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Waldo sounds like several little bumps in the road around here.

One must have had visions of grandeur because the founding fathers named it Paris.  Later settlers changed the name to Bunch, go figure that one!

Suz, I hate mattress shopping.  I don't see how you can tell if one is right without sleeping on it for a week or so.  I think they would frown if I showed up in my jammes clutching my teddy bear though.  Congrats on the big number. Wonder if Pat still sends out certificates for them?  I have a couple tucked away with my eBay treasures.

We took stuff to Goodwill yesterday and wandered around the store.  You can pretty much pick out eBayers or re-sellers just by watching how they shop.  Lots of moms getting school clothes too.  Must have seen 54001 t-shirts being pawed over.

Can you believe the kid's boss has something called a personal shopper....in Iowa for heaven's sake.  That to me is the height of snobbery.  The lady even wears watches that have straps that are color coordinated to her outfits.  I really dislike being in the same room with her....

Hope you got the details of the sale straightened out.  Today was beautiful and a joy to be outside.  Has a yearling deer in the yard sampling all the grass and trees for quite a while. So pretty.

Cleaned and filled six hummingbird feeders.  Hard to stay ahead of the bees right now.  The lack of rain has dried up all their necter sources so they are living on our grape jelly and hummer food.

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Well, I guess there are moneyed folks every where, I don't think, I would like being a personal shopper, heck, I don't even like to shop anymore..

I am so glad you are pleased, Suz, hope your visit is fun..

Starting on operation, Drain Ma's yard, digging a trench across the back yard, laying pipe, filling that with gravel and resodding, gonna need that BC powder..

Glad that I actually got some work done, yesterday, before I discovered the Harry Potter marathon..54005

Well, the yard was too wet to start digging my (Ron's) ditch..

54007 giggles at the collection of shells, hey, they were a big deal, back in the day, and I have to own up to badgering my folks over a strand of puka shells, talk about ugly, ugh, and the wedge heels and bell bottoms that went with them..

My contract came back and the owner, wants to try and do the sale earlier, so I am going over this morning, to see, how much is going to be involved and then to swing through the mall, to fluff and puff..

Hey Anita, nice to see you, I hope all is well and hope you come back..

Well, I may try to get myself fired, I went to the house and it is filthy and I think the client is a tad too needy, so I will go back this afternoon and do a bit of spot cleaning and jot some prices down, she is supposed to come back this weekend to clean out the fridge, if she doesn't like the proposed prices, I will try and talk her into something else, another case of paying way too much for stuff, that has no value..

We did a pick up yesterday and took the stuff to the cat's office, and the first customers for today's sale, were already there, heck, that was at 2 yesterday afternoon..

wow, 35 years, that the king has been dead, if for no other reason, I have to get to Vegas, one of these days, just to see all the look a likes..54009 other things to think of for a bucket list

Well, when you spend an average of 5K per sale, there is a lot of patience earned, they are nice folks, but spending the night in a mid sized car..ugh..been there, done that..

I hope the client calls soon, we have a bigger issue, if indeed she has turned off the water, I don't know, in her present situation, if she can afford to turn it back on, BUT I can not work in a house with no water, the house is in an area, that would require getting in the car and driving about 2 miles, for potty breaks..no no no

I know all about piles, it seems, I have shifted some of the same stuff, for a really long time..54011

54013 tomatoes here, but all of them green so far...or at least most of them!  Cucumbers have almost quit producing, although this cooler spell has them blooming again....hoping it's not too late.  I'm really disappointed, this year I've never really progressed beyond the two or three a day average, so would never have made it for Dee's market!  LOL

Sarah, count me as another who would have to go on strike for running water.  Convenient potty breaks are a requirement!

We had a nice visit with the kids.  Unfortunately, Ewan didn't like Grandma's pool any more than any of the past ONEs.  We think we've figured it out....he loves his bath, but in it he can touch bottom!  I wish now we'd have taken him to the city pool so we could have gone to the baby pool.  Oh well, next summer I'll be prepared with ONE of those little kiddie pools for him at home!

I think I'll have one more small package for Sarah too.  I knew when I put this last one together I was missing something.....sure enough, when cleaning the desk off I found the other bag of earrings and pins, which included some enameled stuff.  Not sure if it's anything special, but maybe combined with the other stuff she still has, it will make me another dollar or two.

Went to my pain management dr on Wednesday and discussed my upcoming appt with the surgeon.  He works with that surgeon and said that the first thing he'd want to do was try a steroid shot in my hip, rather than surgery;  I guess they don't like to replace joints on people under 50 if they can help it.  So, we went ahead with the shot that day....HURT LIKE HADES!  And, unfortunately, the relief it gave me (after initial pain wore off) is not seeming to last.  I'm still walking somewhat upright (which I had not been for several weeks), but I'm limping more each day....at this rate I'll be back where I was before I see the surgeon on Thursday.  Kind of what we expected.  When my dr was doing the injection, he used some sort of imaging to guide him, and when he saw the picture he said, "Girl, your hip is SHOT!  No wonder you hurt!"

I usually polish my sterling jewelry, I use a toothbrush for detailed pieces, one to polish on and one to polish off, yep I am channeling the karate kid..

Client still has not made it into town, hopefully today or tomorrow, and then we will see if she has cardiac arrest at the post it notes with proposed prices for the really big furniture, which I have priced at about 20% of what she paid for it, if I end up doing the sale, I think I will have to run it as a glorified garage sale..

May go to an auction today, yeah there is a ton of housework to do, but I am not feeling any love for it..

Suz, stay strong, it sounds like the surgery is going to be your relief and your age, I would think would play to your recovery, my MIL came through with flying colours and she is in her 70"s..

Dee, the fruit things sound icky, but at the farmers market, they have a baker who does impanada's (sp), that are really good..54015

54017 shivvers at the thought of a bird in the house!!  Birds creep me out!  Of course, having my brother try to stuff a dead one down my throat probably has something to do with that!!  LOL  The things he did to me, I don't know how I managed to speak at his funeral and be nice about it!  Proof miracles do happen, I guess!!  Hard to believe it's been nearly two months already:  this summer seems to have passed in ONE hellish blur.  I'm ready for fall and better times ahead!

The idea that anyone would rip off the elderly and/or mentally ill just makes me boil.  I have relatives in both areas and I've seen some real horror stories.  And the horrible part is, I don't know how to stop it....

I thought the hot weather was over but it returned with a vengance today.

I have a friend who swears by something called jewelweed for poison oak and ivy.  The rash is truly evil and I hope you get fixed up quickly.  Was the dog that bit your mom a stray?  That's an awful thing to happen to her.

I agree Suz, this has not been your year at all.  You are way overdue for happier times and I hope they show up soon!

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Hee, hee the kid was the Lagoon creature in high school.  She was takingphotos for the yearbook and got into a patch of poison ivy.  It got all over the camera so when she put it up to her eye..wowser did she get it.  My Jewelweed frilend is into all the herbal cures so take that with a grain of salt.  She also does some very odd things with crystals!

Since I was never around dogs as a kid, they tend to make me nervous until we know each other really well.  Some, Dobies hate me on sight and the feeling tends to me mutual.

How fantastic that you found all the jewelry.   And now you are about to "find" more of it.  I mailed the box this morning.  As I said, what you do with it and when you do, if at all is completly up to you.

We have to make a flying trip down to Columbia Missouri for a overnight.  Need to check in with one of Frank's sisters.  She's okay, it is her miserable sons that I want to stay 54021 miles away from