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By Dave, March 31, 2010 1:18 pm

Got stuff from storage trailer and on the way out the door. Back later… 😉

Not sure if I will do that or now. Will decide when coffee is ready and I get more awake.

Tis morning, and coffee’s on. Need to start loading the truck soon. Also need to go to the storage trailer and get some stuff.

Tuesday pieces: After a slow morning, decided to make a run to Atalla to get the bowl I have been lusting after. …

Done a bit of research tonight and got some stuff ready to load for tomorrow. Am about ready to hit the sack, so till tomorrow… 😉

Still didn’t get the Ruby Red bowl set I wanted as the place was closed. Got 2 more Budweiser steins. One a 91 and one a 93.

Long day. Just got in after leaving out around 8:30 this am. Ended up going to Atalla and getting a bunch more stuff this afternoon.

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By Dave, March 30, 2010 2:43 am

Monday: Long day. Things done. Things sold. Day is now done and so am I. Hoping to get other things done tomor…

Food is close to ready so I get to sit for a minute. Therefore must tweet…

Think I am gonna go and start supper after removing the foot torture devices I seem to have put on this morning in place of shoes… 🙁

instructions on 2 or 3 knots to give out with the ties.

Used the four in hand knot on them as twas the easiest to tie without being on a neck and I had around 50 ties to do. Gonna print out

Lots more stuff cleaned up, priced, put on the shelves, hung on the walls, and generally put out. Tied ALL of the ties and hung them up.

Got the metal shelves we bought yesterday cleaned up, unbent, and loaded with books. Put the two shelves together that we took up today.

Have had several other people say that they would be back when their checks come in so hoping for a decent week.

Had another person put a set of dishes on hold till Friday. The Bud stein that is on hold is supposed to be picked up by Thursday.

with one. All went to one person. Made two other sales of small items so twas not a barnburner but none the less I’m happy.

Home finally. Has been a day, though long, reasonably profitable. Started the day with 8 Budweiser steins that were not on hold and finished

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By Dave, March 29, 2010 12:52 pm

The mid 70’s will be nice that is. Not the cold till then. Time to drape the frame and get the arse in gear, so till later folks… 😉

clothes. Seems that warmth is gonna be elusive till midweek and then mid 70’s which will be nice.

report tis not gonna get much better till late afternoon/early evening. Lower temps than I had thought it was gonna be to so will rethink

Tis morning once again. With coffee in hand which is to hot but am drinking it anyway. Dull overcast day so far, and looking at the weather

Sunday bits: Made a trip to Attalla just after noon to see what was available at a yard sale at the middle school …

have to wait till another day. Still got things I need to get done tonight but are not gonna get to. Ah well tomorrow is another day.

it in the truck, along with several other items that are going north with us tomorrow morning. Still more upstairs to go through but will

That should be to rather than so in the last tweet. Tired. Have also taken the shelving down from upstairs, knocked it apart and loaded

especially considering how they were packed and then handled/stored. Looks like I will have to build another place so store/display stuff.

Located another box which was filled with cut crystal drinking and eating vessels. Only one chipped and one cracked, which is a wonder

In doing so found this stuff that should have been gone through years ago but got pushed to the back and forgotten. Such is life in clutter.

Taking a back and pee break, then will go back and get more. Was going after shelving to take to the store and had to unload it first.

Been dragging things out of the qhut loft and unboxing them. So far 2 boxes of glassware from my aunt. Seems like there is more to go…

2 weeks ago. Saw and lusted after a Ruby Red bowl and 9 berry cups at the second place we stopped at, but had not the funds to acquire it.

So we now have 9 total in stock. 2 are from the same year, and one I’m holding for someone. But tis quite a collection when we had none

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By Dave, March 28, 2010 3:03 pm

but that’s about it. Need to look at the paper and see if there are any estate sales today. Guess I’ll do that now.

