About a month ago, my hubby’s older sister (who is from Texas), had their 50th class reunion, and while she wanted to see her classmates, (and did)… for the lunch on Saturday, she invited her “baby” brother and me to come so she could visit with us too. We went to the town they grew up in, about 25 miles south of here, and had a very nice lunch at a local place. While we were visiting, one of the men in her class, got to chatting with my hubby and not too long into their conversation, he asked my hubby if he would like to have a cabinet that belonged to my hubby’s grandpa? Somehow he had acquired it and my hubby was thrilled to have something, anything, and we began wondering what it might look like. The man didn’t describe it, and we decided to not be picky and take whatever he had.
Well, the man and his wife went to South Carolina for a wedding and didn’t get back with my hubby until a few days ago. That was the conversation my hubby had with him, when he called me and asked if I were coming straight home from the dentist? I told him I would and he told me the man was going to be outside working in his yard and if we wanted the cabinet, it would be a good time to come…
So I hurried home, and we left to go get it, wondering all the way, what it was going to look like… My hubby said he just hoped it was a finished cabinet… maybe something we could put in the house; something we could use, something that would be fun to show to other people… since it was so old and from his grandpa.
We got there and it was FREEZING cold out… I mean it was 25 degrees and the wind chill was in the teens. We were standing out in an open field next to his barn, with not nearly enough layers on to keep even reasonably warm. The man was dressed in thermal insulated overalls, a sweatshirt, he had gloves on, a hood, and didn’t seem the least bit bothered by the cold. I think I looked down and saw my fingers turning purple! :o) Well, we chatted for about 15 minutes in that, and finally he said, “Well, let’s go take a look…” (Oh thank you, thank you!)
We walked into the barn and he had them sitting there, but not facing us… we could only see the back of them. There were actually 2 of them… I’m guessing they were probably something in the kitchen and my hubby said he did remember them in the kitchen. He said one was on one side and the other was on the other side… there were attached shelves up higher between them. They still had the shelving paper in them and the man who was giving them us, said, he had never opened the doors…
Well long story short, we chatted some more and loaded them into my hubby’s truck and were on our way home…
You can probably see they aren’t what we were expecting, but pretty rough… there is more to the story, but I’ll show you what they look like in our basement… that’s where they are right now…
They are QUITE chippy and pretty dirty…
They have big grooves on the insides where the shelving went, (we’re guessing!) My hubby said when this cold snap gets a little better, he will clean them and we might use them down in the basement to put our paint supplies in… with the glass fronts, it would be easy to see everything at a glance…
So they weren’t quite what we were hoping for, but my hubby still loves them because they are a part of his family’s history. He was VERY close to his grandpa!
Okay, so before we headed home, Mr. Lafoon wanted to show us his screened in porch… He had rescued an old building in town and planned to use the long pieces of wood for his porch. They brought the building out to his house on a big low boy and set it up, but unfortunately a strong wind came and blew it over, so he had to just rescue as much wood as he could for his porch. He even used the tin corrugated metal roof for his porch.
It was very nice and was a great place for family picnics and fun events…
It was very rustic and he was very proud of how it turned out.. I asked him if I could take pictures of it… (I was trying to keep my mind off the fact that I was slowly freezing into an ice cube!)
Okay, so back to leaving with that cabinet. I think my hubby was worried that I was disappointed that it wasn’t quite what I had hoped for, so on the way home, he saw an antique shop we had never been in and asked me if I wanted to stop? Anything to get out of this terrible freezing cold! The place was called “Oldies but Goodies” and it was a small town antique shop, but it was big inside and had lots of different rooms with things in it…
I took a few pictures, if you want to tag along with me…
Anyone need a sewing machine tractor?
How about some fabric? Nah… nothing there…
This is just one of the many, many rooms in this place… there were all kinds of booths set up but I just took a few pictures…
I found the doll section…
…anyone ever seen a Dolly Parton doll? I hadn’t…
I saw a wooden 3 drawer box that said, “Sewing Thread Box” on the tag…
It was a Madeira Thread Box… and was $75.00… but it was 20% off, so it would have been $60.00. It was filled with lots of new thread, but it was all embroidery machine thread… silky like, and I have plenty…
My hubby asked me I could sell it? So I looked it up on Ebay and saw these… that were for sale…
For a mere $280 it could be yours!
What a bargain at $274!
Several of them had sold on Ebay, but they are wood boxes so the shipping would kill you… anyway, I passed, but I did ponder for just a minute or two… :o)
I did buy a little wire dress form that I like very much, but forgot to take a picture of it… AND my hubby insisted on getting another chair… the one I got recently, is too small for him, and this one was pretty comfy…it’s just ugly… and it was only $20! My hubby was asking me about upholstery fabric today, (like he thinks I have time to recover his new chair?) I think not…at least not now!
