Thrift Store Christmas Find

We have the most interesting thrift store on our way into town.  The owner usually has some of his "wares" sitting outside the building, close to the road and I almost wreck the car every time I drive by because there is always something that catches my eye.

I  stopped in one day recently to look for a platter that I had found before and didn't purchase, (he still had it) and as I was taking a final look through, I found these beauties for $5 buck-a-roos....get it?  Deer....bucks....

...anyway, the box was ragged, dirty and torn, the syrofoam inside was broken, but the ceramic "reindeer" inside were in perfect condition in need of a good cleaning and a plaid bow removal.




 

After their bath and bad bow removal.

 

It's Christmas time and I'm thinking Holiday Decorations for now, but ya need to plan ahead with these purchases or they can get out of hand. I've been on the lookout for something like these and thought that I may have to buy some old brass looking ones that I could spray paint, but these are perfect just the way they are.   They're georgous, right?

Now take a look at them with a raffia bow....

Reindeer 1) "I like that bow!"
Reindeer 2) "Thanks, I really like yours too!"

And this is how they look with my natural Christmas decor.  One is on top of the entertainment unit on one side of the great room...

Buck-a-roo #1



...and the other is on the top of an antique hutch that "E" refinished years ago.

Buck-a-roo #2

I can't help but smile at them everytime I see them...just knowing that they will still be out "prancing" around after the holidays are over.  Get it?....Prancer....prancing. 





This is how they will look the other 11 months of the year


 

 

Nail Stregthener

I've been battling dry brittle nails all fall and winter.  They break, tear, peel & split!  The cuticles are all dry and hang nails everywhere....ugh.  Pretty image, huh?  Oh come on, I know I'm not the only one going through this! I've had it, so I've been researching nail strengtheners.

There are acrylic nails, acrylic tips, nail hardeners, gel applications and many more.  After much research, I still couldn't figure out what I needed to do.  So I paid a visit to the local salon supply store.  I won't say which one, since the girl that worked their gave me some advice that could get her in trouble. 

You see, she looked at my nails and said to apply Lamisil cream.  That's right...the anti fungal cream for athletes foot.  Can you believe it!  She said her small son had athletes foot and she applied this to his feet every night and noticed her nails and cuticles starting to improve.  She asked her Doctor and he said that the cream has a "steroid" in that was helping her nail beds to improve.

Hey, it's worth a try right?  I picked some up and I'm going to give it a try!  Now I've looked all over that tube to see what "steroid" it may have in the ingredients and to be honest, I can't read that little bitty writing!  Oh well, I'll let you know how it goes!

I'm "Puttin" It Out There

Recently I read that if you put your dreams/wishes/goals "out there" they will come true, so "I'm "puttin" it out there". (keep it clean folks)

I've been wanting to start another blog about other interests in my life that probably won't  be a good fit for my other blog at Southern Staging & Redesign.  I want this blog to be about my life, family, and other stuff that I find interesting.

Southern Staging & Redesign (SSR to keep it shorter to type) is about my work and while that is a very interesting topic in itself, this blog is more personal so that my friends, family  or whom ever is interested can see what I've been doing outside of SSR.

If there's a project that I want to work on, then I'll post it here on this site, along with photos, tutorials, mistakes (come on...everyone makes some, right?).  I'm constantly on the WWW searching for things such as "the best/easiest way to clean stainless appliances", "how to get that funky smell out of our furnace" or "the best nail strengthener".  See what I mean?  This stuff doesn't belong on SSR but someone else might be interested in finding out the same things that I'm interested in and I'm happy to share it with them.

So here it goes....I'm "puttin" it out there.  Ends n Odds!

I'll tell you about how the name of the blog was decided, soon