Hello world,
After months of silence I have hijacked this blog to tell you a little bit about what is happening in our lives. My wife is still busy with her "hobby" http://www.countryporchprimitives.com/ which has been doing quite well. My wifes husband has just started a brand new venture working for http://shadymaplegiftshop.com/ where he will be developing an online store. Shady Maple Gift Shop is a 40,000 square foot gift shop retailing all kinds of souvenirs, foods and merchandise to the local Lancaster County tourist trade as well as selling sports memorabilia and collectibles like Heartwood Creek by Jim Shore, Disney, Lennox and more... There is nothing like a little competition within the family to keep life interesting. Well I gotta run before my wife discovers I am using her blog for my gain.
My Wifes Husband

Discovering The Perfect Hobby

It all began rather innocently, I needed a hobby something to do for a few hours a week, something that I enjoyed. As I thought about what I enjoyed there were two things that came to mind, shopping and decorating. On my shopping excursions I often thought it would be neat to have a little Country Gift Shop of my own. Now an idea began to form in the dark recesses of my mind, my husband was involved in a family supermarket business, would it be possible to have just a few feet of space to sell some Country Decor'.

It was decided that Hayloft Fabrics, http://www.hayloftfabrics.com/index.php which is a quilt fabric shop would be able to spare a few feet in the loft area of the supermarket for my gift shop to take form. Imagine that, I love to shop and decorate, now I could do both as I purchased merchandise for my shop and then decorated it. Then to get paid for doing it, who says hobbies have to cost money?

My little venture quickly outgrew its corner as Hayloft Fabrics began to expand and my shop became popular as well. In the summer of 2007 we moved it to the ground floor into a 3,000 square foot area off the mall of the supermarket and Country Porch Primitives was born. I now had space to stock a full line of primitive pine accent furniture and 1,000's of Country Decor items. If you ever get into Morgantown, Pennsylvania come and see us or visit us on the web at http://www.countryporchprimitives.com/index.htm you will not be disappointed.

Welcome To Primitive Country Living

A number of years ago out of total boredom or wait a minute, maybe it was just the need to get away that I came up with this hair brained idea that a mother of 4 mischievous but adorable children needs a hobby. So I began to ponder this extremely important and deeeeeeply troubling question, what to do for a hobby when your daily routine is a constant reminder that a woman's work is never done. She slaves away 24-7 meeting the needs of her family but if by chance she would find a spare moment that had fallen through the cracks somewhere she certainly should have a hobby to fill it.

Sure enough several weeks later I once again had a spare moment or two and once again it became increasingly obvious that indeed I needed a hobby. After all, idle hands are the devils workshop therefore one should never set idly by even if it is for a few long minutes till the load of wash is done or the bread is baked. No I definitely needed a hobby.

My family was a wonderful help in my quest for the ultimate hobby. They made suggestions like taking up reading or perhaps I could get a part time job. Wait a minute I thought hobbies were something you do for fun, not something you dread or slave over. I mean they enjoy their hobbies why shouldn't I enjoy mine?

Take that book idea for instance, who in their right mind would sit idly by in a chair, nose engrossed in 1,000's of pages of the likes of King Aurthur and The Knights Of The Round Table? I am sure that has to be some of the driest reading imaginable, even if it isn't I am not going to risk it. I would rather just sit here watching the fire burn, now that is a real profitable hobby. As for the job idea, I wonder if there isn't some kind of an underlying motive here, maybe something like my hobby would financially support theirs. Ah Ha, who says a blonde isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer?

Well since my idle moment has just about past I will have to fill you in another day about how I discovered the ultimate hobby. What is it you ask, stay tuned for more details or read about it on my website http://www.countryporchprimitives.com/