No photo tonight. I am just trying to keep to 5 blogs a week! I finally decided I would again hold the annual Barn Sale here November 21-22. We bought our house from a guy who was a (an?) historical preservationist. He would take old buildings down, number the parts and reconstruct them elsewhere. As a result, we have a very cool 1888 barn in our back yard. So every year I invite crafting buddies of mine to set up our wares boutique style and pack the place. It’s a very fun event- exhausting getting ready for- but so great to see friends from church, school, scouts, NJROTC, military, etc. This year I had to change the weekend we usually have it so hope the vendors can still come. Somehow, we always wind up with just the right numbe of folks. My sister and Mom come down from NY to do the show and everyone winds up visiting, eating, shopping and lots of TALKING! Last year, I had a big banner on the barn door which hundreds of people signed. I brought it up to Chris at Thanksgiving- he was just home from Iraq and he was quite touched that people had thought of him and had been keeping him in their thoughts and prayers. Can’t believe it has been almost a year already and he’s preparing to go back there 🙁 . I can only hope that God will keep him safe again.

So tonight I was sending out the paperwork to the vendors to see if they would like to participate again.

Monday night I return to school. I’ll be attending 3 classes at NOVA. Subject matter- learning computer graphic programs. It will probably be painful but something has to sink in… I’m hoping, anyway.