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Monday, May 13, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Divine Intervention in Las Vegas (Henderson)
It has been a long while since my last blog. I've been so busy, busy, busy.
I wanted to take a moment to blog out a confirmation story; something we could all use as a reminder of a higher power or presence in our daily lives. Sometimes the little things mean so much:
For about 3 weeks, I had been hunting for Vintage brooches with silver or platinum metal and clear stones, prefered stone was Aurora Borealis or Crystals (on the cheap) ...my baby daughter- now in her mid-30s- is having a June wedding and needed more brooches for her jewelry bouquet. Frustrated, of course, estate after estate sale, everything was so expensive...for seemingly days and days, I thought I was going to have tell my daughter I was failing miserably....every website, every moving or estate sale, seemed I was one step away or after the lady "who got there first" before me....but having tons of faith, although not thinking even my higher power could help me with this situation.......I only vaguely prayed a somewhat happenstance prayer while driving Saturday morning to a sale.....actually forgetting my faith along the way along the day....as it unfolded.....
Practicing my Christian faith religiously, often, I practice at home in my daily life while listening to Joyce Meyer and I fill my Sunday mornings with Joel Osteen. Little did I know, my small happenstance prayer on Saturday morning would be heard in the most profound way-------
Rolling up to an estate sale late in the morning, I almost didn't get out of the car. I felt like driving past it as it looked pretty much picked over. With old beat up 8 tracks and VHS tapes, old shelving and the like, I did get out but cursed under my breath what a waste of my time looking in a place like this for brooches......!!!!
Walking slowly but resolutely, there would be nothing for my daughter's bouquet, I soon found myself inside the garage and noticed 3 very nice older ladies commenting on local happenings of the day, and I commented back. Eventually, I edged out as I had cleared the tables and looked right over the old suites and robes, etc.....but something struck me, I needed to give the largest table another look. Usually, I do not revisit a sale's items...Once cleared, I'm gawn......with a big G.......
Strolling over to the largest table, it felt right..my hand moved out and right there in front of me was nothing but a pile of rubbish jewelry.....but right in the middle of it was a beautiful 3 1/2" wide by 2" wide pin, brooch, in colors of red marquis, pink rhinestones, 60 stones all together and 10 pearls...beautiful. Completely intact!!
Stiffening myself before I turned it over to see the price, I held my breath as well. AND THERE IT WAS, the price.
WHAT???????? $1.00 ???????
A stroke of luck hit me and I almost fell over or fainted. Never giving up my poker face, I calmly picked it up and asked a bit of information about it....it was one of the lady's grandmother's pin.....and wow, was it beautiful.....
and just as luck would have it, I took one last glance at the books.....books? me?
well, and there he was: Joel Osteen "Your Best Life Now", hardback. Like new condition....and when I picked it up, it was with a 50 cent price.
and as I was commenting to the nice ladies about my Christian faith and how I had loved Joel Osteen's sermons...and how I had always wanted this book but could not afford it.....they told me to give them $1.00 and call it even....so, they gave me the book!!
As I drove away, my first thought was, "wow, what a lucky break!!" and "Man, what luck!!" but as I reached the main road, it hit me--this was not luck, it was DIVINE INTERVENTION.
God answered my prayer even when I only whispered it, before I prayed (what I thought) an insignificant selfish prayer.....that God would not care about such trivial things as Vintage jewelry bouquets.......and I confirmed the undercurrent of Higher Power intervention. My lucky break was actually another Divine Intervention at a time I needed it the most......the way it was confirmed was even more precious....it was like God handed me the book as a special sign and confirmation to me, "I am watching over you and your family".
The moral I wanted to share with you is this: no matter what religion you are or need to have, you only need to ask and you will receive guidance and peace. No matter how big or how small...sometimes answers take a long time!! and sometimes, they take but a half an hour.... or 3 weeks....trust your Higher Power and have faith...for everything in your life...even if just to show you the next estate or moving sale stop.
