A GOOD DAY OF SHOPPING & SUPPER TOO

Boy, did I have a good day shopping. At Salvation Army that is. I found alot of goodies to make some totems, flowers, etc. I'm not gonna ramble on about my day. I'm just gonna get right to the goodies.

Actually, I got these last week and I'm just now getting to posting them.

I was hoping that this picture would show up so you could read the tag. It says, "Tower - Sears, Roebuck & Co." It's not very wide or tall bit is pretty deep. It looks like it may have held index cards or recipes.

I just loved the white bowls. The blueish colored scalloped plates will be neat made into flowers. I guess I'm gonna have to get to making things so I can show them off, too.

Now here's the best part of the day.......

My dear husband is the cook in the family. Well, I should say chef. Everybody thinks he should open a resteraunt but, as you can tell by his work clothes, he's sticking with welding for now. I'm a really lucky woman cuz my son took after his father. He's a chef, too. He used to be an assistant chef for a resteraunt but needless to say, he's taking after his father and doing the welding thing. We just can't get him talked into culinary school. (darn) Well, while I'm on the subject, I can't leave out my daughter. She certainly didn't take after me. She would take her brothers place at the resteraunt when he couldn't do it. Me, well, I try not to get near the kitchen. I just reap the rewards. (he he) And if you're wondering, I don't have the figure like I used to. Too many chef's in this house to have a 'model' figure.

Don't forget to check back friday for my 'weekly picture'.

Cindy(tinta)

WEEKLY PICTURE

Well, today is friday, and time for a new picture. This one isn't gonna be a hard one. I'm sure most people have seen or used one these in their lifetime. Maybe at Grandma's house for Sunday dinner? Maybe sitting on display in Grandma's china cabinet as a reminder of the good ole days? Or if Grandma didn't have one, I'm sure you've seen them at antique stores and auctions by the dozens.

Are you ready to see it.......................

Yes, another 'animal'. For some of you, you probably already know what it is, right.

You're right. A salt cellar.

F.Y.I. - Salt Cellars (aka salt dips) were used from the middle ages to about the 1940's. Salt cellars were then replaced by the salt shaker in 1950. Not long after that, the salt cellars became a collectors item. There is a slight difference between the 'cellar' and the 'dip'. The 'cellar' had a lid (like this one) and the 'dip' didn't. If the salt cellar had a spoon with it, then it was usually used by the 'head of the table' and then passed around to the others at the table. The most popular material to make these with was glass, pewter and wood. This is the only one I have that has a 'lid'.

I remember using the salt dips. In my neck of the woods, when the garden started producing is when the salt dips came out. There would always be raw veggies sitting on the table at meal time. Everybody would have their own salt dip to dip their veggies into the salt before taking a bite. Anybody that knows me, knows I don't like veggies except for maybe carrots but not if they're cooked. I would lick my finger then dip it into the salt and then lick the salt off.

Hope you enjoyed your stroll down memory lane.
Cindy (tinta)

I'VE BEEN PRESENTED AN AWARD

I feel like a movie star. I just received an award from Kudzu http://kudzukween.blogspot.com/. It's called "The Lemonade Award".


This is a special award. It is for bloggers who show great attitude and/or gratitude. I just feel so special!! Upon receiving this award, you are to pass it on to other bloggers whom you think show great attitude and/or gratitude. Here are the rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great attitude and/or gratitude.
3. Link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

I am passing this great award onto........
1. Vanessa Covington
2. A Day In The Life Of A Tomboy
3. Ann, Magpie Cottage
4. Beyond The Picket Fence
5. Kelly's Korner

I am sorry that's all I have to send this wonderful award to, but I've only been blogging for about a month now. Also, others have sent this award to some of the same bloggers I visit with. I really enjoy my blogging friends!! To the ones that I have chose, enjoy, and know that you truly deserve this.

Cindy (tinta)




And to Margo (who also has received the Lemonade Award). I received your calendar yesterday. It couldn't have come at a better time!! I have flipped thru it so many times already, I'm gonna wear out the pages. I need to find a special spot to display it.
For anyone who wants to get a calendar like mine, I think Margo has a few left and they're marked down, too. Just visit http://robolady.blogspot.com/ and order yourself one.

