The Muppet Show Singers - "Why Can't We Be Friends"

Crap is still crap ... even when you get it cheap.

Well, fans, it's been a busy day.  I hit just about every junk store in MD today.  And am I tired! 


So much stuff; so little ... trunk space.  And the deals were fantastic!

I found all kinds of things that I didn't know I wanted ... until I saw someone else eying my prize.

So, I scooped up glassware, dishware... just any wares I could find.

Missing some pieces, a little broke here and there ... no problem.

Right!   Right?  Wrong.

I have so many projects in my shed, I'm thinking of buying a new shed - just so I can start fresh.

I have wobbly tables, random old doors, mirrors - mirrors - mirrors (what does it mean when I keep buying mirrors, but never bring them into the house?), dressers, old stone sinks (why?  why buy an old stone sink?  well, i have two), cabinets - oh, i bought shelving so i had somewhere to put all the paint i bought.  I have a lamp that will someday be a birdbath, a bottle that will someday be a lamp.

I have old bricks and lots of bracs.  I find myself collecting depression glass - the colors make me happy.  I buy pictures and pitchers.  So far I have found Picasso's lost Don Quixote (not); a brilliant work by an (apparently totally) unknown watercolor painter; amazing 1770s tavern pewter (made in the 1970s); vintage side tables (made in china); and china (made in Taiwan.)

I bought a huge Dresden porcelain monstrosity for $40 ... that turned out to be a Dresben monstrosity worth $2.33.

And, today, what did I add to my growing collection of curiosities?

• a mirror
• two wobbly tables
• a picture of a deer
• depression glass
• and a vase that reminds me of one my grandmother had when I was young 

I hated that vase!  It was ugly.  It still is ugly.

But when you find a piece of your history, sitting in a wonky shop, with a $1.99 price tag, you don't walk by.  You pick it up and put it in your cart because it makes you smile.

You buy it, and you remember!

I miss you Nana.

 

Christmas Wish List - for the slightly off center

Dear Santa,

It's that time of year that all the good little boys and girls send you a note, just to make sure you don't blow it when you drop that gift down the chimney on Dec 25.  And for those naughty little children, well, for them ...

So, those have been the rules ever since I could understand the concept of a "rule" - also, coincidentally, my parents informed me of this rule when they found me test driving my dad's new hatchet ... against our back door.  (it was a good hatchet!)... (but i was a bad girl)... No gifts from Santa for me.

(turns out my parents lied anyway because I got a gift from Santa after all - he just accidentally left it at my grandma's house)

That was the year that I learned about the 'shades of grey' (not the book - you just made the naughty list!)

Think French Revolution

There was naughty and there was NAUGHTY.  From that point forward, I have endeavored to stay in the middle of the naughty scale.  Neither a Polly Anna nor a Maximilien Robespierre, I have been able to fly below Santa's NAUGHTY radar all my life.  But i NEVER sent him a letter...until now.  I used to think that if you were a little naughty, it would run to no good if you drew Santa's close attention.  I mean, what if he was running a deficit one year and needed to cut costs?  So, I patiently and silently waited for Xmas - safe in the knowledge that I might not get exactly what I wanted, but I would certainly get something of the non-coal variety.

Now I am older (just a little) and wiser (a lot.)  I figure that Santa is, after all is said and done, still a man.  And while naughty little girls are on shaky ground with the big man in red, I have absolute confidence that naughty big girls are on solid footing with the robust man in the fur-lined jacket.

So here goes, Santa.  This is my Christmas Wish List - listed in order of preference.

1)  BMW i8  -- Electric Car for the non-granola crowd.
2)  Clive Owen -- or any protagonist from the Highlander series of books by Hannah Howell (so what!  I like a little romantic escapism - deal with it!)
3)  Slippers and a cuddle blanket -- it's getting cold outside.
4)  World peace - (okay, maybe this should be first, but i did say that I fit firmly in the 'naughty' category AND I really love that car!)

Anyway, here's to being naughty from time to time and still getting a little something from Santa anyway.  Everybody loves a rouge!