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Time Flies!

2009-07-24T11:11:00.002-04:00

My oh my! It has been AWHILE since I've posted. I'm sure you all thought I just dropped off the face of the planet! To make a very long and soap-opera-esque story short: my husband's old service injury came back full force and we've had to go back and forth between here and the Richmond Veteran's Hospital (3 hours round trip) quite often to get him help. He is looking at surgery and possibly having to go on disability. Needless to say, these past months have not been leisurely.

Anyways - I want updates on what everyone's been doing!! You know how nosy I am :) I won't be back to posting until after labor day - but I most certainly will be reading ya'lls blogs!

Be Back Soon!

Hello out there!

2008-12-18T14:56:00.003-05:00

I know I've been gone for a while and will probably be gone until closer to Valentines day.
Family stuff, and all that jazz. I hope every one enjoys their holidays as much I know I will!
Hunter is just tickled to finally understand who "that Christmas guy" is. Well anyways...
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Blah.

2008-10-27T13:42:00.003-04:00

There's not much to say about what's been going on lately. We finished unpacking
(and didn't find our camera!) and Hunter and I have mostly been hangin' out and
seeing the sites. I love our little town! Way too many cute shops.
The thrift stores here are a joke - they are horribly over priced,
and no pyrex worth even looking at. The antique stores are priced well,
but the selection is grim. Oh well, I guess it's better that my thrifting
slows down as I'm getting ready to go back to college next semester.
UVA should be exciting!

So what's everyone else been up too?

I hope your thrifting has been going better than mine!

So...

2008-09-12T14:01:00.002-04:00

would you believe that I lost my dang camera? Somewhere between packing and unpacking the gnomes must have gotten it. SO no pictures for a while. Things are great here. I haven't gotten a chance to do much thrifting or junking, but Derek did buy me a huge Pyrex Daisy casserole for our anniversary! Isn't that sweet??

Anyways, I got bored so I thought I'd do one of those Polyvore sets everyone's raging about. Mine is loaded with Chanel, because well, I would have tons of it if I could! Mine's called Same shoes, different look.

A Few Pictures...

2008-08-26T15:03:00.004-04:00

Well I'm a little late - but unpacking all that pyrex was tough!
I got most of it out. Here are a couple pictures of the place.
Sorry for the crappy cell picks - I haven't found the camera yet.
The first picture is of the dining area.

Here's more of the growing collection.

The great view of the mountains from our balcony.

I'll be back with more and better pictures soon.

Jesus Murphy!

2008-08-20T12:29:00.009-04:00

I am so sorry guys and dolls, but I have left you in the dust. I know I said I would never do it - but I neglected my blog for a two whole months! Quite a bit has happened so I do hope you'll forgive me!

Here's the scoop:

Derek got a ton of job offers but we settled on Charlottesville, VA. We then had to deal with a mountain of paper work for him to get out of the service, and quite a bit to get our move set up. Now let me tell you - packing was no easy feat. Do you have any idea how much all the pyrex I have adopted weighs?! Derek almost threatened to throw it out!. From our small 2 bedroom apartment we filled a 26' Truck, a roomy hatchback, and an entire minivan.

So we set off early Saturday (the 9th) and the highway is completely backed up. The 2 1/2 hour trek ends up being doubled. Not to mention it's hotter that satan's butt outside. Thank the lawd we hired movers to unload. They waited patiently for us while we were stuck in traffic. Now, just so you can get the scope of this - it took us about 4-6 hours to load the whole truck. Packing was about 1 - 2 hours of that. We had a bottom floor apartment and our own entryway. Now these movers took an hour and a half to fully unload.

Did I mention we moved into a third floor apartment?

Yep, three whole flights of stairs.

Needless to say, we tipped those gentlemen well.

So here we are - almost fully unpacked and enjoying life. I wish you cats could see it! This town is swingin'! It's the biggest little city I've ever been to. With the fall semester of UVA starting right down the road, there are TONS of jobs for me to choose from. So, off to unpack more. I'll give ya'll a shout and maybe even some pictures this weekend.

Still...

2008-06-24T10:52:00.005-04:00

Busy as all hell and fixing up the stores. I've lost 20 pounds in the last month, so I figured it was time to splurge on a few of the things I wanted. Here's a few of the things I'm thinking of:

Getting Ready...

