Fighting Hopelessness... Expanding The Vision

<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/AVvXsEj72vfM2kwHYcAxPMB6Ewel4wkV04mhs-p2pFr-ldoTPRNB8Oea1hrIiPv1V924dNIvK_VkaCSrPeUuN960h7Ya9peqOU153czlaPJfaGCgNRcAWCQHv9bV5FW1D4iYIIItscBguBYJJgyO/s1600/264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72vfM2kwHYcAxPMB6Ewel4wkV04mhs-p2pFr-ldoTPRNB8Oea1hrIiPv1V924dNIvK_VkaCSrPeUuN960h7Ya9peqOU153czlaPJfaGCgNRcAWCQHv9bV5FW1D4iYIIItscBguBYJJgyO/s640/264.JPG" width="480" /></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>"There's nothing more they can do... and the Doctor needs to talk to you...", as those words echoed in my ears and trickled into my Psyche Today after The Man's Marathon of VA Hospital Appointments, Time seemed to Stand Still.  Very Still.  I'd had to unceremoniously leave him alone at the VA Hospital inbetween the slew of back to back Appointments he had there, to go all the way back Home and Retreive the G-Kid Force after Summer Camp was over.  Since I had no back-up for them Today, The Son and his Girlfriend had to Work, and I didn't think The Force would fare well languishing all day in Hospital Waiting Rooms... or hear any bad news directly.  So I'd missed hearing it straight from the Source myself.  Maybe that's a good thing.</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/AVvXsEhR9qmoL4Nl-dJF-XG6ndATXUnS4qevzqCx3yhva9s2yDvLdwmKbH3QUfs95-RqoYvS7KPoE1HIScZkqJRf6xNytX9jky_BzFqwWGT8GcEx3mAOmvrxgU8kmginrwHfg9j6I8-YF4rkBzSf/s1600/263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9qmoL4Nl-dJF-XG6ndATXUnS4qevzqCx3yhva9s2yDvLdwmKbH3QUfs95-RqoYvS7KPoE1HIScZkqJRf6xNytX9jky_BzFqwWGT8GcEx3mAOmvrxgU8kmginrwHfg9j6I8-YF4rkBzSf/s640/263.JPG" width="518" /></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 Doctor's Talk with me by Phone was akin to one of those Charlie Brown 'Peanuts' Comic Strips where they're in School listening to that faceless Teacher whose Voice just sounds like Trumpet Sounds ringing in your ears {Whaa.. Whaa... Whaa} ... probably because none of it is what you want or really need to hear right now.  At least not if you want to Win the Fight against Hopelessness.  Not if you don't want to 'Receive' even more Medical Negativity... of which there has been a Host of with this Trio lately.</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/AVvXsEiV7UIaMCdO30Zc6gXnIM69YP_6Bq3DMvGkXZYshbeER7cMpyuxBDV1Pp1qd8gaFL85LkxJ5BAKLRpkM-H-2FTB7ooWOauJAO2JRaKHeRzze-2CJCHbW5p16ONgI7h-UpHkm3K0t71sNE8H/s1600/261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7UIaMCdO30Zc6gXnIM69YP_6Bq3DMvGkXZYshbeER7cMpyuxBDV1Pp1qd8gaFL85LkxJ5BAKLRpkM-H-2FTB7ooWOauJAO2JRaKHeRzze-2CJCHbW5p16ONgI7h-UpHkm3K0t71sNE8H/s640/261.JPG" width="492" /></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>Even though Allegedly there is 'nothing more they can do'... well, it seemed as though they were sure trying to Schedule and Cram in a lot... Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy, Audio Therapy, Pain Therapy, Memory Therapy, Rehabilitation Therapy and Therapies I can't even remember because I kinda Shut Down.  Wondering how on earth I was even going to get him into the City and to the VA Hospital so often for all these Specialized Appointments... along with the Increased Counseling, Therapy and Services Prince R has to Attend... and the numerous Tests, Referral and Surgery Princess T's Pulmonologist wants to Hopefully get Approved and Done while she's still on Summer Break and before School begins again the first week in August?!?</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/AVvXsEjr8jWIjLZ3NePP_C4r7JmL2JyIpGV3pDPYNB15zC160kCPoe2QSmnWRRuEZ8Pz8RbYSSwocRQvYDK2pNB8kHTSPYlJ6-pZ-LbaTUtQVse1cjlrvpXHCgw8z0Lqygsmxip7gOTQLgds10qi/s1600/260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8jWIjLZ3NePP_C4r7JmL2JyIpGV3pDPYNB15zC160kCPoe2QSmnWRRuEZ8Pz8RbYSSwocRQvYDK2pNB8kHTSPYlJ6-pZ-LbaTUtQVse1cjlrvpXHCgw8z0Lqygsmxip7gOTQLgds10qi/s640/260.JPG" width="544" /></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 just to add more Drama to the Mix, my Brother had informed me that Mom had been rushed to the ER again from the Nursing Home with a Severe Infection that had been left unattended and Neglected for too long by the Home's Staff!!!   Yeah, I felt like I had certainly fallen down the Rabbit Hole... I needed to take this all in and Process it without going to pieces.  I bought a Sarsaparilla along with Mom's Humorous Birthday Card, which are the kind she likes... though I wanted to be drinking something much stronger and I certainly didn't Feel Humorous.  But lately I've had to do a lot of things apart from how I've Felt.</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/AVvXsEj7g5AM11bdYDc17YWdE2yeM4bHakcEKmzVMQsHQxYtlT-plH_Gv2mD8vT5YbEIuNFmwjO2Zeampd3rnpBgZMHGrIMrSf3gQ19fYpGq20cfCjKZrh11aPoqWeE5XlGcXqSLfYgfXoU4Pvfu/s1600/259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g5AM11bdYDc17YWdE2yeM4bHakcEKmzVMQsHQxYtlT-plH_Gv2mD8vT5YbEIuNFmwjO2Zeampd3rnpBgZMHGrIMrSf3gQ19fYpGq20cfCjKZrh11aPoqWeE5XlGcXqSLfYgfXoU4Pvfu/s640/259.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>I've 'Felt' like the Skin Horse in the 'Velveteen Rabbit'.  Worn Out and Used Up from a Place of Love by those that I know Love me, but have taken all that I have to Give... and I know they Need more than just little Old me and it's taken it's Toll.  'Feeling' Overwhelmed, Exhausted Physically and Emotionally... and certainly on the verge of Hopelessness.  I've had to remain up by Faith and Believe that it will Hold.   I don't care how Spiritual you are, that is easier said or written than Done.  I've cast a lot of Crap on the Lord, at least I know He can handle it... and just be Still and Wait on Him to Act on my behalf.  That Waiting is a bitch.   And those are my words, I haven't found that particular Verse or Scripture in the Bible... but I'm sure there's a parable somewhere equivalent or some Saint was more eloquent about that part of our job as a Believer.</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/AVvXsEgUhnXkItdDl0sGlFKV7puh3_CSIokG4shFDzLfGfEN1apI-YJPEinr9VIg58lFBcBMw5cLaDsacdiBkbcZm78PscmUtfoHQoXi-AiA_0i9DEBOmoT0AIXaDZPlAmBVIgmZ9hs489jFQHuB/s1600/254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhnXkItdDl0sGlFKV7puh3_CSIokG4shFDzLfGfEN1apI-YJPEinr9VIg58lFBcBMw5cLaDsacdiBkbcZm78PscmUtfoHQoXi-AiA_0i9DEBOmoT0AIXaDZPlAmBVIgmZ9hs489jFQHuB/s640/254.JPG" width="532" /></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>I've found that every time an Opportunity presents itself for a Blessing, to move to the next level in Purpose... all Hell breaks loose too.  The devil sure keeps busy and I Wish he'd go bother someone else instead of camping out on my doorstep running interferance constantly... I don't possess the Patience and Fortitude of Job... though I do Expect at least double for my Trouble as well... it's only Fair!</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/AVvXsEit58uvbDP31310iCPfiTduu50nIXbSHpiz7X6DZqIGxgtgH-Kumm0mvWIya1rO_BCB21CTWfBgo8p6jvsLw88OQLa77iqJ-AU21HHLTMH4zVY4FCyh9-tOWCU6ICUmI4jSzANebJnJaf3M/s1600/242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit58uvbDP31310iCPfiTduu50nIXbSHpiz7X6DZqIGxgtgH-Kumm0mvWIya1rO_BCB21CTWfBgo8p6jvsLw88OQLa77iqJ-AU21HHLTMH4zVY4FCyh9-tOWCU6ICUmI4jSzANebJnJaf3M/s640/242.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>You see... though there has been too much Personal Drama and Medical Crisis that I have no Control over continuously unfolding at Bohemian Valhalla with The Man and both G-Kids... and certainly I've got to Deal with that as best I can, I've also tried to Balance that with some Positive Stuff.  To Encourage myself by Pursuing the Positive Opportunities that Present themselves and will be a Blessing during a particularly difficult and dark Time in our Lives.   And of coarse the Timing seems all Wrong since the devil has been so busy... and I could be paralyzed by Fear, sidelined and continuously Distracted with all the Crap... had I just not turned it over for the Lord to Deal with on my behalf and decided to move Forward in Faith anyway. </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/AVvXsEjCIsuL_E6168iSC4KKwSBYa8PIqsYW7hDI0m8RlN6adiW8McblXFZNoOq-4ID4tCL6wtq5d01X9VMlG8NAjZbUbOwvmZ-2sDvvNnowSsZ4oyGiNQK-HdeKI1N1Bg9Rth9lxbt5c0bHVt94/s1600/243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIsuL_E6168iSC4KKwSBYa8PIqsYW7hDI0m8RlN6adiW8McblXFZNoOq-4ID4tCL6wtq5d01X9VMlG8NAjZbUbOwvmZ-2sDvvNnowSsZ4oyGiNQK-HdeKI1N1Bg9Rth9lxbt5c0bHVt94/s640/243.