Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Black Sheep.
Brought the Load home...from my Aunt, and Uncle's Farm...yesterday.
{don't ya just Love...our New, and Improved Crappy Drive, IDOT District 6 Blessed us with, and is doing Nothing...to make it Right, even after several...conversations.
Wow.
What a Mess.
: ( }
Thanks, so much...to Cousin, Randy...and Pal, Steph...for helping me load it.
<3
There was a 'Grind'...between Randy, and myself...during the Sale.
He, and Cousin Susie's Husband, Gary...took a bunch of our Estate Sale Signs, and put them out...
early Friday Morning.
When they returned, they both...were pretty unhappy about how difficult they are to put in the ground.
It's been dry, and going through rock...is no easy task.
but...
then...
Randy...went on, and said...
"Two of your signs were made wrong. The arrows are pointing opposite directions, I'm afraid that's going to confuse people."
?????
I, stood there...looking at him...and said,
"No they're not. They point the same direction...on both sides."
The Battle Was On.
Oh My Lord.
Randy...dug his heels in Deeper, Adamant...At LEAST Two of Those Signs Were Made Wrong.
We were Both...hustling around, trying to get last minute things done...
I, assured Randy...The Signs Were Correct.
Then...Randy yelled at Gary...to back him up, about the signs...being 'Wrong'.
I stood back, looked at them Both...told them they were Both...Mistaken.
Randy...would Not...Let It Go.
I turned to him..and said..."Randy, You are Most Definitely...a 'Dvorak'."
: )
{Mom...Uncle Frankie...and Randy. ; ) }
"Argue...Argue...Argue."
: )
He looked at me...and said...
"I Only Argue...When I Know...I'm Right!"
{Uh...Oh. ; ) Randy had Crossed a 'Line'...
ya see...THAT'S 'My' Line. ; )}
I just stood there...with a Frozen Smile....on my Face...
Blew Him a Kiss..
.and said...
; )
"Me Too."
<3
We were All...Too Busy, to retrieve the signs, so told Randy....we'd Simply have to Agree...
To Disagree, concerning The Signs.
Randy...let it go...for awhile....but, throughout the day...he kept bringing them up....
I'd bristle...and Snap...a little.
Finally....I waved my pointer finger at him...
told him...
"That's Enough...Randy.... I don't want to hear Another Word...about Those Signs."
As I was walking to Jethro...that night, just....getting ready to climb inside, Randy...was behind me, and had to get another Dig...in, about The Signs.
I stood there...looking at him, and Waved A Different Finger....at Randy.
said...
"Randy...Here's a 'Sign'....for Ya."
; )
and left.
The next morning...when I arrived, it was just me, and Randy there...for a bit.
I walked over to him, apologized for Flippin' him The Bird, the night before.
Gave him a Hug.
<3
Told him...it was very disrespectful, of me. I was sorry.
We were all hot, exhausted...Whipped.
Randy said he didn't think anything of it.
: )
but...I, did.
When I picked up the Farm Stuff, yesterday....
Randy had our stack of Signs...in a pile.
I stood there...next to them...and Randy, said...
"Ok...show me."
Randy grinned, and said...
"I can't...You were right."
; )
Here's the deal...
I won't pick a fight, or an argument....I can't win.
One...That I can't Prove.
If I'm gonna pick a Battle,
I'm going to win it....if it's Fought Fair.
I don't like to argue...or fight.
It's Exhausting.
but...
I will, because 'I Ain't No Quitter'.
and...
'Right is Right...
Wrong...is Wrong'.
; ) ; ) ; )
That's The Irish...Side.
; )
Randy...is a few years older that me.
Highly...Educated.
I, think...he was going to be an Engineer, but...retired from Quaker.
We went to lunch...together...after we loaded the Ford, and had a wonderful...visit.
{Nothing was mentioned...about the signs. We won't speak of them... again. : ) }
I grew up...closest to his youngest Sister, Sallie.
<3
Always thought of Randy...{the oldest Dvorak Cousin}..as 'The Golden Child'.}
<3
He shared some of his 'Oat Sowin' Days'...stories...with me and Steph...I laughed, because...I always thought...'I'...was The Hell Raisin' Black Sheep...of The Family!!
