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A Once In A Lifetime Estate Sale

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQjLZCyVHtIigD86KOezRAmWC0XU8DHhj3_AYGyPiYpJ_KyPjyV9P_IZ8uleA-YqUfHPFU7Eql3suFSBh4M9HsEbcxTDldQ7GH4ngwPwKaIfGFR5L2YOfw3J1gV5sI91ogSsSQ2n0JMZZ/s1600/10550167_679100268833931_6693355352870826589_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQjLZCyVHtIigD86KOezRAmWC0XU8DHhj3_AYGyPiYpJ_KyPjyV9P_IZ8uleA-YqUfHPFU7Eql3suFSBh4M9HsEbcxTDldQ7GH4ngwPwKaIfGFR5L2YOfw3J1gV5sI91ogSsSQ2n0JMZZ/s1600/10550167_679100268833931_6693355352870826589_o.jpg" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had been looking forward to this Epic Estate Sale </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for the whole month of August!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of my favorite Estate Sale Companies,  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.brownbutton.com/" target="_blank">Brown Button</a>, was holding an Art and Antique </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">sale in downtown Kansas City.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I previewed the sale online </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and they had so many beautiful paintings </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that it literally hurt my eyes!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you know me, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">then you know that I absolutely </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ADORE landscape paintings!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just sit and stare at my favorites </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">whenever I go to museums, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just get lost in them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZBalhtiYHdMt0vQbE_JfU3Zx5IFTft2RHFjRw6KSv74QyVFzzpqIRtrwvhCov3_rJI3-PQCwM-oFRE0oR97pG74Du_flTREsxBuFfKwdsONHv1tThbDQf18KCIBRlpgQ4IYLAcZbPajH/s1600/1897882_682478681829423_396769356838032681_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZBalhtiYHdMt0vQbE_JfU3Zx5IFTft2RHFjRw6KSv74QyVFzzpqIRtrwvhCov3_rJI3-PQCwM-oFRE0oR97pG74Du_flTREsxBuFfKwdsONHv1tThbDQf18KCIBRlpgQ4IYLAcZbPajH/s1600/1897882_682478681829423_396769356838032681_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My BFF and I went to the sale on Saturday.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The weather was just gorgeous BTW.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We talked to the Brown Button guys </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(my BFF and I love the 40's vests and caps that they wear) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and they told us the inside scoop...</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmBM8HdqW-t8FO0PHo-nsYKVzahqnExWwEnzc0_Ch27byq8d-KnJBeksmgffY0PZrTcHK6oZPHPqIQAGGRiQX0oTJx1FCPbniAaCnNM4NoRlf965ieqQMqngdM73I7pSBByPV_m4j5SMQ/s1600/984198_679056158838342_6244957645499276771_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmBM8HdqW-t8FO0PHo-nsYKVzahqnExWwEnzc0_Ch27byq8d-KnJBeksmgffY0PZrTcHK6oZPHPqIQAGGRiQX0oTJx1FCPbniAaCnNM4NoRlf965ieqQMqngdM73I7pSBByPV_m4j5SMQ/s1600/984198_679056158838342_6244957645499276771_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Apparently,  a very large Midwestern Bank chain </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">was doing some remodeling of their offices.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Instead of selling the paintings and furniture themselves, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">they decided it would be better for them to donate everything to a charity group.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The charity group then hired </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Brown Button to hold the sale.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkK9DU1bXSCNhv1T_1SmAupTtqxbY3aX0p00GiIc54judFteJ_YKA4q6mxlPBQMCoMU8TD90-SUpIDTVg9Tflyi81o5aiYHEYqxY6ah0fltVc5xzd3oBqy2DdjsHJGpu9ObzggontB__9j/s1600/IMG_0043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkK9DU1bXSCNhv1T_1SmAupTtqxbY3aX0p00GiIc54judFteJ_YKA4q6mxlPBQMCoMU8TD90-SUpIDTVg9Tflyi81o5aiYHEYqxY6ah0fltVc5xzd3oBqy2DdjsHJGpu9ObzggontB__9j/s1600/IMG_0043.