Finally Some Good Goodwill Finds

I'm always stopping by our local Goodwill to see if I might stumble upon some good finds. Up until last week I have never found anything that was worth buying to re-do. Finally I did get lucky my last stop. I bought maybe 7 different wooden pieces that I thought I might be able to transform or for a lack of a better word, "Primerize". I know that is not a word but I really think I like it. Say it a few times to yourself. I think you will like it as well. Anyways I am not the most confident painter but I decided to take a stab at it and see what I could do or rather re-do with these pieces. Here are 2 of the pieces I have finished so far. I think maybe I need to re-tweak them some more but for now I can live with them.







If you have any suggestions on how I can make these look better, I would really appreciate your input. Any painting advice would be greatly welcomed as well. I mainly put on a base color and then maybe a second color. I sand in my wear spots and then I either stain over the whole piece or apply a clear lacquer spray.

We are having some really wet weather this week so maybe I will find some more time to get a few more of my pieces done. Hopefully I will remember to take pictures of them and I will post them as I finish them.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and don't forget to take time out of your busy day to tell someone just how much you love them.

Blessings Friends,
~AMY~

Singing His Praises

I couldn't wait any longer to get the results of my re-scan so I called my doctors office with a desperate plea to find out if they had the results of my second scan back yet. They put me on hold and within seconds they were back on the line reading direct from the report to my ears.... "No detection of cancer or abnormalities". "Return to regular yearly scans." Praise the Lord. Do we serve an awesome God or what!!!!!

Thank you all for praying for me and I am definitely more calmer now.

With Heartfelt Love and Gratitude,
AMY

Feeling Down

I wasn't going to post today because I just wasn't in the mood. Yesterday I had to have a re-scan mammogram done because of something that showed up on my original test last week. I know this is common for women to have to have a second scan but I am worried. My grandmother Olga had breast cancer. She was my mothers mom. Grandma Olga ended up having her breast removed. I'm trying real hard not to think about this but it is getting the best of me. I am a firm believer that God will take care of me and I know that he is more than able to take away any evidence that may have been on my original scan. Please say a prayer for me that my nerves will be calmed and I will have some good news to report in the near future.


Before I close, I wanted to share a few pics of my daughter at one of her track meets. She runs the 100m dash and the 400m dash. She is very fast but she needs to be even faster if she wants to win. She is working on it so maybe she will see a win soon. Allison is in the baby blue uniform (Lisbon) with the black under armour. She is in Junior High and she would probably kill me if she knew I posted these pictures of her. You know how teen girls can be.

Going to the starting line.

Staggered Start

Heading to the finish line.

Have a special day today friends,
Hugs,
AMY