The Creation Museum

I have heard all kinds of publicity about the creation museum. Most of it people are protesting (silliest thing I ever heard). Well, last week we went there. I would of had some great pictures except I walked out the door with out my camera.(not ever a good idea) I think everyone should try to go. If you go to there website you can get $5 off each adult ticket.

It is very interesting and what I found most interesting is to listen to the conversations around you. This is a hurting world and there are many people that have not clue at all. I was in an area that I heard an adult son talking to his mother. The Mother was saying that Evolution was right and Creation was wrong and she even said that with a question mark behind it. The son was saying that Creation was the right way and that if you were going to be against you should know what it is about. Later in another setting the same two were talking again. The son was telling his mom that she should visit his church. They play rock and roll music and he only goes one Sunday a month and doesn't have to pay any tithe at his church. This just brought it closer to home to me that there are so many dying souls out there that do not know God. Even some of the ones that say they do. It makes think of the picture on Phillip's website that shows all the lights and each one those lights(more than you can count) means at least 1 soul that needs God.

The scenarios that they depict in the Museum are also heart wrenching and even more so because you know that those scenarios are out there every day in hurting lives and hurting people that need God! Some of those scenarios may have even been in our lives before we were saved by the Grace of God.

On July 4 they will be opening up the Dinosaurs Den. (I wish that would have been open when we went. We could see inside a little and it looked really neat.) So, I guess we are going to try to go back later. I did take one picture of DeAnna while we were there with my camera on my p hone. I am going to put it on here. I thought the lighting turned out to be pretty cool.


One of the funniest stories was told to us by one of the employees asking people what they thought of the museum. He told us that one the opening weekend there was a protesting group flying a banner over top the museum that had the name of the group and then it said "Thou shalt not lie". He told us that people were coming in saying I saw your banner over head with scripture and had to stop and see what was going on. It is so awesome of God to use someone's intent for evil and turn it for good. And, God's word shall not come back void!!!!

Home alone....mostly.

Well, Derrick and DeAnna left this morning for Red River Gorge. :-( They went on what was called a family camping trip. (you notice what part of the family did not go ~ someone has to work) They went with Dan & Erica Sams and there 3 children, Mark & Sara Teter, (not sure who else went) but, Jim & Audrey Bender and there 3 children will be going down on Friday. Jason was going to try to go down on Friday but, could not get the weekend off. Derrick took a disposable camera with them so, providing it doesn't get lost I will post some pictures when they get back.

I am home with Cheyenna and the dog. The dog is going to drive me nuts looking for Derrick and DeAnna to come home. She will also follow me around moping like she is depressed until they get home. And Cheyenna....well I probably will not see much of her. She doesn't come to the store very often and she has what she calls a "life" so that probably means I won't see her except for her to go up the stairs to bed.

Since I will be at the store by myself the next 3 days and the last time I was here by myself there was a pretty shady character that came through that the dog would not quit growling at. I have my trusty friend in the drawer next to me at all times. And that would be my "Bersa Mini-Firestorm 40 caliber". The chief of police in my area says I should always have one there. So, while Derrick is gone I decided to take his advise.

My....How Time Fly's By!!!!!!

Your babies are born ~ you blink and they are going to school ~ you blink again and they are graduating Kindergarten ~ another blink and they are graduating High School ~ blink once again and they are graduating college and getting married. Then you have grand babies and it starts the blinking all over again!!!!! Don't blink too fast you will miss something!!!!!!

I still have a couple blinks to go but, whew it sure is flying by. Not only are the kids growing up and we are getting old but, every part of life is just flying by. The store has been open for a year! We have been at Christian Nation Church for 9 years. Derrick has been in business with New Earth Printing for 10 years in July. On and on and on we could go!

It has been 2 weeks since our Open House and this is the first opportunity that I have had to really get on the computer and spend some time on it. Derrick, Jason, and DeAnna went to Paint Creek today to do some rock climbing and rapelling. I am hear at the store by myself. (which is okay) Cheyenna of course usually has her own plans and today she is going to a graduation party then she will be cleaning house (that is awesome!!!!!). I love it when she cleans house and I get home and everything sparkles!!!

