Of this I am certain...

Every day of my job is different. There is not much that is certain, some people I see love me, others maybe not so much. I am the same person everyday, or at least I try to be. I try to always be kind, understanding, and empathetic... And yet sometimes my patients think I am the worst part of the day, which makes for the worst part of my day. I try however to find something that can brighten their spirits. There are another kind of patients too... the ones who think I am the best part of their day... the ones that make me have a good day. These patients don't always know this is the case, which makes it even better.

The other day I had the pleasure of treating such a patient. This patient was close to 90, but you wouldn't guess that. They were kind and soft spoken and wanted to work hard to get better. During our session this patient had a visitor... I could tell right away they had been friends for a long long time... They spoke in circles, answering their own questions before the other could answer. I asked how long they had known each other, and the reply was something along the lines of "all our lives." It was pure entertainment to listen to them catch each other up on the happenings of the 85 plus generation.

Right then I knew, someday this would be me. Someday I would be visiting, or would be be visited by a life long friend....


You can't ask for much more in life.

<3
Ash

Apple Butter Makin' Days

I have never been more proud of my crafty self than I am now that we have officially completed our first craft festival. She takes/and has way better pictures of the tent so you'll have to go to her blog and check it out. I liked this one the best because of that sexy plexy reflection in the mirror. Haha.

I'm still tired from the weekend, but oh so happy!

Now I just need to unpack my car. Oh and clean up my disaster of a house that has tiny bits of fabric and felt strewn about the living room floor... alas.

I can't believe I could even have a desire to craft but I am thinking about those train cases I have been collecting all summer... what to do what to do...

Busy

I swear I haven't disappeared... I'm busy being the queen of crafting at Apple Butter Makin' days.

If you came by today and I scribbled out my blog for you, thanks so much for stopping by! Etsy shop to come soon!

<3,
Ash

someday

If I ever get through the mountains of craft supplies that I have stashed in every available space in my house, and get all the crafts made for Apple Butter Makin' days, I'm making one of these. I have been garage selling like mad though... And I have a stash of awesome train cases.... I think I am going to decoupage /paint the outside of mine though. Mmmm humm....

<3

Accomplishment

Now that the year is more than half over, I am finally making some serious progress on my New Year's resolutions. I wrote about all that here, if you care to read about things like that. One of my many resolutions was to finish all of the things on my "master to do list". I have lived in my house for almost four years, and there are a few things I have been wanting to do since then. Its a terrible problem. Anyway, one of those things was to clean/organize my garage. The interesting little old man I bought my house from left me many many treasures in my garage. Over the years, I have just added to the piles and piles of things and the cobwebs have just multiplied.

There is pretty much just enough room to drive my car in and that is it. Note the green thing in the bottom left of the picture... that is an awesome table I snagged at a yard sale, which I am sure I will post once I am finished updating it.

Opps, ok there is a better picture of the table. Somewhere under that pile of stuff is a cockroach hotel that doesn't know it is about to be annihilated. Eeek!

This pile is out of hand. Behind those awesome Adirondack chairs I got for my birthday is my bike, my bike rack, and some shelves I snagged at an estate sale for organizing. Ha, they are doing a good job there.

See this fellow? He gets the credit for getting the job done. Sure I did all the heavy lifting but at he kept me on task. If it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't of gotten bored/tired/hot/distracted and would of just shoved everything back in and not been able to park my car in the garage.

This is what I always do, find something better to do than the project at hand. My lovely friend Mary painted me this ages ago and I have been meaning and meaning to frame it but just hadn't. This is my favorite part of the whole "makeover". It is such a happy painting that will greet me every time I pull in the garage. Anyway, after the task master got me going again, I made some more pro






Ta da!! I am so pleased with the finished project!! I like Fall cleaning much better than Spring cleaning.

Now back to the crafting, Apple Butter Makin' Days is just around the corner.

<3,
Ash

Apron Makin' Momma

Emmy and I got together last night for a crafting binge! We sewed until our fingers stopped working. We still have a long way to go before we are ready for our festival in October.

Emmy made some adorable aprons as she is modeling here....

I made a bunch of onsies and baby bibs... things someone else in this photo will surely get spoiled with as soon as I know if I'm crafting for a little girl or a little boy!

The headbands are a hit

Check out how awesome one of my headbands look in my momma's hair!
I'm off to craft, the deadline is fast approaching!