If I could do one thing in life and make a living from it I would choose "picking". Oh my word how much fun. My only problem would be that I would keep all of it instead of reselling it. I went antiquing today with my sister and I wish I had the money to buy everything I saw. We are decorating our apartment and the theme is old and new with randomness all over. I love it. Today we bought 3 license plates (+1 purchased earlier=4), a full 1955 world book encyclopedia, and a 1960s Bullard fire helmet.
what I wanted:
a 20th century Stereoscope with pictures
a set of books from 1880
a 1930s catchers mit and baseball jersey
a 1930s/40s football
wwII Naval uniform
early 20th century children's lace up shoes
and just about everything else in the shop....
I have a lot of saving to do!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Happy Living!
Being a History major from Purdue, I love just about everything old. Old pictures, old decorations, old clothing, the smell of old books. A while back I bought a few old books from a thrift store, "The Fun Encyclopedia" (no date but I am guessing 60's), "The Green Years" by AJ Cronin 1945, and "Happy Living! A Guidebook for Brides" by Evelyn Enright 1965. Now, while waiting for my dogs to finish eating so we can go paint furniture I cracked open the happy living book. According to this, I am not living very happily.
The book is arranged by different aspects of the "good homemaker" ideal of the 50's and 60's. How to color coordinate (these pictures of the color schemes are fantastic by the way), how to cook, how to be a good hostess, how to clean, how to make sure that your man is happy all the time and yadda yadda yadda. I am not even going to lie, I am so very entertained. Come to find out the book says I have beginner's dilemma, therefore, if I don't fix it I have no hope for a domestic future! Curses.
I didn't even realize that my breakfast needs to be able to "please a hearty male appetite" and get me to the office at the same time! What have I been doing with my life? I have been curious as to why my life isn't gratifying enough at the moment. I thought that it had to do with the fact that I have so many bills to pay and still would like to attend grad school. Nope! It is because my "career" of "creating and maintaining a livable home" with my "instinct for domesticity" hasn't been honed yet. Aha! I knew something was missing. That has got to be it.
Something tells me that I would not have done well back in the day. Not as well as I would like to think I would have done anyway.
Off to refinish furniture. I guess I have to change my color scheme to teal, mustard yellow, cream, and green....
The book is arranged by different aspects of the "good homemaker" ideal of the 50's and 60's. How to color coordinate (these pictures of the color schemes are fantastic by the way), how to cook, how to be a good hostess, how to clean, how to make sure that your man is happy all the time and yadda yadda yadda. I am not even going to lie, I am so very entertained. Come to find out the book says I have beginner's dilemma, therefore, if I don't fix it I have no hope for a domestic future! Curses.
I didn't even realize that my breakfast needs to be able to "please a hearty male appetite" and get me to the office at the same time! What have I been doing with my life? I have been curious as to why my life isn't gratifying enough at the moment. I thought that it had to do with the fact that I have so many bills to pay and still would like to attend grad school. Nope! It is because my "career" of "creating and maintaining a livable home" with my "instinct for domesticity" hasn't been honed yet. Aha! I knew something was missing. That has got to be it.
Something tells me that I would not have done well back in the day. Not as well as I would like to think I would have done anyway.
Off to refinish furniture. I guess I have to change my color scheme to teal, mustard yellow, cream, and green....
Monday, August 15, 2011
oh my kiddos...
Some of my favorite quotes from kiddos at my old job...
17.
Me: "How hot do you think the sun is?"
Student: "I think it is a million flaming cheetos hot"
16.
"Yes, he can hold his breath underwater forever-(pause thinking)-just like a kitty cat!"
15.
"I'm drawing tough guys with pants on."
14.
"Ms Whitney, can I flip off the lights?"
-he waits a moment for an answer and then flips his middle finger to the lights
"Look! see! I'm flipping off the lights!"
13.
"'Hot' means you're a piece of meat."
12.
Student overhears talk on the walkie
Student: "Did someone say beating?"
Me: "No. Meeting."
Student: "Teachers are beating other teachers?"
Me: "No. MEETING."
Student: "Somebody is bleeding?!?!"
11.
Student 1: "You're a mouse in a rat maze"
Student 2: "Well you're a turd in a shit maze"
10.
"HAHA, I farted when I did that"
9.
Student 1: "I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say to me bounces off me and sticks to you!"
Student 2: "Oh yeah? I'm rubber. You're an idiot"
8.
Reader : "Name the triangle"
Student: "Steve"
7.
"Ms Whitney, my penis itches."
6.
"Oh the pain! The deep fried pain!"
5.
"Dancing is the Devil's hell"
4.
Student: "This is our epic battle, Ms Whitney. You see, this is me in the red cape, like
superman. This is you."
Me: "Where?"
Student: "Right there. I drew you as the wicked witch of the west."
3.
"When I am in charge I am going to turn this whole place into antarctica. Then I am going to feed you to a polar bear."
2.
"Off with your head!"
1..........
"Bye, I hope you die tonight!"
Oh there are many more, but that is all I can think of right now :D
17.
Me: "How hot do you think the sun is?"
Student: "I think it is a million flaming cheetos hot"
16.
"Yes, he can hold his breath underwater forever-(pause thinking)-just like a kitty cat!"
15.
"I'm drawing tough guys with pants on."
14.
"Ms Whitney, can I flip off the lights?"
-he waits a moment for an answer and then flips his middle finger to the lights
"Look! see! I'm flipping off the lights!"
13.
"'Hot' means you're a piece of meat."
12.