They are painting our new building and we should be able to start doing the floor in another week or so. We are responsible for floor covering and baseboard. So, I believe that we have decided that we are going to put down that epoxy paint that you throw paint chips in for my store. Then I will have large throw rugs and such for areas like the kayak area so that people will be able to put them on the floor to sit in to see if the seats are comfortable and not have to worry about scratching them up. After we get the floor done then I can start putting up my shelves and getting everything ready for the move. We may be in sooner but, definitely by July 1.

God is very AWESOME!!!!! He has been blessing us so much with little things that are not a necessity but are very handy to have. I was able to purchase 7 small carts (they will be perfect for the new store), demo tray with a swivel lid (perfect for giving samples of salsa's), a phone, and an answering machine all for $77. The carts alone are on Ebay for $380 for 12 of them. I was also able to get a 2 pot Bun Coffee maker for under $20 that I will pick up on Monday. Then last night we were able to find Derrick a new printer with an envelope feeder, duplexer and network card for $150. I am still looking for a soda machine if anyone knows where I can get one.

Below are pictures of the new items added to the store.

Amish foods and crafts and some good Holiness music!

These are the cutest Noah's Ark Banks! Flue Covers and Roll Baskets.

This is an awesome looking Amish Made Train Set.

Here are some other items ~ check out the purses on the 2nd shelf ~ "A Stitch in Time by Lue", vintage looking scrap books, Courting candles and even bird houses on posts.

This is one of the awesome little carts that I was able to get.


Well, I guess I better get off of here so that I can do some needed dusting around the store.

Moving the Store!!!!!

Pray for us.....

The owner of our building made us an offer for us to move into a different building. The new building would have 2000 more square feet. We will go from 3600 square feet to 5600 square feet. It would give me more space for the retail and it would give Derrick more space for his print shop. It solved a lot of space issues that we were going to have with bringing in the new product line.

It also created a couple of small issues for us because the ceiling height is only 8' in the new building and currently we have 16 foot ceiling heights in some places.

We have accepted the offer but, it will be very stressful and costly for us to move (even though it is only across the parking lot). The owner is going to help us out where he can with equipment to move Derricks presses and people to help us move, etc.

It is very exciting - we will have more visibility than we do now. Now our building is set back a little and diagonal instead of parallel with 32. The new building is seen long before people see us now. We will have (2) 15' long lighted signs on the back of the building (32 side). We will have (1) 15' lighted sign on the front of the building to share between us. We will be able to put signs or items out by the fence on the 32 side, etc. People are always telling me that they have such a hard time finding me back in the corner here. That problem will be solved.

Pray for us during this process we will be moving either the end of June or beginning of July.

Open House

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Well, we will have been open 1 full year at the store on May 22 this year. WOOOOH! Sometimes I thought we would never make it to the first year but, it is here.

We are having an open house on the 19th. We have continually been adding new lines of product etc. But, now we are adding a totally different line of product.

AMISH Foods & Crafts........I am also trying to add some homemade fresh items. From local gourmet cooks that I know. I am trying to work all those details out. i.e. making sure that myself or the cook are doing anything that we could get in trouble for by selling the home baked goods in my store. If I can come up with a commercial refrigerator I am going to bring in Amish Cheese from a place in Northern Ohio.

I will have some items in the store by the Open House on the 19th. And will add according to demand.

I am very excited about all of the possibilities!!!!!! Just talking to some of my customers about it has seem to spark some interest and that is always a good thing.

Another really exciting thing that happened was ~~ On Wednesday(I think) there were two fellows that walked in my store. The first guy was telling me that he had heard that my store was well worth checking out. He was also informing me the person that was getting ready to come in was someone that did product write ups in Backpacker Magazine and wrote many books and is always doing product testing etc. I thought that was a good thing that someone of that outdoorsman stature had heard good things about my store.