Luvs, I did same thing! Thank goodness for your posts and Jim's. This forum is a bit slow as I think so many are out in their yards. Not me, supposed to be up around 106 for the entire coming week. I want OCT back. LOL.

I did go shopping yesterday and will get photos for Monday's thread. Went to my favorite antique mall and bought quite a bit, which is why I've been selling some of my collectibles on eBay. To have money to blow there. I go to this mall a couple of times a year. Its HUGE, 500 vendors and takes at least 2 hrs to walk thru all the booths and glass cases and look at EVERYTHING. However, today I can barely move and am paying dearly for my nice day yesterday. Got some rabbit and rooster things, and even some GJ stuff. Lot more I would have liked to buy but not in the budget. Back to ebay selling, lol.
Oh, the glass fruit we love from 99 Cent store? Two vendors had it, at real price of $5 each. Wish they'd had the green peppers, I would have paid that to get another one. Desperate aren't I? And when I posted the pix on another Monday thread of a neat pumpkin shaped,lidded glass jar to decorate this Fall? Saw one of those, for $20. Made me feel good since mine came from GW, on half off day to boot.
Saw some Fitz & Floyd roosters there, but only in my dreams.
Cookie jar is over $100 now, and other pieces are around $60. sigh. I just have the small canape plate displayed on top of fridge I got several years ago from eBay, cheaply.
Best buy yesterday, was some rabbit Bordallo dinnerware!!! I don't think the vendor knew what it was from the card on it. He was selling a 4 pc setting of cups and saucers for $12. WOW. Grabbed them fast. Tho two different colors. One is the green that matches the platter and sugar 'n creamer I got a few months ago at Home Goods. Yay. Other two sets are PINK. LOL, hear that Sandi and Kathleen? PINK!!!!!!
Doesn't go with a darn thing I own but I do now I guess.

Karen

Karen, I am so glad you were able to be out for awhile. Know it must get boring having to be housebound so much when your back is acting up.

Can't wait to see all your treasures. I'll post my few then too on the Monday post.

Homegoods also had some new Bordello plates. Some had dragonfly design and there was another one, but now I can't remember what it was. Just like our rabbit ones. They also had lots of the cabbage leaf plates and things.

Don't you just love it when you see things you got at GW on sale for a much higher price--then you really know you got a bargain.

Karen, I'll get up to our 99 cent store and see if I can send you a couple more peppers. I really hate it that one got broken in shipment. Did you see the inspiration pic that Jim posted of the flowers and veggies. Would love to create something similar using our glass veggies. Want me to see if they have any spoons to match your silverware too?

Luvs

HI Luvs & Karen, we spent the day on our boat, we weathered 5 or 6 good thunderstorms & one with a tornado siren going off before it!! The wind rocked our boat pretty good, but it is pretty heavy & tied to the dock so we felt pretty safe in it. Lots of people at the marina today, rain or not, it's a holiday weekend & the kids ran around with friends in the rain & had fun.

We came home tonite, son & grandkids are spending the nite on the boat & we will tomorrow nite, but I don't sleep good on there & wanted to come home to sleep tonite.

No sales today & yesterday was slow, found some like new hard cover Stephen King books for son for $1.00 each, ones he didn't have in hard cover yet but nothing for table at all, so I have nothing to post this week.

Will be at the boat the rest of the weekend & the weather is supposed to clear up nicely for us.

The board is probably slow cause the weather is nice & lots to do outside. I had been watering everyday for almost a month now, but thankfully we got a lot of rain today & it will do the new plantings much more good than watering with the hose.

I'll check back Monday nite to see your goodies, hope everyone has a nice holiday weekend!

Hi Yachter, glad you are getting to enjoy your boat and the kids too. Those storms don't sound like fun, must have made the water pretty choppy and forced you to stay inside. Glad it is going to clear up now for the rest of the weekend. Just curious, do you cook on the boat or mostly go somewhere to eat?

Yes, many of the boards are slower now because people are outside doing things now. All except Garden Junk, lots of fun posts over there.

I need to try to do a couple more tables--sort of waiting for DH to be gone--afraid he will think I am crazy fixing up tables when no company is coming! Ha ha

Luvs

Hi Yach. Boy, those storms sound pretty bad to me. Especially if lightning, scares me to death. Sure wouldn't want to be on boat in a storm tho. glad weather is clearing for rest of your weekend. Hope you have a great time.
Luvs, if you find two more green peppers, I'll glad pay for them and shipping. See if you can find some bubble wrap to pack them in, or those peanuts. I keep watching for tomatoes for you, that is if you still want some. Knew at the antique mall you didn't want those for $5 each. LOL.

I wanted to get my pix taken and loaded in Photobucket but so far pain been off the chart in arms and legs and I'm not in mood to do any thing. Hopefully later when sun goes down, glass stuff does best outside in shade or after sundown. No glare from flash that way!
No one may see our stuff tomorrow if they don't come in from their yards tho, LOL. Wonder if Jim's in his garden too? He posted some neat pix for us, that sure helped.

K

Well, Ladies, it is Mon and I came to see all your goodies, Karen. PINK, wow, a convert! So post away, I will be looking!

Luvs & Karen, yes the storms are scary, but they came up fast & no time to leave so we just stayed with our boat & hoped for the best. Luvs, yes I cook on the boat, the marina isn't near many restaurants, some truck stops but nothing much else near by. I usually do up easy things, hot dogs, hamburgers, or will fix something at home on Friday nite that I can take in the crock pot for the weekend.

