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Follow Friday 40 and Over!!

Welcome to the 59th edition of Follow Friday 40 and Over!!

Are you a blogger over 40? 
Yeah, welcome to the club!
Please join in the fun and get to know 
your fellow bloggers!!

Busy Bee

While I readily admit I've been a lazy slacker blogger lately, I do have a few good reasons.  Not the least of which involve these guys---

I've been busy with yard sales, flea markets, and projects--lots and lots of projects.  Mind if I share a few?

Remember this:

It now looks like this:

Found this cool little "trading post" outside Nashville--I'll blog about that later--it's a post in itself.  I got this handmade table for $10.  Used Restore-A-Finish on it and it got snapped up quickly at my booth.

Another $10 table that benefited from R-A-F.  Also sold!

This table was also $10.  Notice a trend here?  It's the largest in a set of three nesting tables.  Mid-century resin and stamped Florence Italy on the bottom.  The legs need some attention, but will be going to my booth next week.

Vanity/desk/sofa table?  You decide.  Guess how much?  Yep, $10.  I had thought I'd strip the top and stain it, then paint the bottom.  After much sanding, what did I find?  Not real wood, that's for sure.  Still plan on painting the bottom black and using some old sheet music to decoupage the top.  Speaking of the sheet music--I got a huge boxful for $40.  Some of the same pieces are selling on eBay for $5-$15!

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.  Some things I was too anxious to get started on and forgot to take before pictures.  Am I forgiven for being so lax in posting lately?

Red Letter Day!

Today is my Red Letter Day!

First, because this little guy turns eight years old!

Happy birthday, E!  Wish I could be there.

AND....

Today is a Red Letter Day for me

because

I am officially

post-menopausal!!

It was one year ago today that my old friend Fred made his final appearance. Let us bow our heads in a moment of silence for him. 

Now, dear readers, lest you think I'm old, 

remember that 50 is the new 30.  

So I'm actually just hitting my prime!

Wednesday Hodgepodge in D Major Vol 48

1. Have you ever been 'asked' to report for jury duty? Were you chosen to serve? If not, were you happy or disappointed?  Only once--and I was chosen as an alternate.  It was a murder trial--3 days of being sequestered.  Three days of eating out every meal, sleeping in a hotel, not having to work.  Believe it or not, I enjoyed it--well, all but the sitting in court all day part.  As they were assigning hotel rooms on the first day, I quickly surmised there was an odd number of women and worked it out so that I got a room to myself.  I had 4 teenagers at home, so this wound up being a mini-vacation for me.

2. On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being very), how mechanically inclined are you? Give an example to back up your answer.   Probably only about a 4 or 5--and my field of expertise is vacuum cleaners.  Necessity is the mother of invention and we inherited an old vacuum of my cousin's when we got married.  We couldn't afford to buy a new one, so when the old one acted up, I just went to work on it.

3. Beets-cabbage-cauliflower-butternut squash....of the four, which is your favorite fall vegetable?  To look at?  Beets because of the beautiful color.  To grow?  Cabbage--well, the decorative stuff anyway.  To eat?  NONE!

4. What do you recommend to overcome self-pity?  Retail therapy!

5. Do you enjoy classical music? Sometimes, though not for long periods of time. 

6. October is National Book Month...what's on your reading list this month? Wow!  What's not?  I've got several books on the agenda right now.  I tend to read more than one book at a time.

7. What is your idea of 'cute'?   Babies and little children.  Especially the ones related to me.

8. Insert your own random thought here.  Tomorrow is a Red Letter Day for more reasons than one.  Check back to see why!

Meet Me On Monday

1.  The best part of waking up each day is the promise of a brand new day and lots of things to do.

2.  How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?  Inside I still feel 17.  Sometimes I look in the mirror and wonder who in the world that old lady is.


3.  Red or Green Apples?  Red!  Don't like green apples at all!

4.  Do you forgive easily?  Not usually, but it depends on the person and the situation.



5.  If you could live in any home on a television series, which would it be?   Dallas...Dynasty...no, wait...The Jetsons!