In today's stressful news media, bullies at schools, aggressive drivers, angry neighbors, and uncertain employment, it is good to know there can be a certain level of peace in the middle of it all...if you only take the time to utter the words and feel the blessings....
take care ya'll. -=brenda
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I wanted to take a moment to blog out a confirmation story; something we could all use as a reminder of a higher power or presence in our daily lives. Sometimes the little things mean so much:
For about 3 weeks, I had been hunting for Vintage brooches with silver or platinum metal and clear stones, prefered stone was Aurora Borealis or Crystals (on the cheap) ...my baby daughter- now in her mid-30s- is having a June wedding and needed more brooches for her jewelry bouquet. Frustrated, of course, estate after estate sale, everything was so expensive...for seemingly days and days, I thought I was going to have tell my daughter I was failing miserably....every website, every moving or estate sale, seemed I was one step away or after the lady "who got there first" before me....but having tons of faith, although not thinking even my higher power could help me with this situation.......I only vaguely prayed a somewhat happenstance prayer while driving Saturday morning to a sale.....actually forgetting my faith along the way along the day....as it unfolded.....
Practicing my Christian faith religiously, often, I practice at home in my daily life while listening to Joyce Meyer and I fill my Sunday mornings with Joel Osteen. Little did I know, my small happenstance prayer on Saturday morning would be heard in the most profound way-------
Rolling up to an estate sale late in the morning, I almost didn't get out of the car. I felt like driving past it as it looked pretty much picked over. With old beat up 8 tracks and VHS tapes, old shelving and the like, I did get out but cursed under my breath what a waste of my time looking in a place like this for brooches......!!!!
Walking slowly but resolutely, there would be nothing for my daughter's bouquet, I soon found myself inside the garage and noticed 3 very nice older ladies commenting on local happenings of the day, and I commented back. Eventually, I edged out as I had cleared the tables and looked right over the old suites and robes, etc.....but something struck me, I needed to give the largest table another look. Usually, I do not revisit a sale's items...Once cleared, I'm gawn......with a big G.......
Strolling over to the largest table, it felt right..my hand moved out and right there in front of me was nothing but a pile of rubbish jewelry.....but right in the middle of it was a beautiful 3 1/2" wide by 2" wide pin, brooch, in colors of red marquis, pink rhinestones, 60 stones all together and 10 pearls...beautiful. Completely intact!!
Stiffening myself before I turned it over to see the price, I held my breath as well. AND THERE IT WAS, the price.
WHAT???????? $1.00 ???????
A stroke of luck hit me and I almost fell over or fainted. Never giving up my poker face, I calmly picked it up and asked a bit of information about it....it was one of the lady's grandmother's pin.....and wow, was it beautiful.....
and just as luck would have it, I took one last glance at the books.....books? me?
well, and there he was: Joel Osteen "Your Best Life Now", hardback. Like new condition....and when I picked it up, it was with a 50 cent price.
and as I was commenting to the nice ladies about my Christian faith and how I had loved Joel Osteen's sermons...and how I had always wanted this book but could not afford it.....they told me to give them $1.00 and call it even....so, they gave me the book!!
As I drove away, my first thought was, "wow, what a lucky break!!" and "Man, what luck!!" but as I reached the main road, it hit me--this was not luck, it was DIVINE INTERVENTION.
God answered my prayer even when I only whispered it, before I prayed (what I thought) an insignificant selfish prayer.....that God would not care about such trivial things as Vintage jewelry bouquets.......and I confirmed the undercurrent of Higher Power intervention. My lucky break was actually another Divine Intervention at a time I needed it the most......the way it was confirmed was even more precious....it was like God handed me the book as a special sign and confirmation to me, "I am watching over you and your family".
The moral I wanted to share with you is this: no matter what religion you are or need to have, you only need to ask and you will receive guidance and peace. No matter how big or how small...sometimes answers take a long time!! and sometimes, they take but a half an hour.... or 3 weeks....trust your Higher Power and have faith...for everything in your life...even if just to show you the next estate or moving sale stop.
In today's stressful news media, bullies at schools, aggressive drivers, angry neighbors, and uncertain employment, it is good to know there can be a certain level of peace in the middle of it all...if you only take the time to utter the words and feel the blessings....
take care ya'll. -=brenda
BWs Vintage Collectibles...and more!
stores.ebay.com/bws-vintage-collectibles
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
You NEVER know what you might see in Las Vegas...
