8.00 for a chandelier yup yup

vicky and i went to town yesterday, we had lunch at dunkin dounuts (they have sandwiches now)
and went to the 'antique' mall
first off the plate guy isn't there.....i was heart broken as i was so looking forward to the red transferware he had.
but i consoled myself with a chandelier....it's brass plated, it is BRAND FREEKEN NEW......it clearly has never been used or wired into a ceiling. and it was 8.00
so even if i paint it, add a line switch, and plug, then swag it....i am still so far ahead of the game!
i am going to put it over my drafting table i think!
now what color should i paint it?
cream? 'oiled bronze' (actually i don't like dark colors much) there are even 'mirror' spray paints....how cool is that?   maybe orange to go with my halloween inspired studio?  or how about decopage it with TOILE???? or old sheet music?   i mean for 8 bucks and it STILL works......
then i treated myself ( hey birthday month you are allowed) to two lefton ducklings..... the one with the open mouth reminded me so much of lilli, and the other one of phoebe. i just love their chubby baby cheeks.... i love chubby cheeks on a duck i swear...... aren't they cute? (those are pictures i got off the net, right now i can't take any of the ducks or chandelier, but i owe you all pictures)
i decided that next easter i get the lefton rabbits and the year after the chicks.... and i am going to use them as table decorations. i have a few little rabbits and things i have gotten over the years, not many but a few....one rabbit lives in the bathroom on the shelf. he has a broken ear but we just love him.....bernie got that one

so that was my huge shopping trip, we had a blast- we were laughing so hard as we talked, naturally the talk got around to poop, as it always does with people who keep animals and garden.......and FIBER cause not only are both of us knitters and spinners but also we are at that 'certain' age when fiber is our friend....
well you know things always get funny when bodily functions start to get discussed

we plan on doing this more often.

well today is sorta partly a big day, i got the notice that the china is at the po. bernie naturally is lingering over his tea.
i am trying to not bug him to go to the post office..... i've said something a few times though.......just mentioning that my packages are there.....
OHOHOHOHO
i made the BEST pork roast last night
wow it was wonderful...... jen had gotten me some rubs through her pampered chef thing..... one was citrus basil and i being at my wits end for something different, used it on the pork roast
wow
it really was good!
i was shocked!
she also picked me up a cookbook from tastes of home, that was on sale for 4.99 PLUS 15 % off and she had a free 5.00 off coupon so it's ok sorta, as she didn't spend any money on me
(i feel so bad when folks spend money on me)
i don't follow recipes but i do read them...... just to see how they are using ingredients and that.....most often i end up muttering 'they are crazy' but hahahahahaha
that's just me
i started to look through it last night, and i like all the pictures. it's in a three ring binder sort of thing that is pretty cool and reminds me of the old betty crocker red and white ones. i'll let you know what i think of the actual recipes......because stuff that says 'open a can of cream of mushroom soup, and a packet of onion soup mix' are not recipes in my opinion
and they aren't even food! unless of course it is your own home CANNED mushroom soup base, and your own home dried and powdered onion soup mix.
the commercial stuff is way too full of chemicals and too expensive to qualify

actually making your own 'convenience foods' are pretty easy if you are willing to do a bit of work but the good news is....you do the work once in a while......so you dry a bunch of veggies and make up some mix packs
or you can up a bunch of mushroom soup/gravy concentrate and then you're set for a year
i can't recommend doing stuff like that enough, as it saves money on food and utilities, plus it does in the end save time.... because with your own stuff you can throw a meal together FAST ....... and it's all homemade not full of crap and chemicals

ok bernie just left for the post office---------- i am so excited....
very shortly i will be opening birthday presents!!!!
i wonder, is it wrong to be so old and still be all excited over birthday presents?
i am so excited....i can't believe it

hahahahaha
oye

btw, thaddeaus peabody has kept his full coat on now ALL WINTER.....that is a first for him.
we attribute it to the olive oil in his daily meal- while he still looks like he came out of the dryer without a dryer sheet..... (he's a laperm what do you want? they all pretty much look that way) it's a FULL coat......even his little poochy belly.
i swear i love these little cats so much, thaddeaus sleeps in my arms pretty much every night, right between bernie and i.... fawn on my feet and calpurrnia on my knees...... i can't move but if they aren't there i don't usually sleep

here in pa, winter has apparently returned with a vengeance, no snow now supposedly this weekend but bitter temps, shit it's cold....... we are going through wood again. but seeings as it is the end of march already the wood should last through until may.  however NEXT year i want 12 cords in and stacked.
i am going to start getting them in as soon as there is no danger of snow...... we're going to have wood all over the place but i'll feel secure

ok folks enjoy the weekend
i hope it's warmer where you all are
vi