MRI - or Much Racket Inside

Geez o Pete...is an MRI noisy or what???? You know I had heard it sounded like tennis shoes rotating in a clothes dryer, or jack hammers on pavement but let me just tell you today while being scanned by the MRI I heard what sounded like to me a practice session from STOMP....you know the traveling musical troupe that makes music out of everything?

The pitches continually changed the vibrations changed the volume changed the speed of the sounds changed, man thank heaven for ear plugs..I now know MRI stands for much racket inside and not so much magnetic resonance imaging.. heck my husband said he could hear the machine at times even in the main waiting room!

And thank heavens for OPEN MRI machines....among my multitude of human weaknesses there is this wee tiny little fear of enclosed spaces, youve heard of it I'm sure you know closet-tro-phobia??? LOL Ok ok claustrophobia but you get the jist. The open version of an MRI isnt a picnic to be in for to long at a stretch but they make it more tolerable by performing the scan in smaller increments with wee breaks in between and its much more open so you dont feel so tightly enclosed.

The folks at Metro MRI where I had my scan today are incredibly nice, have a great sense of humor and are very accomodating when you are hobbling and tired. They made me comfortable every way they possibly could, with extra cushioning, blankets to tuck me in, extra pillows under my head; knee and foot, and just a great all around bedside manner. If you ever have to have an MRI ask your doc to send you to Metro MRI at Ashton Place. Nice folks!

After the scan I got to the shop close to noon and then spent the afternoon there. Got to see quite a few old friends and a make a few new ones too! Saw a few of my favs like Lu, Tina, Tammy, Debbie, Eric, and the Tart Guy( long story), and oodles of muchkins trying their best to be good while their mama's shop because they know the candy bucket is reposing just out of sight ready to reward them for their good behaviour! Hey even I would behave better with candy! tee hee

And today Tina brought us more adorable handpainted items and also brought us a new friend Kelsey! Kelsey now loves our shop and cant wait to bring her hubby in for some serious shopping! Maybe even the purchase of a hand made dining room table! It is always such fun to watch folks discover the treasures in our shop for their first time!

On a serious note-

Prayer updates and requests-

Lu's hubby JL is back from his mesothelioma treatments in Boston and we are all praying that the good doctors hands be guided by the good Lord's. Keep healing JL keep healing!We will keep praying.

Debbie Hodges dad Bud Jones has an aneurism in his femoral artery and the doctors are working on their plan of action for that. Please say a prayer for them also.

Linda Scantlin- She hasnt been in the shop for a while and she is on oxygen most of the time now so please continue to keep her and her family in your prayers.

Craig Kunselman, young friend of the family has been experiencing problems with his heart and some serious fluid retention in his extremities. Keep him and his family in your prayers also.

Take care and hope to see you all in the shop soon!!!

Cultivating New Gardeners

Yes you read the title right...Im cultivating a couple of new gardeners. These pictures show my daughter and husband working in the garden for me while I am unable to work in it. In the one picture my husband is guiding the water hose while my daughter waters the garden.You can barely see Emmett the all-seeing all knowing scarecrow supervising also!

My daughter came out to visit last night and while she was here she picked veggies for me, she is holding up a bell pepper in 0ne picture for me to see. For now I have to sit at the top of the hill in the wheelchair and watch them until my leg heals...sigh...my daughter also weeded and fertilized and she and my hubby watered the whole garden. She enjoys working in the garden, she is enough like me in that it helps her relax. I was so grateful she came out to help! She is such an awesome worker! She even watered all my flowerbeds, planters and window boxes before she left for the evening.

The two gardeners picked enough peppers from this first picking to freeze two quarts of them as well as snipped some fresh herbs for use in the kitchen. I have dill, two varietys of thyme, two varietys of sage, and garlic as well as other herbs included in my vegetable garden. You will also see marigolds, snapdragons and cockscomb in the garden for color as well as to deter critters from eating the plants, although the electric fence seems to be working well to keep them at bay too.

Cant wait to get back on my feet again and get my hands back in the soil. Come on healing!!!!!! Lets get this leg back in working order!!!!! Sigh would that it were that easy huh????

Oh well with these two new nifty gardeners I can pseudo-garden anyway...I will watch them and take pictures to share and keep you updated!

Happy gardening!

Just for Fun

Here are some laughs I thought I would share ( oh yeah I have been couped up way to long as evidenced below)... but enjoy them anyway!

...hmmm do we know anyone like this?????

Oh man sounds familiar... seems like just a week or so ago.....

LOL...again do we have friends like this???? tee hee

Remember...Keep smiling...

makes everyone wonder what you've been up to."

Reflections and Thanks

Had a chance to spend the day in the shop on Saturday thanks to my wonderful hubby, and dear friend/should be a sis Lisa. My hubby brought me in and set everything up for me and even ran the sweeper before we opened. Then I sat propped up behind the counter while Lisa ran the shop. I got to visit with some old friends and make some new ones! It was sooo good to be back in the shop for a whole day. Near the end of the day my Mom stopped by to see if she could lend a hand and then my Dad came by at closing time to help us close up. What would I be doing right now without my friends and family????

