Pens Den

The "Pens Den" was in planning from the moment we bough the house. A great deal of thought and careful planning turned this into something truly special.


The walls were painted Sherwin Williams "Scone Gold" to match the gold that the Penguins use. Unfortunately, this came at a cost as the first color that was chosen came out pea green.The Pens logo is from Fathead. I was very leary of putting it up on a textured wall until I found "Command" strips by 3M. I placed those along several key points on the outer edge of the logo and it worked beautifully.












"A Great Day For Hockey" took a great deal of effort to come about. I found a company out of state that would do this but I needed to not only find but buy the font and email it to them this took several days but I found it. I followed the company's directions to the letter and it went on without a hitch.



 









The picture of Sidney Crosby is one I found on the internet. I sent it to a company that puts pictures on canvas. It looks incredible on the wall !














On the left side of the TV I have two VHS tapes from when the Pens won the cup in 1991 and 1992 along with a DVD of the 2009 Championship. The shelf below has a book about Mario and the box from NHL 2002 featuring Mario on the cover.
















On the right side of the TV I have the two DVD collections of the Pens Greatest Games. Below that is a Dan Byslma and Olli Määttä bobbleheads.












On our couch I have Penguins blanket.The 2009 Stanly Cup Champions plaque in a copy of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette the day after the Pens won the Cup and is sold by them.

Future purchases include a rug with Penguins logo, the 1991 Stanley Cup Champions plaque, black curtains, Penguins ornaments, and additional artwork.













Please feel free to visit my two 'Pens Den' pages on Facebook to get up to date Pens news and in game updates.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pensden/
https://www.facebook.com/pensden





Let's Go Pens !

Happy New Year 2015 !

Wishing all my friends a safe, healthy, and blessed New Years 2015 !

Use and practice these words more often in 2015: love, joy, peace, encouragement, gentleness, patience, kindness.

Pray often.

Worship wherever you are.

Read God's word.

Be a friend.

Enjoy family.

Encourage, support, and love your children.

Take care of the temple that God has given you.

Tell your spouse, children, and family that you love them. Directly as in 'I love you and thank God for you being in my life'.

Set attainable and realistic goals for yourself.

2014 Highlights.

We moved into our new house in March and can't thank God enough for blessing us with this opportunity.

Jessica was able to buy our previous house. We are so proud of her !

I was blessed with a new job in July working for Publix Super Markets which is consistently one of the top 100 IT places to work in the USA - and I love it !

We were blessed to have Will & Peter move to Florida in August and have enjoyed spending time with them.

Peter was blessed with his first car in late August - a 2005 Honda Accord. Pray for God to open a door for Peter to secure a job in early 2015.

Will has an excellent job selling cell phones at Costco. He has really found his niche and is doing well.

We all enjoyed seeing Victoria in December and spending time with us ! From seeing 'Winter' the dolphin in Clearwater to dinner at Maggiano's where Jessica got to meet Victoria.

We enjoyed hosting Christmas Eve at our house and had a excellent time with Val's family.

Continued the Christmas Day tradition of dinner at Mitchell's Fish Market - this time with Will & Peter joining Jessica, Val, and myself.

I experienced my first full year without my parents here on this earth. Not a day goes by that I don't think of them, their positive impact on my life, and thanking God for them as my parents. Love you ! Love you !

I can't thank God enough for my Valerie. The Christmas card I got for her said 'without God I would have never found you'. It is so true. Day in and day out her love for me blows me away. God tells me the way I can thank Him is to be a blessing to her everyday - on the good days when it's easy and especially on the bad days when it's not so easy. Val tells me that 'we make a good team'. So very true ! We truly compliment one another. Can't wait to celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary!

I leave you with these scriptures for 2015. Pray they will help you praise God, give you God's peace, and be a blessing to you !

“ ‘ “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” ’ (Numbers 6:24-26 NIV)

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. (Philippians 4:8 NIV)

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.(1st Corinthians 13:13)

Pittsburgh Penguins Happy New Year 2015 !

I want to wish you and your families a safe, healthy, and Happy New Year 2015 ! May these words be part of your vocabulary in 2015: Love, Joy, Peace, Hope, Laughter, Kindness, Sharing, and Encouragement. May you find what you are seeking ! 

Wishing our Pittsburgh Penguins freedom from injuries and illness and a great 2015 as Mike Johnston leads us to our fourth Stanley Cup !

It's always 'A Great Day For Hockey' !

Let's Go Pens !


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