Happy birthday to me. On this day today so far everything that could go wrong has and everything that should have gone right hasn't. Go figure! Thank you to all my employees that have made my husband have a bad day today. I really appreciate you and your ability to know when and how to screw my life up and cause me from having a great day to a day that has just sucked. Silly me should have known better than to expect a fabulous day! Its my birthday after all and work comes first. I should have remembered that from all the years past!
Happy birthday #36 to me!

The expansion of the eagles nest is coming along great! Only 1 week left before we are scheduled to open in our new expanded 9000 square feet. I am so excited to get to work at my gaint counter my husband made for me. I have rented several boothes this week for the new vendors to move in next week.

Just wanted to touch base and let everyone know that I have been so busy with the 9000 square foot expansion of my antique mall.
The furniture area is filling up quick and we are set to open 10 8x8 booths this weekend. i'm so excited because the expanded area is looking wonderful and I cant wait to get moved up to the front area. My husband has built me the most wonderful counter area in the world.
I appreciate him so much I really think u have the greatest husband\best friend in the world.

Vintage Finds

These are just a few of my vintage finds this weekend.

Gonna be changing my blog up some the next couple of weeks to a more primitive look revolving around my family and work........(not general work) but my new business my antique mall. I will also probably be changing the name of my blog as well.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
I have to most special valentines gifts of all my family and friends. I appreciate each and everyone of them each and everyday.
Hope all of you have had a great day.

Somedays I wonder why I even got out of bed!
Somedays I wonder if anybody ever sees just how hard I do work
Somedays I wonder why volunteer to do something for someone and then throw it up in their face sometime in the future.
Somedays I wonder if anybody ever sees just how little I am home.
Somedays I wonder why im not super woman.
Somedays I wonder if anybody ever sees how bad it hurts me that I dont get to cook at night for my family, do laundry for my family, clean my own house, not be organized like I use to be 5 years ago.
Somedays I wonder why I feel like he has higher expectations of me than others.
Somedays I wonder why money is such a evil thing.
Somedays I wonder if anybody ever sees all the things that I do get done in a days time.
Somedays I wonder why I even give a crap
But I always wonder what I can do or give up to get it all done to please everyone whether it pleases me or not.

HE Said SHE Said

Why do people have to say things that are not completely true. If there is one thing that Ray has taught me through our years together is that "there are two sides to every story and the truth is somewhere in the middle." This statement has been proven to me time and time again throughout our years in business as well.
I'm more the type to look over it, let it build and then one day blow a gasket. Ray is a head on type to confront the issue at hand and deal with it then and forget about it and carry on with the day ahead.
He's my idol...............so today will be the first issue i have to deal with at the eagle's nest. Whew!!!
DEAR LORD
PLEASE HELP ME TO KNOW WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT SO I GET MY POINT ACROSS AND HOPE THE OTHER PARTY UNDERSTANDS MY POINT AND LIVES WITH IT OR FINDS ANOTHER VENTURE IN THE JOB WORLD.
AMEN!!!!!!!!

Snowy Day

Just a little look of our morning while we were locked out of the car show in Joplin........

Rude people should have a sign hanging around their neck to let people know before someone speaks to them. Ugh!!!!
I really enjoy most people but there are a select few that I could go without ever seeing again. Does that mean that i'm not a friendly person? I like not! I have a very friendly personality and as Ashley calls me a carpet that some people wrap their feet on but there are a select few people that make me a little sour just to see their face. I don't know what it is about this one lady vendor but even if I bend every direction to please her it is never good enough. Geesh!
Just sayin!!!!!

PS: dear blogger thank you for giving me a place to vent my frustrations. Also if I have offended of you rudys please don't be a hater!

