How we spent our "Free Friday" - the finale and pictures from Bloomington...

As promised here, these are the items we purchased from National Road Antique Mall a week ago yesterday. (I can't believe it has taken so long to finish this post...for all you "non-bloggers", this stuff is harder to do than it looks. At least it is for me. By the time I get the pictures from my camera to this blog, I have taken several steps, which I am sure I could avoid if I knew what I was doing. LOL)

First up, a really cool casserole dish with carrier that I got for $4.00:







notice the built in "steam escape":



here is a picture of the manufacturer's label:



The next items are a green dish:



In another post someday, I may show you my OTHER green dishes and planters so you can see what I bought this to go with...

and these 2 pictures (remember, old, vintage pictures are my favorites...gotta find more wall space!!!)







The green dish and both pictures were half price so everything came to ten dollars and some change. So we didn't break the bank, which is always a GOOD thing!


Next up are some pictures of our trip to Bloomington to see Lauren for the first time since she moved down there. Of course we got lost (I was navigating...) and got stopped in a traffic tie up due to the state police letting the buses in from Western Kentucky University (I think) for IU's first football game of the season. Believe me, Jim was NOT a happy camper! But once we got there everything was good to go...

This is the entrance to her complex:



I LOVED her "backyard"! The first thing I saw was this rhododendron bush:



Maybe next spring this:



will look like this:



You can't see ANYTHING from the back patio except for huge evergreen trees!





Here is the side view:



The inside is very nice and spacious too, but Lauren wasn't too enthused about having her home plastered all over my blog. LOL Here is Grandma and Lucy:



This is Lauren's roommate, Kristin with her dog Riley and Lucy again:



We couldn't stay as long as I would have liked since we left Scooby at home and had to get back to him. Here is Lauren and Jim as we were leaving:



One last thing. Lauren must live in a pretty posh part of town since this was the gas station down the street. All the gas pumps had flower arrangements on top!



Well, this post is FINALLY finished, except for a cartoon I found regarding Labor Day that I didn't post on Monday. Unfortunately, it reminded me so much of Connersville this year, I couldn't resist:



See you all in church tomorrow!

journey AT the center of the earth

Found this on You Tube...

Don't forget to pause my playlist over on the right.

(Steve Perry...THOSE were the days!!!)

FINALLY...

I hear the sound of rain.
Oh, for a nice, long, slow, soaking rain to fall asleep with tonight...
Or a thunderstorm. We sooooo need rain!

Thank you Lord.

Palin comes out throwing punches

Not decided yet...McCain/Palin (at this point, I would rather have Palin/McCain, frankly) or Ron Paul...but gotta love it. For a totally "unknown" entity, she nailed that speech, IMHO!

ETA: As stated in an earlier post, the only time I have voted Republician is when a former pastor told the congregation, "You had better vote your conscience and not your pocketbook." This time, I feel that is the correct thing to do as well. Obama's platform is way too liberal for me to embrace. Knowing that Supreme Court judges' appointments could be made by him and his party is a MAJOR concern. That is just one of the many reasons I am not hopping on the Obama bandwagon. Here is a cartoon I found over on Mike Messerli's blog which I really enjoyed: I think it pretty much sums up how the MSM (main stream media) views Obama and would hope we view him as well.




Believe me, this decision doesn't come easily...this is the calendar I used all last year at work:



and this is the one I am using this year



so for me to admit to possibly voting Republican again is not an easy statement for me to make! But knowing that God is ultimately in control is the reason I am not totally freaked out about this election.

As Mr. Messerli so eloquently put it:

There is an interesting balance between personal responsibility and divine sovereignty. As Christians we know that God rules on planet earth. He elevates one and brings down another. The governments that exist are there because God has placed them there. But in the midst of this is our part in his work. We are divinely in a country where we are allowed to be part of the government by our vote. Our responsibility? We must pray, and then vote. Vote for the person you believe is the right person to lead our country, but do it knowing that in the background God is orchestrating the election to accomplish his will. It's a strange thing to be involved by our vote and yet know that God will put the man in office he wants.

As far as Ron Paul...a vote for him is a vote to express the belief that the 2 party system in this country NEEDS TO GO!!! Remember, "absolute power corrupts absolutely". There is just too much money, greed and corruption involved in the 2 party system operating in this country, in my opinion. Did you realize that St. Paul received 50 million dollars in federal money just for security for the RNC? Don't know how much Denver was awarded. Just throwing it out there...