Well, I have more to share but I think I will save it for tomorrow… That’s all about our trip and our finds… but I did figrue out the thread for Ten Ping’s dress set and will give you a hint…
Please come back tomorrow to see what I did!
I’ve got to get in the kitchen and make a sweet potato souffle for an International Students Thanksgiving dinner Friday night… AND get 10 pounds of mashed potatoes made…
Gotta run,
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
Busy, busy, and cold!! Yes, it is cold here and I don’t envy you having to stand out in it for as long as you had to, Jeanne! The cabinets look nice with the doilies or whatever they are in them. Did they come with those? It looks like they were top cabinets, and like so many cabinets are now, with glass doors! Yes, keeping them in the basement is a good idea, since you probably have no room for them in your kitchen.
The screened porch looks nice to sit out on…………in warmer weather!! 🙂
Oh, that doll is Dolly Parton? I was thinking Carrie Underwood at first! Those dolls look like they are Barbie sized. I don’t buy character dolls, but do have one that was a gift, a Shirley Temple doll, that looks nothing like Shirley Temple, except for her hairdo! 🙁
The thread box is very nice looking, but yes, the shipping will kill you!
I see there will be embroidery on Ten Ping’s outfit, probably the jacket? Can’t wait to see that!
Still don’t get your blog in my emails, since the big problem you had. Hope it gets fixed soon!
It is cold here, too. Yesterday was 31 degrees, but was bearable. Today is just cold. Thank you for sharing about your adventures with Mr. Lafoon! That was fun and funny to read. 🙂
In Missouri there were a few sort of rustic flea markets set up by where we lived. We visited them occasionally.
I was glad to see Charlotte was able to type the other day. Hope she heals quickly. 🙏
We have a lot of embroidery floss, too
too. I saw a cool wooden sewing box that had 3 layers of compartments which swung out, but the volunteer hadn’t priced it yet. Later on it was $35 and must have sold (at the thrift store). Today is an exciting day, as Marion is turning 10! She’s our firstborn and had to go to school.
Please tell Marion congrats on turning double digits. Our oldest grand just turned twelve. Time flies. 🙂
Thanks, Joy! 🙂
A big Happy Birthday to Marion. My granddaughter will be 11 on New Year’s Eve. She missed my birthday by five days but I wait for her birthday and then we go up to get our birthday blessings at church together. One year she wasn’t at church at the right time so I waited till the next week and we added David to the mix since his birthday is 1/6. My birthday is at the beginning of the Christmas season and David’s is on Epiphany at the end of the season. Our decorations stay up through Epiphany so things remain festive for all our birthdays. Sorry Marion had to go to school. One advantage to having a birthday the day after Christmas is I never had to go to school. But then I never got to celebrate with my classmates when mothers brought cupcakes to school. Never had a birthday party either since everyone had gone to grandma’s.
Thank you, Barbara! Happy early birthday to your granddaughter and you and David! My brother Adam was born on New Year’s day at home. My parents had been at the hospital, but the doctor thought it was too early, so they came back home, and he was born a few hours later when Dad was outside. They went back to the hospital to make sure he was ok during a MN blizzard and he got in the newspaper.
We like to keep up our decorations until the Purification of Mary, but don’t put up the Christmas tree until right before Christmas.
I was lucky and didn’t have a birthday during school either. (Being born in June). But at one of my schools, they would celebrate “half birthdays” for the kids who were born in the summer with a specially decorated table, cake, and small gift. I remember getting a small Tupperware container with a green lid that had a painted teddy bear on it with tiny green and pink rock-like beads. I liked it so much, I still have it. The girls use the beads as cereal for their dolls.
Barbara my oldest two boys were born in UK only a week apart. One on 27th Jan and the other on 3rd Feb. In UK they would both have been at school on their birthdays but here in NZ the summer holidays run from just before Christmas to end of Jan/beginning of Feb. Rob always just missed the beginning of school and Darren always just missed the end of the holidays. Made him very cross lol
Please wish Marion God’s blessings on a very Happy Birthday! 👑🐶🐱🍨🎂🍬
I’ve seen those wooden sewing boxes. Sometimes they even have four tiers and are on legs. Quite neat and practical.
Thank you, Laura! I’ll tell Marion and show her the cute little pictures 🙂
Happy Birthday to Marion! I remember when I turned 10, my mother was too tired to give me a party because my third sister had been born a month before! But I had a great birthday anyway, with my special friend coming over after school, and my mother had a beautiful birthday cake with pink roses on it delivered from a bakery! I felt pretty special that day! I hope Marion has a special treat just for her too!
