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Posted on 03/05/2005 11:51:13 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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We are all well today, for the first time in a couple of months! It was so beautiful yesterday that we took a stroll to the park. The only downside was when elfboy jammed his finger on a basketball. Ouch! It is purple and swollen today, but he can bend it and says it doesn't hurt anymore. Whew!
I ~love~ my new car.. er.. van.. er.. vehicle. According to the sticker it is a light duty truck, but it drives like a car, seats like a van, and looks like an SUV. elfboy especially likes it because it came standard with a DVD player.
The rain stopped about a half hour ago, and I *think* I see sunshine! Today is the first day of spring, isn't it?
Neither have I.
Been trying to keep an eye on some of the stuff, but haven't gotten back to it.
D'oh!
Forgot the link.
Hope this works:
http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?series=266
Good to hear y'all are in good health! We have been havign recurring ear-aches...even the dog had one!!!! Other than that, life is good. I need to lose weight. blah.
I ~love~ my new car.. er.. van.. er.. vehicle. According to the sticker it is a light duty truck, but it drives like a car, seats like a van, and looks like an SUV. elfboy especially likes it because it came standard with a DVD player.
Yay! I am jealous...I am driving a handmedown pickup truck with a huge dent in the side (long story). But I like pickemup trucks...can carry dirt! especially since I have spring fever now. Have taken a 'before' picture of my side-garden. am hoping to have an 'after' picture soon.
Congrats on getting through the first book! LOL I understand completely how you must feel about being unsure of whether to go on. Trust me, Post Captain and HMS Surprise get MUCH better. Have you met Flora the Dancing Bear yet?
Well, after all, you are an auto didact. ;o)
LOL! I'd never heard that term. I like it.
Mmm... sometimes I like my cooking. I madea big pot of taco meat yesterday. I mean to freeze a lot of it but it'll be lunch for a week. Wrapped in romaine lettuce. Yum.
And my current book mentions the tragic fate of Tycho Brahe which adds to its coolness level immeasurably.
Should I know who/what Tycho Brahe is?
Astronomer a few centuries back during the Renaissance. Died because he was at a feast and needed to use the bathroom, but couldn't leave the table until the Duke left. And the Duke wouldn't leave. So his bladder burst and after ten agonizing days he died.
My sibs and I refer to the giant drinks at movie theaters as "Tycho Brahe size".
Ohh...now I remember.
WHY did I have to ask?
Still gotta wonder why he didn't...erm...just blame it on the dog, if you know what I mean.
I knew I'd related that cheerful tale before! You'll remember it next time you're in a meeting... and it'll probably add two or three stops to your trip
Maybe Brahe's problem was mental conditioning against that sort of thing, perhaps? Like how it's pretty much impossible for me to use foul language?
Shhhhh!!!! No yelling whilst I was in a meeting!
You know, we don't really collect porcelin, so we weren't that familiar with Lladro. Until we went to the missions auction at church and there were two pieces that were valued at around $350.
We recognized the work tho as the same as a piece given to us when Luke was born. We knew the piece was "worth something" but didn't know much more.
It's not worth $350, but we have "Boy with Cymbals" which has been retired. I've seen it around the web for about $75.00.
Heh..I know I should go...but see, it's not doing it now! Same thing happened with the irregular heartbeat. It wouldn't do it for the doctor! (Did it for the nurse, though.) And my upset stomach...they checked me out completely and couldn't find any reason why my stomach was always tore up! (That didn't go away till I went on the Atkins Diet.)
This doc probably already thinks I'm a nut...if I go in there saying "I've got a vague headache, a distended vein on my forehead and a bit of pressure...but not right now.", he's going to think I'm really out of my mind!
I'm gonna clean up my house.
See you tomorrow!
I won't shout...promise.
OK, where's your cholesterol medicine! Or at least get some Tension Tamer Tea or something to have about this time every day in lieu of your afternoon coffee. Or why not just drink some decaf coffee?
Put a camera in the bathroom. If you get the throbbing vein again, take a picture of yourself in the mirror. Then you have proof that you're not nuts.
When I was a senior in high school, a great aunt who lived in California was visiting and gave me a figurine for graduation, having heard I have a penchant for these things. I am quite sure she thought it wasnt worth much, and while I thanked her profusely, and kept it on a high shelf and protected as I moved from place to place, I secretly harbored an intention of one day putting it in a garage sale. I mean, there were no discernable creator's mark/manufacture print on the bottom, and while it was pretty, it was not made of very high quality porcelain, and could even be called a bit cheap looking. But I held onto it because I liked such things and the opportunity to give away never came up.
Well YEARS later, after this great aunt had passed on, I was with a friend at a glass show. I was with her out of curiosity more than interest in the various types of glass, so while she hovered over what she was looking for, I wandered about the booths. To my surprise, I came across one booth that had the exact same figure I did! I made a beeline for it because I wanted to at least know who made these figures and thougth maybe the owner could tell me.
Well, I picked up the figure, which was a lady in bell-shaped skirts in grey and burgundy colors who held a crinkled hand-muffler painted in gold, and wore a bonnet that had the same crinkled/poufy decor with gold on it.
You want to know how much I was expecting this little replica to cost? About $15 - $20.
You want to know how much the price tag actually was?
$250.00
I was floored. The owner of the booth wanders over and says "Oh yeah! That's the most expensive piece of the lot that company made because it has gold on it."
Turns out it was a company in California that indeed, sold them in fairly cheap stores as cheap figurines, but since it went out of business, the pieces had become highly collectible.
Wish I could remember the name of that company...
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