Waiting on the next band of rain to get here and pass. Waking slowly with little on the gotta do list today. One laptop to work on later

Tired Saturday: Started the day tired and has ended even more so. Hit a couple of yard sales this morning and spe…

Tis later than I had planned on being back online and typing but lots got done between then and now. For now am gonna do a blog post.

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By Dave, March 27, 2010 12:34 pm

Back in the afternoon, early evening. Till later folks… 😉

Tis morning and about to eat and go out on the stuff hunt. After loading the back of the truck with more stuff to take to the store.

Friday at the store: Hit a yard sale this morning before going in and got an Avon bottle but other than that twas …

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By Dave, March 26, 2010 12:50 pm

Morning all. Heading out in a minute to hit a couple of yard sales prior to going to the store. Back this evening.

Thursday on the road: Did the Calcis trip today. Made it down this morning and headed back just after noon. Made…

And then hit the sack for the night.

And that’s before going to the store. Or at least I want to. Depends on how we both feel. For now, gonna do a bit more pricing

Along with a bunch of other glass and assorted interesting and odd pieces. Tomorrow morning is gonna entail visiting several yard sales.

Home. Supper fixed and eaten. Fire started and going. Still pricing some of the bits and pieces we bought today. Got 5 Bud Steins!

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By Dave, March 25, 2010 1:49 pm

Back later on folks.. 😉

Forgot to post the last tweet before breakfast… Have now eaten, coffee drunk, truck unloaded and reloaded, and fixing to head out.

But coffee comes first. Then will get started on the loading madness.

Tis a drippy morning but I is up. Coffee is slowly perking, at least I hope it is. Need to be unloading and then reloading the truck.

Hump day done: And was a long one. Got the 3rd room cleared out and open for sales with a bit of stuff in it thou…

Gonna have to go look for more Bud steins. Look to be good sellers. Supper is about done so back later.

a display case. She wants it to hold quilts. I told her that I would call her when I got it done refinishing it so looks like it’s sold.

Other clutter is stuff in to be repaired prior to putting out to sell. Had a customer come in and ask about a piece I had bought to use as

Back room is piled almost to the ceiling. Will get in there Friday and clear some of the worst of the shear crap out.

Got the third room cleared out and set up for sales today. Finally. Still not got a lot of stuff in there but tis getting there.

Then home to find a dead cat in the road. So then twas dig a hole time and then back up to start supper… 🙁 One of those days…

Home and warming food type stuff in the microwave for supper. Twas a LONG day at the store. Then a long trip to WW.

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By Dave, March 24, 2010 1:01 pm

but still sitting here wanting more coffee and typoing on the computer… 😉

Trying to get it going this morning and having little luck. The arse that is. Coffee is helping but slowly. Should be dressed and eating

Tis early yet but I am beat, so heading to bed. Till tomorrow, folks… 😉

Home, supper done, and eaten. Sitting down to do a bit of research and then am gonna go to bed. Am one tired puppy…

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By Dave, March 23, 2010 4:43 pm

Cold rainy Monday: Started out that way and got no better. Still drizzling and quite cold here. Showing 42.8 on …

Tis past time to hit the sack. Lots to do tomorrow and need to get started early. G’nite all…

this morning prior to heading out. Need to do a bit of tweaking and then print some off. Next up is to get a Bonanzle booth with the name.

Have decided to go with The Little Curiosity Shop for the store rather than The Old Curiosity Shop. Did a redesign of the business cards

Supper done. Temp in here is now over 60 F which is much warmer than when we came in. Warmer still upstairs. Should be approaching 70 now.

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By Dave, March 22, 2010 11:10 pm

Home from the store. Cold there and cold here. Here I am building a fire, so hope to correct that problem soon. + hot coffee is helping.

Found a pack of watch batteries I need one of for a clock that I fixed Saturday. Now can put it out.

to work this morning. Back in a few.

