Black Friday Or Small Business Saturday?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2ZEYQd9nWSbMjQ3L3mLFXhKtgaGg5c2xH41Na-ARMlFAQ_QUU3F2Oh6HY0qzePP2mI_ThzwD00iaa4cydUQ7-I1QFNbNMDoD60-dnPcPml8NMqT8y1Gnj0RFD-ASQU6Wbwq_Z79y5os/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2ZEYQd9nWSbMjQ3L3mLFXhKtgaGg5c2xH41Na-ARMlFAQ_QUU3F2Oh6HY0qzePP2mI_ThzwD00iaa4cydUQ7-I1QFNbNMDoD60-dnPcPml8NMqT8y1Gnj0RFD-ASQU6Wbwq_Z79y5os/s640/030.JPG" width="594" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>No, we don't do Black Friday, never have, never will... that's a whole level of Crazy I don't wanna be Exposed to!  *LOL*  Sure, we might drive around the Night before just to see the Sideshow-Like Mania of miles of folks Camped outside a Store in the Cold without a Bathroom in sight, just to Hopefully 'Score' a Ninety-Nine Dollar Big Screen TV... but personally, I don't want or need anything that bad, I really don't.  And I can't even Imagine going thru <u>all that</u> NOT to 'Score' what I came for, I'm not surprised it sometimes incites Riot!  Black Friday Crowds just remind me of voluntarily jumping into the Ocean during a Shark infested Feeding Frenzy, not my Idea of Fun or Sanity on any level.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSF_nKtKUFIXe3PFw5HCkeUNqksWBdZnhCH86bgxn0dZ3INYXa1IkP9ScxsxmDIHx1dNjqdIcx5xnCzfgnMAesEvui-wqBTTvXAVjuDtn8O8mz-FnOkvK0r1_AQnOKJ0OqwKYNjepxf0/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSF_nKtKUFIXe3PFw5HCkeUNqksWBdZnhCH86bgxn0dZ3INYXa1IkP9ScxsxmDIHx1dNjqdIcx5xnCzfgnMAesEvui-wqBTTvXAVjuDtn8O8mz-FnOkvK0r1_AQnOKJ0OqwKYNjepxf0/s640/027.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I've waited perhaps Forty-Five Minutes in Line to get into a Special Show or Event... but that's about my designated Time Limit and that way I'm not gonna go off the rails if it doesn't work out as I'd Hoped or feel like I've been in a Cage Fight!  *LOL*  I guess I'm just not that Committed to any Shopping Experience or all that Patient... plus I'm not a Fan of Shopping Frenzies, so instead of Black Friday we typically opt for a Small Business Saturday the day after the Insanity and Chaos!  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWz1lkgbLSgoBHS5poBmvApfpQkpqS_OcoHNUE4mRIo9AmVPEMgGn2pgknlHeRrn-LsI9_0Xuh-twM0FG6vlUOOBYPJUUDN6zx5C351ha0dXsPokSyKa7l0KlLmJW7u4OrOroBKnNFQy8/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWz1lkgbLSgoBHS5poBmvApfpQkpqS_OcoHNUE4mRIo9AmVPEMgGn2pgknlHeRrn-LsI9_0Xuh-twM0FG6vlUOOBYPJUUDN6zx5C351ha0dXsPokSyKa7l0KlLmJW7u4OrOroBKnNFQy8/s640/025.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I personally always find way better Treasures at my Favorite Small Businesses anyway and at the Antique Malls or Shows that rent Space to Small Entreprenuers like myself who don't own a brick and mortar Shop but Enjoy the Thrill of the Hunt or Creating their Art on a smaller scale.  I also prefer to Support Local Small Businesses, which I still feel are the backbone of America and usually Appreciate their Clientele more and treat their Employees better and with more Loyalty than any Mega-Corporate Entity.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVeACQqi96Cx13PewXgfyaq5UfL5nujM-u7KSurwr4IlLGcVKgZ6VLV-SpABcpWCHqMyq5tSTRM0_ayXA5mhhWEJy2MgJLQDtLS0yBlLo_p-2d-Bh1kviTOuoPMStetomypwr8xlzu8iw/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVeACQqi96Cx13PewXgfyaq5UfL5nujM-u7KSurwr4IlLGcVKgZ6VLV-SpABcpWCHqMyq5tSTRM0_ayXA5mhhWEJy2MgJLQDtLS0yBlLo_p-2d-Bh1kviTOuoPMStetomypwr8xlzu8iw/s640/026.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>So... this Post will be a mixture of our Small Business Saturday Adventures at my Friend Carol's Shops <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thecottagegarden?ref=br_tf"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">COTTAGE GARDENS 1 and 2</span></strong></a>... and our Antique Mall, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">THE BRASS ARMADILLO WEST</span></strong></a>. </em></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqBO4n6AtbnrJy4ORDlDRDUaEgEvgJBm9Ln6chXwX5xMfwEj20FaoxhVUMsiO5z7sQ3EsZyTgMqBa8VPoSWqmqlWJxDd2BqdNJOpkWBwkKPfSpSqbF7HZ-NVkl4P72B83Yt7NDyoNY6I/s1600/IMG_2137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqBO4n6AtbnrJy4ORDlDRDUaEgEvgJBm9Ln6chXwX5xMfwEj20FaoxhVUMsiO5z7sQ3EsZyTgMqBa8VPoSWqmqlWJxDd2BqdNJOpkWBwkKPfSpSqbF7HZ-NVkl4P72B83Yt7NDyoNY6I/s640/IMG_2137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: red;">BRASS ARMADILLO</span></strong></a> Mall had Santa there Today and was taking FREE pixs with Saint Nick... so Princess T and I hopped up to tell him what to bring us and get our pix taken...