Hahahahaha!!
Who Knew...Randy could Get a Little Crazy...Too!!!????
Hahahahahaha!!!
oh..my.
: )
It was Truly Wonderful...catching up with All of The Dvoraks.
<3 <3 <3
Brought back so Many...Many....Wonderful Memories.
Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.
Barbie C.
{hahahahaha!!!}
Monday, August 30, 2021
Grateful...
Thankful, to Cousin's Johnny, and Randy...for bringing me Amazing Tomatoes,
from their Gardens.
<3
Grateful...they thought to Save...the Old Dump Truck, buried on The Dvorak Farm.
<3
Priceless.
<3
{this has been a difficult 'long time'...for our Family.}
oh...dear.
I'll have a post...in the mornin'...concerning the last...several...
sweltering days.
oh...my.
; )
Today...was another one of 'em.
: )
oh...dear.
; )
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
{This day...made me think of the Bobby Bare tune, 'The Winner'. ; )
It doesn't pertain to the 'Win'...I'll be writing about...tomorrow, yet...in a way, it does. ; )
<3
One...of my Very Favorite Tunes.
<3
yeah...I Ain't No Quitter. ; ) <3}
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Dvorak Estate Sale...Done, and...done. Sold...down to The Walls.
Just got Home...
Uncle Frankie's...and Aunt Florence's Estate Sale...
is...
History.
Bittersweet.
Pretty much...sold everything.
Thanks So Much...to Everyone who Attended.
<3
It was grueling...with the heat...day, after day, for everyone.
I'll go back, tomorrow... pick up the Farm, and Garden items...I bought.
It was Wonderful...spending Time...with my Czech Family.
<3
Haven't done that...since I was a child.
<3
Dad, was Irish...and Dutch, Mom...was Full Blooded Czech.
; )
{Dad, also had a little French...in his bloodline, he never spoke of. ; ) }
I, plainly see...where I get my stubborn side from.
The Czech...Side.
: )
The Irish...side, like the Czech...are Extremely... Hard Working, but...not near as 'Serious'.
; )
or
as
Stubborn.
; )
The Irish side, Work's Hard...will Argue...at times, but...
with a Twinkle of Mischief in their eye....
Always...
; )
I drove some of my Czech Family...Crazy...during the Sale.
; )
Somehow...I'm finding a little Humor...in it, still.
Hahahahahaha...
; )
{Irish..
'Shenanigans'...: ) }
oh my.
<3
This has been quite a week.
Much Longer...for my Cousins.
: (
We were All...Whipped, tonight.
yet...
It was Truly Wonderful...spending time with them All.
<3 <3 <3
It was an Amazing Sale.
; )
Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.
Barb C.
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Updated 8/28 Estate Tag Sale... 5209 Wilder Drive S.E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 8/29...9-1! HALF PRICE SUNDAY!!!! Wear Your Grubbies!!! and BRING A TRUCK!!
Updated... 8/28.
Another Wonderful...Day!
<3
Tomorrow...Everything will be Half Off!!
: )
Still Some GREAT Stuff!
; )
Didn't take a single picture...today.
{Would Never...interrupt my phone...from Playin' Polka Music, with my Bose. <3
Polka Music...
was Far,
More Important...
over images...
today.
<3}
Just...sat under the Old...Old...Walnut Tree, beside Uncle Frankie's, and Aunt Florence's...Old...Farmhouse, praying for a little breeze.
Another...Hot, Hot...Day.
The Customers, kept Rollin' in...Steady, All Day.
Kinda surprised me...being So Warm.
Between visiting with Customers...and Family...
Much...Family, <3
kept glancing across the Fields, where Huge Gardens, and Masses of Sweet Corn, used to be....back, in the day.
Knowing...
'this'...
would be my last chance, to see it 'Whole'.
A developer...will surely buy this land, and...house's will pop up...like Mushrooms...there.
I've seen it happen....all around us, in Fairfax.
: (
Money...Money...Money.
oh my.
Greed...
oh my.
Cousins, their Beautiful Children...and Grandchildren...all, gathered together...there, today.
<3 <3 <3
We had a Wonderful...Picnic, Grilled Food, and congregated under that Old...Old...Walnut Tree.