Well, here I go again...describing yet another true life reality adventure....while I was lost driving around in circles about 2 weeks ago on a Saturday...during the high wind....following garage sale and moving sale signs blown upside down, ripped in half, floating through the air, landing on bushes...all the while me, trying to figure out what a right arrow is doing on the left side of the road. Nothing upsets me more than a big bright sign and me racing to that lane....only to discover the sign actually points to the other side of the street where I originally was at......WHO THE HECK WRITES THESE SIGNS ANYWAY? ...and then puts them up with one piece of tape...in the wind..? WHO DOES THAT? but while I was cursing otherwise idiotom world (me being one of them for doing this in the wind) I was turning my car around in yet ANOTHER cul-de-sac....I looked up, something just struck me, and I don't know why I looked up.....but right there, on Sunset and Arroyo Grande and some street with a cul-de-sac.....was a large, very large bird.....with these two horns on it's head...or what looked like horns. It just sat stoic and solid, high up on a chimney no less!!!! This bird scared the heck out of me!!! like an old haunted movie...at first, I thought it was a Halloween decoration which was forgotten about....but NO!!!! I stopped to watch (remember I was in a cul-de-sac). This bird by my guesstimate, in comparing it to the chimney for size, was about the same in width! It was rectangular, or so it seemed to me. During this high wind, he was just sitting....and after a minute or so, turned his around, just his head. His body never moved....and it occurred to me, "An owl" an OWL? here, in the desert? WHAT? in the middle of the day? I spent half my life living near a National Forest, and it is here, in this desert in the middle of Nevada I see a Great Horned Owl? I couldn't believe it. But I did see it. And then, there were a few scattered pine trees here and there on this side of Henderson....so, it did make sense.
Little kittens could easily disappear with this old bird around....a great mouse haven, and small dogs too...all would be great food for this predator. Never in my life have I seen such a large Horned Owl, so huge and magnificent....and if there was anything I remember that day besides all that wind, was the perfectly contented HUGE owl who sat on top of someone's chimney, scoping out his restaurant....watching me as I watched him or her....both respectful of each other and both wondering what the other one was doing...
I am pretty sure he was having more fun than me though......how fun would that be to swivel your head completely around.....and not fall down. When you are sober.
Henderson neighbors, please keep your kitties inside. I personally know how fast small animals can disappear with a Great Horned Owl sitting in your backyard. Just sayin......
-=brenda BWs Vintage Collectibles
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Little kittens could easily disappear with this old bird around....a great mouse haven, and small dogs too...all would be great food for this predator. Never in my life have I seen such a large Horned Owl, so huge and magnificent....and if there was anything I remember that day besides all that wind, was the perfectly contented HUGE owl who sat on top of someone's chimney, scoping out his restaurant....watching me as I watched him or her....both respectful of each other and both wondering what the other one was doing...
I am pretty sure he was having more fun than me though......how fun would that be to swivel your head completely around.....and not fall down. When you are sober.
Henderson neighbors, please keep your kitties inside. I personally know how fast small animals can disappear with a Great Horned Owl sitting in your backyard. Just sayin......
-=brenda BWs Vintage Collectibles
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Monday, March 18, 2013
How to take care of Spring time weeds in Las Vegas
Well, it's been quite a winter in Las Vegas. Winter does exist here, although some-what mild and forgetful. After a week visiting relatives in Sacramento, California (lots of BBQs and birthday cakes) I returned to my little nesty townhouse on the proverbial border of Henderson and Las Vegas. I live in Henderson; however, Las Vegas Metro will come out to an emergency call...that's after the dispatchers fight over who controls this address and street...I digress...I noticed the Spring weeds cropping up. It had been a week since I tended them, so I cannot honestly say they popped up overnight!...I had a decision to make: use weed killer or pull them? What a quandary ..so, after a trip to the local pesticide department, I determined the old Round-Up I used last year would suffice and I immediately determined the expiration date was just fine. Spending money on weeds is like me passing up chocolate cake...it's not gonna happen. And to heck with pulling them...too much work. In the depth of the night (9 pm my bedtime) I strategized to soak the enemy weeds at a time when no wind was apparent. I sprayed old Round-Up over every leaf, every stem, and then I did it again. Mightily armed with my gallon of expired weed killer and it's gun in the opposite hand, I was secretive, stealthy, and calculating. In the dark of the night, I sprayed down all the weeds lurking in the shadows and even those bits of crab grass where only Heaven knows where it came from. There is no grass here, so how the heck crab grass grows here is a mystery. I digress....again...
Fully satisfied and with my mission accomplished when the gallon of spray ran out, I called it a night and went to wash up.
Excuse me, I guess I thought it would work overnight. The next morning, it looked the same to me. While drinking my coffee, I surveyed the situation, ran to the empty container and noticed the killing process might take a week? WHAT? I gotta look at this crap for another week while it turns colors?