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjSmy_IwBQYcz8XbLtui8IDb0XeEwRkjqZvvnf-q2ttK5Qy6yyEoWfLfCR-e2gocvTJ8J3OP0H1s2eLNIMDdGfG2izxj5oYJZJVO6xw7aiXFoJtKnKfg1CBCqjmn4QhKrbwbvNtGGhKs/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjSmy_IwBQYcz8XbLtui8IDb0XeEwRkjqZvvnf-q2ttK5Qy6yyEoWfLfCR-e2gocvTJ8J3OP0H1s2eLNIMDdGfG2izxj5oYJZJVO6xw7aiXFoJtKnKfg1CBCqjmn4QhKrbwbvNtGGhKs/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And Prince R stayed behind my Camera to capture the Image at another angle... he's at that "I'm Thirteen And Too Cool And/Or Embarrassed To Do That" Age... you know how it is.  *Winks*  Yes, I try not to get so Old that I forget what it was like to be Young... so Gramma just Rolled with it and didn't try to Guilt him into doing it Under Protest.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bZ5YarXPPveNbfvKpdmD5JdwMZu6zevboke8T_ds7qNLEcyFhzHyDPToxcaB15Zkvj5CUSAXtQLHGNuAzOIv6bd4YryPKklI69cWm7kAPuu3ajuxmBEuXQMSxRSqq3CF_Q9xWj4gAEA/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bZ5YarXPPveNbfvKpdmD5JdwMZu6zevboke8T_ds7qNLEcyFhzHyDPToxcaB15Zkvj5CUSAXtQLHGNuAzOIv6bd4YryPKklI69cWm7kAPuu3ajuxmBEuXQMSxRSqq3CF_Q9xWj4gAEA/s640/013.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And yet, Strangely enough, he wasn't too Cool nor Embarrassed to agree to look positively Psycho doing this at my Friend Pamela's Booth, Go Figure!??!??!  *LMAO*  Well, guess that's his version of 'Merry'??!  *Smiles*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRPuc9FIPZxX4LzK4pgSPJChylDssLesddIU4tw9rYwuOOnJAUrWpallwIYbvM6_5GDznrmqwTycGGbFbHKUi9QSz3pWiI2bBdEPz6am589VLumahvp5XATZSmPayXR-PHEjqN3cgtnc/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRPuc9FIPZxX4LzK4pgSPJChylDssLesddIU4tw9rYwuOOnJAUrWpallwIYbvM6_5GDznrmqwTycGGbFbHKUi9QSz3pWiI2bBdEPz6am589VLumahvp5XATZSmPayXR-PHEjqN3cgtnc/s640/010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And to be sure he wasn't the only one looking positively Psycho... we both had some Fun with it... this is me tryiing to look Merry with the G-Kid Force in tow... can Stress actually BE Merry I Wonder?  *LOL*  And, yeah Pamela, you Set me Up again and Knocked me Down with your Scrabble Tile Holiday Creations now didn't ya?!?  *Winks*  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYsELSELJHSzLQM6xEwIVPBxJBJZc4XMWB0jDofkF9ppdzv5Eph16fw2v_jfDWeZ3XFCvPXdS6R8oPrvT96-MqcrUWDkeLGVyLj7Rf84HX7MsXqgwdV2cjhZt4H1PhX0wo10Mnh3mnII/s1600/1469807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYsELSELJHSzLQM6xEwIVPBxJBJZc4XMWB0jDofkF9ppdzv5Eph16fw2v_jfDWeZ3XFCvPXdS6R8oPrvT96-MqcrUWDkeLGVyLj7Rf84HX7MsXqgwdV2cjhZt4H1PhX0wo10Mnh3mnII/s640/1469807.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>But I NEEDED this you see, so that I could complete my Message to Santa on the newly Decorated Mantle for Christmas.  *LOL*  Yes, I also spent the last two days taking Halloween and Thanksgiving Harvest Decor down and put into Storage, and getting some of Christmas in place as is our Custom.  Only have the Mantle done so far... more Images will follow in another Post of the Completed Project.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrmJysxfbjNUQ15qtxPd77PHHSKf7HDOevzgPZ18UJtg-cYPVSEPsJWp_E0Tv1c5MCmriKhdKGKsAglBW8OtQPE_ntc80LwnEnvGH6WtYD4CTiv2bE4LQf6nktWwhXJz-atVtOE8gL7Q/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrmJysxfbjNUQ15qtxPd77PHHSKf7HDOevzgPZ18UJtg-cYPVSEPsJWp_E0Tv1c5MCmriKhdKGKsAglBW8OtQPE_ntc80LwnEnvGH6WtYD4CTiv2bE4LQf6nktWwhXJz-atVtOE8gL7Q/s640/007.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>This Post is devoted to Santa-Time, of which I've been having plenty of since it's obviously Working Out Well for me!  *Winks*   And you know how it is, if it Works, Work It I always say!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjPERuIImuHSAGBoQup7HAEEsWwzus3sQFy8g9ff9Q99BtUinFkHY-g8HWuZ93eOZ0lQkmKzAzxkMuDN37Ewr_QB9mr5iNvQVqzhC092eVFUfSVGr-ea75GKpw2bzf6PBxYurmHdtG-k/s1600/1469803_10152072717549120_1055144376_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjPERuIImuHSAGBoQup7HAEEsWwzus3sQFy8g9ff9Q99BtUinFkHY-g8HWuZ93eOZ0lQkmKzAzxkMuDN37Ewr_QB9mr5iNvQVqzhC092eVFUfSVGr-ea75GKpw2bzf6PBxYurmHdtG-k/s640/1469803_10152072717549120_1055144376_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>Source: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">BRASS ARMADILLO PHOENIX</span></strong></a> Facebook</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>And I wasn't the only one getting in on my Santa-Time... Alice Cooper showed up to get in his requests to Saint Nick at our Phoenix Location!