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When you're smiling, when you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you!

Guys ~ Don't forget Valentines Day Feb. 14th

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Real Friends...

When you come to my house I expect you to be yourself, to act yourself and to enjoy yourself. I recieved this great little email the other day that says it all.

You can't live in the fear that something is going to get dirty broken or rumpled. You have to put down the brooms and mops and know that your friends don't expect you to be perfect.

Feel free to copy and paste this and send it to your friends.

A simple friend when visiting, acts like a guest. A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself (and doesn't feel even the least bit weird shutting your 'beer/Pepsi drawer' with her foot!)

A simple friend has never seen you cry. A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names. A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party. A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after they've gone to bed. A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems. A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history. A real friend could blackmail you with it.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument. A real friend calls you after you had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them. A real friend expects to always be there for you!

If you like it, buy it ~ it will get away

How many times have you walked out of a store and said if it was meant to be it will be here when I get back? I know I can't even count the times I have said those very words.

You know what happens, you get home, think about it and say I will go back this weekend, it's just 2 days away surely no one else loved it as much as me. But lo and behold, it's gone! Now what?

You will think about that one piece, that precious little collection or that wonderful painting and make yourself crazy trying to happen upon something just like it.

My New Years resolution is BUY IT NOW! Believe me I am not a big spender so I am not talking about thousand dollar pieces, I'm talking about something as small as a cat figurine that reminds me of childhood.

Now repeat after me... BUY IT NOW!

Incredible architectural windows ~ so many great uses

These wonderful feather balls look great in an old bowl ~tuck in a few old

photos for an unusual display

What makes a house a home?

Anyone who loves antiques or just the vintage look knows the feeling it gives you in your own home. Even when friends come by, they may not understand it, but believe me they feel it as well.

The warm feeling that is hard to explain, living with things you love, the love of days gone by and a slower pace which these days is something everyone should think about.

Ms. Wendy's offers so many great pieces that remind us just how important possesion meant to the original owners and the care they took in these pieces so that we could enjoy them for days to come.

Even with all this unpredictable weather it's never to early to start thinking spring.

Ms. Wendy's ladies are already thinking spring with their great new offerings ~ Get by soon, it will be worth a trip.

One thing to get you thinking spring is an awesome black iron table and chairs, table with glass top and chairs to compliment in black and white toile cushions. What a perfect patio set this would make and big enough to entertain.

Thinking about re-doing a boring kitchen into those ever popular black and whites, wait until you see the unbelievable hoosier cabinet in move-in & useable condition.

Then add this cute little telephone table and you have a wonderful vintage look.

~ New Photos Coming Soon ~

2007 ~HAPPY NEW YEARS~ 2007

New Year's Trivia

The most commonly sung song for English-speakers on New Year's eve, "Auld Lang Syne" is an old Scottish song that was first published by the poet Robert Burns in 1796. Burns transcribed it and made some refinements to the lyrics after he heard it sung by an old man from the Ayrshire area of Scotland, Burns's homeland.
It is often remarked that "Auld Lang Syne" is one of the most popular songs that nobody knows the lyrics to. "Auld Lang Syne" literally translates as "old long since" and means "times gone by." The song asks whether old friends and times will be forgotten and promises to remember people of the past with fondness.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?

Translation

Should old friendship be forgot'

And never remembered ?

Should old friendship be forgotten,

And days of long ago.

Bandleader Guy Lombardo, and not Robert Burns, popularized the song and turned it into a New Year's tradition. Lombardo first heard "Auld Lang Syne" in his hometown of London, Ontario, where it was sung by Scottish immigrants. When he and his brothers formed the famous dance band, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, the song became one of their standards. Lombardo played the song at midnight at a New Year's eve party at the Roosevelt Hotel.

• The first New Years Eve ball drop in Time Square happened in 1907
• The number one New Year's resolution is Lose Weight
• The Tournament of Roses is the most popular New Years Day Parade

Traditions

Here in the the southern United States, it is believed eating black eyed peas on New Year's eve will bring luck for the coming year.
Also the custom of eating greens such as cabbage, collard greens, mustard greens, kale or spinach to bring money &
eating cornbread will bring wealth.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Ms. Wendy's would like to wish you and your loved ones a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas Long Ago

by Jo Geis
Frosty days and ice-still nights, Fir trees trimmed with tiny lights, Sound of sleigh bells in the snow, That was Christmas long ago.
Tykes on sleds and shouts of glee, Icy-window filigree, Sugarplums and candle glow, Part of Christmas long ago.
Footsteps stealthy on the stair, Sweet-voiced carols in the air,S tocking hanging in a row, Tell of Christmas long ago.
Starry nights so still and blue, Good friends calling out to you, Life, so fact, will always slow...For dreams of Christmas long ago.

Some of Ms. Wendy's less then well behaved customers!

Jerry, I told you we should have gotten here earlier!

Hey, no cutting in line we were here first.

Architectural Interest

Hand-made New and Old

Great Gift Ideas

There is nothing like the flicker of light to warm the heart. This old victorian heater is a perfect fit for a non-working fireplace or to create your own with an old mantel. Just add tealight cups and candles.

Reproduction Primitive Style
Eat your fruit and veggies!