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>It seems absolute Madness, but then, the whole shebang has been absolute Madness, so why not have some Positive Madness as well as the Negative Madness... maybe it will Balance itself out better that way, who knows?  I <u>don't</u> know, it's just a Theory I've come up with... I can't even Speculate what the Future holds?  Though Clearly the Medical Community's Prognosis for The Man, The Young Prince and Princess has been particularly Grim and they appear to Expect things to get Worse, I simply Refuse to 'Receive' THAT... since I don't want to be Hopeless or throw in the towel.  I Expect Miracles and Divine Intervention... I Expect Answer to Prayers... and the Lord to have my back regardless of the Outcome of how any of it plays out in the Grand Scheme of things.  Obviously there's a LOT I'm Waiting upon the Lord for in Faith... and as previously mentioned, the Waiting Sucks!</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/AVvXsEg0v5szMI7W1tBZeoiqzpv4AOT6c23dj0sSCeE_-GJRGP6rV8KpcOrzZCE0SSFfdlwdYc8l7FNsG0KW9woSAYD1qDVqzPzNzuqj9WbekU8JxApTtNi175mbDNUoIKnWZte9Pe-WUGiVaGHs/s1600/253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0v5szMI7W1tBZeoiqzpv4AOT6c23dj0sSCeE_-GJRGP6rV8KpcOrzZCE0SSFfdlwdYc8l7FNsG0KW9woSAYD1qDVqzPzNzuqj9WbekU8JxApTtNi175mbDNUoIKnWZte9Pe-WUGiVaGHs/s640/253.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>So, I decided that since I cannot DO anything about the slew of Medical and/or Mental Health Issues they all have, since it's out of my hands... I'd DO what I CAN DO and have a measure of Control over... since I'm a Control Freak and all that... and spin the Carnival Roulette Wheel for Financial Peace Goals... going Forward with Expanding the Vision and Purpose I've had in my Spirit and can't Shake no matter how hard I've tried.  Expand during such Uncertain Times... yeah, sheer Madness to be Called to that and have to Step out in Faith and not give in to Doubt or Fear or Fatigue... it's not as if I haven't Questioned the Timing of the Opportunities Presenting themselves NOW of all Times!?!!! </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/AVvXsEikPmB8zX5Vg3iRi3eWYm6cK7aNb7nkF2KkkAo_cjALplbPxQQzrh2xv4hlrUYx8BN1RLfzUsUppa5ZzrEENJaoB0W90UNeuktXiHrsJvTowMI_wwyuaeLTmuTs8UUG_bJZMBDVEFRoTclB/s1600/244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPmB8zX5Vg3iRi3eWYm6cK7aNb7nkF2KkkAo_cjALplbPxQQzrh2xv4hlrUYx8BN1RLfzUsUppa5ZzrEENJaoB0W90UNeuktXiHrsJvTowMI_wwyuaeLTmuTs8UUG_bJZMBDVEFRoTclB/s640/244.JPG" width="540" /></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>This has been me in fact a great deal of the Time when I've been pressed above measure and beyond strength... I've been a Beast Emotionally because I'm so Raw Emotionally right now.  I struggle, wrestle and battle such things as Impatience, Depression, Frustration, Hopelessness, Anger, Fear, Resentment and Dealing with too much without sufficient Help... and I Wonder just who the Lord will send?  Are they on the Horizon and how far off?  </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/AVvXsEiUWfnAn3ETBliE5fizrc_nCUq0kJV1_LruY6SnzzozTlBkNFDlCsqZHjsBsmh5gtKmu1OkZ6494l-2AxABRVeNlA41qz8sN1BDsKgTWDi4q-ncrQbzKJbjUm-WP5JQEZlHM6nIis9G3zuf/s1600/241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWfnAn3ETBliE5fizrc_nCUq0kJV1_LruY6SnzzozTlBkNFDlCsqZHjsBsmh5gtKmu1OkZ6494l-2AxABRVeNlA41qz8sN1BDsKgTWDi4q-ncrQbzKJbjUm-WP5JQEZlHM6nIis9G3zuf/s640/241.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>Is the Cavalry coming and how long and how much will I be Expected to Endure until they Arrive?  They are Arriving at some point in the Future, right?  I sure Hope so... though I haven't seen any with my actual Eyes, not even a Scout... but as they say, Faith is the Substance of things HOPED for, the EVIDENCE of things not YET SEEN.  So I just stand on my Faith... it's all I have left right now in me... the rest has been spent... too many withdrawals and not enough deposits... Physical and Emotional Bankruptcy has taken place.  So the Financial Peace I desperately need isn't just Monetary you see... though extra Cash certainly Helps... and I've got to Obtain it some kinda way.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </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/AVvXsEig7b1_uw_1YgmCqs05lGAkRtHZLsmR_xAktgvnWQft1oMvI-9H_dTZ8AvpV-DlXvoDEYKSPP5Sy_EYafQo2nyy0oEjTW4iDtoDOVt25RzdeGx8gDwMbl_iVYUbSgQqLCBMGjvhLsUqAVer/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/AVvXsEig7b1_uw_1YgmCqs05lGAkRtHZLsmR_xAktgvnWQft1oMvI-9H_dTZ8AvpV-DlXvoDEYKSPP5Sy_EYafQo2nyy0oEjTW4iDtoDOVt25RzdeGx8gDwMbl_iVYUbSgQqLCBMGjvhLsUqAVer/s640/023.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;"><em>I'm certainly NOT Obtaining it watching The Man being practically Comatose and Confused most days in his Recliner... or Forgetting to tell me that the Wheelchair they pushed him out of the VA Hospital in wasn't a Loaner or theirs, we were <u>supposed</u> to take it Home with us because they'd ordered it for him permanently!!!   Yeah, I got THAT news from the Doc's Call just as we pulled up in front of our House over an Hour later!!!   How could I know, there was a line of Old Soldiers in Wheelchairs out front waiting for Pick-Up and nobody told me... and we'd already told all his Docs that our Home can never be made Wheelchair Accessible... that's why we couldn't move Mom in!!!  *Insert Huge Frustrated Sigh!*  Of coarse having lucid conversations with The Man is getting more difficult and rarer, he's talking about things that make no sense to the G-Force or I so much of the time now... and that keeps him perpetually Frustrated, Angry and Aggitated.  So I Hope all these Therapies can Arrest whatever is going on, I don't want to Consider how bad it could get or what we're supposed to do if it does worsen... they haven't Addressed any of THAT yet!</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/AVvXsEgJDE_DCMKZ1hgmqGPC-QkZmsHETX2i6mtuh5Bd3-9iKLteGASSqd_Uq8iTQq-qVopJhcXu6_4yUF1Hg3-t9EVa3xRDQVQBT0IScIxn6l1lf6zTL7vQAtnq-KaQK6OpbNVO19AUlE3SZy5y/s1600/274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDE_DCMKZ1hgmqGPC-QkZmsHETX2i6mtuh5Bd3-9iKLteGASSqd_Uq8iTQq-qVopJhcXu6_4yUF1Hg3-t9EVa3xRDQVQBT0IScIxn6l1lf6zTL7vQAtnq-KaQK6OpbNVO19AUlE3SZy5y/s640/274.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'm certainly NOT Obtaining it playing Referee with the G-Kid Force constantly... who find it very difficult to get along and play well with others or behave in a realm of normalcy Expected by most of Society... and so there's always lots of fussing, fighting, disobedience, mood swings, tears and tantrums going on.  The Pulmonologist suggested I get The Princess 'Tested' for Mental Health Issues as well as all the poor Child's considerable Physical Health Issues after her Surgery!  *Le Sigh... yeah, that was another Conversation/Consultation I didn't wanna have or hear!*  And it's not as if I haven't Suspected or made similar Observations myself... as other Teachers and Doctors have also and Voiced.  Considerable Experience and Hereditary Factors haved 'Schooled' me Well in this after all, to definitely Notice and Tune into it... and I know early Diagnosis lends itself to the best possible results even though there's no Cure.  I just wanted to Believe at least for a while that perhaps it wasn't what it Appeared to be and she was just battling the considerable Physical Health Issues.. and it usually isn't Conclusive until a certain Age anyways in the realm of Mental Health Identifying Factors... so just for the sake of my own Sanity perhaps and a Hope for a Brighter Future for her I have been in a Denial of sorts.   The Man and The Young Prince's Emotional/Mental Unraveling and downward spiral have been quite enough for now.</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/AVvXsEiynhnTOSjL0MvGw6PBLkAR_9Rdd8alo-Tbk_XZm4f7wyxhz2Fm6a3NuelG1mW6pKpiqF6e-SMH1bDrGDD2fPsScj5EXynnkajiu8kr2fcJ71IqWiRmxGOu6ML-D0atEytNPFOL_AQYfBas/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynhnTOSjL0MvGw6PBLkAR_9Rdd8alo-Tbk_XZm4f7wyxhz2Fm6a3NuelG1mW6pKpiqF6e-SMH1bDrGDD2fPsScj5EXynnkajiu8kr2fcJ71IqWiRmxGOu6ML-D0atEytNPFOL_AQYfBas/s640/006.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 so I've decided to Obtain it through Working towards an Enlarged Vision, Expanding a Dream, doing what I Love and Feel Purpose to DO, Sustaining Hope, but in a way that still allows me to put Family First and Deal with their Situations daily.  And yet still finding a way towards that Financial Peace... by Receiving Deposits Emotionally, Physically and Financially to Replenish what is being constantly Withdrawn and leaving me Empty and Bankrupt on all fronts.   