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MscmuFCc3cRwRo4Yw4ySdBpk2lBvLLTcnG-6ylwErwIJNRwlKKBr7k1jxaBUMjJLaWFwc8UzEVQ8YLevnikGgMUQ2psoJlqCJFQniJdQhcKF8CX5NqCjAT0B0IqRwDKkrTSM7Xil8nY/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MscmuFCc3cRwRo4Yw4ySdBpk2lBvLLTcnG-6ylwErwIJNRwlKKBr7k1jxaBUMjJLaWFwc8UzEVQ8YLevnikGgMUQ2psoJlqCJFQniJdQhcKF8CX5NqCjAT0B0IqRwDKkrTSM7Xil8nY/s640/040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And the Post is also devoted to Shopping Small Businesses... since Carol's Shops had FIFTY PERCENT OFF of some of my Favorite Designer's Creations!!!   So yes, I got this Awesome 'Wings Of Lace' Doily Top 50% Off...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXK2dD-m3lnI2QfTipPEqU20Y0w0wQbwQZh6KiXXmZfMz8X7Piu8QEJv872WEyAC41G1dqnEB6k0rk8twDBEAxuqgp7Z70-ekfconTaEfTnr6ywbmSU_NLgB8sbT_VhPv3Th8rKkWrtNk/s1600/1007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXK2dD-m3lnI2QfTipPEqU20Y0w0wQbwQZh6KiXXmZfMz8X7Piu8QEJv872WEyAC41G1dqnEB6k0rk8twDBEAxuqgp7Z70-ekfconTaEfTnr6ywbmSU_NLgB8sbT_VhPv3Th8rKkWrtNk/s640/1007.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And this AHHHHHMAZING 'Wings Of Lace' Gypsy Skirt in Burn-out Velvet and Tea Stained Lace, that I've been Lusting after FOREVER, for 50% Off as well... and now I had FINALLY lost enough weight that it fit PERFECTLY!!!  *Happy Dance*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITyx0pU_0Dft72IMAPtlFWB1l_UKGdKc-OntSma79f40bk7i4oq7ooSHwsZNGOg3GeBUNbCDSuaRUd5DC-PW6FpDlL8PxtEetW1DufUl4i6qpo1FZLiGxxWZP5Ilm_HLJQkKXp2SKem8/s1600/1008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITyx0pU_0Dft72IMAPtlFWB1l_UKGdKc-OntSma79f40bk7i4oq7ooSHwsZNGOg3GeBUNbCDSuaRUd5DC-PW6FpDlL8PxtEetW1DufUl4i6qpo1FZLiGxxWZP5Ilm_HLJQkKXp2SKem8/s640/1008.JPG" width="522" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Guess it was just meant to be mine, huh?  *Winks*  It is after all, VERY ME to a tee dontcha think?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_up2QWOlWMi7CaEGbOj2RDPKAYNhv4bp8FAFYvFl_NFFbjUynKt70mwe_3JmfsOgFlE9ql82m27fmEAXET4-_tcXfnXqowcJPsm8VNoaEVe5YMD11Cwshq_nTLuM0kJBUSwgRXYQrzw/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_up2QWOlWMi7CaEGbOj2RDPKAYNhv4bp8FAFYvFl_NFFbjUynKt70mwe_3JmfsOgFlE9ql82m27fmEAXET4-_tcXfnXqowcJPsm8VNoaEVe5YMD11Cwshq_nTLuM0kJBUSwgRXYQrzw/s640/020.JPG" width="496" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And I got my Laura Van 'Fix' by soaking in the Beauty of her newest Creations that Carol just got in...  this Frame was my Favorite... though every Laura Van Creation is Beyond Amazing!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTo5K-t5TZ4mOjzg_Vk0A_Nj7t8fTbFswFwDq-XgCsb150hwo92JlCN43y_9Ej86YTdQK6-qbSxf6iqFWBBpkG2MVqZnY_ONrXhwaZ7OSxFTzuKhvG02ee4SmYeMeW-N-XoPSRyEkOmi8/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTo5K-t5TZ4mOjzg_Vk0A_Nj7t8fTbFswFwDq-XgCsb150hwo92JlCN43y_9Ej86YTdQK6-qbSxf6iqFWBBpkG2MVqZnY_ONrXhwaZ7OSxFTzuKhvG02ee4SmYeMeW-N-XoPSRyEkOmi8/s640/019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I would have every pix in the house Framed in a Laura Van Creation if I could!  *Smiles*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSNM_9B7EvdOIguaV1R8L653bH5Hr9QaDNYzRu6-Nc3uU0sQhJ_4NMxz1_U9wYs5lf1nGWq6ch11U2EO-KlNHPtRVePICaSPXyfkORA8il1U4y_fXJ_B9wv0h6xJOijD_iZ8y4thyphenhyphenINA/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSNM_9B7EvdOIguaV1R8L653bH5Hr9QaDNYzRu6-Nc3uU0sQhJ_4NMxz1_U9wYs5lf1nGWq6ch11U2EO-KlNHPtRVePICaSPXyfkORA8il1U4y_fXJ_B9wv0h6xJOijD_iZ8y4thyphenhyphenINA/s640/023.JPG" width="540" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>This Frame was my 2nd Favorite... and check out that Sweet Crowned Bird!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQZbcUqixgTUgVXd7QBrB6JIyJzrKsY122A79JqmhK-qD4EFt8VAiKDGPKAw0epQYFDUWrK6yT0_jUoC5YsErKz4PQX7ASiUagPqLWUlqMLtIKGtB7od74DmjTNRNB119oeN7ayBFiX8/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQZbcUqixgTUgVXd7QBrB6JIyJzrKsY122A79JqmhK-qD4EFt8VAiKDGPKAw0epQYFDUWrK6yT0_jUoC5YsErKz4PQX7ASiUagPqLWUlqMLtIKGtB7od74DmjTNRNB119oeN7ayBFiX8/s640/032.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Of coarse there were also plenty of the Classic Laura Van pieces as well as the new Line of her Creations.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEl8BHwcBb_AdzeerK2_j2o2E1sbOvq4H9ujB-ukMt4BkehaC-fuomAyTzv4j-dEpFSOefIrYYwAaXGZzMUL0FjPRyZ49hpwL1v-VrhFpqmEuvHHgmPNrLbsksKtrBQzZml2_wQdHk3tE/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEl8BHwcBb_AdzeerK2_j2o2E1sbOvq4H9ujB-ukMt4BkehaC-fuomAyTzv4j-dEpFSOefIrYYwAaXGZzMUL0FjPRyZ49hpwL1v-VrhFpqmEuvHHgmPNrLbsksKtrBQzZml2_wQdHk3tE/s640/033.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And if you too are a Fan of 'Wings Of Lace' Creations, right now Carol has the Line marked 50% Off so you better hurry on it and get yours while there's still some left!