MY SON'S ADVENTURE FLYING ALONE

My son is 19 years old but not the greatest person at following directions. Driving that is. Well, today my husband and I just saw him off on his first trip on a plane by himself. He has been on a plane before but it was four years ago and he was with a group. So, the way I look at it, this his first time flying. I was a little worried cuz I knew he was going to have an hour to wait in Atlanta. I had a bad feeling that he wouldn't be able to find the boarding gate. I just kept telling myself that he's a big boy now and I don't need to worry about him. (ha ha)

We had to get up at 2:30 this morning to get us and the suitcase packed cuz we had an hour and a half drive to get him to the airport. Nowadays you have to get yourself and luggage checked in an hour before your flight. Well, his flight was leaving at 6:10a.m. so we wanted to be there by 5:00a.m. We are not a family that flies. You can't get my husband on an airplane. So, it's obvious that we don't know the workings of an airport. We were sure we would get lost or screw something up so we wanted to have plenty of recovery time. All in all it went down like we were pros. Got his boarding pass, luggage tag and gave his luggage to the right person. We were good!! All done in plenty of time so we went to a so-called restaurant and had a little breakfast and chatted for a while. Then they announced that they were boarding the plane. He went thru the detector and it went off. Oh, great. Good thing it turned out to only be his belt. He took it off and stepped thru again. He passed!! Now off to Atlanta, Georgia.


We got a call from him at 7:50a.m. We were literally walking in the door at home. Wow, he went have way across the US in the same amount of time it took us to drive home. Flight went good. It seems I worried for nothing. Then.....Yep, I knew it!! We get a phone call at 9:00a.m. My heart skipped a beat knowing that he should be sitting on the plane on his way to Colorado. Yea, right!! You guessed, he missed his flight. Me, being the cool headed one in the family, the one that never panics, gave my directional challenged son instructions as to what to do. We hung up the phone so he can concentrate on the task at hand. A few minutes later, he called to say that they got him on the next flight out at 11:30a.m. A two hour wait but he's still gonna make it to his destination.


Now my next worry is the luggage situation. It's gonna arrive in Colorado before him and have to sit around and wait for him for 2 hours. All the bad scenarios are running thru my head. I don't dare say a word or panic will set in on both hubby and son. We talk to him a few times while he waits, alone, in an airport. My plan is to call him a half an hour before his flight time so he doesn't miss this one. I called like I planned and all is going good. I asked him to call me when he is sitting on the plane so I know that he hasn't missed this one. Then a call. I looked at the time and knew that it was too early to be on the plane and instantly thought that they cancelled the flight or some stupid thing. Airplanes are never early, right!?! Well, this one was. I nearly had a heart attack when he said he was sitting on the plane. The first thing out of my mouth was, "are you sure you're on the right one?" I know, stupid question. They wouldn't have let him board the wrong plane. Would they? No, they didn't. Good!!! The next time we talk to him will be after he has landed in Colorado. Got the call at 2:30p.m. that he was there safe and sound but he couldn't find his luggage. Yep, I knew it!!!! So, I got on the internet and got the baggage pick-up areas floor plan. That didn't work, he still couldn't find it. So I called lost and found. Are those people for real. I hope they don't get paid for working that job cuz all three people I talked to claimed they don't work for the lost and found. My next plan was to convince my son to give up and we'll buy him some new clothes. If you lose your luggage at an airport it won't return, this year anyway. Just as I hung up from the so-called lost and found, my son called to say he had found it. He's not sure how it got to where he found it but it's back into his possession now. Now, the last hurdle to jump is to find the right area to wait for his ride. I give up!!! You're on your own Son.


All this going on while I'm coming down with a sinus cold. Sneezing, blowing my nose every five minutes, head that feels like a balloon just to the point of popping. My nose is starting to shine like Rudolph's. Then keeping my mother-in-law up to date with how her precious grandson is doing. Reassuring her that everything is going good. My chickens are out of feed and the feed store wasn't open yesterday (MLK) so I definitely had to do that today. Then my 3 year old granddaughter had to come see her grandma. I have been missing her so much I couldn't pass up the chance to give her hugs and kisses.


The clock just chimed eight times. Wow, is it really 8 o'clock!! It is still Tuesday isn't it? I better get some pictures loaded here so I can go crash.










This scene was one of the first things we saw when we got to the airport. I would love to have that sitting in my yard. What a conversation piece it would make!!

My son and husband giving me one of those looks. I had just taken the picture of the statue and lady (the one above). They both think I'm nuts. (ha ha)

Here is our server. She makes a mean breakfast, too. (ha ha)

Checking the boarding pass. This is where he goes on and we stay behind.

