My Saturdays are pretty busy during the school year. It's laundry day, house cleaning day, grocery shopping day, and often yard work day. I get up early, start my laundry, and then slack off for an hour or so to go sailing. It's a bright spot in my week, and very often the highlight of my Saturday. Yesterday morning was pretty nice despite the drizzle (June gloom is upon us here in SoCal), and there were lots of people selling stuff.
I bought a 100% wool Pendleton shirt for my stepson, Phil, and Carol promptly wrapped it around her shoulders to keep from freezing. Nice shirt: $3. And it will look nice on Phil, who always needs clothes and who appreciates absolutely everything you give him.
I found this little metal Emerson sign for $1 and have been dragging it around the house looking for a place for it, but it will probably end up in my garden somewhere. Love, happiness, Emerson, and a nice shade of turquoise...what's not to like, right?
This beautiful red ceramic dish actually got used last night. Made in Italy, and oven-proof, it worked very well for some roasted potatoes with red onions and rosemary. It looked very pretty on the table, too. $5.
Beanies: when they're a quarter a piece I can't pass them up. I'll add them to my clas
sroom stash. My kids have become Beanie snobs! They only choose ones that have their tags attached so that they can check on their "birthdays" and their names. For example, this pig's name is "Squealer" and his birthday is April 23, 1993. Don't ask me why, but they love this information. I have to be more careful when I buy them to make 
sure they're intact. These two kitties have no tags...an oversight on my part! I also bought (yes, I know) more books for school, but these will probably be part of the "store" that I run on the last day, which is coming up this Thursday. My kids earn "E-tickets" (E for Emery, which is the name of our school, Eagles, our mascot). On the last day I "sell" all kinds of old stuff in exchange for unused E-tickets. It's very fun for them, they get books to take home for the summer, and I get rid of stuff like brand new stuffed animals that my mother-in-law often buys for me. (Don't ask.)
sroom stash. My kids have become Beanie snobs! They only choose ones that have their tags attached so that they can check on their "birthdays" and their names. For example, this pig's name is "Squealer" and his birthday is April 23, 1993. Don't ask me why, but they love this information. I have to be more careful when I buy them to make 
sure they're intact. These two kitties have no tags...an oversight on my part! I also bought (yes, I know) more books for school, but these will probably be part of the "store" that I run on the last day, which is coming up this Thursday. My kids earn "E-tickets" (E for Emery, which is the name of our school, Eagles, our mascot). On the last day I "sell" all kinds of old stuff in exchange for unused E-tickets. It's very fun for them, they get books to take home for the summer, and I get rid of stuff like brand new stuffed animals that my mother-in-law often buys for me. (Don't ask.)Andy Warhol cat stationery, another little blank sketch book, racy but fun Taschen postcards: these will probably be "sock gifts" (Christmas stockings...big involved tradition in our family). I know a person who will love those postcards. 
And finally, more books for me. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry is one of my all-time favorite books, and one I am always recommending to people. Nobody has ever actually read it based on my recommendation, but I'm ever hopeful. I'm going to give this one to my friend Debbie. (I guess that means it's not really for me.) Matisse was an easy choice, but the David Hockney book is a real find for $3. I might be his biggest fan. This one is all about his close study of master paintings and drawings and using them to inform his own work. I'm looking forward to spending a lot of time with it after Thursday, which as I mentioned above, is the last day of school!
And finally, more books for me. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry is one of my all-time favorite books, and one I am always recommending to people. Nobody has ever actually read it based on my recommendation, but I'm ever hopeful. I'm going to give this one to my friend Debbie. (I guess that means it's not really for me.) Matisse was an easy choice, but the David Hockney book is a real find for $3. I might be his biggest fan. This one is all about his close study of master paintings and drawings and using them to inform his own work. I'm looking forward to spending a lot of time with it after Thursday, which as I mentioned above, is the last day of school!
Like the cover on that Lonesome Dove. One of my all time faves as well. I gave a 'reading recommendation' talk on it once in a class for library school about "Readers Advisory Services" for public libraries (btw, LOVED the class, but wouldn't want to actually work in a public library...). Anyway, that day, there was an older gent auditing our class for some sort of admin purposes. The next week the prof read a note from him thanking us for letting him sit in, and saying he had started LD and was loving it. So I have successfully recommended it to at least one person!
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