Pandora's Casket

Italian-American Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens New York, the son of Italian immigrants Bruna

Another count down for Shaina. They leave Cali in 15 days. I swear the days are going faster and faster.

I just hope that they are close to having all the packing and address changes completed.

Man, I have to start thinking about what to get her for her B-Day

Today we have to start a couple of the home restoration projects. I am paying my one son to help me move product from the laundry room to the sun room in order for Jamie to move the washing machine and hook it back up with the new hose. Very cool. No more leaky hose from the washing machine.

After that we can go pick up the freezer Monday or Tuesday and the laundry room will be finished. One project nearly completed.

Jamie has the bulk of the projects to handle. He is the only one that is able to do a lot of it. Colt can help but being 13, do you really expect a lot???? Trev is either gone or at work so his help is fleeting. Plus he complains a lot. Nicky is only 8. Wants to help but think about that one. haha So, Jamie has to do a lot, no most alone. Sabriena helps a lot. She gets in there and hauls wood in hammers and does all kinds of things. Me? They tell me to go away most of the time. Fine with me. haha

I can put on my vegan shoes and quickly walk away. Doesn't hurt my feelings. haha

Today Jamie is also going to start painting the dining room. I finally picked out the color and bought it. It matches my dining room drapes nearly perfectly. I am very excited about that! It is a sand color so it will blend in with the room decor and the drapes will really stand out. FINALLY! Dining room completed.

The kids bought the wood to start framing in the toilet to make a wall to section off the tub and toilet. Jamie has an idea to make a shelf on the top to put plants on. He knows I love my plants. They will be fake but still they are plants. haha

Bathroom is coming a long nicely. Very exciting

Yesterday after all the exciting auction events were over we went to Bluffton. Yes, had to go to my home away from home Lowe's.

Before that though we went into Walmart just to look around as we couldn't think of anything that we really needed there. Then it hit me that my youngest need under-roo's so as I am walking around I am thinking to myself that this was going to be one of the cheapest times I walk out the door of Wally World. Ah, I no sooner think that and my daughter and son in law come up and tell me that there is a micro wave on sale. The biggest that there is so they thought I would want to know.

Deep in my dell memory data banks of a brain it came to me that I might as well go look. My micro is pooping out so a new one is needed badly. I decided just to look. Not to buy just to look. The micro on sale was at a price that I could not pass up. The one that I originally had decided to purchase was twice that amount. Same size, one of the big ones. With a heavy sigh I decided to buy it.

I was going to wait until I got the stimulus payment but why wait? When we brought it home and Jamie put it where my old one is this thing looked like a monster! It is so big that it just pops out at you. haha I have to have a big one though with all the people that are in our family.

It's a pretty model. Stainless and black. Now I have to learn all the new functions it has. haha Pretty happy with the new micro and the price.

So, I walked out of Wally World spending the same amount as I usually do. haha

Has anybody out there heard or even used any of the golf practicing DVDs? I ran across one and was wondering of it is actually true that it will shave 7 strokes off your game.

How is this possible? Trevor was complaining about how poorly he has been doing and I thought about these self help golf dvd's that are out there.

Are they really helpful or just a waste of money?

We went to the estate auction yesterday morning. Man, there was a lot of people there. Of course since it is a small town you see so many people there that you know. They just come to look at what is going on. Jamie and Sabriena went with me. I think that it was the first one for both of them. I know that I did not ever take Sabs with me to any in Cali. I just do not think it is an appropriate place for children under 16. Sorry. They get bored and are distracting to you and others around you.

Rude? I am talking rude people here. The funny thing is if you averaged out the age it would have been 70. Pushing, shoving and being asswads. Sure brought back memories. I had a thrift store in Cali years ago and did this nearly every week so this brought back some good and bad memories of the way people behave.

I was surprised that Norm was there. I had thought of him in the morning ( be careful what you are thinking about, it might manifest) and how we used to do the tag team at auctions. haha Ah, good times. He was there looking for some particular furniture. He ended up getting a nice piece that I have a matching one that was left in my attic when I moved in. He got it for a good price plus he bought a few other things that I made fun of especially one that was like gross looking. I sat laughing at him on that.

I made some excellent purchases. Once I started to bid It all came back. One thing that a good auctioneer can do is pick up the signs. The person doing the first half was great. Just a slight nod or using of an eye movement he knew whether or not I wanted an item. I liked that. The other auctioneer was elderly and he pissed me off a lot of times. Even his daughter and the handler yelled at him about bids. Oh well....

Now, the funniest part was about material. There were boxes upon bxes of material and craft items. I use this as fill in for my eBay store. Sells good and fills up my store. These old ladies went wild. Regular material. Cotton with prints mind you. Not bolts of material either. Just flats. Most I saw in a few were folded, 2-3 yards. Some less. These ladies bid these boxes up to $25 per box. Buying them 3-4 at a time. Not worth it.

One lady there is a crafter. She had a big garage sale last year and I bought so much stuff from her I still have yet to put it all in my store. For under $50. She is there buying and buying. I leaned over ot my daughter and told her See this material, it will all be at her garage sale and I'll buy it then. Which is true. Her husband makes her clean out her craft room and the house. haha

I finally got pissed when they started getting physical. One lady hit me with a picture frame on my hand and arm. The end of it really hurt. I called her a nasty name after at first asking her to move away a little. Norm asked later if I had done like I did in the past and gave her a nice elbow jab. haha Naw, didn't want to break her rib. haha

We left shortly after that. I was getting pissy about the people and my mouth was letting a few of them know it. haha I wonder if I was a Marine in a past life???

I got some great items. I started doing research on a few of them and one item is worth $450. Not bad for a box lot of $12.50

Mommas happy