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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Things I didn't know.....
I didn't know I would love this sooooo much. I can spend hours wandering around thrift stores, garage sales and estate sales. The fun part is finding things. I haven't been able to narrow my focus - I just love what I love, even if I don't know why, and that's that.
I also didn't know that it would take so long to research and write a good description of that special treasure that I just found (or found 3 weeks ago). One of my favorite finds so far is the Teddy Bear Cookie Jar in Blue Spatterware. I happened upon a book about Country Kitchens in a thrift store and as I was browzing through it with my morning coffee, I noticed they had whole kitchens built around collections of Blue Spatterware and/or Blue Spongeware. It was news to me, but what isn't......I'm certainly no expert on antiques, I just know I love them.
A few days later I found a new thrift store run by the Soroptimist's Club (hope I spelled that right). They are a group of ladies who support charities for Women and Children. This particular club opened a thrift store instead of holding bake sales, car washes, etc. Anyway, they get loads of cool stuff from Estate Sales. I saw Teddy Blue and it was love at first sight. I would love to fill him up with homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies or Raison Oatmeal Cookies, but then I'd just eat them all and that wouldn't be good.
I also didn't know just how much joy this new adventure would bring by way of my oldest, newly married, beautiful daughter, Jenn. She and I love old things, but she lives in Alabama :( . She is so good at designing and staging for parties and photos and she has definate ideas about vintage interior design. This has been so much fun talking with her and getting her ideas. And best of all, I don't have to tell her or my favorite pastry chef in Rhinebeck, NY that "I can't talk right now - I'm really busy and I have to get this done before blah blah blah."
I realize just how lucky I am to be able to give this new lifestyle a try (even though I don't have any choices left because of multiple back surgeries). The stress level is definately low low low, and it gives me a sense of purpose - after all, I've worked since I was 15 years old and it would be too too hard to be a work-a-holic without some kind of job.....
Until next time - thanks for reading. Send me an email, share your thoughts, do you like Teddy Blue, or is he "just ok"?
I also didn't know that it would take so long to research and write a good description of that special treasure that I just found (or found 3 weeks ago). One of my favorite finds so far is the Teddy Bear Cookie Jar in Blue Spatterware. I happened upon a book about Country Kitchens in a thrift store and as I was browzing through it with my morning coffee, I noticed they had whole kitchens built around collections of Blue Spatterware and/or Blue Spongeware. It was news to me, but what isn't......I'm certainly no expert on antiques, I just know I love them.
A few days later I found a new thrift store run by the Soroptimist's Club (hope I spelled that right). They are a group of ladies who support charities for Women and Children. This particular club opened a thrift store instead of holding bake sales, car washes, etc. Anyway, they get loads of cool stuff from Estate Sales. I saw Teddy Blue and it was love at first sight. I would love to fill him up with homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies or Raison Oatmeal Cookies, but then I'd just eat them all and that wouldn't be good.
I also didn't know just how much joy this new adventure would bring by way of my oldest, newly married, beautiful daughter, Jenn. She and I love old things, but she lives in Alabama :( . She is so good at designing and staging for parties and photos and she has definate ideas about vintage interior design. This has been so much fun talking with her and getting her ideas. And best of all, I don't have to tell her or my favorite pastry chef in Rhinebeck, NY that "I can't talk right now - I'm really busy and I have to get this done before blah blah blah."
I realize just how lucky I am to be able to give this new lifestyle a try (even though I don't have any choices left because of multiple back surgeries). The stress level is definately low low low, and it gives me a sense of purpose - after all, I've worked since I was 15 years old and it would be too too hard to be a work-a-holic without some kind of job.....
Until next time - thanks for reading. Send me an email, share your thoughts, do you like Teddy Blue, or is he "just ok"?
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Things always happen for a reason. . .
Welcome to my very first ever post in my first ever blog! I sincerely appreciate that you would take time from your ultra hectic, busy life (and whose isn't?) to read my prose. One year ago, I was so overwhelmed by my life, I would never have had the time to write or the ability to sit in front of a computer for one more nanosecond. But as someone I love (who happens to be my Mother-In-Law - I know, right? How lucky am I??) always says, "Things always happen for a reason."
I made a major decision to change jobs so that I could work remotely from my home or anywhere else with internet. My goal was to be able to visit my Mom, my Dad (who had Altzheimer's), and the other 99.9% of my family who live far far away from my little Country Cottage in the woods, and still bring home a paycheck. I was soooo busy looking for that dream job (at least a six month task), and then interviewing and getting the job, that I didn't ask enough questions about what the "dream" job would actually require of me. Long story short, I worked an average of 65-70 hours a week, making less money, with no benefits for some very very nasty folks.
Anyway, I got laid off (nine long months later) because "dream" company hadn't had a sale in 18 months. That's when I heard the phrase that I've heard a thousand times - "Everything always happens for a reason." Now for the fun part, Hubby and I figured out that we will not starve or have to sell our Country Cottage in the woods and I am busy persuing the true American dream of working for myself doing something that I love. I'll bet you've heard the one about being successful when you do something you truly love, right?
It didn't take me long to figure out that I love wandering around garage sales, thrift shops and other places where amazing, shabby chic treasures can be found. Having always dreamed of working for myself, "JBs Country Cottage" has been established and I couldn't be happier.
I made a major decision to change jobs so that I could work remotely from my home or anywhere else with internet. My goal was to be able to visit my Mom, my Dad (who had Altzheimer's), and the other 99.9% of my family who live far far away from my little Country Cottage in the woods, and still bring home a paycheck. I was soooo busy looking for that dream job (at least a six month task), and then interviewing and getting the job, that I didn't ask enough questions about what the "dream" job would actually require of me. Long story short, I worked an average of 65-70 hours a week, making less money, with no benefits for some very very nasty folks.
Anyway, I got laid off (nine long months later) because "dream" company hadn't had a sale in 18 months. That's when I heard the phrase that I've heard a thousand times - "Everything always happens for a reason." Now for the fun part, Hubby and I figured out that we will not starve or have to sell our Country Cottage in the woods and I am busy persuing the true American dream of working for myself doing something that I love. I'll bet you've heard the one about being successful when you do something you truly love, right?
It didn't take me long to figure out that I love wandering around garage sales, thrift shops and other places where amazing, shabby chic treasures can be found. Having always dreamed of working for myself, "JBs Country Cottage" has been established and I couldn't be happier.
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