There Is No Delight in Owning Anything Unshared

I am still shaking my head over the fact that I told you about Clown College...what was I thinking, I just got carried away with the whole ginormus circus thing...so, I decided to stay in the safe zone today and share some of my yard sale treasures with you! Please note that these have not been washed or cleaned up yet, but they are precious all the same. First, a group picture..there are 2 enamel tins to the right and 2 spools of pink and lavender ribbon:

I think my favorite is the bunch of little millinery flowers. Priced at 25 cents a bunch, I stole them away for just 10 cents! They are sitting in a pink Fiesta Ware bowl.

I love this little bowl with flowers..is that a peony in the center?

Look at this bunny bowl! I wish I had found it in the Spring sometime before Easter.

And where was this at Valentine's Day?

How about this cutie! The flowers on the wheelbarrow are pink and aqua...

And, look at this face...needs to cleaned up a bit, but her cuteness shows through...she looks so spunky with her scarf around her neck..

Everything is sitting on this ...love the embroidery...it's on both ends.

Wait...if you can stand it, I have one more thing. You may know how I feel about vintage kitchen stuff...and this. is. wonderful.

Oh yeah, baby...love all the 'mater stuff!

Hope you've enjoyed these pictures and

**OH...PT UPDATE**

Estimate to repair the 2 handles that control the wipers and headlights...they have to take out the steering column to do it...$275. Ack...

I Knew It Was Gonna Happen One Day

Yes!! One of my most favorite descriptions absolutely became a real dictionary word today...
GINORMOUS...as in huge, bigger than big, larger than life, colossal, gigantic, mammoth....it's a great word! Sounds like something you might hear at the circus.

"Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages...

Now in the Center Ring...Pac E. Derm...

He's bigger than big, he's larger than life, he's GINORMOUS!!"

HA!

I actually have a real love for the circus. Wanted to be a clown. Applied to Clown College at Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey. Got accepted. Did you know that once you graduate Clown College, you have to sign your life over to the circus for one year? Always read the fine print....

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Hi Ho, Hi Ho It's Off To Work I Go

It's Monday...ick. #1 - PT Update: Poor little thing! No service times available until Wednesday! Of course it's rainy season here and it rains every dang day about 3PM...so, I have to get out and get stuff done since the pinhead that got in my car left me with no lights and no wipers. @*%{#$@!

I have tons of paperwork here at home to do for my real life job today and must be in the office tomorrow. As long as I'm sitting here, and before I morph into my work mode, I thought you might like to see just where I work when I go to work!

This is the front of our office. If you gotta work, isn't this the cutest place? My sister is the brains behind this and what a great job she has done.

This is the whole bunch of us! Actually, there are a few more now, but this was our introductory photo when the office opened just a little over a year ago. Come on, wouldn't you buy a house from any of these charming women?

Even though we are in Central Florida, there is a lighthouse in this little town. I don't think it actually lights anything, but it's great for pictures!

And, there is this very cool boardwalk that goes into the conservation area around the lake and then comes out on the lake shore. It's about a mile long and at the end there are benches to sit and just enjoy looking over the water. Gotta stay on the boardwalk...you will see raccoons and gators walking around and gators at the shore line. They say (who are "they"exactly?) "Don't bother them and they won't bother you". Uh...yeah..okay. But you won't EVER catch me swimming in any lake in Florida!! By the way, I don't know who that guy is in the picture...don't you just hate it when people know you want to take a picture and they take a seat or stand right where you are looking? Everyone wants to be a star.

I have some cool thrifting finds to share, but better get other stuff done first.

Work sucks. ;) Happy Monday!

Temporary Case # T07004902

This is so not what I wanted to share with you today, but I am just so bothered by this event and feel so violated!

I have always loved the PT Cruiser. Wanted one from the first time I saw one. Black. Woody trim. So vintage looking and so. very. cute. Got one 5 years ago, still driving it without any major problems, still loving it. It's much roomier than it appears. The seats fold down and I can carry tons of stuff. But, I digress....

The Hub went out for the paper about 7AM and comes in to tell me that my front left running light is on. What? How can that be? I haven't even been in the car since 3:30 yesterday. Of course, it was raining when I got home from the movie (saw "Evening"..that's another post entirely), so maybe I didn't turn the headlights off all the way. Hmmm...so, no make-up, hair in a twist, out in the pink nightie I go, hoping that cute in-line skater boy/man isn't in-line skating this early. I mean, NO make-up and hair in TWIST...don't want to knock him off of his skates.

