FOR THE CYBER MONDAY AND TERRIFIC TUESDAY SALE WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE VISITING THAT THREAD AND MORE PEOPLE LEAVING POSTS.
I BELIEVE THAT IT IS BECAUSE SO MANY ON OLA HAVE BEEN BLOGGING AND DOING FACE BOOK AND TWEETING. TO EVERYONE WHO DID THOSE THINGS ALL OF THE REST OF US THANK YOU.
IT WAS MENTIONED BY SOMEONE THAT THEY COULD BE OUTSIDERS JUST POPPING IN AND I TOLD THAT PERSON LETS MAKE THOSE OUTSIDERS BECOME INSIDERS. THE MORE PEOPLE WE GET TO VISIT OLA FOR WHATEVER REASON THE BETTER CHANCE FOR US TO ADD NEW MEMBERS.
THE MORE MEMBERS WE HAVE THE BETTER THE CHANCES OF US SELLING OUR ITEMS. WORD SPREADS. ADVERTISING REALLY DOES HELP. I LOOKED AT MY AUCTIONS YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND MOST OF THEM HAVE A LOT MORE VEIWS THAN THEY HAVE HAD SINCE I LISTED THEM. TO ME THAT MEANS SOMEONE MAY HAVE ADDED ME TO THEIR FAVORITES TO WATCH IN THE FUTURE.
THE SALE IS STILL GOING ON AND WILL END AT 11:30 EST TONIGHT.
IF YOU ARE STILL LOOKING FOR SOME GREAT DEALS COME ON OVER. I AM OFFERING $5.00 OFF OF ANY OF MY THROWS UNTIL 7PM EST. WHEN THAT SPECIAL IS OVER I WILL LIST A NEW ONE.
YOU CAN GET THERE BY FOLLOWING MY LINK BELOW
http://ola.com/store/chateycathey
OTHER SELLERS ARE OFFERING SPECIALS ALSO. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE
BE SAFE, BE HEALTHY AND BE HAPPY
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Showing posts with label glass ware and other items I have no space for. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO
It seems like almost everytime I try to plan my day to get more items listed something comes up to change the plans. So today had been set aside for posting a lot of items before Black Friday. That plan has changed.
Looks like a late night for me and tomorrow I will try to get some done. Not having company so will just be Al and I. Dinner will consist of baked ham, green bean casserole, deviled eggs, irish cobbler potatoes, rolls and pumpkin pie. Only do turkey when guest are coming as neither one of us are fond of it.
Do not know if it is OLA or me today but I am having a hard time getting items transferred from my store to my blog. So to see what I will be listing tonight and tomorrow please go to http://ola.com/store/chateycathey
Off to get some chores done now.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone
LIFE IS SHORT...LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST AND SHARE IT WITH THOSE YOU LOVE
Looks like a late night for me and tomorrow I will try to get some done. Not having company so will just be Al and I. Dinner will consist of baked ham, green bean casserole, deviled eggs, irish cobbler potatoes, rolls and pumpkin pie. Only do turkey when guest are coming as neither one of us are fond of it.
Do not know if it is OLA or me today but I am having a hard time getting items transferred from my store to my blog. So to see what I will be listing tonight and tomorrow please go to http://ola.com/store/chateycathey
Off to get some chores done now.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone
LIFE IS SHORT...LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST AND SHARE IT WITH THOSE YOU LOVE
Sunday, November 20, 2011
MEN AND WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT
Being organized is a game some people play. I used to be one of them.
When I lived in Florida I had a much bigger home. There was a place for everything and everything was in it's place. If I wanted something I knew where to go find it. Before my husband died things did not seem to stay that way though. I think it bugged him that I was such a stickler about it. When it was organized life just seemed easier.
I learned when you share your life with someone else things change and I had to accept some of the changes. The hardest and most aggrivating thing was always trying to find things. I would look for the vacuum cleaner and he had used it in the garage and left it there. For Christmas I got him a shop vac.
Our bedroom and bathroom was hugh. Had his and hers closets, the bath had his and hers sinks. Amazed me how that could be so confusing to men. My closet was organized, his was not. I was trying to get his in order one day and he said "Why are you wasting your time? It will be back the way I like it in a week anyway". I left it for him just the way he wanted it.
I guess being organized was a carry over from my single days. I always worked 2 jobs while I was single to make ends meet. So for me it was important to be able to find things fast. This went on until I was 44.
Then when he died I was back to organization again. My closet stayed the way I wanted it, I could always find the vacuum, my dishes were where they were supposed to be. Then I decided to move to the mountains in NC. That changed a lot of things for me.
The closets where I live now do not have the room I had before as my home now is not as big as the other one. But when I looked at this house as a potential buyer, it just felt like the right type of home for the mountains and I felt comfortabile as soon as I walked through the door. I had been to several homes for sale over a period of 3 months. Some were big and beautiful with lots of space but none felt just right. I opted for this one, made an offer and the sellers accepted it.
It is what is called hill side home. Part of the bedroom is under the earth (back in the mountain). The top floor was an add on by the previous owners. I am just the second person to own this home. Our road is named for the man who built this home and he was also the one who did the second floor. I am guessing this was at his wifes request. So they moved the kitchen, living room, guest bedroom and bath to the second floor. First thing I did was have the wall between 2 rooms knocked out downstairs as I wanted to be able to roll over in the bed in the morning and see the mountains. And I needed the space for my bedroom set.
