my birthday was great!!

i got so many well wishes and presents (i'm having a present right now....wonderful coffee)..... bernie and i had a good time
i scored 5 vaseline green depression glass sherbet cups for 10......for ALL 5
yup......2.00 each!.... (most depression glass sherbet cups are about 10.00 up), now this picture doesn't do the color justice, but if you know anything about depression glass, you'll know that bright yellow glowing green i am talking about.....and i am so not a green person..... maybe it's the protracted winter, and missing my garden but i am so liking this green now....
the lady who helped me said....she's a collector of green depression glass and didn't see these.....if i didn't take them she was....i took them
how could i not take them? she too wants to go shopping with me, cause she says i have 'good eye' that's being said a lot lately....but i do love a good bargain, and i think giving new life to old stuff is a good thing too

the other thing we did was go to look at sheds and such.... the 'salespeople' at the shed place couldn't be bothered with us....but we had a good time looking at the sheds and wondering if we could just get one to plop down out back......really at some of the prices it pays to have them just deliver it
we got me a birthday cake at shoprite in town...it was seriously BAD..... ewwwwwwww
they didn't have cannoli cake so we got an 'italian' rum cake....NOTHING like what italians call italian rum cake....at least nothing i grew up with
but all in all i really did have a blast

today it's raining..... tonight is supposed to be 5-10'' of heavy wet snow... and just to make sure we don't forget who is in charge..... ice and sleet as well!
yes mother nature we realize you are having hormonal issues
we still love you dearly

in our travels yesterday at the antique mall, we found SEVERAL sets of decent china (services for 12 too!) at less then 60.00 per SET.....not place setting .....PER SET/SERVICE for 12!!!
really it doesn't pay a lot of the time to buy new....when so much used/vintage stuff is around.
it's a shame too that these sets have almost never been used...seriously, if you folks saw what i saw yesterday.....there is so very much around.
it would be cheaper to buy those sets for an event like anniversary or wedding, it would be less then renting!!!
every table could have a different set!
i also saw so many things that i owned personally with amazing price tags on them!
a small bootonware bowl mom had that i have now.....28.00 (they are crazy as mom didn't even pay a quarter for it-she got it at the factory, a set of three sizes in cherry ) we used it to mix up pancake batter in! we just used it sunday for that.
i'll think of mom and home and continue to use it.

now today, i am continueing half ass spring cleaning..... and putting stuff up sorta
since we don't have ONE CLOSET,.........not one in this house
i am trying to find spots for all the trappings of modern life, plus the full pantry of vintage life...editing stuff out..... etc....
this is a very small house but a lot goes on in it.....my studio... a full and complete pantry, the tools of preserving food, making soap, making art...... our personal stuff like books and clothing.... oye....i need a good closet.....i mean it! that's why we were looking at sheds... i figure.... ok we'll have a closet....but outside or along the back..... that way we rotate seasonally!
since i doubt we can afford a kitchen and an addition this year..... i am just hoping to afford a midrange kitchen remodel!......
but a shed......now that we can afford....and boy did we like what we saw.
(actually if we got a decent sized shed, we could have half as a closet and half as a shop for bernie and his lawn mower/snow blower etc....which means more room in the duck room for DUCKS!)
so everyone .... (donald are you still around? email me ok, flicka you too)
i have to start my day..it's late now
i hope yous all have a wonderful day....and remember tomorrow is KITCHEN measuring day
oye
til next time
vi