Morning all. Coffee is hot and waking me up. Sky is gray and dismal looking but see no snow here. Just realized something I need to take

Sunday working on stuff: Spent the day working on the Stamina 4655 recumbent air bike that we got for Cat’s mom at…

Gonna take more than 40 minutes. Egg is still runny. Most likely the frozen pepper stir fry is the problem. Should have cooked it first.

Cooking at 350 F for 35 to 40 minutes or until the egg mixture sets. Will add more cheese about 5 minutes before cutting the roaster off.

half a pound of frozen pepper stir fry, 6 eggs beaten with salsa, 6 tamales and sauce and covered everything with grated sharp cheddar.

Supper is in the roaster now. Started with a bed of tortilla chips, added 2 cans of Firehouse chili, 1/2 pound of sliced sausage,

Is going to Cat’s mom so wanted to get it fixed right or would have left the housing loose. Tis better than new now.

Looks like we now have about $12 in the machine. And a couple of hours labor. Still a good deal at twice the price. 😉

Just finished repairing the housing for the fan on the exercise bicycle. Waiting for the epoxy to cure and then will put it back together.

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By Dave, March 21, 2010 5:57 pm

Showered, draped, fixing to eat and then head out. So the rain has started. Gonna go to Jacksonville and see if we can get it all there.

Well, now that I have split a pile of wood, cut more wood, and split that, guess I’ll get the shower, dress and head out to get stuff…

before I can take the time to do so. For now guess I will drape the frame and head to the store. Back later…

project that I can cut up and burn that will last another 2 to 3 days. Think I need a day or two off to rest but got another week to go

Need to be out cutting wood but am just not up to it. Got enough to go one or two more days, with enough under shelter that is for another

Already fixed the display assembly battery housing, so when this is done tis ready to use. Nice machine – Stamina 4655 recumbent air bike.

Getting ready to go out and get epoxy and screws to put the housing on the exercise bike, we bought yesterday, back together.

Supper is done and I am close to it myself. Gonna do a bit more browsing and then call it a night.

This one is getting worse with the hot and cold spots.

And rest is now in. First bit will need to heat a bit longer when this comes out. Think I need to get the old microwave back out.

Supper heating in the microwave now. Or part of it. Rest will go in when this part comes out.

And home. Finally. Been a LONG day. Got a few things done. Other things still need finishing up but those ain’t getting done tonight.

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By Dave, March 20, 2010 11:23 am

Way too early to be up but need to do things before going into work so here I is. Coffee is perking.

Long day. Long night. Should have already been in bed but been working on other bits and bobs. Heading toward the sack now. Till tomorrow.

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By Dave, March 19, 2010 2:01 am

Tired Thursday: Woke up tired and didn’t get much better all day. By closing time was dragging pretty good. Did …

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By Dave, March 18, 2010 11:31 pm

Happy Meal is ageless: no decay in a year on a shelf: Happy Meal is ageless: no decay in a year on a shelf – Boing…

Long, long day. Finally home and just totally exhausted. Still got stuff to do though. Cats just started hollering at the back door.

Night is done. The day has come. Coffee’s ready. Oatmeal soon. Almost time to head toward work and start the daily fun.

Hump day and done: Twas a long one too. Got there around 9:30 and left after 6. Did a lot of repricing, cleaning…

And eat. And then try to catch up on things online. After building the evenings fire. Still need to do other things but not gonna.

Finally getting to settle down at the computer after a TOO long day at the store.
Then a trip to do shopping at WW and then home to cook.

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By Dave, March 17, 2010 2:00 pm

Heading out the door, late as usual but with more info than I had earlier. Till later, folks…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day All!!!

But not sure which of them need doing more. Coffee in hand. Oatmeal on cooking. Trying to get brain to work.

Tis morning, with headache. Sinus kind I’m thinking. Coffee is perking so should be ready soon. Still got things to do this am before work.