So, there I was, at 6 a.m., pulling weeds out from under all those stupid little scraggly rocks...
and came to a conclusion: pulling the darn weeds is cheaper, healthier and gives immediate results. Never mind the embarrassment I experienced when my neighbor, while leaving for work, left me with this one memory which is burned into my brain, "can you pull mine too?" boy, I left a clear line right up to his property...and that's where HIS weeds start....lol....lol lol -=brenda
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Fully satisfied and with my mission accomplished when the gallon of spray ran out, I called it a night and went to wash up.
Excuse me, I guess I thought it would work overnight. The next morning, it looked the same to me. While drinking my coffee, I surveyed the situation, ran to the empty container and noticed the killing process might take a week? WHAT? I gotta look at this crap for another week while it turns colors?
So, there I was, at 6 a.m., pulling weeds out from under all those stupid little scraggly rocks...
and came to a conclusion: pulling the darn weeds is cheaper, healthier and gives immediate results. Never mind the embarrassment I experienced when my neighbor, while leaving for work, left me with this one memory which is burned into my brain, "can you pull mine too?" boy, I left a clear line right up to his property...and that's where HIS weeds start....lol....lol lol -=brenda
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Happy Valentine's Day from Las Vegas
On most mornings, after I let the dogs out, feed them, then let them out again, I sit down with my well-earned cup (s) of coffee. Today? Same thing. Nothing different. I did want to send out a blog how thankful I am for my children, the grandkids, my hobby and social friends....I don't know what in the world we or I used to do without Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or unlimited minutes for a detached phone!! Everyone I love is only a voicemail away. By today's standard, leaving a message or email is the same as a contact, so I am going to leave messages around the family, send out my blogs and facebook messages and consider myself done. I hope you too, have an opportunity to send out messages, reminding others you are thinking of them. Valentine's Day is not only a day to receive goodies...but a day to remember all those who we love, why we love them, and the many shades of pink or red can be applied as one magical thankful day of lightness, laughing, and remembering special moments, blogs, pictures, endearing and comforting words by others...
Have a very wonderful Valentine's Day everyone! -=Brenda BWs Vintage Collectibles
Chocolate Bear - inedible of course
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Be Bear or Be Square in Las Vegas
As I was editing items in my Ebay store, stores.ebay.com/BWs-Vintage-Collectibles today, I noticed my bear collection had grown quite large! Searching for "Bears" and "Bear" I pulled up my inventory...low and behold...there were my stuffed animals...ready for new homes...it had not occurred to me just how many I was rescuing while visiting estate sales and moving sales.....over the past year I had collected many fine, clean, and personable bears. While clicking on my picture inventory, it looked like hundreds.....different poses, colors, bows, tags.....and then it occurred to me.....I am a rescue agency for abandoned bears. There is no two ways about it, I am hopelessly the self-appointed queen and foster mother of a kennel of bears........Every sale I visit, there is usually a box full of stuffed animals...while I like them all, I gravitate towards those bears (or other animals) which speak to me.....soft, clean, like new, those with clothes, bows, or some I can add a little bow to make them feel dressed....when young while I acquired my love and passion to learn about the past and all things Vintage, I also developed a love of bears.....I cannot think of collecting Vintage without rescuing and collecting bears!.....my memory suits me well-----"I wish I was a Teddy Bear----not living not loving not going no where...I wish I was a Teddy Bear and I wish that I hadn't fallen in love with you".....and every time I see an abandoned bear that speaks to me, I just have to save it. As I look at my collection, clean, fluffed, and loved again, as I promote them out to new homes.....I realized my relationship with my bears is temporary but I hope they will always remember their foster mom, the one who pulled them out of the heat (Las Vegas summer) out of the cold (Las Vegas wind chills) out of the darkness of a box and turned right side up.....dressed them up and made them special again.....I love my bears....-=brenda BWs Vintage Collectibles
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Las Vegas just froze over....
Las Vegas Henderson update
Are you kidding me with this 24 degrees up in here ?????
Hell just froze over.........
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Are you kidding me with this 24 degrees up in here ?????
Hell just froze over.........
Come see the new store front and catch the newest sale...most everything is 10% off...a January Freeze Over Sale..........BWs Vintage Collectibles on Ebay
Come visit The Vintage Village http://thevintagevillage.com/profile/Brenda
a community full of honest, credible, kind sellers of small collectibles and Vintage items.....blogs, pictures slideshows, discussion forums full of ideas and comments, The Vintage Village will provide a one stop shop where you can feel confident to buy......
More coffee is needed...........brrrrr
-=brenda BWs Vintage Collectibles
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