HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I have been a horrible blogger.

I'm so ashamed.........I really am.

I can't believe it's been it's been over six months since I posted last.

I DID think about it alot......cross my heart.

When I was mowing our two acres this summer I thought of alot of interesting things I wanted to share....

When I was driving home on a Saturday morning with my Tahoe full of vintage finds from estate sale and garage sales I thought of how I was going to tell you how excited I got when I found a stack of feedsacks for 2.00.

When I was set up doing a show I should have been taken pictures of my booth and all my "treasures" but somehow it never happened. When I did think about it, all the best stuff was already gone and to my booth looked horrible.

Bottom line, I really do admire all of you out there who always find time to blog on a daily or even weekly basis.

I had such good intentions when I started this blog.

I didn't do too well.

BUT this year I'm going to try again....

And what a better way to start is on the first day of the New Year.

I hope I can find some really interesting and entertaining things to show you and tell you about.

I hope I do better than I did last year.

I am going to try.

Happy New Year !!!!

Hope it's great for everyone!!!!!

LOTS of PRETTY FLOUR SACKS

I went to a great estate sale yesterday and got a lot of great old flour sacks. Some of the prettiest patterns I've seen in a while. LOVE the floral ones.

Make sure to check out my eBay store for them.

FRIDAY FLOWERS

I'M SORRY

I feel so bad! I can't believe it's been well over a month since I did my last post. I'm so ashamed. As much as I'm on the computer it's hard for me to take the time to post. I "think" about it all the time, but then when I finally have the time, I'm out of energy.

I've been enjoying spring. My handy-man hubby built me a beautiful big deck and pergola in the back yard and I'm so proud of it! I've wanted one for years but it always seemed like other home improvement projects were more important...BUT finally after all these years I have one!!!! And it's wonderful. It's like having a big outdoor room. I know we're going to be spending alot of time out there.

It connects right to my little "Linen Studio" and it's all in a big fenced in back yard so my son Will can still play outside and I can keep an eye on him and still enjoy it.... He has his swing set, trampoline and all that good stuff out there. Now we're all happy!!!!!

I've been posting alot of new things on Etsy the last few days...make sure to check it out and I'm always adding stuff to eBay .

TRYING TO SPRING CLEAN...AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK!

Spring is in the air and that makes me want to start cleaning and straightening and organizing but it's hard to do or next to impossible for me. I wish I was a more "together" person to start with..that would help. My mother was the "queen" of organization. How many times I've heard her say "everything has a place and everything in it's place" and that's how her house was. Infact, that was her life. You could ask her for something... anything and no matter what it was and if she had it (and she knew if she did or not) she go right to it. Me, I remember seeing it at one time can't remember when either...where it went? Gosh, I have no idea.

I really do try to be organized..I buy all the "things" (totes organzizers...you name it) that is supposed to make it EASY for you to be that "together" person but they never seem to work for me. But I have decided that "living" in your home PLUS running a business out of it and sometimes it seems like every room has "business dealings" in it, it's nearly impossible to keep things tidy and neat. Plus put a three year old in the mix who has more toys than I think I have linens it makes it that much harder.

I sell mostly "rags" as I lovingly refer to them (vintage quilts, feather pillows, linens and anything "material-fabric") and they take up ALOT of room!!! I have them piled in my sunroom (sometimes to the ceiling)....the ironing board is in the dining room FULL of linens to be ironed (the light is better in there that's why the ironing board is in there and my laundry room is too small) The bedroom floor around my desk is full of stuff I've made pictures of and trying to get listed on eBay and Etsy (my laptop is in here next to my son's room) and my 1000 square foot upstairs what I refer to as "eBay Central" where all my inventory I have listed is "somewhat" stored is running over. It's also where all my boxes, bubble wrap, packing peanuts and whatnot are. PLUS I have a dormer room with over 200 feather pillows in it. (I wish I was joking but I'm not) And even my laundry room has a big basket full of linens that need to be washed and another one that needs to be ironed!!! Everywhere I go, everywhere I look, there they are!!! There are linens in totes in closets, attic spaces, under the beds, in wardrobes. Sometimes I feel like I have an addiction instead of a business.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE the fact that I work at home....I have in my opinion the perfect job. I get to make a living doing what I love to do and get to do it where I love to be the most and the best part is I get to here with my 3 year old. But having been in "the biss" for nearly 20 years now and LOVING junk and collecting it too not just selling it, you really do accumulate alot of stuff. When I'm trying to clean and put away I swear I'm gonna quit buying til I get some of this stuff sold and gone but come Thursday afternoon when the paper comes out I can't wait to see how many garage and estate sales are listed for the weekend. I tell my husband I got to have my "junk fix". And when I'm on the yard sale trail I never think about my house of rags and how junked and cluttered and full it is and how I really DON'T need to be buying ANYTHING.....But there I am just out there looking for LOTS more treasures. Got to have MORE MORE MORE!!! I'm not happy to my van is full!!!! It's a sickness...or it is for me. But I still love it.

CHECK OUT MY VINTAGE FINDS ON EBAY

MY CONSTIPATED GOLDFISH

Okay, the first time I passed by the aquarium I thought my big fancy golfish Max was dead. He was floating upside down....but it wasn't upside down dead....those of you who have had an aquarium and had a dead fish know what I mean. He was just upside down. I tapped on the side of the tank and he starting swimming just fine. Thank goodness he wasn't dead was all I could think! We've had this aquarium now for several years and haven't lost a fish in a while. The fish I have now have really gotten big from the time I purchased them because we bought the small "cheap" goldfish because we figured they would die (the first few we had in there did) so we wouldn't have a lot of money invested in them. But they have thrived and we really do enjoy watching them now. We bought the aquarium for our son Will. He has autism and LOVES fish. Loves to go to Petsmart and Wal Mart and "see fish".....but at home he doesn't show alot of interest in ours. Guess it's just not the same atmosphere.

Anyway, I decided to feed the fish and when I saw Max upside down he turned himself around and he swam up with the rest of them and was eating like normal. So..I went on with the days work. I was just thankful he wasn't dead and if he was eating that meant he wasn't sick. Didn't it? I came back through a little later on and the same thing. Upside down. This time I noticed he was having trouble staying toward the bottom of the tank. He tried to swim down but he just couldn't do it and stay there. When "hubby" got home I showed him the fish. He said "maybe he's constipated". Yeah right.......so then he tells me to go "google" it. So I did...and guess what HE WAS RIGHT!!! He was constipated. Swim bladder something or other...but from what I could read it wasn't fatal. The "fix" was to not to feed him for a few days and give him two thawed green peas minus the shells. We put him into a small aquarium and I gave him a couple of peas and no fish food and the next morning he was swimming fine again and no floating upside down.

We got a big laugh about it...and I was really happy things seem to be back to normal with Max but now I can tell everyone I had a constipated goldfish!