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I was afraid that the prices would edge me out </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of most of the paintings.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They were all original oils </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I knew they had to be expensive.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But, what the heck, a girl can look can't she?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, you can see by my living room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that the prices were quite reasonable!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">AND, they were discounting them by 35% that day.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0pX5xYQ86WfLfS5nhV__WImKfR3uy3Wl7EUBwWYmyqyqo23d3SWeTuco6rBuAn95cg4k5K-gIqA-mPzSA7LrWEqaCK-lCikHtnFzmhR6bIMoDDrfjCWWnsZLBIf7wMmKFggErLxZUgQe/s1600/IMG_0048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0pX5xYQ86WfLfS5nhV__WImKfR3uy3Wl7EUBwWYmyqyqo23d3SWeTuco6rBuAn95cg4k5K-gIqA-mPzSA7LrWEqaCK-lCikHtnFzmhR6bIMoDDrfjCWWnsZLBIf7wMmKFggErLxZUgQe/s1600/IMG_0048.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The paintings are all about 30X34 inches large </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and in beautiful ornate gold frames.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0bm-Yw0fUSS8sp29FYIB0JZXlRuflmolz67VCY_1QmA-Sz7RCyBnUQ3ES7yGCNqctTm74m0OIc7yOCERTOIyRMIiOLnv_3bPcEJIHmfrX2H2kKZcW1LOFUBKB7g9e8n8ENYkKq0jAk1q/s1600/IMG_0047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0bm-Yw0fUSS8sp29FYIB0JZXlRuflmolz67VCY_1QmA-Sz7RCyBnUQ3ES7yGCNqctTm74m0OIc7yOCERTOIyRMIiOLnv_3bPcEJIHmfrX2H2kKZcW1LOFUBKB7g9e8n8ENYkKq0jAk1q/s1600/IMG_0047.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They were all so pretty </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that it made it very hard to choose.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I walked around a few times to look at them all.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I finally decided on two that loved </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and asked the guys to hold them for me.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, you know there is a story coming don't you?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The guys got the ladder </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and got one down and I went over </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to get the other one</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and there was only an empty hook on the wall!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">EEEEKK!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A lady was snatching up paintings left and right...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The helpful worker whispered </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that she was only </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">going to pick two </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">out of the ones that she was holding.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ov9xGj15tUMc7DILEeQhu3nSfG6ddyMeIM-ttXIb2IUapgVNldosEFVQbCzvneob-ZI_YwjdWRTvdhgLAHsBGP89ZiPsOMm0GpaxDSvSyCwK39PDQNxBf5H1LSh6BJ-KFUiPO8nVmi3t/s1600/IMG_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ov9xGj15tUMc7DILEeQhu3nSfG6ddyMeIM-ttXIb2IUapgVNldosEFVQbCzvneob-ZI_YwjdWRTvdhgLAHsBGP89ZiPsOMm0GpaxDSvSyCwK39PDQNxBf5H1LSh6BJ-KFUiPO8nVmi3t/s1600/IMG_0046.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So my BFF of course, set about to persuade her </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to choose two that I didn't want!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ahhh, a true friend!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4AOQuqittN-iNTS_J952umdj0PwSlZ61YRQJ59WXQAF1f8dTPDzpdsjHb1cYa9LVjIhn8Jzn2PT_-asZcom1-mbx0QSz_74t4e1TJCztrI-oeI2QBCvjSdcO6L71bWyA1rUL4jc90nah/s1600/IMG_0049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4AOQuqittN-iNTS_J952umdj0PwSlZ61YRQJ59WXQAF1f8dTPDzpdsjHb1cYa9LVjIhn8Jzn2PT_-asZcom1-mbx0QSz_74t4e1TJCztrI-oeI2QBCvjSdcO6L71bWyA1rUL4jc90nah/s1600/IMG_0049.