So when a Perfect Showroom suddenly became Available and I was drawn to it strongly and it just Felt Right in the midst of all that is going so wrong... I went Hard for it... and Immediately Received it... which HAS to be a God Thing the way it all fell into place and worked out in my Favor!  Welcome to Showroom #133 at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">THE BRASS ARMADILLO WEST</span></strong></a>... And NO, the hideous Green Paint wasn't me *LOL*... it was left by the previous Tenant... we'll just have a 'Make It Work' Moment as the Transformation will take place!  *Winks*    All that Wall Space to the Right is mine too and was given with the Showroom!</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/AVvXsEgBNEQPz8WyZ0uVdojoK2FwL4YhuZuvXHMn2becrt0WL53AfRehuN-KPYPQH9Rr04vqQ3SNlqeiD1e9adPg-W9-XRz5HAYmVU5_CtmBIbuEAAHy6OnjwtTZkurFoMKhBfzqfUcOwkC8m53Q/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/AVvXsEgBNEQPz8WyZ0uVdojoK2FwL4YhuZuvXHMn2becrt0WL53AfRehuN-KPYPQH9Rr04vqQ3SNlqeiD1e9adPg-W9-XRz5HAYmVU5_CtmBIbuEAAHy6OnjwtTZkurFoMKhBfzqfUcOwkC8m53Q/s640/007.JPG" width="484" /></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>In the midst of so much Negativity it was a Ray of Sunshine, something to Feel Positive, Excited and Hopeful about!  And strangely, there was no Fear or Doubt about it, it was with complete Clarity I made the decision... which was very Strange indeed given the Circumstances and Chaos in my Personal Life right now!   Because obviously the Timing couldn't have been more out of Place and so in my Head had I just been Logical about it, I might have Hesitated and thought up a Host of Excuses and Cons NOT to step out in Faith and just go with what I felt in my Spirit so Strongly.  Spirit prevailed.  I Love that this Showroom has lots of built-in shelving for Vignettes and Smalls... so I can declutter my other Showroom which does not... and bring more Inventory in which has languished at Home because there was no room for it in my other Spaces.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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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/AVvXsEhGwW-bhhZzy3liRSKTSqPYIRDKoLWGDhpdpHWILqrTFoL_CdJIaZMDsTG-G6CkC2G4kNYv8PB1FRR8rt55DBfhLKc8iMF-YpR02V_fuPx9gSjv7QKlYIQ3DqwJxV7mMGf8jfYQMo-RITmY/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwW-bhhZzy3liRSKTSqPYIRDKoLWGDhpdpHWILqrTFoL_CdJIaZMDsTG-G6CkC2G4kNYv8PB1FRR8rt55DBfhLKc8iMF-YpR02V_fuPx9gSjv7QKlYIQ3DqwJxV7mMGf8jfYQMo-RITmY/s640/008.JPG" width="476" /></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 Bonus Room with Shelving clear up on all sides to about eight feet high!   And this Awesome Huge Old Industrial Light on a Timer that Illuminates this Room!!! Previously used merely as Closet Storage it's not calculated into the Square Footage so it is indeed a Bonus Room and I have a Specific Exciting Vision for it as Retail Space!</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/AVvXsEh2doWnhDpNaHtOluYPflPqpdF_msvt2Zx1gd7CJnwPml4OQYQ46ySLDRH8Xmce47ILKTYyAyv7hALPeniEasP1fUpHLkSPvKfK9Tw2isqUotlt_hM7n3qQ_YdcJPd51DxY5gwhYvUlCeQq/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2doWnhDpNaHtOluYPflPqpdF_msvt2Zx1gd7CJnwPml4OQYQ46ySLDRH8Xmce47ILKTYyAyv7hALPeniEasP1fUpHLkSPvKfK9Tw2isqUotlt_hM7n3qQ_YdcJPd51DxY5gwhYvUlCeQq/s640/009.JPG" width="480" /></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>In fact, this New Showroom is Planned to be my Laboratorie of sorts... to Experiment with Design, Decor, Aesthetic, Style, Fashion, Inventory, Art and whatever else I want to go much more Avant- Garde, "My Style" and "Dark" with than my other Showroom, which is doing Well.   But which, isn't Refined and Loosed to totally being "My Style" for Practical Reasons Business wise.  But this Showroom is such a Bargain that I can just do my own 'Thing' with it and throw Caution to the Wind... which is very Liberating as an Artist and Entreprenuer.   </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/AVvXsEhO5fh8zrM5Kyz-6qc3dkksg5St7vXj1aH69SsUI3CwncV08PGnmEjpFMkTIO58o7UT0S91SyD93npuNrVA1uCbU0ysbXjA3iacDKKvtADs39gJNBJQFL0j8PzelHUcWzpGxO_sQ1SRsRYh/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5fh8zrM5Kyz-6qc3dkksg5St7vXj1aH69SsUI3CwncV08PGnmEjpFMkTIO58o7UT0S91SyD93npuNrVA1uCbU0ysbXjA3iacDKKvtADs39gJNBJQFL0j8PzelHUcWzpGxO_sQ1SRsRYh/s640/024.JPG" width="480" /></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>I can allow the Mad Scientist within me to come out and Play... starting with the Colors that will dominate the Room... Black, Antique Gold and White... and maybe some of that hideous Green because I don't do well with Heights and it's a High Room so we'll just Make it Work as Tim Gunn would Advise.  *Smiles*  I might actually start being a hideous Green Advocate who knows?  *LOL, just Kidding!*  And that Vintage Embalming Prep Bottle with a Baby Logo is perhaps the CREEPIEST THING I've ever seen!!!  Yet, Fascinating... in a Morbid Dark Humor kinda way... Thank God it was too Expensive for me to buy since I'm Feelin' very Dark and Morose lately!  *LOL*</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/AVvXsEj8IKH_4cq5mZFNDwpEiqB5zQqx6i_etodpBqaaeOyuQG8WIiyIcfSFkrIeBvW8QPcep6QIVBTCiFWAQ0KVlCcJc5ZzmJQuNkxuNq7QqyPkehRo0QWKx6J146VJFthaTAvTT-63F-AaObsn/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8IKH_4cq5mZFNDwpEiqB5zQqx6i_etodpBqaaeOyuQG8WIiyIcfSFkrIeBvW8QPcep6QIVBTCiFWAQ0KVlCcJc5ZzmJQuNkxuNq7QqyPkehRo0QWKx6J146VJFthaTAvTT-63F-AaObsn/s640/016.JPG" width="504" /></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>Hey, if you're not busy doing Something, you're busy doing Nothing... I suddenly Feel very Free to Go for It... the Lease is Monthly and I have nothing to Lose at this point and everything to Gain.  Not to mention the G-Kid Force ADORE Assisting Gramma in her Retail Ventures and it keeps them Delightfully Occupied and  from having Idle Hands which are the devil's workshop.   So the Young Prince got busy with a Mop and Air Freshner the Morning I Signed my Lease to make the New Showroom Spotless since it was quite a Hot Mess after the other Tenant had moved out... the Images I Shared are 'After' Photos.</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/AVvXsEgtTuLez7Ca2kR1ccfeQIdzX8jpTeu_ld6ceUrTFNmlnQnAs8zeua-7H-uY4TztZW3cwNSZIyNKlauWBDxHXjLqN7QJP0Vp9a_apyK4I1mk5uFCk4590zYeMMv7B7e-A8ny22ILwEcLQqx1/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTuLez7Ca2kR1ccfeQIdzX8jpTeu_ld6ceUrTFNmlnQnAs8zeua-7H-uY4TztZW3cwNSZIyNKlauWBDxHXjLqN7QJP0Vp9a_apyK4I1mk5uFCk4590zYeMMv7B7e-A8ny22ILwEcLQqx1/s640/017.JPG" width="540" /></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>They are Excited to be my Design Team... and they Work for such things as Silly Putty and Polly Pocket Accessories... so it's all Good!  *Winks*  After Princess T's round of Pre-Surgical Tests and Labwork Tomorrow Morning we'll head out to the Showroom armed with buckets of Paint... Exotic Gypsy Trim... and the Delightful Scent of Moroccan Bazaar Febreze {which I Cornered the Market on when it was a Seasonal Fragrance before unfortunately being discontinued}.  Stay Tuned for Updates in the Process, Reveal and the Grand Opening of the Positive Madness...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </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/AVvXsEhtIMSi-e27FQODmiYY4CrBYznmzIqzKDgnU1cnnHVYOYCasgqP_IUnk4gIXHvggMZtePkWe2agecwFl67HtbfeREkSe9NIslEG4mwureMrxHLANilj1cxUJ44cuy1ecuDaWmV80Q6VDQoL/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIMSi-e27FQODmiYY4CrBYznmzIqzKDgnU1cnnHVYOYCasgqP_IUnk4gIXHvggMZtePkWe2agecwFl67HtbfeREkSe9NIslEG4mwureMrxHLANilj1cxUJ44cuy1ecuDaWmV80Q6VDQoL/s640/022.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><span style="color: red;"><strong>NOTE: Beautiful Dia de los Muertos Skullies Created by The Creative Native, Yaqui Artist Ben Molina and other Fab Inventory pictured can be found at either the Goodyear or the Phoenix  </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: #990000;">BRASS ARMA</span><span style="color: #990000;">DILLO</span></strong></a><strong> Locations!</strong></span></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;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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Fighting Hopelessness... Expanding The Vision

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More Vintage Carnival Kitsch... I Can't Help Myself!

