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whodat111/susan posted an update Wednesday, Dec 29, 2021, 3:30am EST, 2 years, 4 months ago
Hi Potties! Been a few days since I checked in so may have a lengthy post to get caught up.
Marson - Sounds like you had a wonderful, but cold, Christmas. Aren't good friends a blessing?
Katie - The tree turned out to be just beautiful. I love that you'll extend its holiday life by sharing it with the wild creatures.
Shelly - It was so nice to see such a long post from you. Sorry your Christmas weather was somewhat nasty. Ours was overcast but warm - I can take warm. Put a banquet out for the birds & was swarmed all day long. They didn't care that it was drab as long as they had full bellies. It's been warm enough I've fed the fish every day - they don't eat much when it's cold but have been really glad to see me these last few days.
Good to hear you did so well with selling your Fenton bowl. I'm sure you've heard the old saying "buy low, sell high". Sounds like you did just that. The Dept. 56 ornaments might sell. I'd list them & see what happens. I've found folks buying ornaments in the booth pretty much year round. It's worth a try.
I've spent several hours each of the last 3 days at the old house trying to make a dent in the "1st" junk room collection of trash. I'm using the 30 gal. big trash bags but only filling them 1/2 full or less in hopes that they won't rip open when moved. So far I've gotten 4 ready to go. May have to get Zac to meet me over there to put them in the car & then ride over here to load them into the main trash can for pick-up. The bad news is that I can hardly tell I've done a thing - just so much in both "store/junk" rooms that it'll take a while to mostly clear either one.
The girls didn't really know the old thief was being so bad until Selena Anne & I got closer after my wreck. We started seeing each other a bit more & stayed in closer touch so she heard me complaining & realized I was being taken advantage of & the attorney I had in FL wasn't doing anything to help. The sister who helped is an attorney & she had contacts with more power than mine or the old thief had. I'll probably never get any of the overcharges back but at least I don't have to go begging for what I'm entitled to now.
I called & left word with the electrician that I needed a bill & a business card. Also told his machine that he left a nice screwdriver here & it was available the next time he was in the area. His daughter handles the business end of things & she works full-time as a nurse at one of the Atlanta hospitals, plus she has a family so I don't see how she has time to be a 1-woman office.While I've been digging thru the trash at the old house, I've been putting together a little box of smalls each day. I get them home, run them thru the dishwasher & then spend the evening researching eBay & Etsy for prices while I recover from the digging & dragging of the trash. I plan on a trip to the booth Wed. afternoon if the expected rain is gone by then & I already have a med. heavy box of said smalls to take for restocking. I should have another similar sized box to take next week once it's priced & gotten packed for the move. The booth sends an email every day if the dealers have a sale & some days they also post a running total for the monthly sales. I wish I'd had them doing it a long time ago - it helps to know when there's room for new stock. The email today said I'd sold $71 worth of Pyrex "Cornflower" items. I can't wait to see how much space that leaves open. It seems like ever since that lovely old man bought the green glass, my sales have been steady. Bless his heart! This may be the best month the booth has had in the 10 or so years we've been there.
I got a lovely, very long, call from my 2 friends in Lakeland. They're just back from a long west coast trip & we had a bit of catching up to do. This trip they saw the migrating Monarch butterflies & said they were unbelievable. They also saw the hot air balloon races in Albuquerque - which is more than I did when living there but think the races were a new thing way back then. They love visiting CA & saw a whale breaching/jumping when they were visiting Santa Monica. All in all they had a wonderful time. Back in 2008 Bear bought me a couple of large Icard pictures with greyhounds in them. Sadly, I never was able to make room to hang them. The girls are nuts about greyhounds (had 1 for years) so I'm gonna try & get the pictures to UPS in hopes those folks can package them safely & send them down as a surprise.
I'm enjoying the bowl games (that aren't being canceled) but my teams aren't doing all that well. I printed out the entire schedule of games & before bed I plan the next day's viewing. Being retired is a lot of work, but somebody has gotta do it!
Time to feed the land sharks & head for bed so I'll be up to the schedule of "gotta do's" for tomorrow.. Everybody take care & try to stay warm & dry - except Gordon & Sylvia who need to stay cool. Later.
Susan