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We took a road trip down to IKEA this week and got to see all the new Kitchen displays and new items......but we really went for the Meatballs!! I'm always amazed how great IKEA makes their displays look..... They had just finished re-doing their kitchen area and they look great.... I loved these stainless steel work tables... Pantry fixens! They have that huge farmhouse sink for a mere $189.00 it comes in single bowl or double.... How can you beat that price.. it is porcelain.... This looks straight out of the 1960's..... Too white for my taste... misplaced in the photo placement.... ooops..... but a great solid wood display cabinet for only $149.95 between the stainless and those lights...you walk into this kitchen in the morning and you'll go blind!! but I loved the dark wood cabinets with the grey back tile.... They do great small kitchens for cheap.... Loving the orange back splash... Another tiny space done in beadboard and blue... The other side of the room.... I th...

It all started last week when I did a quick stop at our local thrift store.... I frequent this particular shop because they have a huge blown up Statue of Liberty on it's roof and you all know how I feel about the Lady in the Harbor... As soon as I walked in a saw a table filled with old china... "Quick....go get a cart and start filling it"...was my first thought!! Horribly overpriced considering it's a thrift shop I picked the prettiest pieces.... A covered butter dish....a gravy boat and tray....a sugar bowl and creamer... I winced as the cashier gave me the total.... As soon as I got to the car I thought to myself.....Why did you just buy all this stuff that you have no use for because fancy china does not go with Moose and Deer Heads.... So what to do?? Well....at lunch last week with the ladies Linda was telling us that she was opening an Etsy Shop to sell vintage items.... Or as I like to call it..."Other People's Crap".... How hard could it be.....

I have been officially blogging now for two years.....You can read my very first post here And to celebrate this milestone I thought I would bore you with none other then pictures of ME!! Oh yes.....and if you can suffer all the way to the end there will be a giveaway! You see I was probably even photographed inside the womb.... Every time I turned around the folks took a picture and when other people inherit a Trust Fund when they reach 18.... All I got was a shoebox filled with old black and white pictures of myself.... And surprisingly my personal favorite post has been this one 25 people left comments and most of you continued to come back for more... Even though you could clearly see from the post that I basically am a Loon! With this blog reaching another year it will eventually be turned into another hard bound book just like daughter got me last year... And along with my witty repartee' I wanted to include some old family pictures in the book... So if your all ready..... T...