<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/AVvXsEgkQGha5U0n05F4ZhaTjPd4MSm_N23ItjRV_APwrv_q8lli9lYw4JrUkcjOt7mKFZIdhYxZMiKKgRJ3sbjwfbKNdsnvbhiZNcl2tdZwUMrviS1zZUg9T-xMcRBtGzcGMqGcFi2LrdEQ04gb/s1600/104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQGha5U0n05F4ZhaTjPd4MSm_N23ItjRV_APwrv_q8lli9lYw4JrUkcjOt7mKFZIdhYxZMiKKgRJ3sbjwfbKNdsnvbhiZNcl2tdZwUMrviS1zZUg9T-xMcRBtGzcGMqGcFi2LrdEQ04gb/s640/104.JPG" width="530" /></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>I really have this 'Thing' for Vintage Kitsch... especially Vintage Carnival Kitsch... I can't help myself, when I find any, especially at a Bargain, it's like Winning that Coveted Prize at the Carnival... and who doesn't Enjoy THAT?!?  *Winks*  I Love that they're so Kitschy... and I Love even the hasty bad paint jobs that looks like some Crazed Carny with a spray can went Wild and then went over the top of the Tacky-O-Meter with some Glitter and glue ta-boot!  *LOL*  I can Imagine some Carnival Goers of Yesteryear spending some outrageous amounts to try to Win one of these Coveted Carnival Treasures from a rigged Carny Game that makes it damn near impossible... much like we do at Carnivals and State Fairs of Today... to win those oversized stuffed Animals none of us have room or a Sane use for and couldda bought at any Thrift Shop for less than a Dollar!  *Smiles*</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/AVvXsEjLmzRzK9d9ikPi0ASejK_fQwlA5ZMUgrM2ya7Q000F7EKdxJDGzv7ZeqQfS6tA5LqMQwjUgH1Ppblwgg7WRDMEGctu3BVGSABxl4F9dYlabFBv3zZ07ZaIOzQDdwErsWw6KjqcI7bwRmUE/s1600/102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmzRzK9d9ikPi0ASejK_fQwlA5ZMUgrM2ya7Q000F7EKdxJDGzv7ZeqQfS6tA5LqMQwjUgH1Ppblwgg7WRDMEGctu3BVGSABxl4F9dYlabFBv3zZ07ZaIOzQDdwErsWw6KjqcI7bwRmUE/s640/102.JPG" width="480" /></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>I rarely do Online Auctions anymore... I'd rather go Junquing and Discover something Cool while Enjoying the Thrill Of The Hunt than getting into Bidding Wars with some other Anonymous Incurable Mad Collector of Junque and then pay for Shipping too and the concern that the Post Office might not Deliver it Safely!?  *Smiles*   But every so often I make an exception when something exceptional shows up at an unbelievable Opening Bid and then nobody else seems to have noticed it!  *What???!?  Booyah!*</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/AVvXsEipcHR5a2oQaxizR6aGE3TvjXD-k4VVoqI512aCXn1Cds8hIvqZWySWGRGm1aRSQCxrwlcwo-Ajzs-yKZ5LiaNfiGl89svp3AuPimWaquPfOn1roBAml03VZPGeu4CUSOTKNrQM5lBarbTk/s1600/101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcHR5a2oQaxizR6aGE3TvjXD-k4VVoqI512aCXn1Cds8hIvqZWySWGRGm1aRSQCxrwlcwo-Ajzs-yKZ5LiaNfiGl89svp3AuPimWaquPfOn1roBAml03VZPGeu4CUSOTKNrQM5lBarbTk/s640/101.JPG" width="500" /></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>I always expect that at the last second the Bid will just blow up and I got my Hopes up for nothin' and it was a total waste of time... but every so often the E-Bay Fairy Godmother shows up and Bam... you Win the Auction at the unbelievable Opening Bid... plus Postage... but by now that's a moot point 'cause the item was practically Free anyway!   Such was the case with this Delightful Vintage Carnival Kitsch Shirley Temple-esque Sailor Doll Prize.  I Adore everything about her... even her wonky casted Eyes that make me feel like I was drinking Wine outta da box and seeing double! *Smiles*  Believe me... with this Crew here I very likely could be soon thinking about buying Wine by the Box... and I'm not even a Drinker!  But I digress...</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/AVvXsEgvP06-axIltpOuWUmt9nGo7huPFKU4GOmlZfEutBSTZMDrKeKdIOiNW1eMOYQ1S-QOl10RGUiZl17YOSuVOikNYCJWY9ULJ2cO-xsxbL6DiZAbnO5FEetU6t-n-rxTFERiISNs6_3b1v3o/s1600/103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvP06-axIltpOuWUmt9nGo7huPFKU4GOmlZfEutBSTZMDrKeKdIOiNW1eMOYQ1S-QOl10RGUiZl17YOSuVOikNYCJWY9ULJ2cO-xsxbL6DiZAbnO5FEetU6t-n-rxTFERiISNs6_3b1v3o/s640/103.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Here's my New 'Old' Sailor Gal joining her Carnival Kitsch Family here at Bohemian Valhalla.  Perhaps I Love these Kitschy little Treasures so much because every time I look at them I can't help but Smile and get the Warm Fuzzies... and that my Friends is Priceless isn't it?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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Mother's Day Inventory...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi36sCq8qJN6lxtTymC5W0_R0CkuynG_wT5KYAg4ZFXuYepL5thzv67l43aV6Pmr4a9Rc57Tsrfugu92EPOECcsygPdUzpVrcqMLHm6P-wQ8D2gTOJqIMy-PoOl52MSHevYNk5TOCJpeyb/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi36sCq8qJN6lxtTymC5W0_R0CkuynG_wT5KYAg4ZFXuYepL5thzv67l43aV6Pmr4a9Rc57Tsrfugu92EPOECcsygPdUzpVrcqMLHm6P-wQ8D2gTOJqIMy-PoOl52MSHevYNk5TOCJpeyb/s640/052.JPG" width="480" /></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>Okay, so the Conversation went something like this Yesterday Morning as I'm driving The Son to Work and dropping off the Mother's Day Inventory at my Showroom.  That I Hope the Other Mothers might Desire in my Wicked Quest to earn sufficient Moolah towards my <a href="http://laboratory.vicious-sabrina.com/?pid=35134061"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">'Vicious Sabrina'</span></strong></a> Accessory of Curiosities Necklace I'm Jonesin' for this Mother's Day...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRy2cSJ7ZU6eAQTiD44SnD0E6wRKbtgZqT5eQz6Xx8ErhbKH_Ja24I85icB2bFsEebHJw7GZJs41FE14CNFVvQb9vCAnb78_rvSdkx29Nz2jMzmy0jPuBmr9jEX4BEqJV_ODcZ7Xenm3p-/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/AVvXsEjRy2cSJ7ZU6eAQTiD44SnD0E6wRKbtgZqT5eQz6Xx8ErhbKH_Ja24I85icB2bFsEebHJw7GZJs41FE14CNFVvQb9vCAnb78_rvSdkx29Nz2jMzmy0jPuBmr9jEX4BEqJV_ODcZ7Xenm3p-/s640/051.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>"So... how much do you Love me and when do you get Paid My Son?"  *Winks*  Yeah, he instantly realizes he just walked into a Mother's Day Ambush and he's totally Set Up and my Hostage now that he's in the Truck.  *LOL*  I told you I could be Devious!</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/AVvXsEgpyM-FeBVT2IN5i4ACW_hr9xSNHrGNP4qn15h0PoBpbW9aBNNtE-4v4GdhXRPziDWovDaqEi8f5patPWtZyDJFT4xWzw1RikrOIULlNDR5TAcODVDzJqdeAf1becncGjVzeNicfX5jcSOJ/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/AVvXsEgpyM-FeBVT2IN5i4ACW_hr9xSNHrGNP4qn15h0PoBpbW9aBNNtE-4v4GdhXRPziDWovDaqEi8f5patPWtZyDJFT4xWzw1RikrOIULlNDR5TAcODVDzJqdeAf1becncGjVzeNicfX5jcSOJ/s640/030.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>So... Pray for me... I'm still a Work In Progress... *Smiles*</em></div><div align="center"><em>And since my Children know me and My Style well nothing I'm Jonesin' for, wear or Decorate the House with will Shock them.  So when I explain that what I REALLY want for Mother's Day this Year is an expensive Mad Laboratorie Style Bug Necklace from Japan he isn't phased or looking at me as if that's an abnormal request... coming from Mom... because that's how his Mom rolls full time... always has... always will.  *Smiles*</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/AVvXsEgNJViE3939t8zsHFExBlsuKZQwZd6zL8Uh0IVaOK9XNImKPBi_7_08O21Kl5UW-LO8PBneCkbxoT8X4fIFsuJmuHN6eMN6DbeIldbi_1g63SgK2PyAIkyfHZ9bezIeEoyrRDpoXPIpCBjF/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/AVvXsEgNJViE3939t8zsHFExBlsuKZQwZd6zL8Uh0IVaOK9XNImKPBi_7_08O21Kl5UW-LO8PBneCkbxoT8X4fIFsuJmuHN6eMN6DbeIldbi_1g63SgK2PyAIkyfHZ9bezIeEoyrRDpoXPIpCBjF/s640/029.JPG" width="530" /></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>"Okay Mom, so I'm "in" for a portion of whatever it Costs {he doesn't ask}... I'll have your Mother's Day Money for you Tomorrow...", he casually says.   Okay, so now he's my Favorite... *LOL*  I had given him the Heads Up that it wasn't Cheap so I wasn't expecting him to float the entire amount... but at least now I have One on board for my Japanese Bug Necklace Quest... Booyah!!!  Mwahhh My Son.</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/AVvXsEipMBAOUaqfRWRTw4jpUzyWnVAbnFC5aLre3YyUE8gxQnMWoXo0Cpkz0UJMR4wUprGJpVAe9AqINDwCfEA_eij1zKENK6WMJGhKBsqdogQZbrLHPk9tdfKRPrnB5OH8cRisryyAY8YW7h71/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMBAOUaqfRWRTw4jpUzyWnVAbnFC5aLre3YyUE8gxQnMWoXo0Cpkz0UJMR4wUprGJpVAe9AqINDwCfEA_eij1zKENK6WMJGhKBsqdogQZbrLHPk9tdfKRPrnB5OH8cRisryyAY8YW7h71/s640/048.JPG" width="568" /></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 if Sales keep up at this brisk pace during the Mother's Day Weekend and they're totally diggin' my Newly Sourced Inventory... then I could be placing my Order sooner than expected... I'm totally Jazzed!   I really liked these large Praying Hands.</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/AVvXsEiVtmG46XsF2bH4hvvVCgfqRc5eDAzKZ4qZDkkW9jpG8SjG2JIK-JUmVcoLwtDKlx2QOnOx6LbKNc6bMQE8xRB-QiEkgmogdZvdPPXtjJnUYlcOZf1g8ie_zgLcaZyBh7tmrKv6Acxqh8-s/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/AVvXsEiVtmG46XsF2bH4hvvVCgfqRc5eDAzKZ4qZDkkW9jpG8SjG2JIK-JUmVcoLwtDKlx2QOnOx6LbKNc6bMQE8xRB-QiEkgmogdZvdPPXtjJnUYlcOZf1g8ie_zgLcaZyBh7tmrKv6Acxqh8-s/s640/053.JPG" width="522" /></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 this Cool Retro Stand that kinda has an Asian Flair to it and yet the Mid-Century Modern Crowd might also want to Decorate with?</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/AVvXsEjJpLUPNWNYm91l9fJpV4ftoQ_ihwT_hH1AjTM8CVDGDa1EEnvs6ZgFPHnCE_StKyy9J7wov0PlaqcLv6w9FOdOuI4AVKqhTZXVIMgq070rsipBjVhtXsCe8z6zhPWI02pmDCWWhoeMnHqD/s1600/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpLUPNWNYm91l9fJpV4ftoQ_ihwT_hH1AjTM8CVDGDa1EEnvs6ZgFPHnCE_StKyy9J7wov0PlaqcLv6w9FOdOuI4AVKqhTZXVIMgq070rsipBjVhtXsCe8z6zhPWI02pmDCWWhoeMnHqD/s640/057.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>I'm actually getting more adept at detaching from items I Source on a 'Pick' and just Love.  Not too long ago something like this I would have wanted to keep at least for a while before I flipped it.  So I'm definitely making Progress at having the Thrill of the Hunt be more about Business than Personal Acquisition... along with Editing and Purging from my Personal Collections and Cache of Found Treasures at Bohemian Valhalla.</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/AVvXsEih5mZJ5X1QAXtUwLMljnsrlHTmJsatseVEH5oexx7biGcA1wV3te5fr9egMqU3CCnhNG7FP3zyX5PDToxTTTtQgEwG8vXOcKxOCSqUramC9Z0W-NjOAncp6azLjojfMIFVpRJI3MRH_6DO/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5mZJ5X1QAXtUwLMljnsrlHTmJsatseVEH5oexx7biGcA1wV3te5fr9egMqU3CCnhNG7FP3zyX5PDToxTTTtQgEwG8vXOcKxOCSqUramC9Z0W-NjOAncp6azLjojfMIFVpRJI3MRH_6DO/s640/052.JPG" width="510" /></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>Though I Confess that the Carnival Prize Kitsch Hula Girl from Honolulu, Hawaii with the missing fingers that was a recent Curbside Find will remain at Bohemian Valhalla in my Carnival Kitsch Collection... you see, I had recently been Admiring a very expensive similar one on E-Bay that I would never Pop on and my Freebie is so similar that I was considering her a definite Law Of Attraction Admiration Replacement 'Score'.  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>See... here's the <u>very</u> expensive Carnival Kitsch Hula Girl from E-Bay I was Admiring that would never be a Carnival Kitsch Budget I'd even remotely consider even though she's Lovely!</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/AVvXsEip3hdqtLrGHJkBmd5TgXlxs0zFBCXBex_6-1IQGrmDZxt2lTtmy6T9f4DugIKh4fMzc5Eb7d_w1SnPQEzuNhYXE0ehpDaLTOagOrtA0ZyTAWBX9_rnjXfLK1AXJzn5ASY2HcG5j33_s9Up/s1600/3EC3C099DD194F52A6204F95006315BF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip3hdqtLrGHJkBmd5TgXlxs0zFBCXBex_6-1IQGrmDZxt2lTtmy6T9f4DugIKh4fMzc5Eb7d_w1SnPQEzuNhYXE0ehpDaLTOagOrtA0ZyTAWBX9_rnjXfLK1AXJzn5ASY2HcG5j33_s9Up/s640/3EC3C099DD194F52A6204F95006315BF.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: E-Bay</em></div><br /><div align="center"><em>So I just downloaded the Images of her for Inspiration... because I've found that when I do that... it sets the Laws Of Attraction Specifically in Motion and miraculously Manifests quite often into a Law Of Attraction Admiration Replacement 'Score' that either is affordable on my budget... or better yet, FREE... like my Hula Girl was!!!  And usually quite Quickly too... since my Hula Girl was found Curbside on Bulk Garbage Day less than 48 Hours after Admiring expensive Hula Girl on E-Bay!</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/AVvXsEi1mZ8N2T9cfVRNueFk7i3fArpts177Olh82zm_2xubIfQMRGHgC0lZvYWF4gfxfxalzxA5Mok-Sf7OlU_NUvm1A-MN1pzAaEMlA1hv3kzJDwxrTJx-56wDsf1Od2I6HdB6Uyq6U7nstTUL/s1600/30F7C3D3A65A4028860A93B6E2427631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mZ8N2T9cfVRNueFk7i3fArpts177Olh82zm_2xubIfQMRGHgC0lZvYWF4gfxfxalzxA5Mok-Sf7OlU_NUvm1A-MN1pzAaEMlA1hv3kzJDwxrTJx-56wDsf1Od2I6HdB6Uyq6U7nstTUL/s640/30F7C3D3A65A4028860A93B6E2427631.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: E-Bay</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I'll be Honest with you... I actually like my Free Hula Girl better!  *Smiles*  And mine is Signed underneath by the Artist in Honolulu who Created her!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </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/AVvXsEjthVPjLVCP6NI5tgxAq_ALKIg2OYpvWjKFlFRVPle54d1_7JNBipcJRAVrKqmIC2GPW3agaiFvbEQ1Xkzzfv4_8oQ9Mu4rC7XEYxiSzj-7XXiwJ2VvYrbNSlSaZcjVHNG_MQ4c4Jixmdcn/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthVPjLVCP6NI5tgxAq_ALKIg2OYpvWjKFlFRVPle54d1_7JNBipcJRAVrKqmIC2GPW3agaiFvbEQ1Xkzzfv4_8oQ9Mu4rC7XEYxiSzj-7XXiwJ2VvYrbNSlSaZcjVHNG_MQ4c4Jixmdcn/s640/059.JPG" width="574" /></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>Except for her finger amputations, which look as though they happened years ago... she's in remarkable shape for a Vintage fragile item that had been roughly tossed curbside with loads of much heavier items tossed on top of her from an Old House that was being cleared out after an Elderly Owner had passed away.  The Heirs evidently had no use for Vintage and Antique Treasures and sadly many had not survived the rough treatment of ending up discarded and broken in a huge Rubbish Heap curbside.  *Le Sigh*  Being Old and Fragile... and discarded... she still looks Good... and definitely has those Shakira Hips!  *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></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaKU6luv1C485rvHA7qyeIqaF_IBq5IKyrKH1s-2UPM1EQ7mUVRlUBQf_lMbzekvqaO21kNXElSJFZDre9JivVint4UxqrLRkWq10AM6lrzH6z4v_JrNxdBIRgEqBFkfhQ_39_FnXcYTs/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaKU6luv1C485rvHA7qyeIqaF_IBq5IKyrKH1s-2UPM1EQ7mUVRlUBQf_lMbzekvqaO21kNXElSJFZDre9JivVint4UxqrLRkWq10AM6lrzH6z4v_JrNxdBIRgEqBFkfhQ_39_FnXcYTs/s640/058.JPG" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And Rescuing Old Treasures from a Landfill Fate makes me feel good and I'm a Joyful Scavenger and have Fun doing it! *Winks*  Whether I keep, Donate or Sell them, at least they're going to more Appreciative Homes and aren't Lost Forever.  I don't know if anyone else feels that way or not?  I'm discerning about what I Rescue... but I've always been drawn to and have the Urge to Rescue the Good Stuff others discard and don't see Value in.</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/AVvXsEiKza7c1bBQLfEkpwfal18ytvru5x57Vd2IG8g4BzR5b_QERYFcK9sIZXZJ9v437FEGfk8hMcz061Km-GNGoMPbozO7dkoJn-s5HLug0gNrHT2OJkSYbPSBjUs3s6CgvFYM_57avTmeo_Og/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKza7c1bBQLfEkpwfal18ytvru5x57Vd2IG8g4BzR5b_QERYFcK9sIZXZJ9v437FEGfk8hMcz061Km-GNGoMPbozO7dkoJn-s5HLug0gNrHT2OJkSYbPSBjUs3s6CgvFYM_57avTmeo_Og/s640/047.JPG" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>But there were also some great Goodwill Hunting Inventory 'Scores' this week as well</em>.  <em>The Thrill of the Hunt this week was very Productive in fact!</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/AVvXsEhb7YwovLJ7QhxWdDW9PyNvhpSknugV-2VAgmnrcKn_kMWJPh-05yrcRcBDQNPfAfSwq0uYc1bS59c53F9fJ0it59aY46xOeo9W7Z68QbLGP3YZ8WnowjNwtPGwS44sh0Tx3Ebz7IH4givV/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7YwovLJ7QhxWdDW9PyNvhpSknugV-2VAgmnrcKn_kMWJPh-05yrcRcBDQNPfAfSwq0uYc1bS59c53F9fJ0it59aY46xOeo9W7Z68QbLGP3YZ8WnowjNwtPGwS44sh0Tx3Ebz7IH4givV/s640/010.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>Remember Trolls?  I Collected them as a Kid... and my Kids did... and some of my G-Kids have Collected them over the years as well... so it was a Rush to find a Bulk Lot of them for a few bucks to add to the Vintage Toy Inventory in my Loft Spaces.  </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/AVvXsEjPmAgK9tf7sTNEDVPGEby5KMOoJE7CefYxk8fi25vwyUthmMyR8hJ8sgYSG3XWBX-n1KEt-OXLmUsGgDmIRT6cr1722QT_1kg6GEU0rD5BX-Qh2lm6nV6R0uKH2M5bB6f1hYwrzIyCqH9g/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmAgK9tf7sTNEDVPGEby5KMOoJE7CefYxk8fi25vwyUthmMyR8hJ8sgYSG3XWBX-n1KEt-OXLmUsGgDmIRT6cr1722QT_1kg6GEU0rD5BX-Qh2lm6nV6R0uKH2M5bB6f1hYwrzIyCqH9g/s640/011.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>Most of ours had been Donated over the years to younger Cousins... and so Sourcing Vintage Toys I have heavy doses of Nostalgia over and can make a buck at re-selling now that I have some Retail Space is Fun. </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/AVvXsEiqn0kAt_FcKB2thJ-B7hMwFYzy6_hsaY8U-fyBuNNdcQ3ctXirP2g8XARFQX_WWnUp_12qYxqcg-irgJWJPAGcKO6gbX0FDI0A3ou857COBa53dSbqyGs-ocYdful5re4OohW-A7WYhkBf/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqn0kAt_FcKB2thJ-B7hMwFYzy6_hsaY8U-fyBuNNdcQ3ctXirP2g8XARFQX_WWnUp_12qYxqcg-irgJWJPAGcKO6gbX0FDI0A3ou857COBa53dSbqyGs-ocYdful5re4OohW-A7WYhkBf/s640/010.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> These are priced from One to Five Bucks each.  I do very well with gently used Vintage Toys so I always try to keep them in Stock.  They're something the not-so-serious Toy Collectors or those wanting to re-live Childhood Nostalgia enjoy buying to actually play with without the Guilt of buying Collectible Quality Mint Vintage Packaged Toys and then giving them to their Children to open and play with.  I was never a big fan of buying Toys to just look at and not play with for our Family, though I totally 'get' the Serious Toy Collector dedication to being the Keepers and Curators of Pristine Vintage Toys. </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> </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/AVvXsEiCsARCC9GR8U4L8xr9RaCV7VuGD-ePbRXWQVWE3Kn8u6mGVQfuCtzm4TqOj3V6qxVeeRqC2kzMCCnq2AqB4uruhW4AfmcwIBkF0oo5Cu8qXWYmUygdaIUfXlquZFQsnfp8x2pVPcBY8xut/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/AVvXsEiCsARCC9GR8U4L8xr9RaCV7VuGD-ePbRXWQVWE3Kn8u6mGVQfuCtzm4TqOj3V6qxVeeRqC2kzMCCnq2AqB4uruhW4AfmcwIBkF0oo5Cu8qXWYmUygdaIUfXlquZFQsnfp8x2pVPcBY8xut/s640/020.JPG" width="595" /></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 Love this Style of Old Camera for Creating a Vignette and rarely are they in this good of condition with no missing parts or accessories that came with them.  Antonio has Amazing Inventory of the Genre I Adore!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </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/AVvXsEh7AqFoOaBNDdDP-u33ovqt1x9kOpNv2YSt6yvRXPtSi4-5CfYS3-GYXKAwUD9k5KaOPPqetU5yYNeTXUFGWGCwbz84hME6Sq7j-IudxwcriCx0ENYojmS9CI2riugb6RzZRzjkqZn9sEFt/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AqFoOaBNDdDP-u33ovqt1x9kOpNv2YSt6yvRXPtSi4-5CfYS3-GYXKAwUD9k5KaOPPqetU5yYNeTXUFGWGCwbz84hME6Sq7j-IudxwcriCx0ENYojmS9CI2riugb6RzZRzjkqZn9sEFt/s640/021.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Like this Vintage Universal Commercial Grade Adding Machine with an unused Old Stock Box of Ribbon...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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'Pickin'... Sourcing... Editing... Purging... Pricing... Stocking... Styling...</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/AVvXsEgmlnc8WlHuXW-hCnwqAhkP5Kxaf8Iw2UdIXI0yh6qzbKhk1ZPNMAVTJGFaYvueCDDdCxxeohyL2Hi3UwU_6tAKxkt2GfkaO_xYtpsZY0F2bACW_rlVRNVaJ9E8RgC1ODAJ3CWV_N1kEEqy/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlnc8WlHuXW-hCnwqAhkP5Kxaf8Iw2UdIXI0yh6qzbKhk1ZPNMAVTJGFaYvueCDDdCxxeohyL2Hi3UwU_6tAKxkt2GfkaO_xYtpsZY0F2bACW_rlVRNVaJ9E8RgC1ODAJ3CWV_N1kEEqy/s640/009.JPG" width="480" /></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 now back to my Showroom #114 at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">THE BRASS ARMADILLO WEST</span></strong></a>.  Since I'm now on a Mission to procure my Japanese Bug Necklace... I was not only Sourcing Inventory on 'Picks' but I was relentless at Editing and Purging Treasures from Home as well to go towards the Bug Necklace Fund.  *Winks*  So my Obsession can be your Gain my Friends!  *LOL*</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/AVvXsEgxkg3oM5hguz-Wo1Ea1d0OPZD0G8daAZw7ALOcrNuCFlw5n6d9qsrieOg9Q4-NACGzZ6NR1uFjh4BM-x8iVyl9i6alh0NnaZUqsV466s8zyf68USeyqphXhEx35fUONGQi_WoOMMuo65pS/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkg3oM5hguz-Wo1Ea1d0OPZD0G8daAZw7ALOcrNuCFlw5n6d9qsrieOg9Q4-NACGzZ6NR1uFjh4BM-x8iVyl9i6alh0NnaZUqsV466s8zyf68USeyqphXhEx35fUONGQi_WoOMMuo65pS/s640/004.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>Whether you're looking for Vintage Spiritual and Religious Art and Collectibles...</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/AVvXsEgJc1Y0niagakmZz1-Szz-qo_osTNECvEbiUHDwqxeWXqBMLP1zNqHYrxC4IOCtvj5Yp4gaEglfZ3vRUl5dYnt2pi-UUOhDGcICvefKpy9mqKh-ixMIGvd-98snSvgun-l_oxlH5OdFliqY/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJc1Y0niagakmZz1-Szz-qo_osTNECvEbiUHDwqxeWXqBMLP1zNqHYrxC4IOCtvj5Yp4gaEglfZ3vRUl5dYnt2pi-UUOhDGcICvefKpy9mqKh-ixMIGvd-98snSvgun-l_oxlH5OdFliqY/s640/005.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>Or an Eclectic Mix of Bohemian Treasures... I'm packin' it into the Showroom for this Mother's Day Weekend for all the Other Mothers!