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbadYwN_VQJA0IMz9IbcBTkpWE_camkJSEtZOncW1p5y2s6Bbsf4dMjZZPuTFeiDtFp98-9BV45aMQacz0eHJWWHi40JiLXuRxC09O_CzT4g6md9fmTiC-QUl2ZwqDjkcWlIjTbuo6NsQ/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbadYwN_VQJA0IMz9IbcBTkpWE_camkJSEtZOncW1p5y2s6Bbsf4dMjZZPuTFeiDtFp98-9BV45aMQacz0eHJWWHi40JiLXuRxC09O_CzT4g6md9fmTiC-QUl2ZwqDjkcWlIjTbuo6NsQ/s640/031.JPG" width="602" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And there's always so many Gorgeous Bohemian Bling Creations from various Artists that Carol has Sourced from all over the Country.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyl1os8V72ViUVIvQ4dl-l1_DBZwzga_xs7-eZJ9Kgg7ysjivLYvnU9FGJSzCD38jpOoeDFEH_3TfAS8roCFUVc-Rq76H5oizsypYsvCfc4sC2vmRZKqSI0PztQmQJWf3lCk0xNqigE0/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyl1os8V72ViUVIvQ4dl-l1_DBZwzga_xs7-eZJ9Kgg7ysjivLYvnU9FGJSzCD38jpOoeDFEH_3TfAS8roCFUVc-Rq76H5oizsypYsvCfc4sC2vmRZKqSI0PztQmQJWf3lCk0xNqigE0/s640/029.JPG" width="552" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>By a narrow margin this was my Favorite Piece of Bohemian Bling that I spied Today.  But Santa {aka: The Man} has already been exceedingly Generous this Christmas, he's so Good to me... so we'll wait for our Anniversary or something before I make any more requests.  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lWdUVOpUG9HEqWxOq4GDwjgtlgCCRj94VSlUG_s_bwRNfiNrNTXqiNVHM4Vc7qC5qnJvYcpVFNvy1tlvdZEQ_TIqhsMl8rPR7YAPtSew-0K1zWJ-Ip5twJ1fXnyNnCvALWyKBI9Ge2E/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lWdUVOpUG9HEqWxOq4GDwjgtlgCCRj94VSlUG_s_bwRNfiNrNTXqiNVHM4Vc7qC5qnJvYcpVFNvy1tlvdZEQ_TIqhsMl8rPR7YAPtSew-0K1zWJ-Ip5twJ1fXnyNnCvALWyKBI9Ge2E/s640/044.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>But I must say that Carol and the Shop Gals had Created Pure Winter Wonderland Christmas Magic in both Shops and there were tons of great Inventory that I was drooling over!   If you don't have time this Christmas to Create your own Burlap Stockings... check these Creations out by Mudpie!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB13RCQP18kXIzx0I0l99QIxMveiqylDs0cxYQV_z9fQX9KpZzRtE1z6cOwaS5IRIIW9Fs2k4_X-gzq4c68LxLIBYBASxYfqi_DRYpstXzaKJVsti0Yoa8Hk0NJ7XSN-zhHvdH8HHjCbc/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB13RCQP18kXIzx0I0l99QIxMveiqylDs0cxYQV_z9fQX9KpZzRtE1z6cOwaS5IRIIW9Fs2k4_X-gzq4c68LxLIBYBASxYfqi_DRYpstXzaKJVsti0Yoa8Hk0NJ7XSN-zhHvdH8HHjCbc/s640/045.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I was Adoring ALL of them, especially the ones with lotsa Ruffles!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4a6YCgKn2F1zsWTQC7MedqqUUkVyozt-u3Ek9dQIVptcwv8KDMlNKpNAniCLDDcxQgFgDJzbmi3S9yAs5uPsXvpEKCuygV23W12udPdhpew1CwTA8dZlCCQDmkI73a8c0JtGPczv9IQ/s1600/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4a6YCgKn2F1zsWTQC7MedqqUUkVyozt-u3Ek9dQIVptcwv8KDMlNKpNAniCLDDcxQgFgDJzbmi3S9yAs5uPsXvpEKCuygV23W12udPdhpew1CwTA8dZlCCQDmkI73a8c0JtGPczv9IQ/s640/046.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And if you are picking up your Needle, Thread and Burlap this Holiday Season... this should give you plenty of Inspiration!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMb0aof9S_diMqnyFo0yyklwHHzAsfB0HY359WZ1LiSK44HZGIY_cWQ3TvFH1gVJapKkfuv7rL22J-A5hrvhlExXmVL-LeTRL7NI6EnjRhFFsKDpmFbKGL8uj2TUyAu47XQezQv3asKk/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMb0aof9S_diMqnyFo0yyklwHHzAsfB0HY359WZ1LiSK44HZGIY_cWQ3TvFH1gVJapKkfuv7rL22J-A5hrvhlExXmVL-LeTRL7NI6EnjRhFFsKDpmFbKGL8uj2TUyAu47XQezQv3asKk/s640/038.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I HAD to come away with at least one Ornament for our Tinsel Tree... and since Carol had similar Champagne Tinsel Trees I could tell that this would look Positively Amazing on ours... so I got one!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij76GR1TnuhEzIGunEjE6OxQ7jflLFEflIeFiKGUR9Zyom80CFzy1YTk4FfISHLQEVv4fuQyuVThc_8NrU7zCCWH9ga0CFBvSI6yXmEtzozJaliveGMfFCbTEds0P0EmuZ3ypG_Dw-27M/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij76GR1TnuhEzIGunEjE6OxQ7jflLFEflIeFiKGUR9Zyom80CFzy1YTk4FfISHLQEVv4fuQyuVThc_8NrU7zCCWH9ga0CFBvSI6yXmEtzozJaliveGMfFCbTEds0P0EmuZ3ypG_Dw-27M/s640/037.JPG" width="586" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I wanted to get one of these Sweet Doily and Bling Ones too... well, maybe Later...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoOk3xApf6bD8qsU8IDMGHtZ9s00YZy3ubji_Wflg7Vh5dWUuyWJe2eP9iccuoCHuDdlgNLp33WvA_X0aDpvZjXBnmZgXnODqFeYV33k7Dnyj8njSUkms1EOZiQdHTsMbwq_geRwTiaQ/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoOk3xApf6bD8qsU8IDMGHtZ9s00YZy3ubji_Wflg7Vh5dWUuyWJe2eP9iccuoCHuDdlgNLp33WvA_X0aDpvZjXBnmZgXnODqFeYV33k7Dnyj8njSUkms1EOZiQdHTsMbwq_geRwTiaQ/s640/054.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And how Cute are the Pearlized Button Ornament Balls?