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to buy quite a few </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I called Mr. Beaux </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and he came down to help me choose the rest.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It really was a once in a lifetime chance </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to own some fantastic art. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkkQnafOp1C1V9OpVcEoYZD1Tqv86SSsRA-4EUCsNwQJspNZa3x7qI7VPpSpzD3dv0edIOEBI46Nk4ZQZPstspqhw0NHe3Pe-0HXp5n6JfqOhUEj1Sgrm3-XGi7LnmhtLxYKJy3SVEAJv/s1600/IMG_0045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkkQnafOp1C1V9OpVcEoYZD1Tqv86SSsRA-4EUCsNwQJspNZa3x7qI7VPpSpzD3dv0edIOEBI46Nk4ZQZPstspqhw0NHe3Pe-0HXp5n6JfqOhUEj1Sgrm3-XGi7LnmhtLxYKJy3SVEAJv/s1600/IMG_0045.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think I will bring this one up to Colorado. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxgWFATIabaUKPttOzoTUtA79euMEmpXdCHCAidqxt_P5Vyx59iCvfk2rWu2zSj3PIl69lB3VGYkwBrlqU_irjVm-8jmw1sMA1P1gQHW3RIF0KUmqYBekA_mpzDTdMlPuh0MO2yF54pOn/s1600/IMG_0050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxgWFATIabaUKPttOzoTUtA79euMEmpXdCHCAidqxt_P5Vyx59iCvfk2rWu2zSj3PIl69lB3VGYkwBrlqU_irjVm-8jmw1sMA1P1gQHW3RIF0KUmqYBekA_mpzDTdMlPuh0MO2yF54pOn/s1600/IMG_0050.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> This one is my favorite!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is larger than the rest </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so it will be a focal point on my new gallery wall </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">going up the stairs.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have so many things that I have been working on that I want to share with you all...</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you will come back and visit to </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">see what I have been up to!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div>

A Once In A Lifetime Estate Sale

I had been looking forward to this Epic Estate Sale for the whole month of August! One of my favorite Estate Sale Companies, Brown Butt...

4:21 PM

Playing Hookey To Go Estate Sale-Ing!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I played Hookey from work today </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I blame EstateSales.net!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Not only did </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> play Hookey </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but the degenerate side of me </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">made the call to the school </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to get Miss Beaux out of class </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to play along with me!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, don't get me wrong here, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I support education and believe that all children </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">should be in school etc., etc.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But everyone should get a mental health day </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with their mom, right?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There was a HUGE model home sale </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">starting today that I didn't want to miss.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The builder is well known and very established </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I knew they would have some great finds.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">AND, I promised her a Starbucks on the way there!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vUCYfcmyL0iHgNXUIYi8WVhbgdA3RsJhV3OwbOiaWERNPhQELt14A1cOkzuFXmsaBZ5CXOhcpL_OikBae8oeLVgDaJLG_bkbrSk_WqeopTdImg_fk9BZxAa2TaW7nwU8ob0XIbwXesPX/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vUCYfcmyL0iHgNXUIYi8WVhbgdA3RsJhV3OwbOiaWERNPhQELt14A1cOkzuFXmsaBZ5CXOhcpL_OikBae8oeLVgDaJLG_bkbrSk_WqeopTdImg_fk9BZxAa2TaW7nwU8ob0XIbwXesPX/s1600/photo.