I've been out since March 24th. I can't believe it's been 7 weeks. I still have pain and tightness, so I'll be on reduced hours and restricted duty. Schedule is 8:00 until 12:00 ( Read more... )

I've been out all day, picking up stuff from yard sales, estate sales, rummage sales, etc...

Today's biggest score,

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Maybe. If my boss agrees to the physical limitations. We'll see ( Read more... )

Finally. Finally got the chairs reupholstered.

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After a year of searching and waiting, we finally got a top for the tulip base. My "new" 15.00 (total amount) table:

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Slowly but surely, the company is becoming more and more like Wal-Mart. No wonder. The CEO is from Wal-mart an has brought his slash and burn tactics (with regards to workers) to us ( Read more... )

First, that white chair was such a headache to sell. Really, 90.00 for a pristine mid century modern chair isn't a lot of money, and I had a few offers with people wanting to pay more. One that I took up created such havoc when the guy said that he'd be here at such and such a time, and then kept emailing from his iPhone to tell me that he was ( Read more... )

I've been purging my vintage clothing collection. I have a weakness for older clothes, in fact I started collecting and wearing them when I was 12. Some morning, I'd head out to school (an alternative "open classroom" type of place where just about anything was acceptable) in silk velvet skirts, satin bed jackets, felt cloche, platform shoes, etc ( Read more... )

This chair has been quite a bit of work today. Had I known how many emails I would be getting, I would have doubled the price. As it is, a nice upholstered chair for under 100.00 is a great deal, let alone a mid century modern one!

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So I just got off the phone with the store director who told me that he's not going to schedule me due to my physical limitations ( Read more... )