We all love taco salad, tuna salad & things like that once it gets really hot, so not too bad doing easy things like that. Once in a while DH will grill out at the marina, but that means hauling a grill down there & that's a pain when the boat is fully stocked & I'm able to cook on it.

We also do a lot of snack things & munch all day long, dips, veggies, strawberries, melon cut up etc. so it's not really too bad or too much work. I'm getting it down to a science & can throw things together pretty fast.

It was gorgeous today, sun came out & it was hot when it was out and we got one of our wave runners out & our gkids & other kids from other boats got lots of rides from my son. I'm pooped, too much fresh air, sun & relaxing!!! Wears a person out! LOL

Will try to catch up this week on the pics etc. Hope you all had a nice holiday weekend.

Had to laugh about the relaxing wearing a person out! That's how I feel when we take a trip in the motor home! All the grocery shopping, clothes washing, and loading up! Then doing the reverse when we get home.

DH says when he retires, we could eliminate most of that by just going full time in the motor home and selling the house--but I'm not ready to do that. I love my little house and all the goodies it holds. Can't imagine downsizing THAT much yet. LOL

Glad you had a good time. Sounds like you are making lots of happy memories.

Luvs

Luvs, I can't imagine giving up your house and goodies and all you can do there. Tell DH that's a bad idea, LOL.
Its nice you will able to travel a lot and be gone as long as you want once he retires, but nicer still to have a home to come back to.

Karen

Karen, PINK??? And if you don't own anything that matches it the stores have plenty! LOL

Luvs, I just have to get to HomeGoods and drool over the dragonfly plates. I love dragonflies! I'm spending all of my money on flowers and mulch so no new dishes for me for awhile.

Yachter, How fun to spend weekends on your boat. I bet your grandchildren are loving it. I bet the storms were scary and happy for you that good weather is predicted for the rest of the weekend.

Karen, I'm sorry to hear that you've been having so much pain. When I was googling yellow jacket stings I read that they are using multiply stings for arthritis. Fibro is no fun, but I'll take it anyday over bee stings. Just wondered if you had heard about the sting therapy.

Luvs, I don't think I could downsize enough to give up my home either, but I would love to travel in a motorhome. Maybe you could put a shed on wheels and pull it behind?

Sandi, think I'll pass on sting therapy. Interesting research tho.
And I'm not going to buy pink dishes, LOL, no matter how many stores have them! These got me cause they are rabbit Bordallo, heaven help me if I see more tho.

Karen

Sandi did you have more than one sting? That must have been painful and scary--hope they didn't chase you too. I know they are good for eating aphids and such, but I am always so afraid my GD will step on one--I see them in or near the grass allot. When she sees one, she goes to get her grandpa to kill it--we've talked about staying away from them because they might sting.

We already pull my Jeep behind the motorhome, so a shed would make it a little too long and too heavy! LOL DH has always said that I need to take my saw and paints along so I can make things and sell them at the rv parks. He's always trying to get me another job! LOL At this point, we plan to travel for two or three weeks, then be home for a month and then go again. Lots of the U.S. we haven't seen, so should keep us busy a few years.

Luvs

Luvs, you must have missed the post where Sandi said she got stung about 15 times. OUCH!
Another warm sunny day, and another trip to the North Fork for flowers. I am going with my friend , who is an ovarian cancer survivor. She had it 7 yrs ago, and 2 yrs ago had to undergo chemo again. She is a trouper, truly an inspiration. And she takes care of her 94 yr old mom too!
We will have lunch over there too.

Yes, Kathleen I read this post before I got to the other one. One sting would be bad enough, but multiple ones! Yikes!

Know you will have a great day. Always fun to get new flowers and spending time with a friend is just the icing on the cake! ;o) Sounds like quite a lady--and a fighter as well. Luvs

Hey Luvs,
When will y'all get to Texas??????? I know where there is a good laundry/stock up spot, complete with RV hookup!!!!! It's in my back yard :^)

Jaybird, how sweet you are. DH still has about 14 months until retirement. I'm starting to collect ideas on places we should stop and see during our travels. Texas is one of the places I would like to see more of too. We are making a trip to Missouri to visit family in August and our route goes through the panhandle of Texas. We plan to go to Branson, Mo. on the return trip--not sure there will be much time left for sightseeing this trip.

So how is it you have an RV hookup in your back yard? Do you have an RV also? That would be the perfect setup. No room for that where we live now so we have to pay for storage area. If we ever move, that will be a requirement.

What part of Texas are you living in? It's a really BIG state! LOL

Luvs

We are down in the middle of the state...half way between Ft. Worth and Austin!
We have hook ups in our back yard because we used to have a 29' Terry Trailer and my folks had a motor home. At one time and another we have had a number of friends hooked up as they come to visit!!! We also have a dump hook-up, so we are popular with the RV set :^)
Would love to have you stop by and we'll show you the sights!

Wouldn't that be a fun thing to get to meet? Will be sure to let you know if we ever get to head that way.

Want to hear a coincidence? Got our RV View magazine yesterday and there was a feature article on TEXAS! Really good article about all the different sections of the state and the geography, places to visit and things to do. Told DH I had just been "chatting" with a forum member from Texas. I'm going to tear out the article for my planning file.

Luvs

We're a'waitin' :^)