Waiting to go thru the detector. Notice no shoes.

Going thru the detector again cuz he had to take his belt off. He's holding onto them tight.

There he goes. At this point I'm hoping he can find where he is to board the plane.

Night all. I hope you enjoyed the story as much as I enjoyed living it. I have one more thing that happened today, but I'm too tired to tell you about right now. You'll just have to check back tomorrow.

Cindy (tinta)

WEEKLY PICTURE

This is an idea that I had. I'm going to go digging thru my house, from attic to basement, looking for unusual items that I have. One of my grandma's passed away several years ago, and I was the only grandchild of this grandma, so I was left nearly everything. From junk to antiques. I haven't been able to part with anything so they've been packed away. Some items have been packed away since I received them. My house isn't big enough to display everything, so they are packed away and put in the attic, basement or extra closet. I do feel a little guilty for not having them out to enjoy them but what else am I going to do. Then it hit me. Why not share them with all of you so everybody can enjoy them. Some items are things you may recognize, some you might remember using at one point in your life and then some you may not have a clue as to what it is. I may even have a story to tell you about an item. It may be something I played with or something that grandma would say, 'look but don't touch'.



My plan was to post a picture every friday. Well, today I gathered up the first 4 items that I planned on posting for the next four weeks and I just couldn't wait til tomorrow to post the first one.



SO HERE IT IS. Can you guess what it was used for before you get to the last picture?

As you can see, it has a handle to carry it with. Don't scroll down too fast. Give yourself time to think about what it is.

I'm sorry the picture doesn't show it, but there is a screw and a wing nut on it's belly. You might be able to see the wing nut in the first picture. Also, you can't tell by the picture, but it is made out of some kind of metal. I'm pretty sure it's cast iron cuz it is very heavy. So, now that I told you that, I'm sure you have come to the conclusion that it can open up. Any guessess. No, not a piggy bank. OK, on to the last picture.........

Now you're freaked out, huh!!! Any ideas yet?

It was used by students at 'vet' school. Some Vets would use these as refreshers before operating on a pig. It used to have all the 'inerds' in it for teaching, but when grandma got it, the vet didn't leave them in it. Well, that's what she told me, but I think she had grandpa throw them away so I wouldn't get grossed out. They used to raise pigs and was probably afraid if I saw all that stuff, I would be afraid of the pigs from then on.

So, did you guess it? Tell the truth!!! I'd love to hear from you on what you thought about it!

Cindy (tinta)

I WON

I won Margo's 2009 Junk Calendar. She was having a 400th post giveaway and all you had to do was send her a note saying that you wanted your name put in the hat. That's it!!! Congratulations Margo. You have been an inspiration to all of us junkers. Keep up the good work.


Finding out couldn't have come at a better time. The weather here is very cold and snowy. Things have been going pretty good since the first of the year. It's been in the 20's and 30's which hasn't been too bad. But last night we got about 3 - 4 inches of snow and didn't stop until 10:30 am. The snow wouldn't have been bad but we've been getting 20 mile an hour winds. As I'm sitting here writing this, I can look out my window and see the snow blowing across the road. The snow is so light that it flows so easily in the wind. I can barely see the house up the road which is about a 1/4 mile from me. I can't even see my driveway anymore. It's a good thing we own 4 wheel drive vehicles. Bad on gas mileage but at least we have a chance to get to town in bad weather like this.



This one was taken just at the steps to the deck. There should be a sidewalk under the 8" drift.

Here's one with a 13" drift around the tree.

This is where my driveway should be.

It's a good thing for the open field. At least the snow has somewhere to go instead pile up on the road. Say "hey" to the neighbors!! The road is pretty bad up their way. It usually drifts shut till the plow gets to it. Which is in two days!!

I'll be waiting patiently for my calendar to get here.

Cindy (tinta)

spare bedroom being transformed

The passed 3 days, I've been working on our spare bedroom. We're going to use it as our bedroom because it is on the main floor. Tonight will be the first night sleeping in our new room.

