LOL, Syble, you made me laugh with your "Very cute napkin ring in just the right number." comment. Actually I do hope someday I can find another one and have a pair of these. Any tables I set for you guys will just be for one or two, that's for sure. There's usually some neat Dedham pieces on eBay, tho its kind of a challenge to get them at bargains. I really want the S&P set with the tiny bunny on top, which two are on right now but more than I want to pay. Tho less than at the Dedham site of course. Also a laying bunny REALLY is tempting me, but he's same price as their site. And for some reason he's one of their more affordable ones at $36. I'm just not sure I can justify that even tho I love him. My biggest challenge is finding places to put more bunnies!! I've re-homed over a dozen, but still have more that need to go. They are mostly very small ones tho, so probably not ones that would interest many people. :o( (any of you here that think you want to see them, just email me and I can send pix.) Luvs, you're right. Its a wonder I didn't find Easter stuff that I'd overlooked or 'lost' somewhere in all my stuff. I still can't get over the Christmas that I found AFTER the fact. Sheesh!! I am trying to keep lists now of what is where, but hate its so scattered around. Wish I had one huge Holiday Decor area where it ALL could go. Yacht, I don't have very many FF things. Partly due to prices, and also I'm kind of picky about it. There are several Santa plates I badly want, some of their deer are so fabulous but so dang pricey. I sure would be surprised if these came up at yard sales tho. I can send you pix of some things in my wish list file that you can watch for at sales if you want. Pretty ceramic birds, and realistic brown bunnies, are always wanted. LOL. I'm hoping to find the little brown Goebel bunny who's scratching his ear. I have the other two that match him. hugs, Karen

WOW, purplemoon, you did have a GREAT day at the antique mall! I also am lovin' everything you got ... pat-on-the-back to nana, for Easter village 'enabling!' LOL! Last yr I got one of those Goebel eggs (w/yellow duck) that I showed on counter edge...they are just so darn CUTE...I love your bunny one! That metal wall basket painted is really cool...love where you put it & how you filled it w/flowers. Bunnies & chicks...SWEET! Looks like your Curio cabinet fits your needs & Zorro's! Great buys, PM! Good for you! Jeanne S.

It's a shopping jungle out there (even here in the middle of nowhere), especially when you add in a lot of travel time and have a number of stops. I don't know how anyone can use shopping for "therapy" or "sport", and I've never been bored enough to think shopping will cure it. I go to Wal-Mart 7 a.m. Sunday morning (or earlier) a couple times a month - and avoid it any other time of the day, or day of the week, to avoid crowds. Groceries - Wednesday - 8 a.m. - best meat bargains and the clearance shelves are loaded. General shopping - Every other month - and when it's "shopping month", I only go out the first week and the last week of that month - and often only go out once because I'm a great list maker. I agree with Annie - with home food storage you can "shop" at home. These are some things I order in bulk and have delivered to my front step: -Charlie's Soap (laundry - 1,250 loads per bucket - lasts 2.5 - 3 years) -Grandma's Country Cream Non-fat Dry Milk Powder - 25# pail - lasts 1-year + -Morning Moo's Whey-Based Milk Substitute - 37# pail (I order it from Sam's Club to save on shipping) - 1-yr. + -Honeyville Grain ($4.49 shipping for entire order and I order about twice a year during a 20% sale) - freeze-dried fruit/vegetables/meats, almond and coconut flour (although I'm making more of both at home with almonds and unsweetened coconut purchased in bulk), hi-maize resistant starch.... -I order many of our staple food items on-line: coconut palm sugar, coconut oil, etc. -Grainlady

Oh, you are killing me! I will be away for three weeks beginning on July 1, so I dare not add anything to the garden this year. The last time I showed my DH what to be sure to water while I was gone turned out to be an exercise in futility. The things I showed him were the only things that were pretty much left to fry. Sigh. I will live vicariously through you until fall when I buy up all the uglies and look foward to next spring. Oh, I do need a new Whee. Mine seems to have disappeared and I do like that one so much!