<3
Many Customer's asked if we were having a 'Family Reunion'....as The Polka Music, and Laughter...
kept Everything Very Festive.
<3
I replied...
"We're Bohemies... ; )
It's Always...a 'Party', when two, or more...of 'Us'....
Gather Together."
; )
<3
: ) : ) : )
Come...Scoop Up The Bargains...Sunday!
9 'til 1!!!
; )
<3
Updated 8/27
The Dvorak...Estate Sale, Day 1...
was GREAT!!
: )
Busy...All Day.
<3
Played Polka Music...through my little Bose Speaker...outside, during the Sale, in Honor of my
Uncle Frankie, and Aunt Florence.
<3
{Mom, and Grand Dad...too. <3}
They were all Full Blooded Czech.
<3
That Old...Farm, has Heard Much...Polka Music, over the years.
Lots of Singing...and Dancing, there...as well.
<3
It was Great!!!
<3
Mom, on the left, Aunt Helen...on the right.
I remember...sitting with my Dad, listening to Mom, Helen...and, Frankie, Sing...the above Tune...in 1965,
in the Old Farmhouse...we're All Workin' in....}
Oh my.
Priceless.
<3 <3 <3
Much...walked out the drive....today,
however...
There's STILL PLENTY!!!
; )
Sale is OPEN 9 'til 5, 8/28.
: )
and 9 'til 1, on the 29th!!
{Everything Left...will be Half Price, on the 29th!}
This Sale is at my Aunt and Uncle's Farm.
My Cousin's...are Conducting...this one..
I'm just a Helper Bee.
<3
My Aunt and Uncle... lived there 65 years.
The House...has sat, closed up...for Years.
I...just have been helping with this...for two days.
Wish...I could've helped...sooner.
It's been a Hot... Mad Rush...trying to pull this together.
There's Loads...of Old, Gnarly...Farm Junk.
Tools, 20 Gallon, 15 Gallon... Crocks, and many smaller Crocks, and Jugs, Canning Jars, John Deere Items, Steel Wheels, Cream Cans, Vintage Sewing Machines.{Nice}.Sewing Items, Many Old Records, Neat Console Stereo, works Great!
Dolls, Old Toys, Fishing Stuff,
Dishes, Chicken Figurines...Old...Cedar Rapids Advertising Milk Bottles, Cool...Old Bottles, Glass Butter Churns, a Huge Kraut Cutter, Pedal Tractor, Kids Wagons, Metal Lawn Chairs, Wash Tubs, and MUCH...MUCH...More!
No time to Clean....Anything.
Wear Your Grubbies...
and...
BRING A TRUCK!!!
; )
Took a few images, early today.
Spent some Wonderful...times, in this Old...House.
<3
I, haven't had time to think about it much...while working.
When...I did, got a little Misty.
Loved...my Uncle Frankie, and Aunt...Florence.
<3
Florence...was an Amazing...Woman.
<3
She Did It All.
<3
She Hunted...Fished...Gardened...Butchered...
Milked The Cows, Canned More Food, than...anyone...I know.
She Worked Harder than any Man...I've ever Known.
<3
So...So....Down To Earth.
<3
Florence...was a Wise, and...Wonderful...Woman.
<3
My Cousin, Sallie...said, today... "Mom wasn't much of a housekeeper."
I, replied... "Nope, because She Carried The World, 'Everything Else'...on her Beautiful...Shoulders."
<3
There's been much, much...more, added, throughout the day... but...had no time tonight to take pictures.
Hope...to See Ya.
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
{it's taken a bit, to get used to Everyone,
'Family'...
calling me...
'Barbie'...
: )
oh my.
: ) }
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Difficult...conversations.
Met...with my Friend, we'll be conducting a Living Estate Sale...for,
Scheduled for mid November,
today.
We needed to get the contract signed.
Business.
I've known her...for a couple decades.
<3
She's Hilarious.
: )
Lord Knows...she can Make Me Laugh.
<3
Priceless!!!
She's Sharp...as a Tack.
Quick!
Witty! Witty! Witty!!!
oh my.
Sharp!!!
: )
Love Her!!!
