Cookin' in my brain that is...I will be opening a booth (in the little store I work in), in September. I am really excited and a tad intimidated. Why? Well, there are two other booths in the store that do awesome stuff. Actually there are several booths in the store, all with great stuff. But the two I'm referring to are great. I'm not trying to compare myself or my stuff with theirs, our items will be different. I just don't want to flop and fail miserably next to their booths.
**We are not to compare ourselves with others, we all have our gifts and talents**
These other two booths are great and so creative, I just need to let my style shine. It is for the glory of the Lord, not me.
He is the one, afterall, that gave me these talents, right? Well, like I've said before, I think I found my niche. I get to work in a cute, quaint little store and be around people and that takes care of my need for socialization and craftiness. Yay! Thank you Lord for directing my path and that I finally was listening and paying attention...It took me a while to get to this point, but here I am!! Slow learner I guess, or is it stubborn?
Plus,
birdie has been able to be with me at the store and during this last week while we have been repainting and getting it ready to open under the new owner. She has a ball there and thinks she is helping and has been the entertainment...in a matter of sorts.
I took
birdie and her best bud to the city the other day to "hang out". I
drug brought them along while I did a super duper shopping spree, buying stuff and junk to make for my booth.
Birdie's buddy kept asking, "are you done yet?". They had a grand ol' time cruzing around Hobby Lobby and Goodwill, though. Both of them have cell phones and I entered all appropriate phone numbers in all our phones before we went into the 1st store. They took off to "wander" and let me get my crafting mojo going. As you can imagine, my phone rang about 100 times. "Hi mom!", "where are you?", "what are you doing?", "can we go yet?", but it was surprisingly a good time had by all 3 of us. They had a great time back together since being off for summer. Their teacher used to call them "Frick & Frack". Said they fought like an old married couple...heehee. Then I took them to their favorite place to eat...I tried so hard to persuade them to go elsewhere. Can you guess where we ended up for lunch??? Yep, McDonald's! Oh well, they were happy. Then we went to the movies...we saw "The Smurfs" , and they had a great time laughing. So, all in all, it was a great outing. I got my shopping done, they were able to wander without me hovering, and they had lunch and a movie. Good times!
Birdies phone is getting low on minutes, but she and her bud were texting...how cute!
So, that is what I've been doing this week, oh, and also had to register
birdie at middle school. We got caught in a rain storm, so that helped take away my apprehensions and need for tears. We were SOAKED! Got through it, now I have to get through the 1st day of school/1st week, however long it may take. But, at least I have plenty of things to keep me occupied. Working on my booth. Lord help me...
Until next time,
Serving Him, Christina
