UPDATE: The winner is…Roxie A. Jones!
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Happy Saturday!
I’m busy finishing Eli’s story—my handsome silver fox! If you’d like to read a snippet from the opening of the story, it’s right here: READ AN EXCERPT
While I’m writing, my SIL and daughter are right next door repainting my bedroom. Now, when I say it’s a major undertaking, I’m underrepresenting just how difficult this task is. I’ve lived a lot of years, and I have a bunch of stuff. So, they shift everything one way then the other to get to the walls. That sounds like I’m a major hoarder, doesn’t it? Like I have so much crap they have to make tunnels to get to the walls. I swear it’s not that bad, but I do have a couple of cabinets—one large—full of collectibles (Russian boxes, Fenton glass, snuff bottles, fortune-telling teacups…) that had to be emptied, and all that stuff is now sitting carefully stacked on a banquet table IN MY OFFICE. It’s a wee bit distracting—all that activity and clutter overtaking spaces…
So, me writing with things piled up around me—get the picture? And I have to have Eli finished by next Friday!!!! I’ll make it, but getting there won’t be pretty. Good thing Eli is! 🙂
Puzzle Contest
For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, tell me what treasures you collect. Do you have bottles of buttons? (I do! Still haven’t figure out what to do with them!) Do you collect crocheted afghans? Share for a chance to win!
Open Contests
A New Short Story and a Puzzle Contest! You couldn’t ask for more on a Saturday, right? — This one ends tomorrow! Win an Amazon gift card!- Diana Cosby: Nature’s Beauty – A Year to Remember! (Contest) — This one ends tomorrow! Win a SIGNED book!
- Tell me a story… (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
- Flashback: Ride a Texas Cowboy (Contest–Two Winners!) — Win a FREE book!
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I collect images of African-American women, particularly notable ones and nativity ornaments. (Don’t enter me in the contest)
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I collect purple glass, vintage salt and pepper shakers, teacups, and old plates. And some people may not approve of this but I collect glass pipes.
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I collect books. I started collecting afghans that match my decorations. I’ve also collected a few globes. My aunt collected tooth pick holders and Swarovski crystal figurines. I inherited it all so now they are my collections.
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I collect books,white fuzzy bears, Eeyore and lighthouses.
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I have tins of old buttons that have been here forever. Probably the most of one type of thing I have is books. Too much stuff from past generations so I’ve been trying to thin them out and not add more.
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I collect horse statues including unicorns and pegasus.
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3:25 – I collect buttons too, but I actually use them on items I knit.
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I collect teddy bears of any kind, some were gifted to me by my sister. As well as animal statues, such as cheetahs and elephants. And guitar picks, some are custom made others are not.
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don’t collect buttons
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I have a massive collection of thimbles from everywhere I traveled and now we collect ornaments as a family from our travels.
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The one collection I still collect in, besides books, is anything with a pansy motif. I have pillows, shoes, towels, tea cups, tea pots, a skirt, and various other things all with pansies on them. They are spread all over my house, and I use many of them. I guess it is a rather low key collection because most folks don’t realize there is an actual collection going on, including my kids. They have never figured out what to get me for gifts. I mean really? Pansies all over the house and books galore. Oh well. My niece knows. She has brought me pansy curtains and this year she made me a book mark with pansies. So someone noticed!
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2:50 I collect dragons, rubber ducks, and matryoshkas.
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Books is all I collect now. My daughter has the original Beauty and the Beast collectables that have never been opened, that takes up enough room.
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I have boxes and bottles of buttons I got from my grandmother. Some of them are so beautiful! I plan to make candles out of them (the kind where the outside doesn’t burn but the inside does because I don’t want to damage the buttons). I collect recipes. Oh how I love recipes!
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3:41 – I don’t collect anything any more; not enough space in a mobile home. I used to collect beavers. 🙂
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I love to collect scarfs for the hair and neck. So cute to dress up you head and neck!!!!
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I collect pretty yarns. I love to knit and crochet so I enjoy sorting through them decided which one I want to work with next. I also have a big collection of books of course. And leggings 😉
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I’ve pretty much stopped collecting as I’ve no room for much more. Over the years I’ve collected bells, Fenton figurines, & snowmen. I have some Santa Claus figurines that were my Mom’s. I do however keep adding to my fridge magnets. Loved reading Eli’s story….he is one hot silver fox!!!