Now and Then by Nancy Kline: FINDING BARGAINS A recent trip to East Texas to v...

Now and Then by Nancy Kline: FINDING BARGAINS  A recent trip to East Texas to v...: FINDING BARGAINS     A recent trip to East Texas to visit relatives found me also visiting garage sales.  My sister in law knows ho...

FINDING BARGAINS

 

 

A recent trip to East Texas to visit relatives found me also visiting garage sales.  My sister in law knows how I love to go to garage sales and she always has a few on schedule for us to go to when I visit. On this particular visit there was a big garage sale going on in her neighborhood and just a short distance from her house.  The sale started the day after we arrived and since it was so close to her house we were about the first to go to it.  

I immediately spotted  this beautiful oak antique dresser.  When I saw the price tag on it I shouted, "I'll take it."  Everything about it was in perfect condition, even the mirror. The price was only $25.00.  The lady put a big "SOLD" sign on it before I knew what happened.  So I was now the proud owner of a huge piece of furniture and a long way from home and traveling in a small crossover.  My sister in law said I could keep it in her garage until I could find a way to get it home.  Some of the neighborhood men took the dresser apart.  It was now in three pieces.  They hauled it to my sister in law's garage where it sat the remainder of our visit. 

After three days of wondering how to get the dresser home I had to think of ways I could get it in our vehicle.  After some deep thinking about why the vehicle was called a crossover I did some investigating.  Well, I found out that the back seats folded down completely.  We measured the base of the dresser and decided it would fit in our car.  One problem though was we had Bella our doggie with us and she had to have a seat for the journey home.  Believe it or not my 88 year old sister in law, my 84 year old husband and myself 81 finally got the thing in the car.  We had to take the drawers out because of the weight but we did get it in the car.  We scooted it to one side so we could put one of the seats back up for Bella and slid the huge mirror on it's side right in there too. 

In addition to the dresser I had bought several other items at garage sales but we did get everything in including a climbing rose bush I had bought and headed home.

After arriving home we now had the problem of getting it out of the car by ourselves.  We took our vitamins and started on the task.  It sat in the garage a few days before our son in law and grandson moved it to the basement for us.  We put the three pieces back together and are enjoying the beauty of this beautiful antique oak dresser. 

JUST WONDERING HOW MANY FACES HAVE BEEN REFLECTED IN THAT OLD MIRROR ?





Now and Then by Nancy Kline: MONTH OF JUNEThe month of June is in real bloom. ...

Now and Then by Nancy Kline: MONTH OF JUNEThe month of June is in real bloom.  ...: MONTH OF JUNE The month of June is in real bloom.  Roses, daylilies, and daisies are coloring my flower beds with an assortment of beau...

MONTH OF JUNE

The month of June is in real bloom.  Roses, daylilies, and daisies are coloring my flower beds with an assortment of beautiful flowers.  This month Maud Humphrey's calendar child is a precious little girl representing the country of England as she is plucking herself some yellow roses.  By the way, the rose is the flower for this month and pearl is the birthstone. 

Hello June, here comes the sun.  The first day of June always meant that my mother let her three children go barefooted.  That was so much fun until you got a sticker or tried to walk on the hot oil topped road that would make blisters on your feet.  After about a week of no shoes we all decided it was much more comfortable to put our shoes back on. 

Friday, June 21 will bring us into the summer solstice.  Summer brings back many wonderful memories of getting ready to go to summer church camp.  Every summer my parents would take us way up in Arkansas (we lived in Louisiana) to the camp and leave us there for two solid weeks.  It was pretty hot with no air conditioning but sometime in the middle of the night it would finally cool down enough so that we could get a little sleep.  We played ping pong, horseshoes, and went on long hikes through the woods as well as daily Bible lessons every morning and chapel every evening after dinner.

June brings us Father's Day on the third Sunday of the month.  It is also one of the most popular months for weddings probably because of just graduating from high school or college. 

June is also famous for the undesired June Bugs that can devour a whole bed of plants in just a few hours.  All the boys had so much fun with these horrible creatures.  They would sneak up behind someone and drop a big June Bug down the back of their shirt just to watch that person run in circles screaming and trying to get rid of it.  Those were the good old days when kids stayed outside all day long and played all over the neighborhood.  This was the time before television so we just played and played outside and found many ways to entertain ourselves.  Climbing trees and riding bikes were my favorite things to do. 

 

WELCOME JUNE AND THANK GOODNESS FOR 

AIR  CONDITIONING !!