Please pray for our country at this CRUCIAL time in history. You don't have to look very far to see we need God's blessings now more than ever!

How we spent our "Free Friday" - Part Deux

Hope everyone is having a GREAT Labor day weekend so far! I just dropped Jim off at (not in) the river so he could go fishing this morning. I wanted to finish my post about our Friday at National Road Antique Mall in Cambridge City. Also wanted to post the schedule of events for their "Party in the Park", Sept. 6th and 7th for those who are interested.

Ok, so continuing with the tour... Here are a couple cute "baby flowers"...


...as well as a pretty lady figurine...I used to get this type of thing every year for Christmas from my Grandma Dietzel.



Next up is a BEAUTIFUL Hoosier cabinet. I have been coveting one of these for years, even though I have no place to put one. (The picture doesn't do it justice at all!) My friend Mona has a GREAT one which just fits in her kitchen perfectly!



Here is something you don't see everyday...well, I guess SOME of you might! We did have milk cows for awhile on the farm when I was growing up, so I am not completely ignorant of the useage of this item. (I never actually used one, though!)



I love old advertising tins such as this one...



What antique shop would be complete without a jewelry section? National Road Antique Mall had SEVERAL cabinets full of cool jewelry, but my camera wasn't co-operating very well...




Here are a couple of dresser sets that caught my eye...



This one came complete with a carrying case. I often wonder about the original owners of all these things...what kind of person were they and what kind of life did they lead?



Lots of goodies to look at here:



Something for summer:



And as Tammy mentioned in her blog today, since summer is, for all intents and purposes, pretty much over, here is something for fall...



Here is a display that really caught my attention. Are these lightning rods, do you think, or just "pretties" to dress up the yard?



Last, but by no means least, in finishing up the tour, I wanted to share a couple pictures. Old, vintage pictures are my passion, but, alas, I am running out of wall space...This first one is a pretty one of roses. I could almost smell them...



This last one is a close up of a much larger picture which was entitled, "What Happened To Your Hand?":



Well, that concludes the tour. Hope you all enjoyed it! If I find time later, I may post the 3 purchases I made on Friday...Also, I will be posting about visiting Lauren on Saturday in Bloomington... (As all you Moms can imagine, THAT made my weekend!)

Have a GREAT Labor Day!

ETA: After I finished posting this, I turned on the TV and was reminded about what is going on along the Gulf Coast. Does anybody have any news of where Charles and Judy Dillon are at right now? There website doesn't say...Prayers are needed...

How we spent our "Free Friday"...

Jim and I took yesterday off from work (Jim - Sue) in order to have a nice, long 4 day weekend. We voted to go to Cambridge City to do a little "antique"ing. The nice folks at "National Road Antique Mall" (thanks, Terri and Beth!) were kind enough to allow me to take some pictures of our adventure. Jim and I always go to this mall first and enjoy it the most of all the shops we have visited in CC. (I was going to get a picture of the outside of the building when we left, but my camera battery ran out!)

Disclaimer first: I apologize for any pictures which are blurry! I am investigating new cameras with "stabilization features" as I seem to be getting shakier in my old age. LOL

First up, an adorable little birdhouse, complete with tin roof:



Next, a basket arrangement I liked:


Baby bed and high chair:


Now we will witness a progression of washing machines. First of all, a very primitive wringer:

Wringer with wash tubs and scrubboard: (Makes me tired just thinking about it...)


A more "modern" washer:



Here is a close up of the wringer. I don't remember how old I was, but I remember my Mom getting her arm caught up to her elbow in a wringer that was more "automatic" somehow than this one. From what I was told, she was very lucky it didn't break something! (I took a picture of a machine like that in a restaurant in Gatlinburg, TN once. They kept their silverware already wrapped in napkins in the basin of it and just grabbed them as they seated us. I have no idea where that picture is right now though...)


Anybody learn how to type on something like this?


Anybody ever work with something like this? Enter the numbers across the board... (remember? $1.98 would be typed in 3 different columns)


and then pull this:


Anybody looking for some new shoes?


How about a new canister set?


I LOVED this one:


I also loved this bread box and cake carrier:


AND this pitcher and glass set:


Well, I hope you have enjoyed the first leg of the tour. I will post more "goodies" later. Night all! See all your FCCers at church tomorrow!