</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sBSEmKnz-yzLoTPgiTsqa_SxezkOIybLpNAoegd73hy68CIB6AaQbkkgRUuYMf9HXJfon0lDeTgxGT1C3qWxh0Ri7UBwjZJ0gOvSVh_WgXAjV4KMqIvdrq0J7tVz9NzJzsDhRbPFl9w/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sBSEmKnz-yzLoTPgiTsqa_SxezkOIybLpNAoegd73hy68CIB6AaQbkkgRUuYMf9HXJfon0lDeTgxGT1C3qWxh0Ri7UBwjZJ0gOvSVh_WgXAjV4KMqIvdrq0J7tVz9NzJzsDhRbPFl9w/s640/059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And how about this Awesome Burlap and Lacy Lampshade... I LOVE IT!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF0oSNOiEuFQF41jFa7uxHSAq_181vXIlT34Uemy5gQANCob1PMD1l0b7N_7vKK-IWnV-RB0pJj_veR6cN9y-zMXHm_9Nt28HG3Ezl-UxCG8gCEIKUlO4jD1BaCQR9K7cbOsemySMIHo/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF0oSNOiEuFQF41jFa7uxHSAq_181vXIlT34Uemy5gQANCob1PMD1l0b7N_7vKK-IWnV-RB0pJj_veR6cN9y-zMXHm_9Nt28HG3Ezl-UxCG8gCEIKUlO4jD1BaCQR9K7cbOsemySMIHo/s640/060.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Every Angle was loaded with Creative Accents...</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIBgpBDDtybQuZzZkQWYrU_fzGcKsGUb3fhmgCuT6EGEkqmAJAN7oTLKQSAXGNAgrFiA0XTvM0JC-ivUG9fOm_j7e6jgGCfRkaduQCM-x2dWJ087LdzXHwdX2IXAgs6N0mxAO-kxIpSM/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIBgpBDDtybQuZzZkQWYrU_fzGcKsGUb3fhmgCuT6EGEkqmAJAN7oTLKQSAXGNAgrFiA0XTvM0JC-ivUG9fOm_j7e6jgGCfRkaduQCM-x2dWJ087LdzXHwdX2IXAgs6N0mxAO-kxIpSM/s640/061.JPG" width="540" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>I ain't gonna lie, since I couldn't afford it, I'm totally <strike>stealing</strike>... ummm... I mean borrowing this Idea for one of my Lampshades for an Old Lamp at Home!  *LOL*   Festooning an Upcycled Old Shade with Favorite Objects is so stinkin' Cute and Interesting!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LdnHV-K1U8Mob-X9MpOtDGBDjtckgmHz-I4NhqBXTxywansPE7oHZu55SuMIO0h_DV7X1RBWP1Ws8hhDdPt-SMhjDrHYXel9mBSVnzM3pqlI25uoq0e5PSFmklOGQKsMKpPVDz39FM0/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LdnHV-K1U8Mob-X9MpOtDGBDjtckgmHz-I4NhqBXTxywansPE7oHZu55SuMIO0h_DV7X1RBWP1Ws8hhDdPt-SMhjDrHYXel9mBSVnzM3pqlI25uoq0e5PSFmklOGQKsMKpPVDz39FM0/s640/039.JPG" width="576" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And since I took that Paper Lantern Class I've been eyeballing every Paper Lantern Idea I can set my peepers on for added Inspiration to Jazz mine up... and I liked this use of Crocheted Trim, don't you?  I've got a wealth of Antique Trim so my next Paper Lantern Creation will certainly be sporting some!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZbFzBybFRoj1FvZDb9foVyZbPdezF9kbV3oRviGem-3DthD5RiAFBKWYYaPHv3yGaM2vjGuPdU2tkKqeBNW5CLtrAXbzFmNlRoNgLnlkufmzELGslbZEwKRnoOcgtAjTjEfjIaRmGC0/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZbFzBybFRoj1FvZDb9foVyZbPdezF9kbV3oRviGem-3DthD5RiAFBKWYYaPHv3yGaM2vjGuPdU2tkKqeBNW5CLtrAXbzFmNlRoNgLnlkufmzELGslbZEwKRnoOcgtAjTjEfjIaRmGC0/s640/041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It was Cute to see all the Husbands lounging on the Porches of the two Shops whilst their Wives were inside Shopping... certainly this is a Relaxing setting for the Menfolk while us Gals do our Marathon Holiday Shop-A-Thon!  *Smiles*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFjs2sbUjNUVPYnTvNv-ZUKGBhDU9oSaoPXTuKACIC4KPP1FChD2-3-MLRvYOOKVfMscTE9y2XtMKmxiSgXSw_vU1-WiKevjjjpqw0b-Lg5ykeFBBz9Bx4rhGwQhPYtIgYpy7DwgPO6c/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFjs2sbUjNUVPYnTvNv-ZUKGBhDU9oSaoPXTuKACIC4KPP1FChD2-3-MLRvYOOKVfMscTE9y2XtMKmxiSgXSw_vU1-WiKevjjjpqw0b-Lg5ykeFBBz9Bx4rhGwQhPYtIgYpy7DwgPO6c/s640/062.JPG" width="548" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Most of the Guys don't get as Mezmerized and Gushy about the Christmas Enchantment... or at least they wouldn't Admit to it anyways... *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDh4CTmEjfzXuywLpnCSyxPWUqX1uEGdjqvFm9By22KoVSeFvZACYgTqBmMRsQAEpFLQ8dDtqL6I7pxT52PMghvTjG9adRtfsFa79CXNks55trpxRbUhtXznS7jINHkxSxLn-DkILMlE/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDh4CTmEjfzXuywLpnCSyxPWUqX1uEGdjqvFm9By22KoVSeFvZACYgTqBmMRsQAEpFLQ8dDtqL6I7pxT52PMghvTjG9adRtfsFa79CXNks55trpxRbUhtXznS7jINHkxSxLn-DkILMlE/s640/055.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Though they probably don't mind us Gals Replicating a similar Ambiance at Home do they?  *Smiles*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tYOULtyCYOvtgILy0KUIDXQV4xL-fhRoFMyb5zDVznK6B20rWxVg8ak88sldQC7H7B9ZvXNocQvmO9rYiFmdagcgh0unfqjWy_qjm_sOWaLb9-80SyOqb101yRoN3bsdnxb3y2WJYF4/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tYOULtyCYOvtgILy0KUIDXQV4xL-fhRoFMyb5zDVznK6B20rWxVg8ak88sldQC7H7B9ZvXNocQvmO9rYiFmdagcgh0unfqjWy_qjm_sOWaLb9-80SyOqb101yRoN3bsdnxb3y2WJYF4/s640/028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And of coarse I wouldn't expect The Man to get as Excited as I do about the Bohemian Bling Creations...