A picture or two

I promised that I would post pictures of our purchases from the auction last Tuesday but some how the days have been getting away from me. I did manage to snap two pictures of the wire basket though. We purchased two, one is in the shop. It was out of square so Les needed to work on it. They stack on top of each other. Les thought that they might have been a store display.

We do really well at our antique shows in New Jersey with wire/metal industrial look items so that is where they will be heading this Spring.

We did purchase other items and I will get some pictures of those items posted as well. In the mean time, What do you think of these cool baskets?

Mid-Week @ ginnysyard

We worked at our first auction of 2013 last evening. It felt good to get back to our routine. We also were successful in purchasing a few things. I will take some pictures and post them later today or in the next day or so.

It is a busy day here at our place. Workmen are down in our shop, a.k.a Duck Hilton replacing a hot water heater. It was our choice in away. We had a 40 gallon oil fired h/w heater that was going south and really was not needed any longer. So, we are getting a 6/10 (not sure) gallon electric h/w heater. It will save us on oil in the shop, that is a good thing. Also they are replacing a leaky faucet, also a good thing so I will no longer have frozen drains in the Winter.

Up at the house our handyman is repairing our front storm door, some general caulking and getting the lock to work better.

Hope everyone is having great days in 2013, I know we are trying. See you soon.

What a Friday

Without going into to much detail and bore the heck out of my readers Friday was not a good day financially for our household. Last January we purchased a 2008 Jeep Liberty (four wheel drive is a must on top of the hill). With that purchase the dealer included a lifetime engine warranty, not bad you say. What they did not tell us or even have written any where is that you must have what they call a engine flush once a year to keep the warranty in effect. Still, not bad we would only have to pay approx. $100.00 for this and we would be good to go for another year. I had a few minor issues with the Jeep and also asked that they look into them while it was there. Well............. $1700.00 later and my Jeep will be good as new or would that be used new? Ends up we need a power steering pump, a power steering rack, a alignment (cuz you need to do that after you replace the pump and rack), and rear brakes. Oh, and the engine flush. And we could not get the Jeep back in the same day! So, all my plans swirling around in my head for saving money and not having to charge anything flew right out the window. Not much I can do about it, but boy was I in a bad, bad mood yesterday. So much so, that I gave myself a headache. Feeling better today, but I am still poor :-( . Hope everyone has a great weekend. I have started to clean my work - home- our business office this week so that should keep me busy and out of trouble.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

WASN'T SURE THAT I WOULD GET TO MY BLOG TODAY, BUT I DID AND SO I SAY TO ALL MY FRIENDS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Just wanted to stop by and wish all of blogging friends a

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

December, How Did you get here?

I bet many of us are asking the same question (s), it's December already or Where did the year go? Hope everyone is doing well, by the sounds of your blogs it seems you are. Busy as bees, but that's what this time of the year is all about. Here in Williams Township it is quite warm today, over 50. So the heat is off and the door is open. I suspect it will be one of the last few days to do this. 

Not looking like Christmas around here yet, hoping to fix that soo, just haven't got into the spirit yet :-(, not sure why, just not feeling it yet.

Can't make this too long as I have work to do today for my real job. Talk to everyone soon. Have a geat day. 

P.S. Don't worry, the pond does not look like this yet, just need to change that header picture.

Nice Too Be Back

After 90 plus hours with out lights, water, heat our power was restored late in the day on Friday. Many of our friends and family in New Jersey are still struggling without power to this day. Les and I work on Friday and Saturday at auctions, so yesterday it was our day off. We just loafed all day, enjoying the comfort of our home. Being the pioneer couple kicked our butts last week. Les kept the woodstove going so that the house stayed warm and we could heat the food up that I had made last weekend. But believe me that got old real fast. We lost all of our food in both our refrig and freezer, so today I was at the grocery store re-stocking. I know that losing our food is nothing compared to one losing their home and or their loved ones. I am not going to go on and on about being taking showers and being warm. We are just thankful that we are. I tryed reading everyone's blogs but on the cell phone is tough, so I gave it up. By the third day of being off the computer I realized that I was not missing it all that much. So, I think I am going to change how much time I spend on the computer and start reading more, which is what I did last week and really did enjoy it. Have a wonderful Monday evening. Please keep all of the people who are still struggling in New Jersey in your prayers.