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Coffee, Paint, Yarn and Pizza.

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Choices The boys have been playing this game called  Would You Rather.  Some of the questions are completely ridiculous. Some are thought provoking.  Some even stir conversations with the boys about their choices.  Here are mine.  Hot black caffeine-laden coffee is essential to me in the morning.  So I wake up and find out I can only have coffee with cream or decaffeinated coffee. Would I rather have coffee with cream or decaf? Or am I going to quit drinking coffee? I enjoy painting.    It is relaxing and fills my creating need. I like certain paints.  I have health issues with oil paints and can't stand to use cheap acrylics. Would I rather risk my health or use junk? Or I am going to quit painting? Not a yarn snob, but an allergy to wool has me very careful of the choices of yarn that I make. Cheap yarn just doesn't do it for me.  Would you rather have hives or splitting scratchy yarn? Or do I quit crocheting? Pizza is o

Focus

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What a struggle! I know that there are meds for it!  Maybe I need some!  Sometimes life just piles up Literally and figuratively. And mine has, First the microwave went.  Not the counter top kind,  the range hood  way overpriced microwave.  That's ok,  old school,  we have a stove.  Then my car broke down.  Honestly,  it was time to buy another one... but I still have the van.  Then the dishwasher went.  Still have a sink. Then,  JWS hit a horse with his truck.  (you would be amazed at how many people inquired about the horse's well being  prior to JWS' health) In this order: John is fine. The horse is dead.  The truck is not good.   John was the priority here,  he is fine. Everything else is replaceable.  Including the horse.  Sorry folks if that sounds crass.  The horse was not a pet.  It was an Amish buggy horse... not attached to the buggy at the time of it's demise,  thank goodness. 

Just Another Day at Work

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So, It started this way,  Monday morning customers waiting for me when I got to the shop. I really was not late.  They want a table and chairs.  I find a table that they are looking for in a vendor's booth,  covered with stuff.  I unload it which starts a chain  reaction  that included,,, Moving a cupboard, moving another table, moving the cupboard again, moving a dresser off the porch and inside, emptying another table and  then  rearrange everything.  I LOVE this job!   Love building displays, love putting things together, love helping customers find treasures,  love to hear the memories!  I think I have found my fun place!  

A Night at the Auction

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and wow did I score some goodies! Lots of goodies! All these vintage quilt blocks, and a few finished quilts,  some more  vintage than others. And now the question?  Sell them as is or  turn them into finished tops?  Any thoughts? Also, buried in the box were some  awesome souvenir pillows.  And I found this little beauty of a lamp.  My mom had a gray set like this.... My sister got those somehow.... And this double knit fabric in the colors I need for a new rug at my side door.  Just in time,  the one there now is pretty embarrassing!  

Two Beautiful Evenings

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After a really stressful week,  at least I can look back on these  two beautiful evenings. And one awesome day with these cuties and their mother at the  Children's Museum in  Pittsburgh.  Such a fun place! 

Quick Florida Trip.

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So, it was like May 21.   A Saturday.  JWS was going to Florida to visit a sick friend.  He had a flight, a car, a hotel.  I was going to be home alone.  I had a list.  A  Big  List I was going to get so much done.  He is packed,  he is ready. It is 2:00 and he is leaving at 3:30 for the airport,  when something in the way he asks me to go  for the 59th time,  makes me say  "OOOOHHHKAYYYY" At 3:30, I had a ticket, I was packed, showered  and out the door.  Spontaneous?  Yes.  So, in my booking, I had gone against all wisdom of hotels and booked a  Days Inn.  After two bad experiences in that chain,  you would think I would know better.  We arrived,  after eating a sandwich at a gas station in not the best part of town at midnight on a Saturday night.  It was bad.  There was a nefarious party going on in the next two rooms.  Expensive black cars (way too expensive for a Days Inn) coming and goin

All is calm, until....

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The day started out pretty calm. Painted this tray and table for Jenn's porch. It was a purple kind of day.  Then Shawnee put together this lovely arrangement at Time Works for me. Even the butterflies liked it!  Then I painted some wine bottles, still sort of purple-ish. And even strayed from the purple  (actually the table WAS purple) and painted the kids picnic table. This was accompanied by a bit of sadness  knowing that by the time it needs painted again,  all the kids will be too big for it.  Then sat down on the porch for a little quiet time reading and crocheting,  not at the same time, mind you. When the final PURPLE arrived. Wyatt wanting in the Hot Pool,  as he calls it,  puked something Purply looking all through the  Hot Pool.  So that is why at 9:50 at night we are sitting outside  waiting for the  Hot Pool to refill and  grilling burgers. Well, honestly, I don't know wh

Vacation Day, Staycation Day

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Sometimes you have to take a Vacation Day to prepare for a Staycation Day. Honestly, I wish I was one of those people that could not see the things that need done. That I could turn my mind off. So now that this side of my house is somewhat cleaned up I will have my Staycation Day on only one side of the house. So if you have any thoughts of visiting my home... Use the side door by the porch. Because this is where I will be, Tonight and tomorrow!  Ginger Ale in a copper cup and a somewhat quiet evening!