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is only a portion of the huge warehouse!   </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Most of the furniture was dated </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but in great shape as no one had really ever sat on it.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLGfYLK1NIdx-G8TY_rnbq6dMw-3VdOx6ZOtx4HIFd8B3DbMbyqve51-aYNeB3pj97eZwppooswpJv5bglFDPXAuKsL1FBVjfC_bbYoA_MphMpioTzKKiPDKpnujFdBH6HnmRV_7YupiS/s1600/photo1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLGfYLK1NIdx-G8TY_rnbq6dMw-3VdOx6ZOtx4HIFd8B3DbMbyqve51-aYNeB3pj97eZwppooswpJv5bglFDPXAuKsL1FBVjfC_bbYoA_MphMpioTzKKiPDKpnujFdBH6HnmRV_7YupiS/s1600/photo1.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pillows anyone?</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QZURmhJb7FYC4c1HMJNMtiHPbzb7sZttW-6xohU6jr6a2gs01zOdzRMfjAaA9rDWj0PGYbNywRCRfrN7fGs9CPTyJ0pMiPxgb_btQlOfPtniy1iz-g1-m0ZkOjLg_r2hT95tI3GqziWZ/s1600/photo4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QZURmhJb7FYC4c1HMJNMtiHPbzb7sZttW-6xohU6jr6a2gs01zOdzRMfjAaA9rDWj0PGYbNywRCRfrN7fGs9CPTyJ0pMiPxgb_btQlOfPtniy1iz-g1-m0ZkOjLg_r2hT95tI3GqziWZ/s1600/photo4.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I sent this pic to Mr. Beaux </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and he thought we were in the garden section at Lowe's!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKRuTAe15q5_00tkwzdS-V6ES-78JwlK7i_OT3h9NuAlj_bZLsL5Mlu-cm3qV4At7mQfqyTFq5zEYTUBbAhiz9Qt6nrhvQ8nEJiwMgZ7OXgxz9C4wq35iHkWqMr_8aqEx6CGMee3VcVE4/s1600/photo2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKRuTAe15q5_00tkwzdS-V6ES-78JwlK7i_OT3h9NuAlj_bZLsL5Mlu-cm3qV4At7mQfqyTFq5zEYTUBbAhiz9Qt6nrhvQ8nEJiwMgZ7OXgxz9C4wq35iHkWqMr_8aqEx6CGMee3VcVE4/s1600/photo2.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tons of accessories!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Miss Beaux wanted to bring the Sputnik clock home </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but it was broken!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp4wtmURUJwmtOpkA4P1NH1GTHIe-q7p02iVnJShd6A-5CiuULXOYRsnXIwPDLwaflmDTtAyF-yyIFf2Ut71vQW3Abr5g6W-OXlksijSJL1H5qUwKJugpokhx_x_voI4AL7lvG46UfbaX/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAp4wtmURUJwmtOpkA4P1NH1GTHIe-q7p02iVnJShd6A-5CiuULXOYRsnXIwPDLwaflmDTtAyF-yyIFf2Ut71vQW3Abr5g6W-OXlksijSJL1H5qUwKJugpokhx_x_voI4AL7lvG46UfbaX/s1600/1.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I was perusing EstateSales.net </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I spied this white chair.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I figured it might be too expensive </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for my Estate Sale budget </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I knew I needed to check it out.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I liked the lines of it </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I thought the size was perfect for a bedroom.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGH_quHOEgwLd57stlbjJzo2iMPKD71cFMDgKNK6HpuLL_qcF-pWs-7-Dry8GkP5TrbQfSZkhK8bRtGe7zc3wKdBdfXl3YEi9-WgdPTDDL-H8L3xko67qwoZYSDxr-7HqfnEWhkF3h5xrY/s1600/IMG_9898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGH_quHOEgwLd57stlbjJzo2iMPKD71cFMDgKNK6HpuLL_qcF-pWs-7-Dry8GkP5TrbQfSZkhK8bRtGe7zc3wKdBdfXl3YEi9-WgdPTDDL-H8L3xko67qwoZYSDxr-7HqfnEWhkF3h5xrY/s1600/IMG_9898.jpg" width="436" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I saw the price I flipped out!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can you believe only $54.00?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is in pristine condition </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">without a mark on the fabric!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UhFqrp-FkZoiE8iVYHgCq2TEKlQ_NsicwNfy0TSJDVtOetIbv_0y1DRGAJd_gc3thdBfnAtHn9LVhCPPR7OGKl3co8YFa4vz5zKB43iPADStjIk0GdGg8TEMmDxlyKqgfa3ulGFGDNOL/s1600/IMG_9901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UhFqrp-FkZoiE8iVYHgCq2TEKlQ_NsicwNfy0TSJDVtOetIbv_0y1DRGAJd_gc3thdBfnAtHn9LVhCPPR7OGKl3co8YFa4vz5zKB43iPADStjIk0GdGg8TEMmDxlyKqgfa3ulGFGDNOL/s1600/IMG_9901.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the soft tufting and the covered buttons.