{She reminds me So, of my Sister...Chery. <3 }
We didn't hang out together...much, but, we both Knew...From Day One...
We're from the
Same
'Tribe'.
<3
; )
Always.
Hospice is coming in...
She's So...Amazingly Straight Forward...when it comes to gettin' down to business.
Me...too.
God...Love Her.
<3
{He Does <3}
We laid all of the cards...on the table.
Had some very, straight forward...
difficult...conversations, today.
She's so grateful...to me, for taking her sale.
oh my...
I'm the Grateful...one.
It's an Honor, and Privilege...to be able to help her through this.
Put her mind...at Ease.
<3
Told my Friend...
It's an Honor...and Privilege...She 'chose' us.
<3
She said...again...tonight, she's been Praying So Hard...we'd take her sale.
oh my.
oh my.
<3
My Friend, said..."God puts people together, sends His Angels...In."
oh...
Yes.....
He Does.
; )
We've Both Seen His Work, First Hand.
<3 <3 <3
; )
Reminded my Friend...tonight, when she told me that...
I'm No Angel.
: )
My wings, {pinfeathers...at this point...}are always smokin' and smoulderin'....
especially....
these days...
from gettin' a little too close to the Flames...
while...relentlessly pursuing...
a few
Wrongdoers...
to
The Gate's of Hell!!
; )
She... Roared!!!
<3
Glad, I...could make Her Laugh,
'Smile'
<3
Priceless...
<3
Was supposed to help my Cousins, this afternoon, again...
Try...to Pull...my Aunt's Estate Sale, together.
The Meeting with my Friend, went long.
I wouldn't leave her...until I knew she was totally at ease.
The Cousin's understood.
I'll be helping them...at first light.
They...are in a Mess.
We offered to help them, but...they didn't think...an Estate Sale, would be too difficult.
; )
They could handle it...on their own.
It's kinda like trying to Defend Yourself, in Court.
Abe Lincoln, said it Best...
"He who represents himself...has a fool, for a client."
{and a Lawyer.}
That's a Fact.
I, remember...too, my Favorite Clock Repairman...Richard Arnold, telling me, Years, and Years...ago...
"Why do people buy old, non-working Clocks, and...think...somehow...
They...
can repair them,
then...
bring all the 'parts'...they've Torn apart, they had No Hope...of fixing,
to me...in a shoe box."
Exactly.
Well...I'll do My Best...to help my Family, with My Favorite Aunt's...Sale.
<3
It's pretty Late...in The Game.
Sale Opens...Friday Morning.
<3
Great Stuff!!
65 Years of Not Lettin' Go of ANYTHING!!
<3 <3 <3
Love to Ya...
Prayers...for All.
Barb C.
{The Cousins, have been Busting Their Butt's.
We...could've saved them so many Steps.
We couldn't do their Jobs, like they do.
I kinda Barked...at them, on Tuesday, when I went to help them 'price'.
They were supposed to have everything set up, and ready.
oh dear.
Barbara...turned into a Drill Sergeant.
Didn't get one thing priced.
Did a Lot...of Movin' and Shakin'...
oh...dear.
They'd already placed the ads, so...there's no postponing.
It'll be, what it...will..be.
I'll help them through it, it's gonna be an interesting....
Journey.
<3}
Why...do I wonder.
When I hit the sack...last night,
snuggled with Peanut, thinking about...what I was going to wake up to...this morning.
Can't worry about it.
Love The Rain...So Needed.
Sure don't like it in our Home.
Kept getting up...through the night, checking the wetvac.
By the Grace...of God, it held.
Ran out...in the rain, and repositioned the IDOT's Worthless...'Temporary' fix.
It has to lay...Just Right, or...it won't work.
: (
If it gets moved, for any reason...the wind blows on it, wrong...it won't drain.
: (
I was looking at Peanut, remembering how abused she was, when Heather, and Liz...found her.
Why, should I wonder...when there are humans on this planet, that can be so cruel...to a Critter, that humans could be as cruel, and uncaring...to people, as well.
Don't know why....I'm so disappointed in IDOT, and City Hall, after all...
They, too...are just 'humans'.
I...am embarrassed, and incredibly disappointed, by those kind of 'humans'.
