Is This a Library or What?

Mom and I recently went to a great book sale and of course I scored some great books for my Etsy shop! I just recently finished putting them all away!

Please, My Basement is Not a Reptile Refuge

Let's get this post over with and move onto better things.

Yesterday, I spent some time down in the basement working on my reorganization of Etsy back stock. The books are just about tackled, the holiday is better and I can finally see more of the floor at the bottom of the steps! I decided to put away a few gifts for Tim and Mom that were accumulating around so I started moving the three stacked storage containers under the steps.

That is when I made the horrible discovery of yet another SNAKE! Yuk! I immediately went running upstairs screaming for Tim, grabbed the camera and sent my husband down to deal with it! I handed him the camera this time as I just simply didn't have the stomach to get so close this time.

Tim got the snake, cleaned off the storage container and used his trusty flashlight to look in all of the cracks and crevices nearby.

Okay, so the first one I figured was a fluke, this one has me concerned! I don't want to stumble upon any more reptiles in my basement thank you very much!

Little Jaunt to Lexington

A couple of weekends ago, mom and I took off and headed to Lexington, KY for the day. Tim, once again, had to remain at home and work on tax stuff and video editing stuff!

We went to a little show that's held monthly in an old warehouse building and then hit a couple of antique shops/malls nearby, two used bookstores and a little local restaurant with just THE BEST burgers ever! I ran into an "old friend", my little plastic Marx vanity table. I had one just like it as a child and LOVED it. I now regret that it was sold at a yard sale. I just can't bring myself to buy one when I stumble upon them in an antique mall or flea market because it's not the one I actually had. I'm silly like that with toys from my past!

The tin can Tin Man was taken just for you Jamie!!! Hope you are reading!

Found some goodies, once again mainly for my etsy shop! I found some great old children's books and readers as usual as well as a stack of 11 old JC Penney/Sears catalogs from the 1950s and 1960s. They showed up just in time as I had a huge custom order for catalog pages depicting infant and children's wear right after I got those! Fun old advertising and pictures!

It's All In How You Position Yourself

"Let's see if I put my tail in the box behind me and my front paws in this little box, I can make it work." -Garden Kitty

The Helpers Are Back

Two furry helpers. They try. They try to not get cat hair in my shop items. They try to not walk through it and make a mess. They try.

Books, Books and More Books

Imagine that! Last Saturday, Mom and I took off and headed north to do a little antiquing. It was a beautiful day and Tim unfortunately had to work on taxes and dvd production so we just went on without him! I must confess that I had gone to a book sale first thing in the morning and found a few books, not as many as I would have liked, but worth the trouble anyway!

Anyway, picked up mom and we headed to Seymour where we ate at a local diner and then made our way to Edinburgh to the Exit 76 Antique Mall. Had we known the treasures we would find, we would have high tailed it up there earlier than we did! I found tons of great vintage children's book and readers as well as a handful of other kinds and a game or two for my etsy shop!

We closed the place down and in fact, stayed ONE HOUR after closing! I made myself stop looking at 5:45, thinking that 15 minutes, maybe 20 or 25 max, would be more than enough time to check out! WRONG! Thank goodness the manager Nic, who is just the best guy and still remembers me from the days when I had booths there, was willing to stay late and make that sale!

Mom also found a few goodies for her collections! We grabbed a quick bite to eat at Taco Bell and then headed home in the dark!

Pictured are some of my finds!

Titanic!

Friday a week ago, well a little over a week ago, Tim, Mom and I went to see the Titanic exhibit on display at the Louisville Science Center before it closed. It wasn't as large as the exhibit that we saw in Vegas a few years ago but it was still fascinating to see the artifacts that had been recovered as well as to hear the stories of the passengers.