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUELyXf5d9NBbcLhY9uzUQtAFq4btRdgyXzkOC8G3Qt1ZyLjbFQL0HWkzXD8LHznZfgXFNxRJ3A0Z2lEkMhqltyoPkNXw28ws60UW0KaPcSQtEPRDezIbc_5sFa95NQslMFL77qME0hRhP/s1600/IMG_9908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUELyXf5d9NBbcLhY9uzUQtAFq4btRdgyXzkOC8G3Qt1ZyLjbFQL0HWkzXD8LHznZfgXFNxRJ3A0Z2lEkMhqltyoPkNXw28ws60UW0KaPcSQtEPRDezIbc_5sFa95NQslMFL77qME0hRhP/s1600/IMG_9908.jpg" width="340" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The legs need a little Restor-A-Finish </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on them I think </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but that's an easy fix.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJwsWPqbeuAV2D8F-66pEVRfaETDRrViQJoMZxGRxK0rbeosc_FboewOUibs7p-KIRkbz4YOwSOvIENR_cTGVtpNqrfLHyJus6i-4Ukxok6w0W_Tgj2LCTwFvCsh0623FOX70-D4g6xQb/s1600/IMG_9912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJwsWPqbeuAV2D8F-66pEVRfaETDRrViQJoMZxGRxK0rbeosc_FboewOUibs7p-KIRkbz4YOwSOvIENR_cTGVtpNqrfLHyJus6i-4Ukxok6w0W_Tgj2LCTwFvCsh0623FOX70-D4g6xQb/s1600/IMG_9912.jpg" width="418" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I was hauling it out </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to the car a lady that was entering the sale said " Well there goes my chair!"</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That's when you know you have a great find!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can't wait to put it in it's new home!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Speaking of... Here is a little sneak peak of the Hardwoods in the Master.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6dvh2wkI8c-z1RYCSL6libT1L-lyOIoeJgOv6U6mw30j6reQCNtLSsP82z2_n2PYhKcyC15z9I0Jwxl4XMxMtlRy29iwlHlLJypBamaqdM8Xmae0sO6pDcIKEGVSy6BCDxrHS1U6E0Hg/s1600/IMG_9894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6dvh2wkI8c-z1RYCSL6libT1L-lyOIoeJgOv6U6mw30j6reQCNtLSsP82z2_n2PYhKcyC15z9I0Jwxl4XMxMtlRy29iwlHlLJypBamaqdM8Xmae0sO6pDcIKEGVSy6BCDxrHS1U6E0Hg/s1600/IMG_9894.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Not a very good photo </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but this is after the first coat of sealer </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">went over the stain yesterday.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today was two more coats </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with buffing in between.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am so glad we are doing this!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, the rest of the day was spent with Miss Beaux </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at more Estate Sales </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and Lunch at the Corner Bakery.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We had a blast and laughed a lot </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at the funny things that we saw.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrGlcF7HvTSIMio5e15cIF4O7otEhrogwDx-IYWlAGn5WItJ-4RPVkEYNX8aYkfp7rckguAPJ2zKDSw6OZzEcEkLdnSOyFQC0yAG0CmTjVc_tLNXjrcJEKcoXbm3MfGivCHWXuVT0f_MR/s1600/photo3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrGlcF7HvTSIMio5e15cIF4O7otEhrogwDx-IYWlAGn5WItJ-4RPVkEYNX8aYkfp7rckguAPJ2zKDSw6OZzEcEkLdnSOyFQC0yAG0CmTjVc_tLNXjrcJEKcoXbm3MfGivCHWXuVT0f_MR/s1600/photo3.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We found these two hilarious cats </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at the big sale </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but sadly left them behind, Ha ha.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She did talk me into buying her a 50 cent cat mug though.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We brought other goodies home too </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">which I will share with you later.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; 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Playing Hookey To Go Estate Sale-Ing!

I played Hookey from work today and I blame EstateSales.net! Not only did I play Hookey but the degenerate side of me made the call to...

