Alright got one smile! Awareness is everything and the more I frequent this site, the more I learn. This was meant to be a fun posting but alas I learned something too. It was cute but such a pest as it is, I will take steps to remove them when I see them. I had no idea and honestly it is only one of a handful I've ever had in my yard, that I recall seeing. Thanks for sharing the link and info., it wouldn't have been pretty had my daughter got ahold of it, she covets all living things and would have a zoo if I let her. Darren

Uh huh, sure. I have a Jack Russel and I bet that is a very well edited video. :)) Mine "steals" slippers, prances in front of me so I can see he has it. Runs around the dining table a few times then up the stairs. He then stands at the top and barks with a mouth full of slipper. If I ignore him he'll bring it down to me. Then after I take it, he pushes open the pantry door and looks from me to his treats and back to me again. I'd like to know what this little dog was REALLY doing when he was being so "helpful". LOL!!

Ladyvixen, we were in our 30's in 1985 when we bought our 1898 house. Looking back, we were very young. Neither my husband nor I had any skills or knowledge at all about how to work on houses. All we knew was that our house was nearly intact, was very inexpensive, and that we loved it. I had always wanted an old house, and had been buying things such as light fixtures, hardware, etc., for years before we bought the house. We bought the house "as is". Fortunately we were both employed and had no children. We had to hire almost everything done, and it needed a lot of work. We did not take a vacation for years. Then came a time of around a year or two that my husband was either unemployed or underemployed. During that time, the house just didn't get worked on. We didn't care that we lived in an unfinished house; in fact, I thought it was beautiful from day one. We have a corner in the dining room where all the little balls the cats play with end up, but you don't notice the slope otherwise. It has taken us over 25 years, and we are almost finished, but still have some work to do. We should have it finished by now, but are in our 60's now and do like to take a vacation now and then. Also we sometimes didn't have work done even when we had the money, because we were tired of the mess of having things torn up. We lived with a practically non-existent kitchen until about 2004. I said all along that this house was my dream house. People would look at me funny, but it was and still is my dream house. Don't let others talk you out of your dream. Make the decision based on what you want and what you think you can handle. If you think you can live with an unfinished house for years, go for it. If you have to have everything finished and perfect, you shouldn't buy an old house. I have the ablility to not even see the unfinished stuff until we get ready to do something about it. I meant this to be an encouragement to you, but reading back on it, maybe this will scare you because it has taken us so long. Don't let that scare you--you can do it faster than we did! I will try to attach some pictures if I can.

I was just opening a bunch of bags of stuff I bought at a thrift store half price sale just before my car broke down and went to the shop for two months. It's like christmas again LOL (Car came back today). I'm having a ball and also wondering what kind of crack I was smoking that day (do any of you need two dozen depression glass cordials? heh heh) Anyhoo, those will go on the shelf and I'll now invest in cordial stuff.... But a couple things made me smile...two fou dogs...I don't know if they're worth what I paid for them (high for a thrift store, low for an art gallary IMO) but their worth does not matter...the dogs are wonderful. I hate asian crap...and yet keep buying fou dogs...what's up with that? I'm starting to name them LOL I also bought a dandy guy in ceramic something...looks like a 16th century cross dresser. He is on my desk now...he makes me grin :) I need some cordial stuff I think...LOL They were sold as "wines" by the way....and I can report with great accuracy that they don't hold enough wine to make it worth your while to wash them LOL BTW I almost bought a gurgling pitcher many years ago and always regretted it. It was kind of pricy and I didn't know the back story so I walked away and when I pulled up this thread and saw your picture it came right back to mine. It was a pastel yellow...devine in a very goofy way :) I never heard it gurgle but I still miss that pitcher that got away!!! Wonderful find!!!