</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/AVvXsEg8K6-ce3bcYng8lPdZFcNoXEJkx2aQTSr_tdYCr8mFF7NtH8W_z9WpIlhJlHquG10xX7dV5LsUqyrfcHJx-ZN-AdqIbxqt1vvDzeRjMLCBo98f57ZBhCmbHVnZg2Vixg3nAPfoUPIEMkfa/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8K6-ce3bcYng8lPdZFcNoXEJkx2aQTSr_tdYCr8mFF7NtH8W_z9WpIlhJlHquG10xX7dV5LsUqyrfcHJx-ZN-AdqIbxqt1vvDzeRjMLCBo98f57ZBhCmbHVnZg2Vixg3nAPfoUPIEMkfa/s640/049.JPG" width="480" /></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>From Vintage Sari Sets from India to Native American Indian Southwestern Style Pueblo Ladders... I gotcha covered!  *Winks*   And yes, I'm FINALLY also parting with some Vintage Fabrics and Needlepoints from my enormous Cache of them that must be Culled!  *LOL*  Vintage Fabrics had been my last bastion of items that were harder for me to detach from... being a Fabric Artist I kept Imagining the Creations I'd eventually make with many of them you see!  But I realized I'd have to Live several Lifetimes to use it all... so off to the Showroom it's starting to go... *Smiles*  </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/AVvXsEiX4C7VOt0uNAxUSmEeVlnl38U8oLH6cNg-vdYj3ujo7HY3P1Kt230BzEF34XG10TkLMSOlESe5346rcwa4-pd7HbzD1mmSQURTUTJ4tnIyHbxn2T_UQISMH-H0UNjPJrDLnvJ5G_zHMFMA/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4C7VOt0uNAxUSmEeVlnl38U8oLH6cNg-vdYj3ujo7HY3P1Kt230BzEF34XG10TkLMSOlESe5346rcwa4-pd7HbzD1mmSQURTUTJ4tnIyHbxn2T_UQISMH-H0UNjPJrDLnvJ5G_zHMFMA/s640/002.JPG" width="595" /></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 don't know about you, but I've always been Attracted to things Created from Beautiful Woods!  So when I saw this Fabulous Wooden Pitcher which the body of Appeared to be carved out of a single piece of Wood... I was Jazzed to be able to add it to the Inventory!!!</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/AVvXsEiZnflVoQuCZYl0G6JokayK2fFxn0RP72Grk9bvc8UoBjKPA8xIaYEmmYcunYUfA2w0o47XomOuz2PpUFRVCNXtD_hvFIyinSLiTMl1qPmp01Xee_lsiloYje__GJrJk8sCS7ay_n9_jhoI/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnflVoQuCZYl0G6JokayK2fFxn0RP72Grk9bvc8UoBjKPA8xIaYEmmYcunYUfA2w0o47XomOuz2PpUFRVCNXtD_hvFIyinSLiTMl1qPmp01Xee_lsiloYje__GJrJk8sCS7ay_n9_jhoI/s640/001.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>It really has stunning Woodgrain and Patina... and that's just glare from my flash, not a wear mark...</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/AVvXsEikkRIFR1wjvrHSmzhRgFOSv1wvGn0JuHD7x1t7QPcff-40SEA1YVVnMPdaRklG5KeupGs0gQR3nNgXuzDOdPCGceZi9IEHFqe7pGuInPYlJAL8lvVca7nhMwVuSNYIVQW4OFwFOHGeiWgx/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkRIFR1wjvrHSmzhRgFOSv1wvGn0JuHD7x1t7QPcff-40SEA1YVVnMPdaRklG5KeupGs0gQR3nNgXuzDOdPCGceZi9IEHFqe7pGuInPYlJAL8lvVca7nhMwVuSNYIVQW4OFwFOHGeiWgx/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>Another thing I've been doing is Gardening all week and I Love to Save the Seed Packets for Display... the Colors are always so Vibrant and I Love Seed Packet Graphics whether they be from Modern Seed Packets or Vintage ones.  This is some of what has recently been planted in our Gardens, some of which is already in Bloom.</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/AVvXsEgXYPLAT3WoMPd4yIVC309VmAhAGbmNKNCZw2wYRSX7gUDnsPj4S_EbrQeD_FGN7c3zDRTZzBv3wX5GoEbpVBMBx5-5EZppH8c17JT7wmZ3bQXFbVL-a3y62fWAmi7Uu33fWHnU1x3QgMZE/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXYPLAT3WoMPd4yIVC309VmAhAGbmNKNCZw2wYRSX7gUDnsPj4S_EbrQeD_FGN7c3zDRTZzBv3wX5GoEbpVBMBx5-5EZppH8c17JT7wmZ3bQXFbVL-a3y62fWAmi7Uu33fWHnU1x3QgMZE/s640/005.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 what is it about Old Luggage...</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/AVvXsEhNT1wMcKJHA8IrJVMjkiTFJRxz3sSkGgcI8_IU0ndJmCnJVnzBjgocGoRC2VjzmPhGwrbAAueigKW-sTUKzxuKycuFWtuwS7pFNI04OFFXbmWO9Miy21_dLfn71kCqhSIHaImOC88DWLd1/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/AVvXsEhNT1wMcKJHA8IrJVMjkiTFJRxz3sSkGgcI8_IU0ndJmCnJVnzBjgocGoRC2VjzmPhGwrbAAueigKW-sTUKzxuKycuFWtuwS7pFNI04OFFXbmWO9Miy21_dLfn71kCqhSIHaImOC88DWLd1/s640/054.JPG" width="578" /></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 Old Tins that always draws me in like a Moth to a Flame... if the Price is right I've gotta scoop it up for Inventory... always Sells and Displays well... bringing me ever closer to Bug Necklace Victory! *Winks*  Maybe I'll buy one with a Moth in it???!!???!  *Smiles*</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/AVvXsEhG51z-igaSkme2eMKonVrmGrfAOyKAG1PJieEPzUyp3WADBIjAboyBg8x82dLainsJUBZDxCGgi_XUm6_Fi_HcBiVPJq0qmXBUp8_f_z6HYuJljirdb07L5aPz2S_di7h_yjtkUSP_Pbe5/s1600/079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG51z-igaSkme2eMKonVrmGrfAOyKAG1PJieEPzUyp3WADBIjAboyBg8x82dLainsJUBZDxCGgi_XUm6_Fi_HcBiVPJq0qmXBUp8_f_z6HYuJljirdb07L5aPz2S_di7h_yjtkUSP_Pbe5/s640/079.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Even Modern Tins if the Graphics are Gorgeous I'll be all over... Loved these Bold Fun Bohemian Print Brighton Tins.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </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/AVvXsEhXH9wkzgBBRFGXg4ccYdJbxmPaI_OGnCpvxvsK95igCgcb6lIg2pGpFBrJeZ2_NWOzSizxV0uCieRVYS6pLgUVCyWqaQ6HkxevETJ_e8U4JIRqH_hCLOpYwuHpox88-egRzx_qviS14Pef/s1600/078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXH9wkzgBBRFGXg4ccYdJbxmPaI_OGnCpvxvsK95igCgcb6lIg2pGpFBrJeZ2_NWOzSizxV0uCieRVYS6pLgUVCyWqaQ6HkxevETJ_e8U4JIRqH_hCLOpYwuHpox88-egRzx_qviS14Pef/s640/078.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>Princess T and I always utilize Fun Eyecatching Tins and Velvet Boxes to store our Tiniest Found Treasures and bits and bobs in.  She was Tempted more than I this time to keep at least one of the Heart Shaped Boheme' Tins... but when I allow her to Style the Showroom, she can more easily fall out of Love with a piece that is going into Inventory.  *Smiles*  Vignette Creating is in her Blood!</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/AVvXsEhE66za4OKj8av6kBsmq-0J0nMhCR9hdj_HwfXAlIdO-rZvuLaimBLnLdwGwKjjaxv4q-4Vwp0JweByV5QJtJ-qGDPFepD-zCMxKJC-v9Tm-uRUF-TSgNxpT-O6GgtjaTINTkx7xgBLV6_e/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE66za4OKj8av6kBsmq-0J0nMhCR9hdj_HwfXAlIdO-rZvuLaimBLnLdwGwKjjaxv4q-4Vwp0JweByV5QJtJ-qGDPFepD-zCMxKJC-v9Tm-uRUF-TSgNxpT-O6GgtjaTINTkx7xgBLV6_e/s640/059.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 some things barely make it into the Showroom before they Sell... this Gypsy Quilt for example... **SOLD** the Moment it went into Inventory!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOS0Q5ccbhyphenhyphen3wODKQw1b-Pre3hZLdY7h7unmE-vvQvrIr9uX_uZQcDTCudYQcDPYqgA5kgUT-7Bm1e1KPJCeIZalp6n4_m92yXcrSXqZE6xVFr8eXW-WMFysgVMXT8vWB_zJn2MXMJQEjg/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOS0Q5ccbhyphenhyphen3wODKQw1b-Pre3hZLdY7h7unmE-vvQvrIr9uX_uZQcDTCudYQcDPYqgA5kgUT-7Bm1e1KPJCeIZalp6n4_m92yXcrSXqZE6xVFr8eXW-WMFysgVMXT8vWB_zJn2MXMJQEjg/s640/060.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Not surprised... Gypsy Quilts and Gypsy Afghans always Sell really well too.  