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Across the Fence:  Uh-Oh! Sick day from work-went thrifting!!!  |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 07:32:31 AM
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 Well, I really did wake up with a fierce sinus headache. And I really did intend to stay at home and rest...but I had to go to the bank and withdraw money for the first farm furnace payment. It's just that my bank was robbed...yes, the day before, a crazy man with what turned out to be a fake/broken gun held up my little neighborhood bank. When the police surrounded him and ordered him to STOP!, he didn't. In fact, he brandished the 'not a gun' at them and drove off. Anyhow, before I left the house the next day, the noon news came on and there was the little girl reporter, standing at my bank door interviewing people. So I figured that I better not go there right away and be on the news, since I was sick in bed! So I went to a nearby thrift store until the coast was clear at the bank. Here's what I got:
  This nice boxed set of Beatrix Potter books. The original bookstore price was $60.00. I paid more than usual(for me) - $9.99, but I really like them a lot. I'm on volume #8!
Next, this Japanese majolica basket The handle had been repaired, but I love this colorful stuff. Finally, this little Boyd's bunny girl.
 After this, I went to the bank and really did go home and take a nap. I even slept through General Hospital and most of Oprah! LOL! And I promise not to do this again.....
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 07:53:01 AM
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WOW!!! I think with all that excitement I need a day off!!! You go girlfriend!! that's great! BTW? did they ever catch the guy with the toy gun????
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 08:37:20 AM
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Wow, what an exciting day (robbery, thrifting, OH MY!). You all have such great thrifts. We got jack. Sometimes you just need a day off, you know. I'm thinking that I feel a headache coming on, myself.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 1:15:34 PM
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Mima - When they found the gun, it was a real gun(looked very large to me). But it was broken and unworkable. It looks as though he wanted to commit suicide, but couldn't do it himself, so he wanted the police to do it for him.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 4:58:13 PM
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Bev,
glad you had fun on your "sick day" & I LOVE. B.P., I have a lot of her little books as well and even a itty bitty tin w/B.P.. & no I am not related to "Farmer Brown" in the book! lol!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
mjf#72
Sisters on the Fly#472
www.katmom4.blogspot.com
www.katmom44.blinkz.com
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 8:27:26 PM
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Janice you are a hoot. It reminds me of the story of the feller that went to the ballpark after calling in sick, got on the screen cheering up and down. Then he saw his boss a few rows down and he realized he had been caught, only to find out they both called in sick.
Love those Beatrix Potter books, especially around Easter time.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~
Be sure to visit my blog & Crafty Clipart for some of my photographs:
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farmgirl blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lea
TN
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