Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Fable of the Porcupine.

I received this email from my mom and thought the pictures alone were so adorable I had to share it!  As I don't know where this email originated, so I can't give anyone credit, but whoever your are..Thanks!




Fable of the porcupine 
It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions.
 
After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth.
 
Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the warmth that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.
 
Moral of the story: The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Daily Visitors.


I'm entering this photo in pieces of a real heart's photo  challenge.
This is one of the many 'critter' visitors to the Little Shack.  I think that the birds are one of my favourite things about living here.  We get so many of these little Chickadees fluttering to the feeders on the deck.  They particularly like the oiled sunflowers seeds and tend to make a fuss when the feeder is low on them. Between them and the resident squirrel, our feeders are seldom still.
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On My To Do List...The 'Before' Story.

I have no excuse to put off getting stuck into my total disaster of a craft room turned storage room.  It was once a usable room, although not at all finished.  Still, it has a door, 4 walls and that's about it! Which is more than I can say for the rest of the basement! It's was first Zac's room, then became my craft room when our oldest son moved out and Zac moved into his room (also unfinished).  Living in an unfinished house with too much stuff has many drawbacks.  One of which is not having a place for anything.  Hence, my "craft room" became my place to put everything and anything that did not have a proper place to go.  Very frustrating when you need something you put into that room and it is lost in the messy build up somewhere!  I have procrastinated for far too long though, and the time is now to deal with it.
So here, much to my complete and utter embarrassment, are some pictures of what I am about to tackle.
Disaster Zone!!!

EEK!!!
  The room needs to be completely emptied, with everything packed up into totes and boxes.  I then have to store them somewhere besides the basement.  I'm hoping to sort through my craft stuff as I go and get rid of a bunch I won't use, don't need and am never going to get around to.  Then maybe there won't be so much to store!
This room will be re-constructed to be bigger.  It needs a floor, ceiling, walls, a real door...and then will need to be painted, have flooring put down and molding put up.  When all of this is done, it will be Zac's new, finished bedroom!
Zac and I have great plans for this room.  We're thinking a loft bed with a desk and storage underneath...a jungle type mural on the wall, lots of greens, leaves, bamboo... He loves dinosaurs, reptiles and Star Wars.  So we are also thinking of how to incorporate a 'space' theme too.  We'll have to see how he feels when it's time to do the fun part (decorating!).
First things first though.  Time to dive in and get it cleaned out!  If you don't hear from me soon...send a search party!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Yay!!! I'm a Winner!!!

Winner for Starlight!!!

I am so excited!  I got an email today from June at Gammies' Primitive Attic telling me that I won her sweet Starlight snow lady!  I am just tickled!!
June makes some wonderful primitive dolls and I am so thrilled to be getting one!  Can you tell I'm grinning?
Here is a Valentines Day stocking she has listed on eBay at the moment.  So cute! She is so creative!
Take a wander on over to June's place!  Tell her Sue at the Little Shack sent you and said to say hello!
NOW ON EBAY
THANKS  JUNE!!!!