Ashamed.
Don't get me wrong, there's some Mighty Fine...Humans.
<3
May God Bless Them.
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Humans make me Crazy. Critters, not so much.
Peanut.
She was starved nearly to death...by humans.
She was battered Blind...
by, humans.
My Tune...for The Day.
So Tired.
So...Tired.
It's been a Long...Many, Many...Days.
Roberta Flack...
and, a Hot Bubble Bath...
will
Hopefully, bring a Mad Hatter, some rest.
Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.
Barb C.
Thanks...Fairfax, Iowa... City Hall, and IDOT District 6. All...for Your Wrongful...Suicide Trail.
Spent the day...helping Family...pull my Aunt's Estate Sale...together.
It was Hot.
Hot.
Hot.
Then...a Storm brewed up, this late...afternoon.
Pal, Dale...who was helping....Melting...like All of us, said...as The Storm was closing in...
"Barb...YOU Have Got To Get HOME!!! Your House Is Going to Flood!!!"
{Dale Knows...Exactly Where The IDOT Has Put Us, for Fairfax's Trail.}
Damn It!!!
I, was So...Focused...on getting things together...at The Sale, forgot...
We'll Be Swimmin' At Home...
: ( : ( : (
Put The Hammer Down on Old...Jethro.
Ran...inside the House...pulled Carpet.
Grabbed the Wetvac...
and waited.
oh...my.
Thanks...IDOT District 6.
Your 'Temporary Fix'...is A Year and Half, Wrongfully...Past Due.
This makes..Eight Times Flooded...in The Last Year.
Thanks...Fairfax, Iowa...City Hall, for All of Your Support.
Hahahahahaha!!!!
; )
{and...for Your Bright Idea, for a Suicide Trail next to One of The Most Dangerous Stretches...of 151, through Fairfax, Iowa.
The Very Root...of ALL of This.}
Bless Your Hearts.
<3
Yeah...
District 6, and City Hall...
are quite a Mess.
oh my.
Bless Their Hearts.
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Standing...at the New Culvert, under our drive, looking South.
Yeah...
that water...sure doesn't seem to like to Run Uphill, Boys...
but, what do I know.
Boys...when we get Real Rain...I'm going to lose...everything, because of You, making Wrongful Accommodations for Fairfax, Iowa's...Suicide Trail.
Bless Your Hearts.
Home.
Home...
Made 'er Home...early Sunday Evening.
I'd written a long post, Sunday night...
but, after I re-read it, it...just didn't read...right, to me.
So...deleted it.
Have to run...pretty soon, so...I'll try to sum it all up, quickly...
this morning.
{may be difficult ; ) }
Everything...that went 'South'....and threw me for a loop, over the weekend, turned Upright, so perfectly, again, and again.
If the Ugly...things, hadn't happened...
The Great...things, wouldn't have...either.
'Blessings'
They 'Happened' Time...after Time.
<3
In 'Real'...Time.
<3
'God Things'.
Met some Wonderful People, visited with Great Folks...hadn't seen in so long.
<3
Also...learned, I pushed my right arm...far...too hard.
It'll most likely be a couple of weeks, getting it healed up.
Forgot...how bad, it....was, when I first crushed it.
Was reminded...in spades....Sunday, and Monday.
A little better, today.
Spent the entire day...in John's Old...Lazy Boy, yesterday...
binge watching 1950's Perry Mason episodes.
<3
John...and I...used to watch Perry Mason, a lot.
<3
John could name off every Car...
there were some Amazing...Cars, in the 1950's.
We both enjoyed Mysteries...
thinking about it...this morning, really...don't need to 'watch' mysteries...anymore,
we're All living in One.
I, like to call 'this one'....
The Twilight Zone.
We had Wonderful Rain...early, Monday morning.
<3
but...
don't know if this is the 6th, or...7th....time, now....
water came inside the new addition.
Had to drag out the floor scrubber, again...to suck it up.
Don't know why I bother...putting it away.
Thanks, IDOT District 6, and Fairfax City Hall.
None of this would be 'happening'...had they simply kept their word, with our
Recorded Agreement.
Not...
Breached It.
Spit in our faces...
instead.