2008-06-16T14:52:00.003-04:00

We're all getting ready to move here. Funny how moves sneak up on you so quickly. I'm currently searching for a bedroom set for myself (our family likes to have their own rooms :) ). I'm searching for an Art Deco Waterfall set. They have one in decent shape at one of the local thrift stores. I'm hoping they still have it in August because we have absolutely no place to put it. It's a lot like the one in the picture. Isn't the waterfall wood just gorgeous?? It's got a full bed, a dresser, a wardrobe and a vanity with the giant circular mirror. The vanity seat would have to be reupholstered and the wood needs some TLC - but I hope I can snag it!

Killing Time.

2008-06-04T21:49:00.004-04:00

I , as I'm sure most of you have, have been extremely busy lately. I listed a ton on ebay and I'm now adjusting to mass sales and mass shipments. I'm still exploring more avenues because I really don't want to have to rely on a "ify" corporation for my income. I hope eventually to have enough stock to just have my own .com.

In other news, Derek is working on a job lead that would allow us to live in Vegas. He asked me if that was OK. Um, DUH! What glamour girl doesn't dream of living in Vegas or Hollywood? Keep your fingers crossed for us guys and dolls!

In vintage news, I've had to limit my collecting severely. With the move coming up in August, we really can't buy too much stuff; and as we all know my pyrex is taking over the house. I really have to talk myself out of pieces that I don't have space for or that I'm not avidly looking for. It stinks, 'cause I'm a shopaholic! So I'm just doing online fake shopping for now. Here's a couple of the things I've let myself buy.

yummy peanut butter bars!
awesome flame orange descoware pot.
Awesome belt buckle of Lucy& Desi!
more cool ones like it at http://devilish.etsy.com!

So finally we have the gorgeous belt buckle Stephanie sent me. I am a Lucille Ball fanatic!!! I am one of those crazy I Love Lucy people who have a Lucy purse, wallet, bathroom, painting, and soon to be tattoo. That was the best present ever! It honestly made my week!
Thank you so much baby cakes!

Well I'm off to fulfill housewife duties,
but I'll be back with more goodies soon!

My My My.

2008-05-24T05:45:00.003-04:00

Oh man, I was a Jenny who got treated like a Caroline. Parking in cars is all the rage, these days. How times have changed.

Have a great weekend,
and don't let me catch any of you parking in cars with boys!

"I Wanna Be Sedated".

2008-05-18T13:03:00.003-04:00

No, really - I do. I have been insanely busy lately. I just opened up our Ebay store, uploaded a bunch of new stuff to our Etsy, bought our new couch and a bunch of other new /old furniture, and I still have about 100 things to add to the Ebay store. Oh yeah, and chasing around a two year old crazy head. Ah, life is good. Busy as hell, but good. Felix instantly claimed the couch.

New stuff to be added to the stores.

New phone chair. It just needs a pink phone.
New sewing chair. Like my Elvis machine cover?

Matching set of hampers.
Super cute bowl I got for a quarter.
Evil himself :).

So....

2008-05-05T22:52:00.003-04:00

I think it's time to admit that I have a Pyrex problem.

In the 80s/90s I remember...

2008-04-27T23:14:00.005-04:00

Post inspired by the wonderful Amy!!

In the 80s I remember...Watching Rainbow Brite everyday and sitting wayyyy to close to the
TV without being afraid of cancer or eye damage.
Man I loved that show.
Playing NES with my brother eveyday, and finally beating Super Mario.
It was like winning the lottery.

My undying love for New Kids on the Block, especially Marky Mark!
(give me a break - I was 6!)

Wishing I was Cyndi Lauper - who needs Madonna?!

In the 90s I remember...

Teen Angst on tv, along with all the flannel you could put on.

The Spice Girls: when platforms came back
and celebrities still ate something.

All the bad rock/alternative/club music you could dance to, badly.

Well, I hope I've successfully made you feel old! :)

Alright Already...

2008-04-17T23:58:00.004-04:00

By public demand, here are some pictures (unapologetically stolen from Ronn's website) of our new-old sofa. It's early 1950s, and in the best color god put on this Earth - pink. Go ahead, bask in it's loveliness. It will look glorious next to my brand-new-old heywood wakefield china cabinet. Which will of course, be full of Pyrex.

This is almost the exact cabinet, only mine is more of a teak.

