" in my life...not being in control...

My surgery over the summer has helped me regain control of my life and my bad habits...I feel like a different person now and my life is changing as a result of that...I am trying to lead a more simple lifestyle now and concentrate on what's really important...faith, family and home...I really lost sight of these things and only wanted more and more material things...I still loved my family and I'm a very protective mother...my kids are my life...but that void inside was never fulfilled...until now...I am truly thankful for the way I was lead to this fate...it was purely coincidental as all things in life are...

We will have a much simpler Christmas this year...the kids are older and they understand that the money tree is in hibernation right now but it will bud again in the future...Christmas is not about that anyway...it's about being thankful that we are healthy and together for another year ...What could be a better present than that?

Thank you for visiting my humble...and deep blog today...

Take Care,

Tina

....It's Ebay Time!...

After just returning from my little vacation...I have been feeling a

little empty with no listings on Ebay...Tonight ~ I took care of that!!

Please hop over and check out my new goodies...I think you'll like

them!! Oh, you can click the link on your right....

Take Care,

Tina