Musing in My Bathroom!

Don't forget to scroll down and check out FFM, my little kumquats!!

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Okey dokey, my sweet chicks, I gotta vent! I was sitting in the bathroom this morning doing my business and I thought of something Hubs/Love Bunny mentioned to me several months ago. Now, I'm known in the family for.........ummmmm, how do I put this so as to not offend.........well, simply put - for stopping up "la toilette." It rarely, if ever, gets stopped up when hubs or visiting kids use it. Hubs said it was because I used too much toilette paper. Au contraire, mes amis, soooo not so!! I simply didn't do it any different - more or less, if you get my drift! So at that time hubs told me to use less "toilette paper"! So I rationed myself to 4 sheets per "visit" when I go to rid myself of the water bottle I hit frequently. I rationed myself to 6 sheets when I ate a lot of grapes, beans, etc. Now, my sweet blossoms, I buy the best tissue - Cottonelle 2 ply!! So it is thicker. (Oh, as an aside, let me mention here that when daughter and her hubby visited they doubled the amount we would normally use because they're used to the 1 ply "el cheapo" stuff and doubled up what would be considered "normal" amounts! Their "cheap" stuff is soft but you go through it like squirrels through nuts!!) Okay, back to story.

So I sat there and thought about it. Now, if I compromised and did "BOTH" at the same time, does that mean I can use 10 sheets per visit?? You know, 4 + 6 = 10???!!! I truly cannot see how that would solve the problem though. I think hubs is just reaching for that one, don't you?!?! I truly think hubs needs to direct his attention to more important things!!! Hah........

Just one of those things you think about when you have nothing else to think about. Hah... Oh, but wait till you hear what I think about when I awake at night staring at the clock next to my bed!!!!!!!! Whhhoooooooooo, chickees!!

Friday Flea Market Is Here!!!!!!

I am a generous and kind person and the Lord has blessed me beyond measure, my sweet chickees! You never know when I might just do a GiveAway - could be a day or two or could be a month or two. AND it could be to the first person who gets in touch with me after I put it on the blog!! Ya just never know!!

So for FFM I've got 2 things for you at a very good price. I can't give it all away, little munchkins!

In keeping with the theme of polka dots of FFM the little heart shaped box is wood and has a hand made red polka dot ribbon rose on top. It's PINK(!) of course. It's yours for $5.00 plus shipping and that will depend on where you live. Just get in contact with me through the comments if you'd like to buy it.

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These are decorated clothespins. I use them to hang just about anything on my trellis that some sweet chicks send me on a regular basis! I said I'm blessed beyond measure. The 6 of the PINK beauties are yours for $2.00 + shipping. SOLD!

Squeeeeeeealin' with Delight!!!!!

First of all let me say my whole expenditures for this magnificent catch yesterday was around $20.00! I had a really fun time finding some of these things.

The little picture below just kept screaming "take me, take me"!! So I did. The picture isn't too inspiring but I do love gazebos and the food frame is worth every scent I spent on it.

Same thing witht his one - a white frame and pretty roses, so how could I pass it up?!

I consider this one of the "finer catches" of the day. A pink and aqua roses (!) wood frame. I think I'm keeping this one instead of putting it on my other selling blog.

I've been looking for a lampshade just exactly like this one to pretty up for so long!! Well, I found it for a SONG yesterday. Doing the "happy dance" over this one!!

Be still my beating heart!!!!!! I collect pitchers - not ordinary ones, but roses and beautiful ones like this! This is not going out the door, but on my shelves. Catch of the day.............

Another darling find. A little holder to put pens and pencils in. Every phone in my home has paper and pencil by it and I have 5 phones in this house. I can answer any phone and have the necessary items to take a note or message by either one of them. I'm NOT one of those people who answer the phone and tell the caller to "wait a minute while I find a pen and paper." Silly idea to NOT have all items next to phone.

This little clock was so cute I couldn't pass it up. I do NOT need another clock in my house so this will go on the website to sell. It reminds me of a french clock. Some of my rooms have 3 clocks in them simply because I cannot pass up lovely clocks. Plus if I have a visitor and want to check the time without looking like I'm "clock watching" I can do it and not be obnoxious about it. Very important to me because I would never want to offend someone in my home by having them think they are boring and I'd want them to leave. Never happen in this chick's home! I find all visitors delightful!

