Kimmies Do It Yourself

After being inspired by my Cuz, I have decided to make as many Christmas gifts as possible. I have been a self-taught person most of my life. I will be sewing quite a bit, painting and woodworking, baking and spending time with my mother and my daughter. I will be sharing my love and appreciation through my time. As I work on these projects out of Love...I feel better. I am actually excited about not having to stress out in the department stores, looking for the best sale...spending all of that money, besides, I am at my best when I can be creative!

Coupon saver tip. If you are the creative type and like to do crafts, Joann Fabrics has on line coupons that you can use and if you sign up for a preferred member you receive their salesflyers in the mail and they always have great coupons for saving even more. (I signed up at my home address and my office address.) Triple savings for me!

God Bless and I hope you all remember that LOVE is the best gift

That last post was done late, late, late after be involved with a 2,000 pound transmission and an uncooperative gear! Just an update but after two late nights (at least to midnight) of being under a greasy truck upside down on a hard concrete floor (cold too) we tighten the last of the bolts around 12:30a.m.....I was originally supposed to be the gopher, you know go for this and go for that which I did, but the transmission was too much for them and they asked for my help. I have to give mechanics who deal with this every day a big applause. It is gruelly to be upside down with arms in the air, holding, shoving, etc. An experience I really do not care to repeat but quite humbling. At around 10 pm last night we took a break because the gears would not hook up....I came to my office and immediatley dropped to my knees, pleading, begging, crying and praising......granted we all had been praying but I felt it was time to kneal , to humble myself. I guess it would have been too easy if he gave us everything we asked when we asked. For whatever reason I needed to endure this experience I still give God praise! I was reminded of when Jesus had to bear the cross----the weight had to be excruciating, the emotional pain, the physical torture pain.....what we endured was not even close.....Today, tired, sore, and still under pressure to catch up the deliveries and still make the others....I hold my head to God and praise him with all that I have. I am proud that I can do this. I have seen so many people let circumstances defeat them and allow the enemy to invade. Nope, Satan, you didn't win here!

I thought I would tell you that we do have a company that typically services our trucks, but they were so backed up that it was going to be Monday before they could even look at the truck. This really forced us to roll up our sleeves because in New Castle, there is only one place that works on big trucks. I was raised around this in my dad's garage so it isn't completely foreign to me and I have taught one of the guys here to work on the hydrolic lines of our forktrucks. The forktruck mechanics cost 65.00 an hour and 65.00 to show up. So, we do it our selves. I feel very blessed that my upbringing had prepared me for this job.

OK, sometimes it is just a better idea to let the professionals do it! The flywheel in the delivery truck is bad....one of my employees, who on numerous occasions has been a great help on the check book and is very mechanicly inclined said "I can do it" No doubt he is competant....it is just that it is a Monday. Bolts were seized, broken, and totally uncooperating...we are still here! I did have work to do..but I am done and ready to go home! OH NO, cannot go home. I know they will manage to get it done but at this point I am wishing I would have just made an appointment with the mechanic and dug deep into the pockets! My question...How does one know when to just say "Some things just shouldn't be done yourself? oooh I feel so much out of character here. I bet people pay a lot of money to therapists to reach this point. LOL