I opened the UNLOCKED car door and my heart drops. The knob that turns on the headlights is on the floor! It has been completely twisted off of the handle. Holy Crapola!

Then...I sit down and see that the wiper handle is the same way!!

Then...I see my CD case on the front seat...OPEN...and napkins from the glove box on the floor! Everyone, you must understand one thing. No matter how un-organized I seem, my car is always clean. ALWAYS! My CD case has a certain spot and I would NEVER leave napkins on the floor! I gasped when I saw that CD case open. Music is one of my lifelines...every day a different type is my favorite. It depends on my mood. I have blown out the speakers in this cute little car already and I ususally don't hear the cell phone ring when I am driving...the music is too loud. I was only praying that these vandals weren't after my Rick Springfield Greatest Hits CD...how would I drive to my real world job today if it was gone?

A quick check let me know that all in CD world was well. I don't have anything of value to steal in there(other than Rick's CD), so I guess the broken handles were the equivalent of flipping me off when they found nothing to sell or trade.

Quick run inside to share the news with The Hub and that led to another check over of everything and our other cars..Hub's and The Daughter's.. seem to be fine. You know, I can't remember the last time I didn't lock my car doors, but it was pouring down rain when I got home yesterday and I guess in my hurry to get out of the car, get my bags from the front seat and get to the porch so my hair didn't get too frizzie, I just forgot.

Call to the non-emergency line, and I am told how to make a report on their website and they will file it electronically. You mean, no one is coming out to take fingerprints or DNA? This is my cruiser, my get away buddy, I don't let anyone else drive it and I always park away from other cars so it doesn't get scratched or dinged. No haz-mat suits or masks or CSI guys? Dang! Where are the priorities...

Report is filed. Temporary case number given. Nothing to do now, but go out and wipe it down and get ready for real life work. But, on the bright side, the crape myrtle tree is in bloom. Love that pink!

Wishing you all a crime free Sunday...and lock your doors!

Show and Tell Friday

Yay! It's Friday!! Kelli over at http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/ has this great Show and Tell going on. Here's mine...and you should run right over there and check out everyone else's and add yours!

Let's begin with some background. Several years ago, like 14 or 15 years back, I helped my sister out at an estate sale in her neighborhood. An elderly woman had passed away and her son was just cleaning out her house. I decided to buy an entire shelf of paperback books but, as usual, if I get something that doesn't have an immediate use it rides around in the back of my car until I can find the perfect place for it. Well...weeks after that sale I figured out that I didn't even know what books I had gotten! I started flipping pages and about 6 books in I saw it. Someone had cut out a square hole in the pages of a book and there was a piece of tissue paper all crunched up in there. I slowly unwrapped the tissue and found this:

You can't tell from this picture, but it is a sterling silver marcasite ring! Really sparkly. Obviously very precious to someone...they went to a lot of trouble to hide it in that book. But wait...there's more! As I tried it on and looked it over I saw a knob on the side...and then figured out it did this:

It's a Victorian Watch Ring! I felt so badly about having someone else's treasure and tried to return it, but the people had already moved (don't forget, it had been weeks or more) and there was no one in living in the house. So, the way I look at it is that I continue to wear it when I can...yea, it works... and I have certainly given it a much better life than it had inside that book! It is one of my most favorite things and I will be passing it on to my daughter, so it's good life will continue!

That's it from here...enjoy your weekend!

Count Your Blessings...

A short but hopefully meaningful note this morning.

A vibrant, young 19 year old girl that is part of our circle of friends has a rare form of neuro-endocrine cancer. We've known about it for some time and she has had the radiation and is now in the middle of her chemo phase and is struggling every day. This bold disease has invaded every nook and cranny of her being and she fights for the strength to walk. I had her in my dreams last night and it seemed so so so real! She was up and walking into the room as if she had never been sick...her hair had grown in and she looked so. very. happy. These beauties are blooming in the flower box just outside our bedroom and they remind me of her before...and what we hope she will be again.

If you have a spare minute, while visiting your friends here in blogland, please check out the Lyrics For Life link under My Inspiration just to your right. This is a wonderful organization that is put together by some Florida musicians...some of you may know them, the Top 40 band Sister Hazel...and it will inspire you to keep all children affected by cancer in your prayers.

Bless you all...