OT, to gain a little insight into your creative mind

I have a trick for making uncomfortable shoes more comfortable; I coat
my feet in olive oil, put on cotton socks, put on the shoes, and then I
run hot tap water on them (yes, while I'm wearing them) and then I rub
leather conditioner into them, and then I walk around in them until
they're mostly dry. When I take them off, my feet are baby-soft from the
hot oil soak, and the shoes are totally broken in.

Polly S. wrote:
Kalera Stratton wrote:

Some people are shoe people, some people aren't... my friend Gwyn has
as many as two pairs of shoes at any one time, and resists any attempt
to make her have more. I, on the other hand, need a shoe room.


Thats how my mom is... I swear she buys new shoes every week. Now that
she older she has a hard time finding comfortable shoes but she keeps
trying!!! =)




--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com

And again, I must say you got some 'splainin' to do!

What happened to your kitchen??

Tinkster wrote:
I was thinking the same thing. I don't even have ONE right now. LOL!

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 06:55:28 -0800, Kalera Stratton
wrote:



Peggy wrote:

Cookbooks, cooking utensils, pots, pans, etc. And kitchens. I only have 2
now but I used to have 4.

???

This is gonna take some 'splainin'.



Tink
Check here for available work:
http://blackswampglassworks.com/latest.htm

--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com

Wow, LOL! That's a good one, and certainly the most unique collection
I've ever heard of.

Peggy wrote:
This is gonna take some 'splainin'.


LOL Yes, Ricky!

It's actually pretty simple. Years ago, I noticed that I was only person I
knew who didn't collect anything. I complained to my husband, and he said,
Sure you do. You collect cookbooks. I told him, No, I use all of my
cookbooks. People who collect things may use some of them. But they also
collect them just to have them. So he asked, What about all the stuff you
have in the kitchen? Do you use all that? I assured him I did. Finally he
said, I've got it. You collect kitchens.

I thought about it, and you know what? He was right. We have a long habit
(which I am trying to break) of fixing up old houses, selling them, and then
repeating the insanity. To say that we buy houses that are in need of rehab
is putting it mildly. None of the historic houses that we've purchased has
ever had a working kitchen when we bought it. At one point, we were working
to build kitchens in what is now our current home (main kitchen and carriage
house kitchen), a tiny cabin (since sold), and the townhouse where we were
actually living (also since sold).

That's right: Four kitchens, only one of which could actually produce
anything edible. We certainly couldn't use them. We collected them.

BTW: My husband has promised me that once we move from our current
home--when he finishes school--we will buy a house with a single working
kitchen. No more rehabs and restorations. YEAH!!!



--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com

You would love a teapot I have in the shape of the Titanic... and on the
side, it says "Teatanic".

Connie Cronin wrote:
Teapots- the odder the better. One is in the shape of a donut or
lifesavor.
Avon Cape Cod Collection glass, trying to catch up w/ my mom
Kitchen gadgets, "of course I have one of those. Doesn't everyone?"
Books- we just recently closed our used paperback store and have a
storage unit full that I'm putting up for sale on Amazon.
Comic Books- 1972 to 1992, put aside for my downpayment on a house
Wizards, dragons, etc. Candles.


--
Connie


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In article . com, "Dr.
Sooz" wrote:



I know that the things I collect influence my beadwork. For instance,
the black and white vintage photos I gather compulsively make their way
into my jewelry, and other things do too. So----
*What Do YOU Collect?*

Please, keep it not-too-long....I realize for some of us, who collect
EVERYTHING under the sun, the list is quite huge. But it might help us
all learn about each other better if we keep it to our Top Thousand
Collecting Jones.

Ready? GO!!! (And I mean everybody! It helps the doldrums to think
about this stuff, right?)


--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com

It's 100 years old, and the cabinets were so disgusting that we pulled
them all down. The sink is an ancient double apron porcelain job with
questionable plumbing. All the walls have to come down, which was
moved along by the two unfortunate plumbing incidents recently (one in
the basement, one in the upstairs bathroom). To access those areas,
the plumbers had to rip holes in the ceiling and three walls.