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Hostess Chair for the Kitchen Table

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy Monday, Everyone!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you all had a spectacular weekend.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our temps were a bit better than they have been </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for the last month, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so my BFF and I got out and made our Estate Sale Rounds. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I think that I mentioned briefly to you all that I took a full </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">time desk job.  No, I wasn't out looking for a job for sure.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mr. Beaux's Logistics company is getting </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> increasingly busier by the month.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> He needed a full time Office Manager/Assistant </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and I offered up my help.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I thought it would be temporary... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> That was about six months ago and I think I made the </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">terrible mistake of doing my job too well!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I really do like working there though </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and I especially like all of the great people in his office.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I am really having fun but my Estate Sale-ing </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> is now limited to Saturday mornings and everything is </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">already picked over.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> ANYWAY... We were striking out at the Estate Sales and we </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">decided to run over to one of our favorite haunts: </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Revival Furniture Store.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> It is a treasure trove of consignment furniture </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and accessories.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I spotted this chair when we first walked into the store </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and I fell in love!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSLkkTY3ThusggWDXf2J6sRq-9_GmB2Vz9jTjqFlFmOGh2Hi67J5URV2zoMum6q-fb8oYEzXWvpDtPWtUJ_ANyqZxxoIEJmJcI_aQyLzZxV7Ugy1hV08v69v1Bodvi__SuqI-NUDeCQF9/s1600/IMG_9051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSLkkTY3ThusggWDXf2J6sRq-9_GmB2Vz9jTjqFlFmOGh2Hi67J5URV2zoMum6q-fb8oYEzXWvpDtPWtUJ_ANyqZxxoIEJmJcI_aQyLzZxV7Ugy1hV08v69v1Bodvi__SuqI-NUDeCQF9/s640/IMG_9051.jpg" width="452" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's an older wing back chair that they had </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">newly recovered in a Waverly fabric.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did some research online and the pattern is called Olana-Gold.   </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wait until you see the best part of the chair.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIBi9i72KYDQjZjleQSaFekV48Z-NVURmO0tmA7f5u1JjdbjPOpuiQUbQiV9bKjawBkE1XEmusA54JMUmmfYvGYn0uAMmGZflJWEYMgU18Jjj2OPbCZOwsmSuiY0VWdRCqhX6eDQnfwLP/s1600/IMG_9048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGIBi9i72KYDQjZjleQSaFekV48Z-NVURmO0tmA7f5u1JjdbjPOpuiQUbQiV9bKjawBkE1XEmusA54JMUmmfYvGYn0uAMmGZflJWEYMgU18Jjj2OPbCZOwsmSuiY0VWdRCqhX6eDQnfwLP/s640/IMG_9048.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Look at her beautiful exposed ladder back.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I don't think I have ever seen an exposed back wing chair.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was taken as soon as found her.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was just a little concerned that it might be </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a tad too bright for me.