Thank you George W. !

What's the capital of Alaska?

2008-04-16T00:48:00.005-04:00

Have you seen the great movie Juno, starring Ellen Page?
It's basically the story of my life. Well, sort of.

Derek (my husband) and I met when I had just turned 18. We liked each other a lot, hung out all the time, and then I got pregnant. We didn't really know each other too well, but we fell in love. Can you imagine? My senior class is graduating - without me - and I'm out buying diapers.
It was hard. But sooo worth it. I have a wonderful husband and an awesome son. The movie was so touching; and by touching I mean I was crying like a crazy person. It really captured how people like she and I are forced to grow up, fast. I got the looks and the stares too. I still get them. Sometimes I even get an, "Aww, how nice of you to take out your little brother!". People think I'm 16 or something. Yes, 21 is young to have a 2 year old, but hey - who cares? Hunter is the coolest thing ever. How appropriate that I would watch that right around his birthday (the 17th). I swear too that if he is the only thing I have to show for my time on this earth,
that would be enough.

I'm sorry I've been neglecting you - oh sweet blog o'mine! We are ever so busy with the wee one's birthday and our upcoming Pow-Wow. I of course have been hoarding Pyrex and we're even buying a new (old) couch from Ronn at FUTURES. I will, of course, have much more to say after all these events have come to pass.
So, what are all of you up to?

Our Trip, in Pictures.

2008-04-12T15:59:00.007-04:00

So rather than write about all the antique stores we went to, I thought I would include pictures and let you see for yourself. These pictures are just HALF of the DOWNSTAIRS of ONE antique co-op.
I think you get the picture.

Crazy cookie-jar-lady's booth.

I'm Back!!!

2008-04-07T16:35:00.006-04:00

Did you miss me?? Of course you did!!
We had a great trip, but we are just plum tuckered out!!
I had a great haul - you wouldn't believe how much great stuff I found.
I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves...

(check out the little one's diaper butt in the background ^)

And you should have seen what I had to pass up due to lack of space in the van!
But our new kitchen table set is so worth it!
Next time I'll post some pictures of the great antique malls and co-ops.

So what was every one up to last week/end??

OK, OK, OK...

2008-03-30T16:05:00.005-04:00

So I know I said that the last post was my last one before the trip. But you can't expect me to stay quiet after a day like today can you? So first thing this morning we all packed in and went to a yard sale. We were a little, uh, early. So we helped the people carry some of their stuff out. I basically got to raid all of the boxes before anybody else got there.
Boy did I find some great stuff!

Then we went over to Ronn's wonderful store FUTURES
and I got to buy something I have wanted for years -
the full pink set of mixing bowls! Isn't it wonderful. My collection is still far from complete but it's definitely alot better now that these babies are resting in my china cabinet.

Well this is definitely my last blog before the trip. No really, I promise!
I shall return in a week bearing treasures from the North -
and all that jazz.

P.S. See Ronn, I did go home and blog about it!

Vintage Me.

2008-03-30T02:23:00.005-04:00

Well I thought it was time to travel back to the days
when I was cuter and gas was cheaper.

my mama as a baby circa 1963.
Me and my mama circa 1986.
Who's a cute kid? Oh, me!
My brother, confused as usual.

My mom and dad in the 80s.

I'll be back on April 8th.
Till then guys and gals!!

Before I Go...

2008-03-27T02:43:00.001-04:00

A while back I got tagged for a meme. I'm supposed to list seven weird or unusual facts about myself. Just seven huh? Well.... Here we go!

1. I've never been to Brooklyn; even though my name is Brooklynn.
I get asked that all the time, "Are you from Brooklyn?" Nope. Never been.

2. I was born in Hawaii and therefore thought I was Hawaiian until my
dear old Grandma set me straight. I'm actually Native American (Sioux),
Romanian (Gypsies, not Vampires), German, and a little African.
It's hard to tell the difference when you're seven.

3. I was raised by my Mother and her parents in Bismarck North Dakota. I can dance a mean polka, shovel a driveway like no-body's business, and I sure do say "dontchya know" and "yeah, you betchya".

4. When I was eight my Mother, Brother, Grandparents and I went down to Tennessee on vacation and went to the Grand Ole Opry. Now around that time there was this running character "Shot Gun Sam" or something like that - anyways he was this puppet, and I really wanted one. I begged and begged and begged to go to a show so I could get a puppet. So we ended up going on this showboat deal that was like the Grand Ole Opry on water. It was pretty fun - lots of lights, country's greatest belting out tunes. I still have that puppet too.

