Have you ever...

brought home old fabric or wall paper books thinking you'll use them for...something?

held on to an item because someone else has one?

put away the nuts only to find 4 more cans in the back of the pantry?

been smitten by something that wasn't the direction you were heading

felt the adrenaline rush while treasure hunting?

kept friends at arms' length because your housework wasn't up to par?

given your kid the present you wanted but never got?

brought home a bathtub just because you could?

thought about bringing a 50 lb chunk of concrete into the house so no one would steal if from the spot where it's sat for 50 plus years?

stopped on the side of the road to pick up friends?

felt like life was passing you by while you're looking for the key?

Hubby and I watched a few episode of TLC's Hoarding: Buried Alive recently. When the narrator said compulsive shopping was part of the problem Hubby laughed. When they came to the part about possible genetic causes I laughed. We're in big trouble.

I really enjoyed all your comments on the last post. I'm sorry I haven't been by to visit yet. I've been making plans to make sure we don't end up on that show. I got a glimpse of the light at the other end of the tunnel, and it was coming from a fellow blogger's halo! There are angels among us!

And just so you know, Mona, I will save what is truley important and treat it that way. And Garden of Daisies, your imagery of a "dead cat under mountains of garbage in the living room" should keep several of us from continuing to brake for yard sales!

Hugs

Dawn

Ripe for the Pickin'

Recipe booklets from the attic.

For some reason lately I keep getting comments about pickers. Even my mom and dad have mentioned the History Channel's "American Pickers" show to me recently. So after a long weekend I settled down in front of the TV last night to see what all the fuss was about. I gotta say I loved the show.


I asked Hubby if those guys were to show up here, could I start making deals or tell them to come back when he's here. His answer? "Tell them to leave and not come back." He said it with a smile but I know he was serious. Oh, he would love showing them around but sell something to them? Never.

I also watched TLC's "Hoarding: Buried Alive" last night... More thoughts on that later.
Hugs,
Dawn

Vintage Chocolate Posters from the ...Wash House?!

Ha! You thought I was going to say from the attic didn't you?

What do you mean you already knew?

Buddy told you yesterday? Humph!

I wondered why the key board was full of seeds!

I was quite surprised to find a gem like this out there.

But before you go getting jealous,

and saying it's not fair I've got an attic and a wash house,

let me give you a dose of reality...

from the door...

to the farthest corner,

the wash house is stacked to the rafters

with stuff

and dust

and cobwebs.

Ewe!

Now I love chocolate as much as the next girl,

probably more,

but I'm not dressing up

in a pink bunny outfit to get it.

Now this is better.

Make him work for your affection!

Santa Baby, flattery will get you everywhere!

And if all else fails,

whip up your own little love potion

and hide it in a box of chocolates!


No calories were consumed in the making of this post,

a few dust mites, maybe!

Psst, It's Me, Buddy

That's right, the hamster. I may not get as much blog time as those smart dogs or that cute cat but if you want the 411 on what's going down in the 209 I'm the guy you need to see.

But first check out this cute trick. Look, I'm a potato! Naw, not really, I just run so fast even the sports setting on Dawn's camera can't catch me!

Anyway, back to the 411. I sit right here in the office all the time so I get to hear all the good stuff when Dawn's on the phone. Right now she's staring out the window muttering something about "bloggers block". Sounds painful. I thought I'd give you some updates till she gets her act together.

Remember this picture. Well, she tried hanging it ON the mirror with those new Command picture hanging strips. It seemed to work until the next morning when she discovered the adhesive wasn't sticking to the mirror any more. Luckily it hadn't fallen all the way down yet. So she got out the fishing line and hung it from the picture rail. It worked well, you couldn't really see the fishing line, but it hung at an angle and you could see the back of the print. So for now it's just leaning there till she decides what to do.

I did hear her say she was thrilled the wash house rose bush had survived the pruning and would be flowering any day. She's getting a bit impatient to get the inside cleaned and went poking around. She was excited to find some old posters from a chocolate candy company and will be sharing them soon. Otherwise she is waiting, rather impatiently, for some muscle to help start moving things out! I'm fast but not very strong so I guess I'm no help. Besides...there are wild cats out there!

The kids are off from school this week so she's keeping them busy with lots of projects. This one is a little stinker though.

Just look what she did to herself.

Poor Sunny slept right through her antics!

Dawn was so excited when the auction signs came off the rentals across the street. They started tearing out the old stuff the very next day. Then left it for over a month, just like this.

But they came with dump trucks and front loaders and cleared out everything from two of the buildings yesterday. It looks like they are renovating from the floor up so it will be NICE and new for some NICE new families!

So that's the scoop. Speaking of scoop, Dawn's headed over here to clean my cage. You probably don't want to stick around for that!