Well today I realized that I did not do something that I usually do when im doing a project. I did not take a before picture of the dresser, or the 2 shelves that I have redone. Which in a way disappoints me cause now when I post the pictures you wont really be able to see how much better they look. Bummer!
Today has been a typical Monday went to general everything was going fine then employees started arriving I meant to one my angry toward something that wasnt the way I left it and that made for a discussion between me and ray and yet again to show my frustration yes thats right tears. Because in my eyes when he is angry by their action he speaks his mind but when I get aggravated at one of them I feel that if I say whats on my mind then I have done wrong. Honestly how hard is it to at least once a week clean the bathrooms so there isnt a blackish brown ring around the toilet. How hard is it? Seriously!

The theme this week is getting down to business.
I have been so busy (thankfully) at the antique mall this week after a very slow couple of weeks in the middle of January because of the weather and very cold temps. I welcome busy anytime I can get it at the antique mall.
This week is gonna be a busy one though because we are leaving Thursday for missouri to our first ever indoor car show with the peppermint express. We are going with our little group of friends that mean the world to us. We couldn' ask for better friends. Since it is our first car show indoors we have to build a car display and only have 3 more days to get it done and along with this we also have the get our business matters in order with both our companies that way it will run smoothly while we are away.
Goals for today is to work at eagles nest and when I can redo a vintage dresser to resale and fix my employees schedule for next week

Welcome Bentley

i would like to welcome to the family BENTLEY! Ashley's new baby. 9 weeks old and smart as can be.

random picture

these are some random picture that i saw on my camera that i thought you'd like to see.
these are a couple of booths in my antique mall...

this is my cat zippy trying to fit in a basket that as you can see is way to small for him.

and last but defiantly not least these are some pictures of gunner that i just love........

he makes me feel loved everyday. there's nothing better than the love of a pet.

simplify

well i have crossed another bridge into the success of my antique mall and my life as a whole. This week i hired a wonderful lady to help me manage my time at the heating and air company and the antique mall. it is very hard for me to give up responsibility for my job duties ( partly because i have been burned so many times in the past and i truly feel that it is easier to do it yourself and have to redo the work of others).
i made a decision at the end of last year to not be a work addict this year like i have been for the past several years and to spend more time with the family especially ray and the kids and to just simply enjoy the life that ray and i have made for ourselves. i asked myself the question why own a business and work yourself to death and miss out on the simple things in life because you don't like to release job duties that's crazy so i have put down my shield and I'm going to live my life and manage my employees the way a smart business owner should. i will deal with the problems and situations of having employees when the arise and mainly i will life my life to the fullest and enjoy every minute of it whether they are mistakes and pleasures. (now if i could just convince ray to do the same with general i would be on cloud nine.)
the thing that excites me the most is being able to give my home the much needed TLC that it deserves.
Wish me great results!!!!!!

MEMORIES FROM LAST SUMMER

just going through some pictures that were taken last year of ray and i, so thought i would post them for you all the see. These were taken at our yearly trip to Branson for the annual Branson car show and midnight cruise........can't wait until this year........

So I woke up this morning in a wonderful mood. I had my day all planned and was going to get some things done that I needed to do but havent got to do in a while. The morning was going great when in a instant it was shot down like a military plane during war all because of 1 employee.
I just dont understand why keep doing a job if your not gonna give it your all. Well my only answer is because the employee keeps giving you chance after chance after chance. So why not if there is nothing but being yelled at is the only punishment to your actions.

A Milestone for Ashley

after the second try this was the first meal that ashley fixed by herself with only a little direction from me (her mother). baked BBQ boneless ribs, shells and cheese, cheesey potatoes.

and it was great i might add.

it runs in the family

well not to be a copy cat but the other day my sister blogged about her messy art room so just to show her that it runs in the family here are some photos i took last night of mine.i did however get a opportunity to make this

RUM CAKE RECEIPE

Just wanted to share a receipe with you all. I received this receipe in a Christmas card that a dear sweet lady that we have done business with for year sent to us. Ray just loves it. Let me know if you like this as well.

I have been thinking alot about my blog and what I should focus on in 2010. I think I have decided on a few things to change up.
I am hoping that 2010 has a lot of great things to offer. Tomorrow is the start of a great blog for this year. It is going to be about family, friends, and creativity!!!!!