5. I have 1 1/4" stretched holes in my ears. I get a lot of stares, but most people that know me are used to it by now. It's kind of a love it or hate it deal. I usually get asked if it hurts, or why I did it. For me it was sort of a 'meant to be' thing. I saw it, liked it, and then started doing it. It just felt right - I can't imagine myself without them now.

6. I was a pretty crazy teenager - drugs & rock-n-roll kinda stuff. So when I was 16 I got sent to reform school until I was 18. First it was in Costa Rica, and then Jamaica. They call it a "behavior modification program". Basically I was away from my family, and given minimal possessions and maximum rules. It was very strict, very hard, and very unforgiving. I won't go too much into it - but it really changed my outlook on life.

7. While I was in Jamaica in the before mentioned reform school Hurricane Ivan hit us directly. It was insane. Our school was evacuated to a hotel that could barely hold all of us, but it was mainland and high ground. For Four days and five nights I shared 1 hotel room with 14 other girls. We had no water, no AC, no power, and all we had to eat was bread and canned corned beef. I slept on a bed with 3 other girls. I was lucky - most had to sleep on the floor. When the storm hit we were scared shitless. Trees were being thrown around and the metal roof of the hotel even ripped off. But we were alive. When we made our way back to the school we got to see the devastation it was terrible. Think Katrina times five. It was amazing to see how resilient the people of Jamaica were though. If you had food to spare you gave it, shelter to spare you gave it. I feel like I was made a better person after I went through that. Petty things don't bother me as much as they used to.

Well there's a little look into my weird and unusual life.
So I'll leave you with this video.

What $10 gets you...

2008-03-22T15:56:00.002-04:00

On an awesome thrifting day.

Vintage KitchenAid Mixer (Model 4-C)
Pyrex Pink Scroll Dish (w/lid!)
Butterfly Gold Baking Dish
Fire King Peach Lustre Pie Plate (free)
Fire King Jadite Scalloped Cup (free)
2 Fire King Soup Ramekins

Hrmm...

2008-03-17T19:39:00.002-04:00

Did you ever read Spiderman when you were little? Well, if you did you might remember his "spidey senses" used to 'tingle' when there was crime around. I think I have "thrifting senses"! I just knew I had to get out tonite because a lot of stores restock on Sunday - and look at all I found! 5 great tiki cups, 2 terra bowls, 1 sunflower pyrex casserole, 1975 Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book, and two Fire King jadite bowls. Yipee!

Now I have a BH&G DB from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. I want them all!

Haulin' in the Goods.

2008-03-16T16:33:00.003-04:00

A nice set of Pyrex/Corelle dishes in Spring Blossom.
A great toy box for $10; which Hunter promptly scribbled upon.
A super cute 60s portable hairdryer.

And a few other various things. All in all we had a pretty good weekend. From April 1st - 10th we'll be visiting my inlaw's so I'll have the pleasure of raiding new thrift/antiques turf. The best thing about Rochester is most of the people who live there are older, and want antiques circa 1900, not 1950. The stuff I want is prevelant and cheap! So rub off some of your thrifting mojo on me gals!!

What Baby Wants, Baby Gets.

2008-03-13T23:52:00.004-04:00

Guess who just won this beauty on Ebay? And for $15.50 no less!
Now I need a new pink chair to match it...

Nosy, Nosy, Nosy.

2008-03-12T17:15:00.005-04:00

Well, seems like I've been getting tagged for a lot of things lately. First I got asked to share pictures of the inside of my favorite kitchen cabinet. Silly, huh? Well here you are guys and dolls! It's got nothing on Lisa's Fiestaware cabinet, but it's the stuff we use everyday.
The next pictures are of my new fridge set I found. Isn't it the cutest?! It just needs to be cleaned up. I really love the Butterprint pattern. I collect this, Gooseberry, and also solid pink and solid aqua Pyrex. I also take Snowflake, Pink Daisy, or pink Desert Dawn if the price is right. Once those collections are done I want to pick up the Friendship line.
What pattern do you collect?

P.S. Now you can find us @ http://friskthefrigidaire.com/ darlings!