#193…In Search of the Next Big Thing…A Spinet Piano

The best way to confront a “happy” husband in my house is to tell him in the morning, “we are having spaghetti tonight.”  If I really need to set the stage….I will have a can of tomato sauce and an unopened bag of angel hair spaghetti and an onion sitting on the counter next to the stove IN THE MORNING and NEVER say a word. You have to be smarter then who you’re dealing with, I tell my girls. Now…

#179…Painting of the Month Club

Garage sales and antique malls. I confess, I am an addict and very passionate about my calling.  This year I turned to art. Unfortunately there is limited wall space in my house, so I have had to recycle my paintings and pictures around the rooms. Then I found a tall metal easel  for $10 at a garage sale and hung a picture on it in a focal place in the dining room. Every so often I change out to…

#173…Treasure From The Rusty Chandelier Disruption Again………

  It happened again! #1daughterconnie and I went shopping at the fave, The Rusty Chandelier and there it was, the dancing picture. I had to have it. That’s me and Russ…..in my “skinny mind” but true when we were dating….not so long ago. Sixteen dollars. So I brought it home and slid it behind a floor lamp in the dining room out of hub side-kick’s eye.  I know he notices everything but his lips…

#165…Back to Sabbatical, in Therapy

Antiquing is my reality check! Get me out of the house, mask in hand and let me dream! Imagination drives me, who knows where…..and almost puts Russ in tears. IMPORTANT FACTOID…I am reading “The Good Times” by Russell Baker and quote..”(Mr. (Randolph) Hearst always liked plenty of exclamation marks, dots and capital letters.)” Unquote. Methinks I need to check on Ancestry if I am of his…

#101…Shut “er Down

It finally happened. I packed up and shut down my booth at Rusty Chandelier…….my home away from home. Six years of having multiple booths both at Rusty and Jesse James Antique Malls. A great time in my life, somewhere to go, something to do. But a part of my plan to move into my September 2019 Sabbatical kickoff…..Not to worry, Facebook has a wonderful Marketplace, St Joe Shop & Swap, etc……at…