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The Yard Sale Girl: July 2010
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Country Roads and Camping. This weekend we headed out for a bit of solitude up in the Cascades. Typically the sounds of the city don’t bother me too much, in fact I mostly enjoy the excitement they seem to represent. 160; We don’t think they are cooler or tougher, and in the words of Stephanie Tanner (yes Stefanie Tanner) “How Rude! We found a few deals along Highway 2 as well. Although small town thrifting was not quite to my taste, (i.e. 1990’s flower s...Normally I don’...
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The Yard Sale Girl: May 2010
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Saturday, May 8, 2010. I am me because she was her. There’s a tiny picture of my parents wedding at the top. My mom made her wedding dress, and all of her bridesmaids dresses, such a resourceful lady. For her honeymoon, she painted her apartment with my dad. My dad seriously LUCKED out marrying her. Not that my dad is chopped liver or anything, but give my mom a fresh coat of paint and a cute husband and she was as happy as if she had been given a huge diamond and a vacation to France. She also obtained...
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The Yard Sale Girl: August 2010
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Thursday, August 19, 2010. For my birthday, I wanted to learn to surf. It is on the bucket list, and I have been planning to learn to surf on the Oregon Coast. On my birthday since last year on my birthday. Time was scheduled off from work as soon as the new year rolled in. Picturing myself on the surf board riding the waves has been getting me through many a day at my desk. What could be more glorious and satisfying than riding the perfect wave on my birthday. Stole this from my co-worker “ I don...
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The Yard Sale Girl: Thrifted Jewelry
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Sunday, February 27, 2011. Jewelry is one of my favorite things to buy at estate sales. Preferring to wear artful, original, handcrafted jewelry, it is basically my only option as far as affordability goes. I would love to buy new handcrafted artesian jewelry like this,. On the car ride home, I remembered the Apron Thrift Girl dealt with the same dilemma on this post. According to her post, eBay has banned the sale of ivory, which may be why I had trouble finding examples of this necklace to gage an esti...
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The Yard Sale Girl: October 2011
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Sunday, October 16, 2011. Snap Shots of Summer. Swam in swimming holes,. Stood under water falls, and cannon balled off diving boards. Picked and ate gorgeous strawberries. Bit the bullet, stopped procrastinating and obsessing over how to books. Ate more stunning berries. Attended many a lovely garden party on the patio with our friends, but just as often with me, myself, I and a large glass of red wine and a good book. Enjoyed lazy sunny Sunday mornings drinking coffee. The Yard Sale Girl.
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The Yard Sale Girl: June 2010
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Don’t drive on by. Several times I’ve pulled up to a yard sale, and seen only a few items and always think about driving by. Typically I stop anyway, and I’ve discovered often there are more items to suit me at these little sales than at the HUGE SALES, I am headed to! It was an interesting family of three hosting the sale. Very cool Seattle people with an array of interesting items. These gardening clogs. My mom and I “staged” Sally in the shoes. What could be...Also I have a...
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The Yard Sale Girl: November 2010
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Sunday, November 21, 2010. The four pack of early girl tomatoes alone, produced over 100 big red tomatoes, we made soup, pasta sauce, slow roasted tomatoes, and countless grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches. Below is our 2010 garden in review. Picking strawberries at their peak made a huge difference in flavor. It was truly incredible to eat a warm juicy strawberry fresh off the plant. As you can see, the plants spread out immensely from their original starts,. Onions (Red, Walla Walla). The sugar snap...
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The Yard Sale Girl: September 2010
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Monday, September 20, 2010. What is the definition of home? Is it a house? Is it a specific person or people? Is it a town? Or is it simply a state of mind? In my younger years home was an extremely static place, it did not move out of a 10 mile radius. It was my house with my parents, my bed, my food, and my cat. Home was the small town which I spent all my early years discovering. The place where I knew every street, short cut, secret playground, and little donut shop. I knew people and people knew me.
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The Yard Sale Girl: April 2010
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Always, I’ve claimed, that I’m not the kind of person who would get into collecting; that tchotchke type knickknacks drove me nuts. My guess, is this claim is a residual effect from my grandmother. She was/is constantly trying to. Kindly gift her painted bird house and lace doily collections. Collecting did not seem in the cards as I had spent many years developing an aversion to collecting and collections. Just when I’d made up my mind, along came Wilber (this pig). We passed o...