Stand firm

Okay.  Let me start by saying this is the last new blog I will start.  Promise.  I was never able to find a blog name that really fit me....until now.  Anybody who knows me well knows I don't like shoes.  Ever really.  So it follows that no matter what I'm doing, I'm barefoot.  Taking down a wall, painting, gardening, building something, taking apart a pallet, swinging a pick axe, etc.  The only exception I make is mowing the yard.  I'm not really sure why that is.  Maybe it's my Dad's voice in the back of my head, saying "always wear shoes when you mow!"

Either that or my extreme attachment to my toes. 

And the fact that it's not unusual to come across a cottonmouth in our yard.

All that to say that at most times of the day you will find me barefoot.  And at most times of the day you will find me crafting.  Get it??  Barefoot and crafting??  Clever right?  Yeah, I thought so too......

I promise to have some clever things posted really soon.  As a good friend mentioned to me the other night - "Ummm, I used to follow this blog....."  Sorry.  I'll try harder.  It's just that blogging takes away from crafting time.  And creating is how I keep my sanity.  So you really want me to create.  Really.

I'll leave you with a little pallet project I completed a few days ago. 

This sits on the mantle above the fireplace so I wanted the quote to be really thought provoking.  In these days of political strife and questionable actions by our "leaders", I felt like this quote by Abraham Lincoln was extremely appropriate.  He really was one of the wisest men of all time.  Do you know what you stand for and why??