Web Site and Work in Progress

I forgot to add in the last blog that we do have a web site also , although we need to get more photos on there . We will, January is a very slow month so I will have plenty of time for that and doing more painting , especially hand saws , I'm running low on those after the Holidays.

Dale has been working on some garden art, they are going to be a great hit this coming spring.
www.dalescuriosityshop.com

The Big Blessing of 2010

Our great grandson was baptized this year, we went to the Mount Healthy Church for this celebration. There were people I had grew up around , people Dale knew, there was people that welcomed us and showed so much love for our great grandson Carter, such good people . The message was there , God was present . In their hearts and in the church.

This didn't take long to figure out we belonged here . On our way home I asked Dale , how he liked the church . His reply was, I did and would like to go back , I felt the same . We have continued going , and we are growing in faith . And, learning to trust the Lord.

After and Before

Well here we are after Christmas and before New Years..We all are wishing for a better year in 2011. But we are very thankful for all our blessings we recieved in 2010. Theres a struggle getting our shop going , we have had many obstacles to cross , we spent $300.00 for signs , they have all been stolen , we have ran out of loose money to get more . They have even taken the ones I made out of poster board . the ground got so hard it was hard to put a stack in the ground . Dale has such a nice varity in the shop . Christmas time was very beautifully decorated .

We offered hand made , hand sewed , hand painted , hand crafted , and new and old items . The fireplace mantel was drapped with home made garland , the rocking chair sat next to it in case you got tired shopping , we had refreshments ready , coffee hot . So if you didnt make it I'm sorry, we missed you .

This business was started for my husband Dale , he was very sick and not expected to live (as they told us ) not told to us by God though . Dale is a people person , he wasn't seeing any one to tell jokes and talk to , and felt bad all the time, for a long time he sat in the living room and did not feel like doing anything . We found a specialist that said he may do some surgery on his heart , to help buy him more time . This is how it all started , I felt he needed people around . So began Dales Curiosity Shop, he said he would give it a try . And that he has done, he loves it , even just sitting out there reading , he is so proud of the shop . some of his friends stop in , customers . Most people find it hard to locate our country shop , because every sign I put up at the end of the road , gets taken . But I know God will handle it . Dale is a very creative man , he also has been painting a lot and doing a fine job . Business is slow , people are few in between , but overall things went well this year, we didn't get rich this year, but there is another year, with or without us .