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I sat down and picked up the price tag.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh Yeah!  She was coming home with me!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I couldn't believe the price.  Only $158.00.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Now, it's not the bargain of the century but I think that is a </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">pretty good price for a newly reupholstered chair.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rL5gpx1ZVt6_8t4zjlFuRA-5LaEgTe9KV8XhRlaq1MgymSJQZJkpGBVES38HVHeB5YUNodKLWXc5MG_jfWNPUWj4ePix12Cy6lSZDufcjANEOvsEOkrSZmaKA1ngikBVsimFQZRnpgGZ/s1600/IMG_9050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rL5gpx1ZVt6_8t4zjlFuRA-5LaEgTe9KV8XhRlaq1MgymSJQZJkpGBVES38HVHeB5YUNodKLWXc5MG_jfWNPUWj4ePix12Cy6lSZDufcjANEOvsEOkrSZmaKA1ngikBVsimFQZRnpgGZ/s640/IMG_9050.jpg" width="358" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I love the sweet yellow and cream check that they coordinated with the Waverly fabric.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRD7kf3daFss8aHfN85mJNjJq6ccQeX6ohHEkda6jsLkzw_x-P4SnFCPMojJyUGyV2m9uXGNmt2-kXrTNDS5CyLTBP_2RJKcsleivQuewx80NXGzko0zeo8SURcZiEhCi7gVj2WMzwb1Di/s1600/IMG_9049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRD7kf3daFss8aHfN85mJNjJq6ccQeX6ohHEkda6jsLkzw_x-P4SnFCPMojJyUGyV2m9uXGNmt2-kXrTNDS5CyLTBP_2RJKcsleivQuewx80NXGzko0zeo8SURcZiEhCi7gVj2WMzwb1Di/s640/IMG_9049.jpg" width="444" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We loaded her into the car and took her home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was still a little nervous about the colors.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFe7NDuaCDwUGgeX_DODGSuT1IsxL46fl9mLuEQt7BtryOpbTriBg4hjzMQ4OMTSTM56VPQumwtU3TOGBOQDN0xZ2JQI_jhxHXCQwViF48eopmSDp2Nlps5YgcOOJGDNtY8EEYSEIY80pl/s1600/IMG_9046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFe7NDuaCDwUGgeX_DODGSuT1IsxL46fl9mLuEQt7BtryOpbTriBg4hjzMQ4OMTSTM56VPQumwtU3TOGBOQDN0xZ2JQI_jhxHXCQwViF48eopmSDp2Nlps5YgcOOJGDNtY8EEYSEIY80pl/s640/IMG_9046.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We got her into the kitchen and stood back for a look.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really loved the way it punched up the </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">table and the kitchen area.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I only had one concern.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvPhRE2zCTPF_Y_7DAHSYVzJ-pUBFnMll0uo_b_Lak-r564XPmTaYrkZaKXc8GzooTvb-mx3c0CviFBibn4CTb8A_lyu-84M81mlmpRpsb5817m6UYcsQRl8xrTrEYlosLsskk7BFO8xB/s1600/IMG_9057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvPhRE2zCTPF_Y_7DAHSYVzJ-pUBFnMll0uo_b_Lak-r564XPmTaYrkZaKXc8GzooTvb-mx3c0CviFBibn4CTb8A_lyu-84M81mlmpRpsb5817m6UYcsQRl8xrTrEYlosLsskk7BFO8xB/s640/IMG_9057.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Is it competing with this chair in our Hearth Room?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I don't know why I was agonizing </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so much over the whole thing.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I guess I am just more of a quiet, subdued person </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and when this loud gal entered the room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">it took me a while to get used to her.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0fh8yKV_wm2c6_TV8rcTKRZAH9N2QRCdhLvJPx3ihFJX1QPMusWuLFJOswtgLxmO8mqTRZyAPDviQ2ctthMza8pvssh_j4QSvmjc540BomF9s11WyYkDqZVVXNtFAgKIrJoX_bMKA7-q/s1600/IMG_9054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0fh8yKV_wm2c6_TV8rcTKRZAH9N2QRCdhLvJPx3ihFJX1QPMusWuLFJOswtgLxmO8mqTRZyAPDviQ2ctthMza8pvssh_j4QSvmjc540BomF9s11WyYkDqZVVXNtFAgKIrJoX_bMKA7-q/s640/IMG_9054.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Look at her sweet little legs though </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and how they left them all dinged up and scratched.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> She's like one of those people you meet that are a little too </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">loud and maybe abrasive at first </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> but it is only because they are </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> overcompensating for their own perceived shortcomings.