One of Those Days

I woke up a 6:00 am this morning. 

I left the bedroom and gently shut the door not to wake my Mr. Sleeping beauty. 

I was confused as to why my fitbit alarm on my wrist did not go off. 

I actually had a good nights sleep and woke up feeling good. No aches or pains, and my inner ear pressure was not so bad. 

I put on my slipper socks and went to the kitchen for coffee. 

The coffee pot was not on. "This is weird" I thought. 

I know I set the brew timer last night. The lights even showed that it was on and ready to brew. 

I manually turned the pot on, put two waffles in the toaster and headed to the scales. 

(I do this every morning). 

Still confused, I checked the brew setting on the coffee pot. 

It was set to come on at 7:00 am. 

I thought "well, I must have accidentally hit it and moved it up an hour. 

My waffles were done and I headed to the table to eat. 

As I was eating my breakfast, I noticed it was still dark outside. 

The sun is usually coming up about this time 

but it was raining so I figured it was just going to be a dark gloomy day. 

Then it donged on me.......I never get up at 6:00 am, I always get up at 7:00 am....Every morning!

I peeped in at my husband in bed to make sure he wasn't noticing I was not there and thinking something might be wrong 

then headed back to my breakfast.

It took me 30 minutes to realize I was up an hour early. 

My alarm went off as usual at 7:00 am . 

"I know! I know!"

Well, My husband never noticed I was up an hour early.

And I managed to still be late for work.

More Vintage Things

I finally got some time to sit down and write a few minutes.

I have been pretty busy this past week. My husband and his brothers have decided to auction off their parents house along with the contents of what’s left inside. The house has been unlived in for several years now. My husband has continued to go over there a couple times a week to keep it clean, make sure there are not damages, make sure everything is kept running and the grass mowed. He is tired.

He has slowly and gradually cleaned out a lot of the things that needed thrown away and we simply do not have the room to keep anything.

He has let me take some of the small things to list in my Etsy shop since its a site for vintage or handmade items. For me, its just for fun. There is way too many little things I could add to my shop but I could also get overwhelmed, so I have to keep the inventory simple.

My first “go to” items are vintage linens. If you follow my blog you know I love vintage and retro linens. I had a stack of vintage aprons and smocks to add to my shop. I would lay them out, stack them up, fold them this way and that way, wash then iron them and fold and fiddle with them more. I just adore them. I Picked out a few of the smaller ones to give my little neices that never met these grandparents they come from.

Everytime I go to the estate, I see more things I want. I simply do not have room or use for most of it. If it’s too big to fit in my store closet, I will not take it. 

Nicks father collected antiques and his mom kept all her things from the 50s up. His father was also a vintage stock car racer and had lots of tidbits. 

He brought home boxes of old photo albums and other memorabilia we do not have a place for. I didn’t argue about it. I scratched my head and told him I’d figure out a way to store his memories. Now I have a couple boxes stuffed in a closet. I plan to clean and organize later after the holidays. I hate to see clutter. When you do not have a place to put things or are not organized, you get clutter. I refuse to let that happen. 

Anywho, I have been busy listing vintage things to my Esty shop. I am finally caught up. It takes a while to search the names and value of items that are antique or vintage. 

Incase you ever wondered the difference, I had to look it up too...

Antique- Items that are usually over 100 years old.

Vintage- Items over 50 years old. Some say over 25 years old is vintage but industry professionals will say 50. (So technically I'm not vintage yet).

Retro- Not always old but refers to a style or fashion from the past. (I love the modern retro styles from the 70’s).

I’d love for you to visit my Etsy shop and take a look around at the few things I have listed so far. Looks like my handmade crochet items have taken the back seat for now.

Enter my Etsy shop from the page tab at the top of my blog or click HERE. 

🎵Momma got a squeezbox. Daddy never sleeps at night.