This one was particularly Cheerful in the range of Fabric Scraps sewn into 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/AVvXsEi0aDv2AfwtHg7AxUGrIHxC9NHID__VIc9ED1UHHWLbceeQANNwHsmakXso13YRgFMwi1930Pgn4AfCUPqJTTlrx_0lEuzb1GvV76Z-rdcMvIvGyRTXxTq3MUavVQfRLjTPNrTJzHa6hNWb/s1600/068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aDv2AfwtHg7AxUGrIHxC9NHID__VIc9ED1UHHWLbceeQANNwHsmakXso13YRgFMwi1930Pgn4AfCUPqJTTlrx_0lEuzb1GvV76Z-rdcMvIvGyRTXxTq3MUavVQfRLjTPNrTJzHa6hNWb/s640/068.JPG" width="480" /></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 tho' the Gramma Carving had an amputated hand mishap, I still thought this Quaint Canadian Signed Folk Art Lamp by T. Picard was worth Rescuing... even the Lampshade is hand-made and everything is Beautifully Carved.</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/AVvXsEi8sa6uauQrovzxzveGA12EL2EITTqdNgMipzALdMEOA__ff3F5lhgHbV2HkxsD-o3ZS6pVq_fyMg9cm8dljf-hBt0LspLfyU8mjqpaPrwUhHjHPgIS9bpLkzDelSqbH8bjWlDbUJDNoesc/s1600/074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sa6uauQrovzxzveGA12EL2EITTqdNgMipzALdMEOA__ff3F5lhgHbV2HkxsD-o3ZS6pVq_fyMg9cm8dljf-hBt0LspLfyU8mjqpaPrwUhHjHPgIS9bpLkzDelSqbH8bjWlDbUJDNoesc/s640/074.JPG" width="480" /></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 Attention Shabby Gals... I 'Scored' a Quartet of Shadowbox Rachel Ashwell Simply Shabby Chic Floral Plates!!!</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/AVvXsEiNli-uaj4cEjV2c6uJ7ZilGvjv2njzYlJxNrtmWgYsbY8gURJYgObrpsXQe7xjdm5j1xfKxH9GhuCe5iB-jQgnt1d7p2acZGjswk7XMduKrfYffhpvi-oWBwjrQ-zZQhS-dLt60qWundWH/s1600/081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNli-uaj4cEjV2c6uJ7ZilGvjv2njzYlJxNrtmWgYsbY8gURJYgObrpsXQe7xjdm5j1xfKxH9GhuCe5iB-jQgnt1d7p2acZGjswk7XMduKrfYffhpvi-oWBwjrQ-zZQhS-dLt60qWundWH/s640/081.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Each Plate has a different and yet Cohesive Floral Design and matching Shadowbox Frame and is mounted on Pale Pink Satin.  With the exception of one, each Shadowbox has a Stand and a Wall Hangar so it can be displayed either way.</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/AVvXsEiyGThRp4PGMs0WuO-iBpkkt6isUvGPQZos6Xv5zK5B5tSajYjAzhovpTMVM5suQzTeiMxucRK5loH3smDVTwNLv-jM9i5vriYolqLhmPl4US69kT2FfjXYW7Oj6iSjpzpkcBJ8QsP-MwLP/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGThRp4PGMs0WuO-iBpkkt6isUvGPQZos6Xv5zK5B5tSajYjAzhovpTMVM5suQzTeiMxucRK5loH3smDVTwNLv-jM9i5vriYolqLhmPl4US69kT2FfjXYW7Oj6iSjpzpkcBJ8QsP-MwLP/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I have some Haeger and Hobnail Milkglass Vases in Whites and Pastels... for the Romantic Moms to put their Fresh Floral Mother's Day Bouquets in.   I Love Fresh Flowers and am sure to get some for Mother's Day... but my Collection of Vases had to be Culled too.  *Winks*  So... how about presenting Mom with a Bouquet IN a Vintage Vase... you'll earn Brownie Points!!!  *Smiles*</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/AVvXsEgq5OaPmRtQbgPWcXnL7x1LeuvIx_ttzoN3X5pX-AfoUd5jIItac_J1FpphwdIyfVT6zq7Ybt-dwitVj1tGb_LoCmY-_s8Gq2loY4578f6MmED77CRnCA99BaOz5nsELyyWHwYdLZZiCt-S/s1600/086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5OaPmRtQbgPWcXnL7x1LeuvIx_ttzoN3X5pX-AfoUd5jIItac_J1FpphwdIyfVT6zq7Ybt-dwitVj1tGb_LoCmY-_s8Gq2loY4578f6MmED77CRnCA99BaOz5nsELyyWHwYdLZZiCt-S/s640/086.JPG" width="480" /></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>And I got some new Books in to the Showroom and Loft Space Library Inventory as well since Books are a big Seller!  And no wonder... have you seen the price of even Magazines in the Bookstores now?!?!  *Gulp!*  You used to be able to buy a Coffee Table Hardback for that Price!  I Love Books... but there are some Prices I'm not willing to pay the current Retail on.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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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/AVvXsEjc8pZV-L1WIupD1Q-re3zYzbonmlTZLHDqZ9Ga7COPn5cz-2De7qUc0dUaPTAbSNQLlh_pukfsksHvmG6Dwo4l8emrzIbFNhOemdzz8U04DeIa0spZCf8d_rap0Keu7bCbQGbmoxAAJynd/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8pZV-L1WIupD1Q-re3zYzbonmlTZLHDqZ9Ga7COPn5cz-2De7qUc0dUaPTAbSNQLlh_pukfsksHvmG6Dwo4l8emrzIbFNhOemdzz8U04DeIa0spZCf8d_rap0Keu7bCbQGbmoxAAJynd/s640/058.JPG" width="502" /></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>I Loved the Colors, Delicate Porcelain and Alabaster Stand on this Sweet Old Lamp.</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/AVvXsEgSjXsw1lmob0GGqcNXOdYVNAvM0dZmnKsNXrOFHdYEWmkEq8syWcIgsNOE82mHTf3EUF8LcyIHiyrM-ztG1MiPpHc60cE57WyTvk1RbrY5p60Y3iftwEqjrbAq6BrZ1iZvN0gaVfeuwWAX/s1600/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjXsw1lmob0GGqcNXOdYVNAvM0dZmnKsNXrOFHdYEWmkEq8syWcIgsNOE82mHTf3EUF8LcyIHiyrM-ztG1MiPpHc60cE57WyTvk1RbrY5p60Y3iftwEqjrbAq6BrZ1iZvN0gaVfeuwWAX/s640/057.JPG" width="480" /></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 would look so Cute in a Little Girl's Room.</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/AVvXsEjhNOafuU_r2s127MOvXNF8shfnEbOxSuc-P-CBROfykgc-mUC_CfXxjhomnzamQKlyBT8lkBqZrKgnMf1baKL71NTk0yRZW-T_yWbPopXp7qN38pl34rSX_6egloY0MQdxiNHn0flfKv_y/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/AVvXsEjhNOafuU_r2s127MOvXNF8shfnEbOxSuc-P-CBROfykgc-mUC_CfXxjhomnzamQKlyBT8lkBqZrKgnMf1baKL71NTk0yRZW-T_yWbPopXp7qN38pl34rSX_6egloY0MQdxiNHn0flfKv_y/s640/055.JPG" width="594" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And those Moms that want a Nostalgic Fragrance in a Cute Vintage Container... I've got some Vintage AVON Perfumes... Priced for the Kiddos to be able to afford and Surprise you with on their own.</em>  <em>Nothing beats picking out your own Gift for Mom when you're a little Kid... remember all the Cheesy Gifts you gave Mom?  I do... and my Mom always Pretended to Gush at and Adore them... even tho' she had the Good Stuff, she'd Proudly display our <strike>Crap </strike>... ummm, I mean Priceless Sentimental Treasures right beside her best Treasures... til we were old enough to distinguish the difference and beg her to take ours down 'cause the Good Stuff Revealed it for what it was.  *LOL*</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/AVvXsEj7VnW5Ya1rV-a0w72QWWuKdTLzKXO-K-e5Q1ykpsnwEnZkNSsnaqZvULtv1TJZWwbTexmDRrQllhymqYqFFVM1FzGAtSSVm_x5bmPLXWG0IjxybzPtFaWnoNV6mc8HLMyXfgpxREHbpiRl/s1600/087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VnW5Ya1rV-a0w72QWWuKdTLzKXO-K-e5Q1ykpsnwEnZkNSsnaqZvULtv1TJZWwbTexmDRrQllhymqYqFFVM1FzGAtSSVm_x5bmPLXWG0IjxybzPtFaWnoNV6mc8HLMyXfgpxREHbpiRl/s640/087.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;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>But it Taught us to have a Good Eye at an Early Age by the Exposure of the Good Stuff as compared to the rest... you Learn fast to Discern and know the difference.   And that's something we passed down to our Future Generations and they've already Developed a Keen Eye for True Treasures.  Remember, it was Princess T, who at the tender age of a First Grader, spied that $35,000 Persian Carpet Curbside on Bulk Garbage Day under a pile of rubbish for our Rescue of it!  So it's never too early to Teach them... or too late!  Develope your own Keen Eye!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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'cause I could certainly use the Help!!!  *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>Blessings and Happy Mother's Day from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div></div>

Mother's Day Inventory...

    Okay, so the Conversation went something like this Yesterday Morning as I'm driving The Son to Work and dropping off the Mother'...

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