Quick Getaway

Earlier this week we took a quick getaway to Tawas City, MI to visit with my brother Tom and sister-in-law Debbie. They have a 5th wheel there in a RV Park that they stay in from May thru October. Then they have another 5th wheel in Myrtle Beach, SC that they stay in from November thru April.  

I snapped this picture while we were driving up. 

This is the Zilwaukee bridge. I always say that you are not "up north" until you cross the Zilwaukee! 

We stopped at a really old restaurant in Standish for lunch. This was at the table. 

This may be the only table juke box in existence!

My favorite part of our little trip besides seeing my brother is the walk I take along Tawas Bay/Lake Huron in the morning. 

You can usually catch a beautiful sunrise here too but I did not get up early enough to do that! 

It was nice to get away if only for one night. 

In other news:

This bear picture pops up on my computer monitor at work. 

I just love this picture! I just want to give him a big hug!! LOL!

That's it for now. 

Until the next time take care and thanks for reading! 

Miscellaneous This and That

As I mentioned in my previous post, I decided not to keep the White sewing machine that my friend gave me. It's a nice machine but it definitely shows its age. 

After I found the Singer and had a chance to mess around with it, I decided that this is the one I wanted to hang on to! 

It was built in 1977 which makes it my newest sewing machine!  I don't think it was used very much. I cleaned it up a little and oiled all the moving parts and it works like new! It does some super fancy stitches which I'll probably never use but will have fun experimenting with them! 

I decided to put the Singer in the cabinet that the White was in. I won't go into too much detail, but we managed to get the old sewing machine out and the new one in and it fit perfectly!

Here's Rich doing the final tightening of the screws. 

And I put the White machine in the Singer case for donation. 

There is a tomato plant at work that grows the tiniest tomatoes I've ever seen! 

I think it's called a micro dwarf tomato plant but I'm not sure! All I know is they are super tiny and taste really good! 

My friend and I went to an estate sale that really wasn't worth posting about but I wanted to show you the mailbox. 

Fancy! 

Also, this particular house had a very nice walk out basement and sunroom! 

I wish I had taken more pictures of the basement. The rest of the house was nothing special.  I also didn't buy anything. 

Finally, when you go to a mega church like ours the children's choir is no joke!

They were so cute and did a good job! 

That's all I have for now. 

Until the next time take care and thanks for reading!

Wedding, Family and A Quick Estate Sale

On Saturday, July 25th, we attended my niece Carly's wedding to Chad. The ceremony was at a luxury wedding resort literally in the middle of nowhere. Kind of like a "If you build it, they will come" only with a wedding venue instead of a baseball field!

This is where the ceremony took place. 

It was beautiful if a little hot! I don't have any pictures of the ceremony. The couple asked guests to put away their phones and just be in the moment with them! 

These guys were witnesses!

It was a beautiful wedding. 

We're so happy for Carly and her handsome husband!

Chris and his fiancé Jenna were in town for the week, also. It was so great to see them! It was almost two years since we saw him! 

We were finally able to get a new family picture! Look how tall Maxwell is getting! 

Then last weekend I went to an estate sale at this house

I took this picture off the internet because I didn't take one while I was there. It's a 2,020 sq ft, 2 bd 2 bath condo. It was not for sale, but Zillow estimate was $364,600.

There were a few nice things. 

Two pretty sets of dishes. 

I liked these white ones with the silver rims. They were both priced at $300 a set but everything was 50% off. 

This was the only picture I took of the house itself. 

The master bath which was huge and very nice!

This picture was pretty. 

Even if it is of an outhouse! $4

This Nine West purse was cute! 

$16. Too small for me though! 

And of course...

A sewing machine! This is almost identical to one that my grandmother gave me years ago that I sold at a garage sale for $40! This one was priced at $100. 

This is what I bought at this sale: 

An OXO Paper towel holder and a Vera Bradley wallet. Total spent: $9

The paper towel holder retails on Amazon for $29.95 so this was a real bargain at $6 and it's in brand new condition!  

In other news: I've decided not to keep the White sewing machine my friend gave me. I am going to keep the cabinet though and put the Singer that I found on the curb inside it. It is a really nice sewing machine! You can tell that it was hardly used even though it's almost 50 Years old! It is definitely the find of the century for me! 

I'm going to donate the White machine to the Vietnam Veterans Association of America. I've been in contact with them and they will take it! 

I'll keep you posted on how this sewing machine switching goes! 

Until the next time take care and thanks for reading! 

Estate Sale And An Exciting Find

 The latest estate sale was at this house:

It's 2,163 square feet and sold for $540,000. It's all about the location! 

The house was pretty full and there were some nice things. 

I thought these dishes were very pretty. 

They were Pfaltzgraff and instead of pricing the whole set they were priced at $5 each piece. 

There was lots of nice shoes! 

Not my size even though I hesitate to buy used shoes! They were priced at $10 to $40. 

And a table full of purses. 

Most of them were $20

This view master came with about 50 different slides. 

I thought about getting it for the grandsons, but I think they would lose interest in it pretty quickly! I think it was $50 for the whole thing. 

This Hummel spice rack was nice. 

Not for $250 though!

There was a whole box full of panty hose. 

Lots of jewelry. 

I did think about buying these gold earrings. 

But they were $8 which I thought was too much!

There were dickies of every color!

They were $5 each. I don't think I've ever worn a dickie in my life! 

I thought this cotton fabric was very pretty. It was about 1/4 of a bolt. 

It was priced at $10 which wasn't bad, but I passed. I thought I would go back the next day to see if it was 50% off but I never got the chance to. 

There seems to be sewing machines at every estate sale now!

This was $200 

And this adorable kids sewing machine!

Runs on batteries! $25

This is what I bought at this sale. 

New oven mitts and a little trash bin for my car. Total spent: $3

Then, on my way home from this estate sale I spotted something on the curb that looked like a sewing machine case. So of course I had to stop. 

Turns out it was a sewing machine case with the sewing machine inside!

It's a Singer Fashion Mate 248 and it works! It's not even that dirty! There was a bunch of accessories too. I was so excited to find it. I'll probably never buy a sewing machine, but I'll take a free one off the curb anytime! I'll tell you more about it when I get the chance to mess around with it. 

That's it for now. 

See you the next time and thanks for reading!