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How to Take Great Selfies & Other so Close to Amazing News!

September 5, 2017 by Patti 18 Comments

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What I Learned in August

September 1, 2017 by Patti 22 Comments

When I turned over the rumpled and coffee stained page of my calendar to reveal a great big SEPTEMBER 1, it was at first shocking, and then sad, to realize that Summer really is drawing to a close.  Where did the long, hot days of Summer go?  They didn’t seem so long to me at all.  What happened to all those days I’d planned to spend relaxing on the screened porch with a good book?  And when did the trees start littering my yard with cast off leaves and the flowers in my garden start losing their glory?  Last week was full-on Summer and this week a change is in the air.

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How I Started Blogging & What I’ve Learned

August 25, 2017 by Patti 38 Comments

“I can hardly wait to see what God is going to do with your lives,” said a friend to me one day.

Are you kidding me?  Our lives?  My husband and I were in the midst of our season of Great Pain, and it was just the beginning of a long process of restoration.  I couldn’t possibly see ahead to the day when God might be able to use us for anything good.

Words are powerful though, and the respect I had for this dear friend of mine made me want to live up to her expectations.  Her words helped me in my battle through the pain to the healing waiting on the other side.

This blog, Old Things New, began as a result of that healing. 

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Survey Results and my IT’S STILL SUMMER Coastal Mantel

August 11, 2017 by Patti 23 Comments

One day, several years into our marriage, my husband exclaimed in exasperation, “I never knew you were so stubborn!”

What?  Half Finnish and half Irish (with a touch of English that my dad was reluctant to acknowledge – because that part of the family was “stuffy”) and the thought that I might be a wee bit stubborn had never crossed his mind?  Of course I’d long since realized that his German, Irish, whatever-else-ish self was terribly stubborn. 

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The Day I Began Chasing Lions

August 4, 2017 by Patti 63 Comments

I’ve been trying to write “the book” for a long time now.  I’ve trashed it twice.  The first time I got about half way through and hated it.  Bye-bye book.  The second time I got a little further along and submitted a portion for review by professionals.  Start again. So a few weeks ago I had to do some soul searching.

Should I continue with this story that I feel God called me to write or should I quit writing altogether?  If I keep writing and finish the book, only to have it be a giant NOTHING, will I have wasted all the resources, time and money, that I put into it?  Because really, if this is a huge waste I’d rather give up right now and pursue some purpose that provides more immediate satisfaction – like finishing up that little mirror project I have in mind for my bedroom.

I was more discouraged and closer to throwing it all away than I’d ever been before when I prayed, “God, is this really “the thing” you want me to do?”

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I am Perfectly Imperfect Patti, daughter of the King, wife to the amazing Mr. OTN, mom to two grown daughters, a great son-in-law, and companion to two spoiled dogs. At Old Things New I share DIY’s, budget friendly home transformations, as well as posts about how God transforms our souls. I myself have been made new and I love to share what I’ve learned through WRITING and SPEAKING. To view a short Vimeo of “Our Story” (Mr. OTN and I) please follow the link at the top of the page.

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