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:57:44 -0800, Kalera Stratton
wrote:

And again, I must say you got some 'splainin' to do!

What happened to your kitchen??

Tinkster wrote:
I was thinking the same thing. I don't even have ONE right now. LOL!


Tink
Check here for available work:
http://blackswampglassworks.com/latest.htm

I got to thinking about it....although I mentioned collecting shoes and
small purses, I should have added that I don[t actually WEAR them....they
are for decorating someday, or using on dolls, or turning into lamps (4 pr
cowboyboots, awaiting decorative embellishments, etc.....)
plus there are wigs being saved for costumes or for dolls, and vintage hats.
I have 50 hats going in a line around the top of my bedroom walls, a
decorative border. THOSE, I actually wear, though! I USED to have vintage
sewing patterns, but we had four fieldmice get in this fall....and now I
have vintage papermulch.

Ohhhh... wow, sounds liek chaos!

The sink sounds incredible... is it in good condition? Those things cost
about a grand around here.

Tinkster wrote:
It's 100 years old, and the cabinets were so disgusting that we pulled
them all down. The sink is an ancient double apron porcelain job with
questionable plumbing. All the walls have to come down, which was
moved along by the two unfortunate plumbing incidents recently (one in
the basement, one in the upstairs bathroom). To access those areas,
the plumbers had to rip holes in the ceiling and three walls.

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:57:44 -0800, Kalera Stratton
wrote:


And again, I must say you got some 'splainin' to do!

What happened to your kitchen??

Tinkster wrote:

I was thinking the same thing. I don't even have ONE right now. LOL!



Tink
Check here for available work:
http://blackswampglassworks.com/latest.htm

--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:15:23 -0800, Kalera Stratton
wrote:

Ohhhh... wow, sounds liek chaos!

The sink sounds incredible... is it in good condition? Those things cost
about a grand around here.

We were offered $1300 for ours when we were getting the house
inspected before we bought it. I'm planning to part with it once the
true rebuilding begins. I'm going to Big Ugly Warehouse for stuff, I
think. Solid oak, $100/linear ft. including counter top, stainless
sink, upper and lower cabinets.

Tink
Check here for available work:
http://blackswampglassworks.com/latest.htm

Kalera Stratton wrote:
Scarytastic!

Dr. Sooz wrote:

... even a


giant seagull!
Completely glue him with beads and rhinestones.


Unfortunately, he 'died' long ago! (but that would have been cool
because he was made to hang and is wings were spread open - about 2 ft
across!). I had him hanging outside for many years at many houses and he
finally just faded away and started slowly crumbling to death, probably
from the sun.

Not typing much today... I was pulling some grass and weeds earlier by
my back porch and before I realized it my hand was covered in fire
ants... now its covered in little blisters and hurts like he||!

Thought I had chased away or killed them all (*hot* water and lots of
dish soap) but the survivors were hiding from me, the enthusiastic ant
killer... (hate 'em, see 'em, kill 'em!)



--
Polly
---
don't spook my groove...
icq 13968113
http://saxoncreek.com/

Thanks. That's a good one for leather shoes. Much easier than the
procedures you get with those shoe stretching chemicals.

Tina


"Kalera Stratton" wrote in message
...
I have a trick for making uncomfortable shoes more comfortable; I coat
my feet in olive oil, put on cotton socks, put on the shoes, and then I
run hot tap water on them (yes, while I'm wearing them) and then I rub
leather conditioner into them, and then I walk around in them until
they're mostly dry. When I take them off, my feet are baby-soft from the
hot oil soak, and the shoes are totally broken in.

Polly S. wrote:
Kalera Stratton wrote:

Some people are shoe people, some people aren't... my friend Gwyn has
as many as two pairs of shoes at any one time, and resists any attempt
to make her have more. I, on the other hand, need a shoe room.


Thats how my mom is... I swear she buys new shoes every week. Now that
she older she has a hard time finding comfortable shoes but she keeps
trying!!! =)




--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com