No More Nekked Tree!!

As many of you know my christmas tree has been standing "nekked" in the corner for about a week.

With all that goes on this time of the year, it seems I did not have enough time in the days to get something on it.

But I did all I could to not stress over it. It would get done when it got done!!

I even threatened to throw a christmas quilt over it and call it complete. That is when my hubs took pity and decided to check all the lights and get them untangled. And while that was a big help, the tree was still "nekked"!

I have had a rush of orders here at the last minute for the holidays......and I am thankful for each one of them.......but orders had to come first and the tree was still "nekked"!

But at last I had (made) a few minutes and got the lights on the tree. That looked pretty good and kinda got me in the spirit. So I went and put on some carols and started adding ornaments. I still have 2 boxes of ornaments that are not on the tree but all the important ones are on there and it is so pretty. Besides hubs says there is no more room on the tree anyway!! What do men know!!

Remember that as much as we love the decorations and the festivities "Jesus is the real reason for the season".

Lots of my ornaments are from friends and I love sitting and looking at each one and remembering each one of you.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Whats In The Oven?

Well considering the time of year, most of you are probably baking cookies.

Or some of you might have fruit cakes baking.

Or a scrumptous pie of one sort or another.

 

But at my house for the last week this is what has been in baking in my oven almost 24

hours a day.

You see I really had no choice.

A neighbor was cutting down a Paper Birch and I wanted the wood to make rounds for one of my items I sell on Etsy.

Although the tree was dead, once you down it you must cut the rounds and get them dry in a slow and steady way, but if you allow them to air dry they will crack and look like "Pacman".

Paper Birch is a beautiful wood to work with I was so blessed to get it. So I had no choice but to deal with the wood until the task was completed.

If you would like to take a look at the item I make from them you can see it here: wooden love charm

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Are you feeling stressed?

Are there times when you get to moving in circles?

Maybe moving so fast you can't keep up with yourself? 

Worrying about the holidays or perhaps family members or friends?

I think we all have those times.

We all have times when THINGS seem important.

Times when getting a big meal on the table is the last thing we want to consider.

Or the thought of wrapping ALL those presents makes you start to think seriously about gift bags!

Well you are not alone. We all do this from time to time.

And today must have been one of those days for me because the Lord sent me this to remind me to look up, and rely on him.

If you look really close you can see it is a double rainbow and at one time I could see the whole bottom rainbow.

It was beautiful and it reminded me I should be looking up to the father and not trying to do it all myself.

So I will be stopping more during this holiday season to focus on the real reason for the season.

And to put my trust in him.

So how about you?

Happy Thanksgiving

Today is a day to give thanks for all that we have and remember that it all comes from the Lord.

I have many things in my life that is not perfect but I still spent much time today being thankful for my family and friends, my home and the bounty of food that the Lord provides,not just todays bounty.

We have so much and I am truly thankful.

I hope you shared the day with friends and family and remembered the important things.