Student overhears talk on the walkie
Student: "Did someone say beating?"
Me: "No. Meeting."
Student: "Teachers are beating other teachers?"
Me: "No. MEETING."
Student: "Somebody is bleeding?!?!"
11.
Student 1: "You're a mouse in a rat maze"
Student 2: "Well you're a turd in a shit maze"
10.
"HAHA, I farted when I did that"
9.
Student 1: "I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say to me bounces off me and sticks to you!"
Student 2: "Oh yeah? I'm rubber. You're an idiot"
8.
Reader : "Name the triangle"
Student: "Steve"
7.
"Ms Whitney, my penis itches."
6.
"Oh the pain! The deep fried pain!"
5.
"Dancing is the Devil's hell"
4.
Student: "This is our epic battle, Ms Whitney. You see, this is me in the red cape, like
superman. This is you."
Me: "Where?"
Student: "Right there. I drew you as the wicked witch of the west."
3.
"When I am in charge I am going to turn this whole place into antarctica. Then I am going to feed you to a polar bear."
2.
"Off with your head!"
1..........
"Bye, I hope you die tonight!"
Oh there are many more, but that is all I can think of right now :D
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Mini Superhero
Blonde haired, blue eyed, tornado on two feet
smartest, quickest, loudest boy you ever will meet
He'd charm you with his smile
That made him look oh so sweet
But little did you know, he would knock you to your knees
He sang, "There's two, there's four, there's six, there's eight."
played superman and watched his trains.
As Fireman Sam that boy stood so tall
A mini superhero for us all.
Give him an audience and he would preach.
When he grows up he says he wants to teach.
With fire in his eyes and rockets on his feet
He charms his way in to the hearts of all he meets.
He flaps, he spins, he jumps, he leaps
without his shoes upon his feet
dressed up years beyond his age
"81! I AM!", he would always say.
To my side he would rush all 60 of his pounds
At 12 years old he would never back down
The path ahead appears so rough
undaunted with that sight he runs.
Forward only never back
A mini superhero who helped forge my path.
Without these two the world would appear so dim.
Two treasures given by the greatest HIM
blessed with a gift the rest of us will lack
to move forward always without looking back.
For their future is ours as they run and play
linking us for always, each life they have saved
looking through their eyes you could clearly see
that superheroes, even ones so small
do not need capes to save us all.
I wrote this with two of my many "mini superheroes" in mind. If I didn't have them I would still be trudging through a muddy life with no clear path and no end in sight.
smartest, quickest, loudest boy you ever will meet
He'd charm you with his smile
That made him look oh so sweet
But little did you know, he would knock you to your knees
He sang, "There's two, there's four, there's six, there's eight."
played superman and watched his trains.
As Fireman Sam that boy stood so tall
A mini superhero for us all.
Give him an audience and he would preach.
When he grows up he says he wants to teach.
With fire in his eyes and rockets on his feet
He charms his way in to the hearts of all he meets.
He flaps, he spins, he jumps, he leaps
without his shoes upon his feet
dressed up years beyond his age
"81! I AM!", he would always say.
To my side he would rush all 60 of his pounds
At 12 years old he would never back down
The path ahead appears so rough
undaunted with that sight he runs.
Forward only never back
A mini superhero who helped forge my path.
Without these two the world would appear so dim.
Two treasures given by the greatest HIM
blessed with a gift the rest of us will lack
to move forward always without looking back.
For their future is ours as they run and play
linking us for always, each life they have saved
looking through their eyes you could clearly see
that superheroes, even ones so small
do not need capes to save us all.
I wrote this with two of my many "mini superheroes" in mind. If I didn't have them I would still be trudging through a muddy life with no clear path and no end in sight.
One Day
What better place than here to put my feelings? Let's not take things too seriously now...
One Day
When will this feeling disappear?
I hate my life
I miss old friends
I wish my past didn't end
Now the path is all anew.
Looking back I wish I knew
Where all these journeys came to play
that got me where I am today.
Without the sight of here and now
I wouldn't regret the life I've found.
Relationships that flew astray
a future now has blown away.
Where to turn, where do I go?
an ocean full of ebb and flow.
one step forward, two steps back
I turn around and stumble.
Circles I've gone, dead ends I've hit.
Could all of this really be it?
What is living without a smile
Mine, I've lost for quite a while.
Each year that passes I turn around
and look behind me as the new bares down.
I hold on tight and dig in my heels
If only I had foreseen how this would feel.
My choices would have differed
my feet would not have faltered
I might be where I planned before
now I float far from that shore.
Onward now to face this road.
along it lie the things untold.
without it I would float away
if only I could. If only. One day.
One Day
When will this feeling disappear?
I hate my life
I miss old friends
I wish my past didn't end
Now the path is all anew.
Looking back I wish I knew
Where all these journeys came to play
that got me where I am today.
Without the sight of here and now
I wouldn't regret the life I've found.
Relationships that flew astray
a future now has blown away.
Where to turn, where do I go?
an ocean full of ebb and flow.
one step forward, two steps back
I turn around and stumble.
Circles I've gone, dead ends I've hit.
Could all of this really be it?
What is living without a smile
Mine, I've lost for quite a while.
Each year that passes I turn around
and look behind me as the new bares down.
I hold on tight and dig in my heels
If only I had foreseen how this would feel.
My choices would have differed
my feet would not have faltered
I might be where I planned before
now I float far from that shore.
Onward now to face this road.
along it lie the things untold.
without it I would float away
if only I could. If only. One day.
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