Wonder how long...'Temporary' is....to District 6?
It's been a year and a half, of this.
Pulled in.. what used to be a sound drive...{before the Wrongfulness}
with The FUSO, Sunday...
and bristled.
It's such a mess.
Dragging my luggage across it, from the back of the FUSO...was...a mess.
I'll shoot off another e-mail, to District 6, about this Drive...Not Being Acceptable...
heck, maybe...I'll just go visit them in person.
{The FUSO's issue, at Gold Rush...was nothing more...than a loose ground wire.
Praise God!!
Thanks, so Much...to Adam, he had it fixed...in seconds, Sunday.
<3}
Thanks, so Much...to Adam, Liz...and Porter, Sam...
we were loaded out of Gold Rush...in 35 minutes.
: )
That's a Record.
<3
sold...a lot.
Much Lighter Load...
heading
Home.
Grateful.
<3
Helping my Cousins, today...with my Aunt's Estate Sale, that will start on Thursday.
Told them last night, I won't be able to write...but, I'll throw prices at 'em... they can tag....
we'll Fly...through it.
; )
My Friend, who was in the hospital...was released.
Praise God.
She's still struggling, so...Prayers, are still needed, but, she's Home.
<3
: )
Tomorrow, meeting with another Friend, whom we'll be conducting a Living Estate Sale for...
West, of Cedar Rapids, in mid November.
She's struggling, too.
So Many...Are.
One Day...at a Time...My Friends.
One...Day, at a Time.
Gotta Fly.
<3
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Here We Go...
Last Day...at Gold Rush.
Oh..My!
Door's Open at 8 a.m.
Closes at 2 p.m.
; )
Just received a text from a Pal, in Iowa...hoping I was bringing home some Great Treasures, for Them..in Iowa.
oh dear.
It's gonna be a Light Load...coming Home.
Have to get back on the road...and get Gathering, in Iowa.
Gotta Get Home...First.
; )
oh my.
Didn't get much sleep last night.
Don't Like It...when one of our Truck...'Family', is feeling ill.
; (
Gotta Go!
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Oh....Alice.
Always....an Adventure, with The Mad Hatter.
oh....dear.
Here are images from yesterday...and, today, at Gold Rush.
Sweet Friend's...from The Twin Cities...bought the Beautiful...Fountain, bright and early...yesterday morning.
<3
The Lord Know's....How Much I Would've Loved to Have Brought It Home.
It's...Amazing.
<3
Glad...They Got It.
<3
They have a Wonderful Store, in Minneapolis, MN.
'Hunt and Gather'.
<3 <3 <3
Incredible.
<3
Rich...and Mimi.
<3
Mimi, and Rich...took 4 of my Best...Display Pieces...last night.
Mimi...helped pile things Everywhere.
<3
The Building...was about to close.
Sure was nice visiting with them...after we got everything loaded.
<3
Amazing...Amazing...People.
<3
but...I had to
Leave EVERYTHING...in a Shambles...last night.
Load's to get Done...this morning.
Wow!
Had to pile most everything...on the floor.
wow.
When I got to Gold Rush...this morning, pulled an Old...Old...Wooden, Three Board Top...10 foot Folding Table... off...of The FUSO.
Set it up...and started 'setting'...It.
{Below...is a Dear...Sweet Customer, Long Time...Customer, whom...I dearly Love.
<3
She's an Inspiration.
<3
She saw...The Mountains of Vintage Lucite Grapes, in the booth, {they all sold, to a Wonderful...Gal.}
and brought me hers, she'd had for years.
As a Gift.
<3
I'm Keeping Them.
<3
I'll think of Her...Every Time I look at them.}
<3
The Old Table....was a Wonderful Workhorse!
<3
Kept Layering. Stacking...
Bought an old Cubby piece, below... from a neighbor...down the way...Marlene, that really Helped...get things Up.
: )
Kept picking away...at the poor, 'melting'...Booth.
Things...were selling, nearly as quickly...as I could get them off of the floor.
: )
Then...two Darling Gals, came in...they were Interested..in the Old...Arbor.
I'd pulled it from The Rabbit Hole...last minute, Thursday morning.
Since I was doing this show...alone, didn't put up walls, like usual.