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I end up loving those people the most!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They usually have a heart of gold!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fo81hDh0SNbv4BNh49swhHcFDhYhyEE6QLyemoyZgcFCebMVdzO0ghh_shMFAs54csSVgQ1c75anLfSlSI0NtTQOJ_xsPAF_7pgR_hmufVENccVY3Lg5VZSG0229TtoNTD6qNrp9YKQ9/s1600/IMG_9058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fo81hDh0SNbv4BNh49swhHcFDhYhyEE6QLyemoyZgcFCebMVdzO0ghh_shMFAs54csSVgQ1c75anLfSlSI0NtTQOJ_xsPAF_7pgR_hmufVENccVY3Lg5VZSG0229TtoNTD6qNrp9YKQ9/s640/IMG_9058.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The more I look at her the more I love her!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But I do have some ideas on how to tone her down a little.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuQE8QaJYbHANNQgv6u1enVm0WecWtzDZu7kwlr8FirXEhbYpy2w-azaKRy_IWMjlkeODg8LBY-uyNm4REKNEFbGMmOgiU9XDHHZSim6bP1FtMy5YuKvaVqXD3Lw9WzNcVEzsPyI5ZVYi/s1600/IMG_9059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuQE8QaJYbHANNQgv6u1enVm0WecWtzDZu7kwlr8FirXEhbYpy2w-azaKRy_IWMjlkeODg8LBY-uyNm4REKNEFbGMmOgiU9XDHHZSim6bP1FtMy5YuKvaVqXD3Lw9WzNcVEzsPyI5ZVYi/s640/IMG_9059.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I pulled this fabric out of my stash.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A lumbar pillow would be great in this fabric.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcQGebXw3SDNtQmGi3Iy0k1vFuR4LYTBQJMs9zb42OWNTnN6HqDneTXdZxASrJIydkOBQeQLOlJWOOaE67CWuLgCLPywqhT0iMIlSOZncErwUP6w2aNTnXIrTaGgLsRQf8j8LRaqBRgxe/s1600/IMG_9063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcQGebXw3SDNtQmGi3Iy0k1vFuR4LYTBQJMs9zb42OWNTnN6HqDneTXdZxASrJIydkOBQeQLOlJWOOaE67CWuLgCLPywqhT0iMIlSOZncErwUP6w2aNTnXIrTaGgLsRQf8j8LRaqBRgxe/s640/IMG_9063.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Or maybe this red and cream check would do the trick.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEPRywD1A5hXW3QFyRAXjRIWNuGZUiVz0AjSyP2oAjVaT50ZUhXyJaogjpsRuionPWuP0GGRWmMMX6aVkasUCkrITlokOtZJkKlo6KgrmEE_D_jx1vJKfkT40uDAl1-RCO49PkZQ0_9yK/s1600/IMG_9062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEPRywD1A5hXW3QFyRAXjRIWNuGZUiVz0AjSyP2oAjVaT50ZUhXyJaogjpsRuionPWuP0GGRWmMMX6aVkasUCkrITlokOtZJkKlo6KgrmEE_D_jx1vJKfkT40uDAl1-RCO49PkZQ0_9yK/s640/IMG_9062.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And I have been saving this fabric to make </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> curtains for the kitchen window.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> That would bring more color over to that side of the room.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FU3mHjTmaMELRlqSsNEi3f_6lVQBa7LgZAt86VEz2VNxxosehxcri_3XZ-Xoi90Xc1MxIZfLKc4CpRIf1xGbXGd1bWXEb4tuOPTYNT7bfn7VIThk4Bqf4vAJbP95i7Q9GO5EncEUkwUm/s1600/IMG_9064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FU3mHjTmaMELRlqSsNEi3f_6lVQBa7LgZAt86VEz2VNxxosehxcri_3XZ-Xoi90Xc1MxIZfLKc4CpRIf1xGbXGd1bWXEb4tuOPTYNT7bfn7VIThk4Bqf4vAJbP95i7Q9GO5EncEUkwUm/s640/IMG_9064.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Or.... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And I can't take credit for this idea as it was my BFF's... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">taking the check from the back of the chair and making a </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">pillow out of a large Buffalo Check.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-armhaJb-FSkhn6ekYkTBIvLvpYF7HddxYS2nTRcLi4NK7IulchzT4csS82fuQ0sJWq1CxMvlqPMrrPu13WtvyXeDe9rNiUrCHksLluDVlC2EreuDoasXmJ8d41SglxbQbNMMksai2XW/s1600/Buffalo-Check-calico-corners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-armhaJb-FSkhn6ekYkTBIvLvpYF7HddxYS2nTRcLi4NK7IulchzT4csS82fuQ0sJWq1CxMvlqPMrrPu13WtvyXeDe9rNiUrCHksLluDVlC2EreuDoasXmJ8d41SglxbQbNMMksai2XW/s640/Buffalo-Check-calico-corners.jpg" width="472" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love that idea!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is a wonderful Buffalo Check from Calico Corners.   </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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