I am hobbling around now without the crutches or the walker but I am going slow and staying close to things that can help support me if I teeter. But I did manage to go with my hubby to get a few groceries sunday afternoon so that was a big accomplishment. But boy did I pay for it in discomfort later when we got home, oww ooo eee. Gotta take small outings on it for limited times...

I am sooo looking forward to getting the MRI done Friday and finding out what our next course of action is in this healing process. Im a very independent person and never having had my independence or mobility compromised before this has been a very humbling learning experience for me. I wont take my mobility, independence and health for granted so much after this is all done.

Ohh and for a laugh just a few of the nicknames I have been given lately...Peggy AKA Peg Leg, Crip, Hobbles the Hobbit, not to mention others....sigh...what can I say.....they have even threatened to "trick out my walker and wheelchair"...lol "My other rides a Harley." LOL

On a syrupy sweet note, the other evening my hubby helped me get out on the porch to sit for awhile to read and while I was reading he went for a stroll and came back with a fist full of daisies for me...told you he was a sweetie! God did good when he found my hubby for me! I had been divorced for such a long time, since 1995 in fact when God put Bruce in my path. Whats that phrase a friend told me "All in Gods time...all in Gods time." Amazing! Dont know what I would have done through this process without my hubby by my side! Glad I didnt have to!

Thanks to the man upstairs for providing what we need even when we dont know we need it!

See you soon!

So Whats the Star Mean?

Since stars are so popular in primitive and country design people are always coming into my shop asking me what the meaning of the stars are.

I have heard several stories but my most favorite version of the story behind the stars came from a friend at Mill Creek Trading Post. I have downloaded it here to share it with you.

I would love to have your feedback on what you think it means also.

On another note- I was in the shop for a few hours twice this week and plan to be in again some on saturday. Stop by and see me, I cant get away to fast what with the ever sexy protective boot and the equally appealing walker and all...my speed is more like a turtle....steadily plodding but eventually accomplishing the task.

My MRI is scheduled for next friday and hopefully we will get good news from it! Keep the prayers coming. Speaking of prayers, thanks to all for their prayers, get well wishes, calls, surprise visits, meals cooked, pies brought, listing me on their blog prayer lists and any little thing that any of you have done to make my recovery more tolerable. God truly has a special place for caring people like all of you.

I want to especially thank my sis for covering so many hours in the shop for me while I'm down, my mom who helped out in the shop a bit lately also, and last but not least my hubby for cooking and cleaning and other tasks normally out of his realm, not to mention the entire family putting up with some of my nasty moods lately! I love you all more than words can say!

Some Special One of a Kind Items

This handpainted table is a one of a kind item currently on consignment in my shop. Its a charming small round table with an adorable moon man motif on top. It was created by local artist Tina Lawver.

This vintage childs wicker chair was purchased recently at an estate sale and it would make a wonderful place to put your own primitive doll or bear in. It is currently holding one of our "foster prims" that was handmade locally. She can be adopted anytime during our regular business hours.

This oak farm table was recently purchased at an estate sale and brought into our shop. We cleaned it up and primmed it out and its just beautiful! Under it you will find a handmade prim black bench with drawer also on consignment to us from Pine Knot Primitives. Excellent piece!

This picture shows a beautiful handpainted harvest moon chair also on consignment and created by Tina. She has hand painted a tiny poem across the back of the chair slats also. Just too neat for words. Its a must see!

These are just a smidgen of the wonderful handmade one of a kind suprises our shop holds for you to find! Stop in soon and see us! You will be glad you did!

Bye for now!

Pics to Share

Here is one picture of the "faux outhouse" toolshed down by my garden that my hubby and daughter built me for Mothers Day. See if you dont agree its pretty cute! The little wagon was my stepsons when he was small, my hubby pulled it out of storage and helped me fill it with flowers!

This picture is the view of my garden and toolshed from our living room window.

The area I took my recent nasty fall in was the slope behind the toolshed just to the right of this picture.

This pic just gives you some idea of how loaded all my pepper plants are! The one on the left is a purple bell pepper and its already as big as my fist. The plant on the left is a hot pepper plant and its so loaded with peppers its leaning over!

This pic shows you a cluster if roma tomatoes. These are already as big as golf balls and still green, they will be big pear tomatoes for sure!

Miracle Grow is a wonderful thing!

These pics should give you a tiny idea of why I love my garden so and why my leg injury has really "rained on my parade" this season! But on the bright side, my non-gardening hubby is learning how to tie up tomatoes, and water plants, and do all kinds of things he never thought he could do in the garden. He is the best!

Now hopefully I can preserve and freeze these veggies this summer while using my walker or wheelchair!

Love to all and thanks to everyone who has called or stopped by to see how I am doing, I appreciate you more than you know! Also thanks to all who have stopped in and checked on my sis while she is manning the shop solo the past few days! You are all the best!

God Bless!

P.S. I popped in to the store for a few hours weds afternoon and I hope to do the same again today! Come by and say hello!