Thank you, Linda! That sounds like a lovely day with a beautiful cake and a sweet, thoughtful mother. I think Joseph is waiting for her to come home so they can make a cake together with whipping cream. Rose sewed her a doll pillow. She has some other surprises as well 🙂
Belated 10th birthday to Marion! My birthday is towards the end of January, and I grew up mostly in Upper Michigan. I remember, as I got a little older (Marion’s age and up), I often had a skating party–my 3 closest friends (June, Dee, and “Max”–Maxine) and I would come to my house after school, if it was a school day, or their dads would bring them over, and put snow-pants on, and go to the practice football field, kept flooded/frozen all winter with our skates. Afterwards, back to my house for supper and cake, then daddy would take the other girls home.
June is still (since 1952!) my very best friend in all the world; Max and I keep in touch at Christmas and, occasionally, via email. Sadly, we lost our Dee 8 years ago last July but we kept in touch until the end. Happy memories.
Thank you, Charlotte! Were those e girls from the family that had 5 sisters? I am sorry to hear that Dee passed on. It sounds like you made a lot of wonderful memories skating there. Thank you for sharing :o)
Well, getting to the website this morning was a challenge. I received Jeanne’s post in the mail as usual, but when I clicked on it to view and comment, it goes to a commercial. Could not get to the comment page at all. So, I went back to yesterday’s email and was able to get to the comment section that way. Maybe that is why there is only Linda’s comment today so far. Hope it can be fixed. 🙂
The cabinets are very chippy, but depending on their use, could be a focal point. Now, if it were me, not Cindy, I’d probably strip them completely down to bare wood, and then stain them. I don’t like paint chips flaking off. The glass looks like it has that vintage look as well which I like. It seems like they could be stacked or set side by side to make a great display cabinet in the dining room. Maybe George can build a platform for them to sit on. Remove the bottom knobs and put them in the middle or there abouts, and what a great memory they would be. I kind of feel sorry for them if left in the basement to store paint. 🙁
Hope you didn’t have frostbite from your trip, but that outdoor room made from vintage wood looks to be a wonderful summer hangout. Loved that flag as well.
Keep warm everyone. It’s a balmy 38 here this morning. 🙂
I’m not getting the blog in my e-mail either but I always just get it from the one the day before so I didn’t really notice until people were mentioning that it wasn’t showing up.
Well I got busted last night. I need to take lessons from Joy on how to smuggle new dolly children into the house. I thought I was in good shape when the box arrived while David was still at his shop. I took it in my study and put it behind some other things so it could not be seen from the doorway. David rarely comes into my study except to leave mail on my desk and he’d already done that for the day. But I got an e-mail from a friend who was telling me she nearly choked to death and I was telling him about it when he walked from the kitchen into my study and up to my desk. He turned around to leave and I heard him say, “What’s in the box?” I knew saying “what box?” would not fly so I told him it was from Santa and I couldn’t open it until Christmas. That didn’t fly either so I told him I’d show it to him after I opened it. I’m postponing the unveiling in the hope that he’ll forget but I know he won’t. The box contains two Sylvia Natterer dolls I got from Samantha’s (Valentine and Romy). I had been wanting SN dolls for quite some time but I had told him that my last three dolls were the end for awhile. I should have known better than that. One never knows when Dolly Fever is going to strike.
How strange the events that led to your acquiring George’s grandfather’s cabinets. Just what you needed, another project. You do have a never-ending “to do” list. I can’t believe Mr. Lafoon did not realize that you were not dressed adequately for the weather and move things along a little faster. Maybe he thought that dressed as you were the cold didn’t bother you. You’d think your jumping up and down and flapping your arms to stay warm would have been a dead giveaway.
I will soon be moving into my new laundry room. I still have one more inconvenient situation though. The washer will be moved in first so they can disconnect the water line that I’m using right now. It is draped over the wall they have to put the finishing touches on next. So I will have to wash in one room and take the clothes to the dryer in the garage to dry them. But David said that will only be for about a week. I’d wait till they were both moved but the clothes are piling up so I have to do laundry in the next couple days. But it is looking very nice in there and I’m more than pleased.
Todays blog showed up in my email as usual, but clicking the link sent me to the Word[press page to start a website, so I had to type into Google to get here.
31 degrees here and very cold, but at least the sun is shining brightly.
Nice that George has something from his grandfather. Things with family history are so important.
Looking forward to seeing the jacket embellishment and more Christmas dresses. Have we seen Felicity this year? I can’t recall.
Laura, that’s how my email ended up today. A click and I’m in how to set up a WordPress page. Something needs to happen to fix this. 🙂