Thought I needed an Anchor, for The Booth.
Priced it pretty high.
Did Not...want to sell it.
The Gal's asked what my Best Price...was.
Told 'em I was Firm.
{That's rare...with me, especially...with Great Customers. <3 }
Told her...There was No Way...I was going any Lower...on That Arbor, and...was Nervous, about shooting her That Price...fearful...she might take it..
; )
She smiled..and said...
"You Should Be....and, I Am!"
Damn It!!!
Hahahahahahaha!
Damn..... It!!!
<3
Helped them load...the Sweetheart...below.
I'm pretty good, at figuring how to put 10 pound's of sugar...in a 5 pound bag.
; )
It's going to a Very....Good...Home.
<3
Then...My Pal...'Big John'...stopped by, to say Hello.
: )
It's Always...So Good to See John.
: )
He gave me Huge Crap...for my 'New'... Hair Color!!
Hahahahahaha!
then...
went on, and said...he could probably...Get Used to It.
; )
Hahahaha!
: )
John..Always...makes me Smile.
: )
Such a Good Man.
; )
{John, said he'd Really...Be Happy, if I Colored my hair....'GREEN'...instead of 'RED'!!!}
Hahahahaha!!!
; )
{It's a 'John Deere' 'Case' IH...Thing.}
; )
Love Gold Rush...So Much, because...of The PEOPLE.
They...are Amazing.
Amazing.
<3
The Lady...above, asked if she could cut through my booth, when she arrived.
Absolutely!
Then...on her way, back out...of the show...asked if she could look at more of my linens, and sit down with me, just outside my booth.
: )
Absolutely.
<3
I, pulled all of the linens...out, to her...and sat with her, as she went through them.
Her name is Joyce, like one of my Sister's.
Her name is Joyce, like one of my Sister's.
This 'Joyce'...and I,..have a Mutual Love...of Handwork.
<3
Joyce, unlike myself...does...fine...needlework.It was such a Treat...to watch her...appreciate...examine, and identify...all of the Beautiful Needlework.
<3
My ankle...was bothering me, so...sitting, with Joyce, just outside my booth, was Perfect, and...the Customers, GOT It.
<3
{Told them all...when ya come in The 'Simply Iowa'...Booth, you'll be Treated like Family.
: )
Be Ready...to Work!!"
<3 <3 <3
Hahahahaha!
Gold Rush Customers...Are Amazing.
<3
Many, have become Friends...over the years.
<3
Missed, several....this year.
Praying...for Them All.
<3
Took the above...image, as I was leaving tonight.
Gettin' Slim.
I, was pretty tired, when I bailed...in The FUSO, tonight.
For The Very First Time...Ever, The FUSO...
said...
'No'....
when I turned his Key.
: (
Acted like dead batteries.
They were put in Brand New...last Wednesday.
Crawled under him...checked the wiring, connections...then, took a hammer, and...tapped on the Starter.
No Dice.
: (
Daughter, Liz...called this morning, to tell me she, and Adam...are coming tomorrow, to help me load out.
{almost told them not to, because...'I Got This'... ; ) ; ) ; )
We're Sailin' Home...Light. }
Glad I didn't.
Texted Adam, told him to throw some tools, and jumper cables...in the Indian's Saddlebags, when they come.
Could be the Alternator. Could be a wire...could be...the Starter...or, could be...junk, new batteries.???}
Grateful...Friends, Colleen, and Daryl...gave me a lift, to the hotel.
They'll pick me up..in the morning, as well.
<3
The FUSO...is safe, and, nearly...sound....just outside our Booth.
<3
Grateful...he got us where we needed to be.
Grateful...we have Kids, that know How To Fix Things!!
<3 <3 <3
Talk About A 'Rabbit Hole'.
: )
Oh...Alice!!!
: )
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
{Excuse...the Non Centering...above. Lost wifi, at The Hotel.
Grateful...everything was 'saved', not perfectly...but, didn't have re-write it all.
I'm Tired.
; )
It Is...What It Is.
; ) }
{Found the Jefferson Airplane version...of 'Alice in Wonderland'... White Rabbit, this evening...on YouTube, it seemed Fittin'.
; ) }
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