Sunday, September 9, 2012

Misfits Vintage: The olden days

Misfits Vintage: The olden days: So I popped home for a couple of days in my little shack. The weather, frankly, was arse :   sunny with gale forced winds that blew down ...

"Misfits Vintage" is one of these wonderful bloggers!  i was referenced to her by my regular reading of Desiree, who writes Pull Your Socks Up! - 'Miss Misfits' was the one who reassured her that YES even a blonde can wear yellow :)  I'm posting this one because I love all the bright colors of her crocheted lovely's - AND wish she would share with me, the owner of several, how she went about washing them!

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Sometimes, you catch things later....

So I was sharing in another online forum about my several-years-long procrastination in going through boxes of *stuff* that hold emotional context for me ... and how I successfully! eliminated a box this past week! - yeah, me :)  I actually got it down to one desk drawer (from this HUGE box) and every once in a while ...

I came across one of my dad's credit card bills from 2005.  By the handwriting on it, I can tell it was he who paid that bill - quite impressive, actually, if you consider he was already pushing the 90s and Alzheimer's disease, and would die 2 years later!!!  (Actually, his bill paying wasn't always so accurate or timely by then, and - a whole other story - let's just say I was a watchful eye ...).  Anyway - there's something about this particular bill, you see --

I just happened to notice a $12.00 charge to belong to an online group

which would generally imply "oh that's something my daughter Jean is up on"

except

I recognize the group's name

IT WAS SOMETHING MY EX-HUSBAND WAS INVOLVED IN.  WE HAD SPLIT FOR GOOD IN 2003.  THIS BILL WAS 2005.  --- Wait for it - that isn't even the ultimate irony -- wait for it --

the name of the group was

CHRISTIANS IN RECOVERY