just a general whine...

1.30 am and I'm awake and I don't know why...

Awful day yesterday. Dust storm came through, turned the sky all yellow, blew down part of the fence, blew down the yucca in the front yard, about blew me off the road when I was driving... and then when the dust cleared up, just turned bitter cold. But that dust issue was very hard to deal with... not dense enough to cause major visibility probs, but it was getting a little hard to breath, And I think Lubbock Texas blew over the top of the house...

Of course, none of this is terribly uncommon, just winters last shout. Our last frost date is March 15, so everything should be warming up for good in a couple of weeks...

It was 80 degrees outside for a couple of days last week. Of course, I had caught this flu bug that was going around, so I couldn't enjoy it as much as everyone else, but it was nice...

Man, I didn't start a blog so that I could have a podium to whine!

Funny story... the cat, last Thursday, went running outside about 10 PM. Now as usual, this involves bolting out the door at top speed... Unfortunately, the spot outside was already occupied by one of the local opposums. Little cat bounced into the air three times about 5 feet skreaching at a decibal I haven't heard in a while. Possum just looked around like he was thinking... "What's the problem?" then wandered off. Seriously, I was laughing my head off.

Did hear that my friend Deb and her new husband were in a car wreck... bashed into by an illegal alien who of course doesn't have a liscense , much less insurance. Deb was in the ER all day, and when the cops showed up, they just let the illegal alien leave ... So now Deb is filing with internal affairs.

Drama... Drama... everywhere, HUH?

nothing much...

I really have to start blogging more often... but I've been running around and I haven't much to say... or more accurately, I have a huge amount ot say, and absolutely no time to say it... Shucks, most of the time I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing...

Flea Market stall is looking good... and the sales are way up... so I guess the front window is a good thing... but I have a huge amount of stuff that has to move in there so I need some of the bigger pieces to sell...

but the truth is that I'm kind of enjoying it, so don't take me wrong... I'm in no way shape or form complaining...

Got a couple of pairs of Cowboy boots listed on ebay, Tony Lama, these definitly need resoled, but they sell decent anyway...

Valentines day's a-coming...

I've always hated Valentines day... In all my various relationships, none of them coincided with Valentines so I never had a date, and then the people who do have dates all are so cute that it's sickening... What? Me bitter? Hmmph.

but seriously, I've worked for florist on Valentines, and the panicked phone calls and the general stress level is generally just pitiful...

On another subject entirely, we have been listing some small hand-crochet patches on ebay... just for the fun of it. Mom makes them up while she's watching TV. gives her something to do... Not making much money off them... but they're fun...

Most of the little appliques on ebay are made of 4-ply knitting worsted... which makes them thick and fuzzy... and uncomfortable on a back pocket, kind of like a little hard pillow on your butt... these are made of bedspread cotton... tiny thread that has a nice look to it.

Anyway... if you're interested go to the store listings

http://stores.ebay.com/luckypennyfleamarket

The big appliques are .99 each and the small ones like the stars are 3 / .99.

They do look good on jeans, denim jackets , that sort of thing...

Will be heading out to the flea market stall today... Evidently I sold a bunch of Franciscan plates and since I moved the stall from the back to the front, I still haven't got it looking like I want it... I've got to get it looking decent to boost the sales... and I don't really know what I'm going to do about the clothes I have up there... no place for a rack and no wall space since one side of the booth is a great big window...

I'll figure out something I suppose...