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Kid swimming pool, set of giant legos, hardback book about going to preschool, two pair sneakers size kid 8, two baseball caps, two pair jeans and two pair suspenders, and two kid hiking poles and binoculars. At this rate I'll be broke before I know it.
I have one Thai red pepper that gives us enough for the year. It's doing great this year. I use colanders to dry them out. I also caught a snippet of a news report about a study that showed spice is good for your health. Hot peppers were mentioned.
newenglandgirl, one of my online friends is a book editor and always comes up with great books for kids. Almost every time they are out of print, but I find ex-library copies on Amazon and I have been happy with the ones I've gotten. The grandkids and their parents are coming this week and I've got a book from a seller on Amazon coming for the g-kids. I hope it gets here in time.
I'm heading up to the attic later on to bring down some vintage castle Legos that our son played with.
I have one Thai red pepper that gives us enough for the year. It's doing great this year. I use colanders to dry them out. I also caught a snippet of a news report about a study that showed spice is good for your health. Hot peppers were mentioned.
newenglandgirl, one of my online friends is a book editor and always comes up with great books for kids. Almost every time they are out of print, but I find ex-library copies on Amazon and I have been happy with the ones I've gotten. The grandkids and their parents are coming this week and I've got a book from a seller on Amazon coming for the g-kids. I hope it gets here in time.
I'm heading up to the attic later on to bring down some vintage castle Legos that our son played with.
They know their alphabet and counting, have tons of picture books, stories like Frog & Toad and Dr. Seuss, etc. They love pop-up books. I only buy those that will grow with them for a few years. What are your favorites for 2 1/2-year-olds?
The Baby Lit series is great for that age. http://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n%3A28315...bin%3ABaby+Lit
My grandson loved those and was learning his letters with them. It's colorful pictures and simple words and the storyline is covered in 10- 20 words or less. We have Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland and Moby Dick.
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type is a good book for that age.
The one coming is called It's Raining Out... It's Sunny Out. It's a about a wise dad and a boy who is grumpy because it's raining all the time and everyone is complaining. The book is then flipped to the back where it is sunny all the time and people are complaining....... Kinda reminds me of the C-D Retirement forum.
I think the kids will like it, it's for 4-8 and the g-kids are 3 and 6.
A great place for wooden puzzles from Melissa and Doug is Tuesday Morning stores.
This stuff does add to the clutter but can be passed on later.
I decided that since we're staying here until next spring my used Tupperware that the lids don't seal on are a goner. I bought a 28 piece set of Rubbermaid food storage containers for 13.95 shipped to my door. No more rubber bands holding down the lids.
You're definitely moving into town?
My stash was increased by more spices - & I still can't find vanilla bean. May have to order that on-line. I'm still not used to living in a small town.
A couple of weeks ago we found a cute outdoor 2 chair set + small table all painted a bright pastel blue. We both loved how the pieces looked and they are now sitting on our back porch along with a couple of reclining chairs (bright green). I decided that it was OK to have bright color out there, and seeing all the color makes me happy. Last fall we painted our back door blue. The house is green. So that gives you an idea of what I like.
So, today, I bought a couple of outdoor pillows, one for each chair, to make the metal chairs a bit more comfortable. I wanted lumbar pillows, but couldn't find. I found bright printed square pillows for outdoors, and they are just fine, I think.
Interesting thread. I didn't notice anyone that seems to have a hobby business that is something you love to do, but can actually pay for itself and make a few bucks on the side, except one artist that sold a painting. I repair and sell "vintage" audio gear, but mainly 70s, 80s, and early 90s. I specialize in cassette decks, so I have a ton of them. Like 40, of which 90% are Nakamichi. And maybe 2000 cassettes. And 11 turntables and about 1000 records. I really enjoy restoring them and saving them from the landfill. The stuff I work on was built to last, not like the BPC that is out now. (Black plastic cr@£)
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