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0qLULgmkAeNpPEPXbj4Rhts3wy9fi9YqGO8Eqv795K0uyWMT9wSnzRtelHiwfxnUYuIP5P88no-RKwdJv02od9-ra9hiVq0mY_cACtqvxAHlP2327vO1tA75T3iqq_VdQ4hd3FzjrA4/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0qLULgmkAeNpPEPXbj4Rhts3wy9fi9YqGO8Eqv795K0uyWMT9wSnzRtelHiwfxnUYuIP5P88no-RKwdJv02od9-ra9hiVq0mY_cACtqvxAHlP2327vO1tA75T3iqq_VdQ4hd3FzjrA4/s640/035.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Or the Bohemian Bag Creations...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0LldQDodHF_4aQxhGLBVSWe5UKAvP2DfkIFGImZrxMHRipWiYyXTiZSVQ_Ktu5Q7LMrMR4ouETCFL1vHxd6VaIZcVo6uQr8mxPekyDF4Zik4QMr22L1zv1qJsB9kVGSkBg29N4Bam8M/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0LldQDodHF_4aQxhGLBVSWe5UKAvP2DfkIFGImZrxMHRipWiYyXTiZSVQ_Ktu5Q7LMrMR4ouETCFL1vHxd6VaIZcVo6uQr8mxPekyDF4Zik4QMr22L1zv1qJsB9kVGSkBg29N4Bam8M/s640/034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So he Encouraged me to Get Away and have a brief Girl's Day Out since I'd done the Santa Thang with the G-Kid Force and took them out for Breakfast earlier in the day... and to pick out Christmas Gifts since Prince R was worried I wouldn't get it right so he asked if he could choose his own Gifts this year, he didn't want any 'Surprises'.  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuPgm-WZfRCTVzTxKVtidFwmpZS8Z46iTaAlnQJ07tMn06bZPl5B9vjborLU3c9oFElRfkqqYwZ8SOZWg3lgabMoe2gBpxJ62toEupvaFvmrzbR2vR5Lo_DNbuvxmPV_4sorr5W_WY2o/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuPgm-WZfRCTVzTxKVtidFwmpZS8Z46iTaAlnQJ07tMn06bZPl5B9vjborLU3c9oFElRfkqqYwZ8SOZWg3lgabMoe2gBpxJ62toEupvaFvmrzbR2vR5Lo_DNbuvxmPV_4sorr5W_WY2o/s640/053.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So while I was out Supporting Small Businesses this Afternoon... at Home I'd kept the Kiddos busy wrapping and Decorating Presents for me... and fluffing the Tinsel Tree which The Man had put together for me so that we could Decorate it later... and then he'd settled in with some fresh Baked Cookies {Local Bakery... Sorry, I'm no Suzy Homemaker for the Holidays... LOL} to watch his Football Games.  </em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0zceenKmVTnOnZbQJNkfVF9de-X378lUyySVnH_nVW-2vjHpHWfClZhHymxkvEuRG8vZr7nAEBrqG4fwAGj6u-0fxzXGrfYNhcTUJ7O1kfFfmQP3m0Lt8N1iU-fmQHpbsdTNtTGP7Gk/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0zceenKmVTnOnZbQJNkfVF9de-X378lUyySVnH_nVW-2vjHpHWfClZhHymxkvEuRG8vZr7nAEBrqG4fwAGj6u-0fxzXGrfYNhcTUJ7O1kfFfmQP3m0Lt8N1iU-fmQHpbsdTNtTGP7Gk/s640/037.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>So I figured they'd all be Occupied for at least a couple hours before they began Tormenting and Fighting with each other again and I'd get "The Call"... *LOL*   Carol and Staff can Attest that "The Call" did in fact come in at just about the two hour mark... *Le Sigh*  And you find yourself saying things you never thought would fall out of your mouth in your Lifetime, like: "Give her back her Elephant..." {Yes, that is an actual Quote as a Hysterical Princess makes 'The Call'! LOL}  And No, I don't even know what Elephant they're talking about and now fighting over because really I don't care... I'm just the Designated Mediator to such Insanity in our Home!  *Bwahahaha!*  Which is another reason why I DON'T take on more Insanity by doing a Black Friday!  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsuzYJB1CASaHttEGaCUrJmG-oXLi32Az6pwBefYNAyVAmLnTFL-cL5I_m7GiQ9TUraX8PngoqAQ-Cz35jaDSoWvoyolJuIFcpF56OksLoBAtRT5JVGojfTO5QTOE8PnJZewxJReHsks/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsuzYJB1CASaHttEGaCUrJmG-oXLi32Az6pwBefYNAyVAmLnTFL-cL5I_m7GiQ9TUraX8PngoqAQ-Cz35jaDSoWvoyolJuIFcpF56OksLoBAtRT5JVGojfTO5QTOE8PnJZewxJReHsks/s640/050.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And so I take one last look at these Lovely Reproduction Ornaments, which are so very Reminiscent of the Gorgeous Antique ones I Inherited from my European Grandparents... I'm Jazzed that they're making Replicas of these Beloved Designs since so few of the Real Deal have Survived or can be had.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeAims_fvd-XzW8JZMl7n33N565gzTd6TKq6jndTTFxxm1GhkdFXPMQKO83Ofgj8z-5AX2iuPUYd9N6gV-Ay8RjIjfL0oujZN3VxQgCC8X-dU_nwmTAlTrMR0zt7iw-htok_aZAyChq0/s1600/051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWeAims_fvd-XzW8JZMl7n33N565gzTd6TKq6jndTTFxxm1GhkdFXPMQKO83Ofgj8z-5AX2iuPUYd9N6gV-Ay8RjIjfL0oujZN3VxQgCC8X-dU_nwmTAlTrMR0zt7iw-htok_aZAyChq0/s640/051.JPG" width="562" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I'm Fortunate to still own some of the Real Deal, but I'm always a bit loathe to risk hanging them on the Tree whilst we still have Young Children and Chaos at Home... when an Ornament is on the far side of a Hundred Years Old then I'd be Heartbroken if it met with an Unfortunate Accident!  