cats in heaven...

Well we bought a new chair for the bedroom, a vintage platform rocker to replace the big fake leather monstosity that was lurking in the corner preparing to attack us all...

Now, I managed to get the old chair out by myself... which is more of an accomplishment than you could possibly know... and I got it on the back patio...

The cat is in heaven. Lots of sunshine and an overstuffed chair to sit in. I've never seen that cat happier... don't know how he'll react when I get that chair up to the front curb, because it's really not in any kind of shape to sell at the flea market...

I've gotten quite picky about what I'm willing to take to the store.

So there's this chair...

I got it for two bucks at a yard sale. It's shaped like a giant hand and you sit in it...

It's so cheezy that it's cool.

But it desperately needed cleaning... and after I clean it, I can take it to the flea market and get about 40 bucks for it...

So I sit it in the car port, because it's not coming into the house 1) in that condition and 2) despite the fact that it's so cheezy it's cool, it's also green and I hate green and it's just not coming in my house...

anyway, at high noon, somebody drove up in their pick-up truck, jumped out, and stole it.

I was mad for about 10 seconds. But then I started laughing...

I figure God will forgive them for being a thief, but having appalling taste is a condition that is impossible to overcome...

sometimes the world depresses me....

Yesterday somebody decided to shoot up VA TECH.

Don't know any of the details yet... just know that he was a young asian guy... I'm sure we'll all be hearing all the gory minutae over the next few days...

there's a real problem in the world when certain citizens decide that shooting 20 or 30 people is a viable option... but I don't know what to do about it.

came to the blog to post about my ebay stuff, but it doesn't seem appropriate right now... If you want to see what's listed, check out the store link...

I'm going to go have some coffee...

great day today...

Beautiful outside, and I've been out working in the garden all morning... guess I'll try to ebay some of these iris since they're trying to take over the place... but I'll worry about that later...

This morning I had a buyer who bought some stuff, then when I went to print that label it turns out that the Post Office won't ship it because the city name is wrong... they suggest the proper name, and I've sent an email to the buyer, but I guess I'll end up trusting what the PO says... they should know... but it could be that the Zip is wrong... so I don't want to just sent it out there willy-nilly... And of course, I'm sitting here with a packed box. I hate paid for stuff sitting here...

Right now I'm wasting time blogging, should be outside in this great weather... We don't get a lot of it in this part of the world. Within a month, it'll be so unbearably hot, nobody will want to leave the house...

It's a wonderful day in Texas...

But, It'll be hot soon enough. I really should be outside in it, but There's just too much stuff to do...

did get a couple of things listed today, a really nice anchor hocking bowl... Fire king in the Summerfield pattern... not a terribly common pattern, and getting harder and harder to find. This time period (50's to 70's) just starting to take off...

The dog has been a bad bad dog today... he got out the back gate. You don't have to worry about it too much, everytime he gets out the back gate, he runs down the alley about a quarter mile, then runs around to the front of the house and barks at the front door. He figures that since he's already outside, I'll go ahead and take him walkies.

The cats have been behaving themselves... but last night I did open the back door and find a baby possum... about six inches long. He just stood there, hissed and batted his tail back and forth. Then he wandered off...

cuter than a big possum, but I did wonder where his momma was... I don't know how young they are when they go out on their own, but he seemed a little small...

Anyway, link to the store to your right, drop by and see me.

Later...

Happy easter folks!

Hope everybody out in the web-world is having a wonderful easter...

I'm going to be spending mine alone with my cats and my dog... don't feel sorry for me though, as I it's entirely by choice. Got invited to a few places, and I just didn't want to go.

Of course, today wasn't a great day... after it was 90 degrees last week, it dropped to 40 this morning, and then it started snowing... It's called living in Texas, you don't always know what the hell is going to happen.

But got a few interesting finds today anyway... people in Texas just keep going and have their yard sales anyway... but they get cold and the bargains start hopping...

listed this week, there's some Franciscan Apple napkin rings, (Got bids in the first hour!) and a 14 inch long brass duck, with a brass stand he sits on, Jimmy Carters book, An Outdoor Journal, autographed (woo hoo)

And I may be listing some more stuff tomorrow, (yes, it's Easter and sacreligious and all, but the auctions actually are for all next week, so I don't think it's really that bad... )

And, I'm just ambling on here about not much of anything aren't I.

same old , same old...

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been listing cowboy boots, china figurines, mens shirts, just a little bit of everything... even some shoes, brand new in the box. Listing like a blasted fool...

Yesterday, it was 92 degrees outside. Today, it's 60. Not a good thing.

of course, I keep saying that I'm going to start publishing on this blog more, but it turns out that when I think of something to say, I always forget it long before I actully sit down at the computer.

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...