Okay, some little candlesticks for making lovely cake plates and 2 are green which is ever more delightful. And they were very, very cheap!

Okay, these were hard to pass up also. I can use them for storing pretty items - ribbons, buttons, clothespins or just anything I think should be displayed beautifully.

This I agonized over for hours after bringing it home. Keep it, sell it, keep it, sell it, keep it, sell it. I asked my chickees on my group and they helped convince me it needed to be in my home. It is a 10" pink pearlized serving bowl! It is soooo much prettier in person than in the picture. It's gorgeous and I love it so I'm keeping it. It has "embossing" on it and just brings joy to me looking at it.

This tiny plate will probably go on the other blog to sell. It is so cute and just a spectacular deal so it isn't going to be very much money when I sell it. I truly want people to be able to have some beauty in their homes as I do, so this will be affordable and can be used to hang on the wall or a place to store tiny items in your home - say your watch while you are washing dishes or something like that. I have an Old Country Roses dessert plate on the ledge over my sink to hold my little pill box and a book of matches to light candles to fragrance the room and a spoon my hubby puts there during the day so he doesn't have to get a clean spoon every time he drinks his Pero.

Another serendipitous find for me! I love to collect little flower teapots and this is a tiny one. The rose on top is the lift off lid. It has a little chip in its spout but for the price I could not resist! It stays!!! ;-)

That's pretty much all I got yesterday. I was very happy and pleased with what I found though. All in all a productive day for this little chick!!! Now you'll just have to come back and see what I can do with the stuff I found today when I get the time to give some of them a "makeover"!

Little Vintage Pedestal Cake Plate I Made.

Okay, okay, so I went out junkin' again today! Ya can't keep a good chick down, ya know!! Now, for those of you who don't know my "story" (and I'm always good for a "story" for the women in my ebay group) we moved from 5,000 sq. ft. 12 room house on an acre to an 1800 sq. ft. house on a postage stamp yard about 3 years ago. When we moved here from California 15 years ago I shopped for an entire year buying things I thought we'd never see in Idaho. I was pretty much right with that one but we go back home to Calif. on a regular basis to see the kids.

Anyway, we were overwhelmed with "stuff"! I have sold or given enough away to furnish 3 houses, truly! I have "stuff" up in our "garage attic" that I have forgotten about. I have "stuff" in my cabinets I have forgotten about. Thus, I'm presenting a pedestal cake plate I made yesterday out of one of several plates of this lovely old vintage plate. Go over to my other blog, La Maison Rose, to see it if interested in buying it for a "great price"!!

And just you wait till I show you tomorrow what I got today! Whooooooohooooooo!!

I Went Junkin' Today!!!!

I decided to take a break today and go junkin' or shopping. I found a few little treasures and they sure are cute. This little hanging shoe that could hold a couple of flowers, a couple of candlesticks and a ring of "berries" I might use to make another pretty petal cake. The shoe was chipped but no matter; I'll give it a good and loving home!! :-) I give a "good and loving" home to a lot of stuff!! Just you ask hubby. He's my man!!

And what is it with candleholders that you can't find them any more except in flea markets and thrift stores?????? I thought I'd never find any again. I think it must be the trend of putting potpourri in pots or candle warmers. I do the same thing though. I'll go to Wal Mart and buy a little candle in a small holder and light it in the kitchen. I absolutely love Glade's Angel Whispers!! It is the most delicious fragrance I've smelled - outside of plumeria, of course. But Angel Whispers is a light delicate but definitely distinct fragrance I adore. You might try it next time you're at WM.

And while I was photographing the above items, I looked beside the area I have set up to do my photo shoots and saw this little drawer I snatched several years ago from a yard sale for 50¢ (!)....squeeeaaallllll as Jen says.......and painted it white. I haven't figured out just what I want to do with it yet but it was just sitting there and I've been sticking things in it that I'm putting on my other blog. It looked primed for a "photo shoot" so here it is. "Eye candy" for ya, chickees!