This is a great Solution to that dilemma, to get the Look but without the high risk.  And we're definitely a high risk Familia.  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfAoPSJZdIg03cuPAEoXKlJytJHhDFHELkJ4QbtPDX6ZCnsKrSfk58E9Uf8gwHXZ3W87C30Wq9y7GJNpntG6iM7a6zlAzgIv1xDru7FtE_MBO43cnr5TNoiG-a-S-5l7_EsC8Ff9hn8k/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfAoPSJZdIg03cuPAEoXKlJytJHhDFHELkJ4QbtPDX6ZCnsKrSfk58E9Uf8gwHXZ3W87C30Wq9y7GJNpntG6iM7a6zlAzgIv1xDru7FtE_MBO43cnr5TNoiG-a-S-5l7_EsC8Ff9hn8k/s640/009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I'll finish the Post with an Awesome Vintage Christmas Tree Stand the likes of which I haven't seen in YEARS that is being offered at our Mall... Remember when they looked like this?  What a heady Rush of Nostalgia!  Now back to the <strike>Asylum</strike> I go... um, I mean Bohemian Valhalla.  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Merry Christmas from the Arizona Desert... Dawn.. The Bohemian</em></div><div align="center"></div></div>

Black Friday Or Small Business Saturday?

      No, we don't do Black Friday, never have, never will... that's a whole level of Crazy I don't wanna be Exposed to!  *LOL* ...

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Breaking Down...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_zuNOK8xuj4ovvuwSFzapKiDxCUHS8Nc_XL7y01PVjUreQih1ldc5INWO3Je5wxWaI_2dj5PM5gbxDBd5aC06kZi6AtG1y12tgoVNL9Nv4QPfEKIisOstImT-26xUxZblTB-BMzxw8Gt/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_zuNOK8xuj4ovvuwSFzapKiDxCUHS8Nc_XL7y01PVjUreQih1ldc5INWO3Je5wxWaI_2dj5PM5gbxDBd5aC06kZi6AtG1y12tgoVNL9Nv4QPfEKIisOstImT-26xUxZblTB-BMzxw8Gt/s640/039.JPG" width="626" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Calls coming in at Four in the Morning from the Hospital are never a good Sign.   And now I can't sleep even though I've been at the brink of Exhaustion.  My mind just won't turn off as the rollercoaster of input and corresponding Emotions to the input are processed.  I feel as though I'm breaking down... very publicly in fact since I decided to Journal the Journey.  But even though I haven't felt like taking or making Phone Calls and have had to force myself to do both... or even to be around people, though I know Isolating wouldn't be healthy and so I've forced myself to go out... Blogging has been something that has preserved a measure of Sanity during the Insanity of the times I'm moving through right now.  It has offered Comfort and given Words to the deafening Silence of the Void at Home without The Man's presence.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3DsKvSE1kFVFipTpyoRMqtTZyyDa6hy2ohisq1LLDAbVMO_UImCEKA7V61hv4j114B8LcN4Z4LoH3qXl-eTN2F8R-XJf_YXhrezjDZ91cQxKfHo7mrli6VM80yXxky_3_hlb7pA7jwcD/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3DsKvSE1kFVFipTpyoRMqtTZyyDa6hy2ohisq1LLDAbVMO_UImCEKA7V61hv4j114B8LcN4Z4LoH3qXl-eTN2F8R-XJf_YXhrezjDZ91cQxKfHo7mrli6VM80yXxky_3_hlb7pA7jwcD/s640/040.JPG" width="538" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>It's probably good that many of my Favorite Shops are already decorating and Styling for Halloween... because it is a much easier Atmosphere for me to be around right now, than say, Valentine's Day.  I've always viewed Halloween as a Holiday to Connect to departed Loved Ones in Spirit and Honor them with Remembrance and Love.  Most of the Old One's have Passed from Time into Eternity and they were the ones I always sought Wisdom and Strength from in Life... so I still do so now, from beyond the Veil.  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fX1vU1_Tjy0gqD9O7ImOy8N7Sycv1CDDrMKtf2gdarR1ScQV7XrwBHRTJQI0O6trOXmzpyb0HKWBVgMsA7QZhZDcbcGE2RkKHV1BSz4b4VmZj2oddQo1tvuFtI__MgBdejf-6o-fMjZk/s1600/1003820_555470371172543_354630417_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fX1vU1_Tjy0gqD9O7ImOy8N7Sycv1CDDrMKtf2gdarR1ScQV7XrwBHRTJQI0O6trOXmzpyb0HKWBVgMsA7QZhZDcbcGE2RkKHV1BSz4b4VmZj2oddQo1tvuFtI__MgBdejf-6o-fMjZk/s640/1003820_555470371172543_354630417_n.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I just received the sad news that yet another Old One passed this Month just a couple of days after my Birthday, a Dear Aunt on the Reservation.  Her Family will be in my Prayers and I know the Cousins probably hesitated to have me receive the news right now, but I'm glad they did.  