Tuesday finished: At least as finished as it’s gonna get. Got the computer done and delivered. More stuff taken …

Quite tired. Need to do a couple of more things but am about ready to crash and burn instead. Gonna try to get the nights blog post done.

But got more stock than we had, and a couple of the pieces are not bad. Still cleaning the stuff up. Got to look up what they’re worth.

Home and caught up to where I can do at leas one or two tweets. Been a long day. Got things done. Made a bit of money, spent more.

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By Dave, March 16, 2010 3:08 am

Monday bits: Went and helped a friend pull his truck and trailer out of the muck and mire this morning. Came back…

And started. For now am gonna call it a night and start again in the morning. Till then… 😉

Hoping I got all the root kit bits taken out. So far so good. Think I am gonna run an Avast root time scan again just to be sure.

Think I have finally gotten the irritating bits straightened out and working. Google is my friend! And looks like the updates are all done!

Guess I am gonna have to use the XP disk and see if doing a system repair will straighten it out. Had hoped to finish it last night but…

Been a busy day. And night. Still working on the WinBlows machine. Thought it had it done but now other things are screwing up.

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By Dave, March 15, 2010 3:46 am

Tis past time to go to bed. Till the morrow folks…

Still trying to get .NET framework update to install on the HP computer. Just downloaded the entire 3.5 install and trying that. Will see.

Sunday and done: Headed out just after 1 and went to the Helping Hands Thrift Store in Alexandria. Ended up getti…

Happy PI day all! 3/14… 🙂

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By Dave, March 14, 2010 8:21 pm

Later on folks…

Spent less than $50. One cartage would cost more than that. Or either exercise machine. Made a pit stop here and heading back out.

Back from the Alexandria Thrift store. Got 2 exercise machines, 2 toner cartages for our new laser printer, books, glassware, dishes, etc.

Seems the owner or her son have a thing for online gaming as several of the problems are directed to stealing online game passwords.

And the other to make sure the rootkit(s) are completely gone. Forgot to mention the Trojans that are in it too… 🙁

Have downloaded a couple of more programs to install when it’s finished. One to assist with keeping it clean in the future.

Seems that the computer in for repair is eaten up with malware, virii, and rootkits. Avast is doing it’s boot scanning thing right now.

On my second cup of coffee and starting to feel human. Got to get this computer on the bench and get the virus scanner going on it.

Over slept this morning a bit. Guess the bod was making up for the last few days of less than optimal sleep with the storms.

Looks like Twitter has been down all morning. Last post time was about 5 hours ago.

Twas a Saturday: And am glad it’s over. Still got things I need to do tonight but am not gonna get to them. Had …

Split up what was left and we both have a bit of pocket money to buy more stock for the store. Got to check on Estate sales tomorrow.

Just got the 3 necklaces I made that she sold taken off of Bonanzle. Also went though the money we took in and set bill payments aside.

Would have been better if we had done more at the store but Cat did pretty good at the festivel on the square in Jacksonville, AL.

Well, that was a long few. Ended up running out of time and headed out the door to attack the day. Twas reasonably successful.

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By Dave, March 13, 2010 1:28 pm

Tis morning and so far the sun is out. Coffee is done and about to be guzzled. Back in a few.

Twas a day: Been going since before 8 this morning and just finishing up with the signs for the store. Actually j…

Got the large sign done and am doing the small ones now. Hoping these will let folks know that we are there and open.

Gonna get her set up and then head to Piedmont and work the store tomorrow. Still got some signs to finish up tonight so got to get at it.

Think we have Cat’s booth figured out for the festival on the square in Jacksonville tomorrow. Trying to get the last bits finished now.

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By Dave, March 12, 2010 4:03 am

Full day: Made a trip to Jacksonville, then had to run back to Alexandria to the bank and then back through Jacks…

Anyone actually getting the Add your location to work right without GPS or via a phone? #location

The twitter location bit is screwed up. If they want to let us tweet our location they need to supply a way to put it in…