Flooring, Angels, and a small special delivery for the kitchen

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Today’s December Diary Entry, #4, is about our kitchen and Butler’s pantry pine floors, my angel dream to what I ended up finding, and a special delivery arrived for the kitchen.

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  12. Linda I too have pieced pieces together. I have a lovely older set of different manger people. You can buy some sort of craft plaster in michaels or wherever and remake the parts that are missing. I used small brushes and toothpicks and implements to shape the missing ear or whatever while the plaster was still wet. Let it dry and maybe added or sanded it, whatever it needed then I painted or stained the new part to match. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole process. Or found other pieces that were to bad to repair and took parts from them and added on to the others. Came out very nicely. I could have bought a new set but wanted to keep the older ones too. Thoroughly enjoyed redoing some of the pieces. Picked up animals here and there till I have just what I need. Took a few years but I found them. At second hand stores, garage sales, church sales. Was great fun searching for them every time I was at a sale. A lot of the second hand stores would have little plastic bags of animals hung on the wall in the toy section, sometimes they would be with the Christmas things. You just never know where they are going to pop up. I have a wonderful pen of camels and sheep and cows, and a stray dog, a mangy kitty. A few chickens. A small bird or two on the roof of the manger. Some lambs. A beautiful star with the long pointed top and bottom that I hang above the manger. I originally had a small angel that stood on the point of the roof. But the angel kept getting lost. I found it one time in the grass outside the house by the back porch in the spring after the snow had melted. The angel must have gotten knocked down and thrown away with the wrapping paper. So many times it was lost and then later found. I have a couple of other angels now, but I still have the original. That was the only piece that kept getting lost. God Bless and Merry Christmas.

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  15. I grew up in a saltbox style home with pine floors. The dents and scratches just add charm and character.. I'm just loving these videos. Do you have any resources for places to buy items like linens and bedspreads for older/colonial style homes? I'm having a lot of trouble finding things.

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  19. Yay! Another video! The teacher who gave you the nativity set is a very special lady. She saw how you learned differently and helped you by recognizing the special little child you were. A very endearing story. The nativity set which tells the true meaning of Christmas has a special place in your home at Christmas time. This makes me glad. Maybe the angels in your dreams are letting you know how much you mean to the Christ Child, our Savior. So glad you are keeping the Christmas spirit during your rehab project🥰looking forward for the next video

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  20. We have wide plank pine floors. Years ago we had two very large dogs who left scratches just like Willow. I love them! Each scratch is a memory of our boys.

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  21. I'm a big Fan of Angels, I loved them..I believe your Angels are watching over you at this Christmas Season. Think about it, you had your dream of an Angel. And right there in that box there were two Angels. The first one right there in the box and at the very end was another Angel! And the one you already had, now you have 3 Angels to join your Christmas Nativity. Could it be a "Sign" from a loved one or maybe 3 loved ones who passed on years ago?!… I believe things like that are meant to be. Also I loved the pine floors, with all the stress marks. It gives it an old world feeling of a home well used and loved by it's owners. I just love old homes and yours is a gem! I enjoy coming along with you and your journey to fixing up your historic old home.

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  24. Hello Linda, you had me laughing with putting the lower bottom jaw of sheep on the camel. About the dream I always had dreams I had second bathroom in my old house. Now in this house I have 2 bathrooms. If we could understand our dreams more. Thank you for the laugh.

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  27. Hello Linda. I loved hearing the angel story. That was definitely a sign. And, what a great find! My nativity was made by my grandfather, roughly 100 years ago. With the pieces being from Italy (I may have already told you that ☺️). I’m so blessed to have and display it each Christmas. So much family history in it ☺️. I can’t wait to see the floors. Love that they’re able to have the boards run in the same direction👍🏻. Have yourself a great day today. 😁🎄🕊️

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  28. Thank you Linda.
    What a sweet share!
    I loved how you lovingly shared your excitement with all of us! I too had made my crib many years ago when I was young. However I did not keep it for too much longer after I got married. It was just a cardboard box. I still kept the original piece, but got a
    larger set as the years past.
    Thank you for this video.
    It brought back a flood of memories. My Mum passed away, week and a half ago.
    She was dedicated as an
    “Angel”
    All the best for Reno!
    ❤️🙏🕯😇🌸

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  32. I don't cry easily, but your Angel story brought tears to my eyes. I love it when the spirit world gives us gifts. My personal belief is our parents and loved ones send us comforting messages when we need it.

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  34. Linda, I had soft pine floors put down in my home. I had a hard finish on the floors but the floors still had dog scratches, heal marks… It just added character to the floors. As my floors aged the better they looked.

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  35. OMG Linda! This is Angel season! I’m shocked because I, too, have a similar Angel story. It’s blowing my mind.
    May you and yours and all who watch your vlogs be surrounded by angels and love.

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  37. After our pup comes back from the groomers . We walk her on blacktop pavement to “ file “ / smooth out his freshly trimmed nails . It helps prevent some of the scratching on the wood floors .

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  38. I was hoping you would find those missing pieces that were broken off the animals. I was watching intently. Lol That was interesting when you were talking about your flooring. I think it’s going to look fantastic when they’re done. We also have very old floors with lots of dings and we love them. ☺️

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  44. I need to let you know that I am rather enjoying the shorter videos–It is kind of like doing a renovation with you. Things are not done in 40-50 minutes as in a video, but rather a snapshot of what the day is like. (This may not make sense, but it does to me). 🙂

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  46. House still looks lovely – even the unfinished mantel!! I saw someone's Instagram where they put their manger display within an unused/clean fireplace, with little lights.

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  47. Hi Linda, Thank you for sharing your day(s) with us. Focusing on the nativity and the memories and going through the “mystery box” was such fun. I really love the handmade manger to put baby Jesus in. If I were there, I would focus on the upheaval of the remodel and not accomplish anything. I am learning some “new” behaviors and getting better and watching you give your attention to the nativity is calming for me. Angels are real…in Hebrews 13:2, it says, “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.” So looking forward to the next entry!

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