She will be missed, a Life well lived, she was Married to my Dad's Older Brother. This is a Circa 1970's Image of my Aunt and I... I will always have fond Memories of her.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sc3MJauYOPyvrytP03fbXOMGpoRyChWXiZjxqCAhyphenhyphenD1AnPcQUojTyIebcNCqebaCAfK2BUSB0yT8Fpgl4Gbvszm7A77AvJrhrixUo2JOjucTtzFEc00Le_h9g5rKT93h5Dkc-PPkJUAG/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sc3MJauYOPyvrytP03fbXOMGpoRyChWXiZjxqCAhyphenhyphenD1AnPcQUojTyIebcNCqebaCAfK2BUSB0yT8Fpgl4Gbvszm7A77AvJrhrixUo2JOjucTtzFEc00Le_h9g5rKT93h5Dkc-PPkJUAG/s640/033.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The G-Kid Force have been having chronic tummy aches, it's probably Stress related... and they're Emotionally as Raw as I have been... so just about anything can make us all quite Emotional.  I've been finding ways to keep them busy and give them a change of scenery, they spent the Weekend with Prince R's Aunt and Family, helping her paint and prepare for a move.  She said they were really good... I Suspect that's an exaggerated stretch of the Truth, given their behavior and emotions of late, but it made me feel good to hear it, so I'm choosing to Believe it.  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGQflOu18SPDxnru-wqJTjMmosNt3c0QAeGUy23iVc6gtT4RZAMmxitI5j0hcp45e_lmwytB959y-RXK1F-_zexTZlPkf_NI4AkQZIfDrDShs6RrPsyCb9OOctxWr_2GNk3vVOXOkGX1H/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGQflOu18SPDxnru-wqJTjMmosNt3c0QAeGUy23iVc6gtT4RZAMmxitI5j0hcp45e_lmwytB959y-RXK1F-_zexTZlPkf_NI4AkQZIfDrDShs6RrPsyCb9OOctxWr_2GNk3vVOXOkGX1H/s640/036.JPG" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>A Sweet Woman from my Husband's Church, that we don't even know, is volunteering to babysit them Tuesday after School, so I can spend more time at the Hospital without rushing back and forth.  I have never left my Children or my Grandchildren with a hired babysitter or anyone we don't know well... so this was not an easy Blessing or Help for me to Receive.  I'm trying to have a Peace about it... as are the G-Force, since Receiving Help outside of our Inner Circle has become Necessary. </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehPt62VNeWzxpHLrU5HrjFFNV-ktTSqhNxfw2lNHnKmhprbSAroKpSiwWLAp-BfL5cQTfmK3ST1IISPMF4lXdaqCY7gYTSUNiNRkvDScoYZrggbYzgpAxtAeI_Nh08LVghKSrmMdgJwtb/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehPt62VNeWzxpHLrU5HrjFFNV-ktTSqhNxfw2lNHnKmhprbSAroKpSiwWLAp-BfL5cQTfmK3ST1IISPMF4lXdaqCY7gYTSUNiNRkvDScoYZrggbYzgpAxtAeI_Nh08LVghKSrmMdgJwtb/s640/041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Thankfully she has Experience with Children with Special Needs, she will likely have to drawn from that Experience. And even if it doesn't work out, I put it out there that I wouldn't be the least bit offended if it's a </em><em> one-time offer... we've had that happen before, it's not something you definitely know you'll be up to 'til  you try and experience The Force.   I appreciate a good try and am Grateful for it.  I know that a little bit of them goes a long way.  If I wasn't Raising them, I might not be high on the Short List of Willing Volunteers for extended Babysitting gigs... though we Love them with all our Heart...  just keepin' it real!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vM8zFn08UoCDNnuWCPcrzFCEMq_Ue3uKvgVHFPIL0TlwwRI4ayO3Fd4NdcddamwvHU-ki49BLnyvjkSY0TLI12Bh2xUWib2zfx_JvcjjZK2dxF1yXH66rr9T-rTM8jpNuSIuu65_4wiT/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vM8zFn08UoCDNnuWCPcrzFCEMq_Ue3uKvgVHFPIL0TlwwRI4ayO3Fd4NdcddamwvHU-ki49BLnyvjkSY0TLI12Bh2xUWib2zfx_JvcjjZK2dxF1yXH66rr9T-rTM8jpNuSIuu65_4wiT/s640/031.JPG" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And so... as Five in the Mornin' rolls in... I'm still Processing the input of that Call from the Hospital... and Meditating upon the turn of events as I turn it all over to the Lord... as I'm certain He's up all Night anyway...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG4VPbIY4hvciZhdc28OEtp_iiqlpKkEYrg3ax041LT597GoFVZC-jPuXCZ_OOUSNOsKkS0QaSLJBzlTOOzfgSG8WdUJa4LL8ef_8ybbJfOj32_I-tujxubUGU0IQBTYiQye03wGvZxox/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG4VPbIY4hvciZhdc28OEtp_iiqlpKkEYrg3ax041LT597GoFVZC-jPuXCZ_OOUSNOsKkS0QaSLJBzlTOOzfgSG8WdUJa4LL8ef_8ybbJfOj32_I-tujxubUGU0IQBTYiQye03wGvZxox/s640/042.JPG" width="598" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: orange;"><em>*All Beautiful Images were taken at my Friend Carol's Lovely "<a href="http://www.cottagegarden2.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #b45f06;">COTTAGE GARDEN I</span></a>" Shop*</em></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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