We had started to remodel this room about two years ago and got tired of it. It's one of those rooms that nobody sees so if it takes ten years nobody will know. But when we started thinking about making it easier on ourselves so we don't have to go up and down the stairs anymore, that room had to be finished. I finished mudding the closet and sanded the walls in the room. Then I painted the all the walls and the ceiling. I guess the wall color I picked out wasn't a big hit with my husband or son. That's okay. They'll change their minds when I get the 'junk' up on the walls. I then put all the trim back up. Well, that's not exactly true. I put up what trim I had. I didn't have enough to completely finish. That's okay, I'll get to it another day. Got the floor vacuumed, furniture arranged, bed made, the mirror washed the alarm clock set and the t.v. going. Gotta have the t.v. I didn't move all our furniture into the new room just incase we decide we don't like using that room. Besides, I didn't feel like lugging a king sized bed down the stairs. We'll just have to deal with a twin bed. If we stay in this room I'll have the hubby and son do the moving.


While I had the white paint out, I thought I'd spruce up an old dresser that's been around my house for as long as I can remember. Heck, it's probably older than me. (44) (sssshhhh don't tell no one) Here's a couple of pictures of before and after.

I just added a few decorative cut-outs. I really didn't have enough to do all the drawers but I figured if it didn't look good with just the two, I could go get a couple more. I don't think I'll need to, tho. I'm satisfied with just the two. What do you think? Do I need to brush on some more white or is that enough?

The mirror sitting on the dresser (what you can see of it) was left here when we bought the house (9 years ago). Yes, I'm a pack rat. I've 'collected' so much stuff that even I'm getting to the point that "something's gotta go". That is my goal this year. Go thru all the junk and prioritize. I'm gonna have to get rid of some or I'm not gonna have enough room for us to live here. Maybe I'll get up enough nerve to take pictures of my basement and barn so you can see how bad I am. I have to think about it tho. I'm not sure if I really want to see how bad it is. That'll be another day, tho.

Cindy (tinta)

Yesterday was a good day shopping

Yesterday was a day to go grocery shopping but I made a quick stop at the Salvation Army. I didn't expect to get much so I only picked up the carrying basket instead of the cart on wheels. Big mistake. I had picked up several plates at the beginning of my shopping spree that my arms had gotten a good workout by the time I left there. There were a couple of things I didn't get that now I wished I had. There was a tricycle and little red wagon that my granddaughters would have liked. The tricycle was only $3.99 but the wagon was $6.99. They probably won't be there the next I go. :( What was I thinking??

Here's some pictures for your viewing pleasure. Hey, don't hesitate to give me some suggestions on what I can use them for!!!

When I turned this over, I could see it as a flower.

I closed up the 'petals' to show you the feet. I haven't seen one made like this. I wish I could remember, but I saw someone use the 'petals' for some cute project. I guess I'll have to go searching for it. If I find it, I'll give the credit to you.

I thought I'd use these in my totems or I could make some large bottle bugs?

Wow, 13 inches!! I thought I'd use these for the base of totems or drill a hole add other plates or bowls to it to make a flower. Hummmm?

More plates that could be used for totems.

It might be a while before I can get to do anything with these cuz I've started another project already. I'm turning our spare bedroom that's on the main floor into out bedroom. The hubby is tired of walking up and down the stairs. Oh, boo hoo!!! I keep telling him we need it upstairs for the exercise. If we keep trying to make it too easy for ourselves now, what's gonna happen when we really are old? Ha Ha. We're only in our 40's now!!

Have a good day

Cindy (tinta)

Happy New Year

I know, I'm a few days late. Better late than never I guess. Nothing has happened this week. My husband and have been talking about getting us some goats. I've been doing alot of research on how to raise them. Today we went to a goat farm to get a first hand look at one. The gentleman and his son were very helpful. If we can get our barn cleaned out, we'll have enough room to house them. That's gonna be our biggest hurdle. The barn is still full of garden tractor parts left over from our tractor pullin' days. I guess I can't blame my huband and son totally. All the junk I've been collecting for my trash to treasure projects have begun to pile up. I've brought home doors, windows, bed frames, tables, chairs, etc. I'm gonna have to do something with them before we clean out the barn or I'm afraid they'll all get put on the burn pile. (uh oh). Here's a few pictures of my previous trash to treasure projects.

Here's the doors, beds and windows I mentioned above.

My plans are to turn the beds into benches, the doors into benches to sit on and possibly potting benches or hall trees and I'm trying to get enough windows to make a greenhouse. I will probably never use it as a greenhouse but I think it would look cool anyway.

More trash to treasure pictures as I get them done.

Later
Cindy (Tinta)