A video that touched my heart this morning

I thought it might bless you also:



I've been working on getting some painting done - maybe pictures later today.

God provides paint!

I've been thinking of painting my living room, and have had some big splotches of color on the walls for a week or two, trying to decide on a color. The lightest color on the paint chip is the one I picked.

Today I was at Home Depot, and looked at their mis-tint shelf. There were these gallons of paint, in the finish I wanted, in an almost-exact match to the color I chose!

So ... 3 gallons of paint at $5 each instead of trying to stretch two gallons far enough at $25 each! :)

God spoils me sometimes!

One of those Minor Annoyances

However, my gizzard is grinding a bit ... so I decided to vent a bit to the blogging world. :)

There is a group of people who need to be buzzed into the building at random times Thursday afternoons from 1-4, and Fridays from 8-noon and 1-3.

So, during those hours, I try to stay close to my desk, so I'm available to them.

By the time the end of one of those time periods comes, I'm chomping at the bit ... wanting to get things done elsewhere in the building, run errands, etc.

So today ... after doing my 1-4 stint trying to stay within earshot of the door-buzzer, I started tackling the "do elsewhere in the building" pile that had accumulated.

I was met in the building by an irritated man, who had tried to get in, and found the door un-attended, and come around and through the other door to seek me out.

"I am available to open that door until 4:00," says I, "I'm sorry I missed you."

"I was at that door at 3:59" he says, glaring at me ...

Oh. Of course. How silly of me ... I should have synchronized my clock to yours before I attempted to plan my day.

Yikes!

Saw this on Ken Wiest's facebook this morning ....

I am an introvert and Jesus still loves me. It feels so liberating to say that I am an introvert and a Christian. Some people will have trouble with that, but they just need to leave behind their Victorian era views of Christian personality and understand that this is the way that God made me and I'm proud of my introvertedness.
Michael Bird.

A bit of heavy industry hiding out at the antique show ...

Clamp-lamps

A couple lamps made from chains.
My favorites ... they're made out of some kind of part with a gear on one end, and the prettiest blown-glass shades.

A few pictures from the antique show today

There was an antique show in Grand Rapids today, and I went to look. Didn't buy a thing, but pictures are free! So many pretty things to look at, so I thought I'd share.


A funny-looking vase - strange colors and shapes ... can't decide whether I liked it or not, but it was sure different!

Pretty colors all jumbled together in a tool box.

Who knew there were this many old canes in the world?

More pretties ....

I have a couple pins made of these tiny, tiny mosaics. I found a whole tray of them for sale, and was able to ask about them. They're made in Italy. So pretty!










I found this same table at our local thrift store for $6, and have plants on it. Fun to see it in higher-class company. :)






Just thought the colors of this hat, and the cup & saucer were pretty together.



Something about a big basket of thimbles is happy-making, isn't it?

A few more pretties from the antique show today

These are the most amazing doorknobs ... they cost more than $100 each ... but pictures were free. :)














REALLY big, heavy candlesticks ... so sparkly!

More sparkles - pretty bottles all in a row!