When I go to bed at night I can put my hand out the window and feel the earth. I love this. But all good things must come to an end. I got married again and then I realized it was just not my husband who did not care about organization. IT IS MEN. Or at least the men I chose to share my life with.
Now my organization is that I know what pile has what in it. If he ask me where is the electric bill, I tell him it is on his desk, on the right side under the pictures he just put there...LOL. I don't stress about any of it. There is only one thing that still bugs me and that is please put it back where you found it if you are in the kitchen. Al loves to cook. He has no idea how to work the dish washer. He does clean up after himself and I appreciate that.....just put it back where you found it... I love to cook also and when I know the strainer is in this spot and I can't find it I think "now if I was a man where would I put it". One time I found it in his garage. WHY?
I would not change my life at all. I thank God for my home, my husband, my family, friends and for watching over me all my life. But while I am thanking God I also ask him to remind Al to put things back where they belong. If I did that to his garage I can just see him now spending the whole day arranging things.
Men and women have different priorities. That is my conclusion!
I try to keep my store uncluttered and easy to find things. To see how I did click
http://ola.com/store/chateycathey
LIFE IS SHORT...LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST AND DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
When I lived in Florida I had a much bigger home. There was a place for everything and everything was in it's place. If I wanted something I knew where to go find it. Before my husband died things did not seem to stay that way though. I think it bugged him that I was such a stickler about it. When it was organized life just seemed easier.
I learned when you share your life with someone else things change and I had to accept some of the changes. The hardest and most aggrivating thing was always trying to find things. I would look for the vacuum cleaner and he had used it in the garage and left it there. For Christmas I got him a shop vac.
Our bedroom and bathroom was hugh. Had his and hers closets, the bath had his and hers sinks. Amazed me how that could be so confusing to men. My closet was organized, his was not. I was trying to get his in order one day and he said "Why are you wasting your time? It will be back the way I like it in a week anyway". I left it for him just the way he wanted it.
I guess being organized was a carry over from my single days. I always worked 2 jobs while I was single to make ends meet. So for me it was important to be able to find things fast. This went on until I was 44.
Then when he died I was back to organization again. My closet stayed the way I wanted it, I could always find the vacuum, my dishes were where they were supposed to be. Then I decided to move to the mountains in NC. That changed a lot of things for me.
The closets where I live now do not have the room I had before as my home now is not as big as the other one. But when I looked at this house as a potential buyer, it just felt like the right type of home for the mountains and I felt comfortabile as soon as I walked through the door. I had been to several homes for sale over a period of 3 months. Some were big and beautiful with lots of space but none felt just right. I opted for this one, made an offer and the sellers accepted it.
It is what is called hill side home. Part of the bedroom is under the earth (back in the mountain). The top floor was an add on by the previous owners. I am just the second person to own this home. Our road is named for the man who built this home and he was also the one who did the second floor. I am guessing this was at his wifes request. So they moved the kitchen, living room, guest bedroom and bath to the second floor. First thing I did was have the wall between 2 rooms knocked out downstairs as I wanted to be able to roll over in the bed in the morning and see the mountains. And I needed the space for my bedroom set.
When I go to bed at night I can put my hand out the window and feel the earth. I love this. But all good things must come to an end. I got married again and then I realized it was just not my husband who did not care about organization. IT IS MEN. Or at least the men I chose to share my life with.
Now my organization is that I know what pile has what in it. If he ask me where is the electric bill, I tell him it is on his desk, on the right side under the pictures he just put there...LOL. I don't stress about any of it. There is only one thing that still bugs me and that is please put it back where you found it if you are in the kitchen. Al loves to cook. He has no idea how to work the dish washer. He does clean up after himself and I appreciate that.....just put it back where you found it... I love to cook also and when I know the strainer is in this spot and I can't find it I think "now if I was a man where would I put it". One time I found it in his garage. WHY?
I would not change my life at all. I thank God for my home, my husband, my family, friends and for watching over me all my life. But while I am thanking God I also ask him to remind Al to put things back where they belong. If I did that to his garage I can just see him now spending the whole day arranging things.
Men and women have different priorities. That is my conclusion!
I try to keep my store uncluttered and easy to find things. To see how I did click
http://ola.com/store/chateycathey
LIFE IS SHORT...LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST AND DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Daddy's Moonshine
Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton
KNOXVILLE - Famed Appalachian moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton, whose incorrigible bootlegging ways were as out of step with modern times as his hillbilly beard and overalls, took his own life rather than go to prison for making white lightning, his widow says.
"He couldn't go to prison. His mind would just not accept it. ... So credit the federal government for my husband being dead, I really do,"
KNOXVILLE - Famed Appalachian moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton, whose incorrigible bootlegging ways were as out of step with modern times as his hillbilly beard and overalls, took his own life rather than go to prison for making white lightning, his widow says.
"He couldn't go to prison. His mind would just not accept it. ... So credit the federal government for my husband being dead, I really do,"
A few hours earlier she had buried Sutton, 62, in a private ceremony in the mountains around Haywood County, N.C., where he grew up. He went to his grave in a pine casket he bought years ago and kept in a bedroom.
Sutton - nicknamed "Popcorn" for smashing up a 10-cent popcorn machine in a bar with a pool cue in his 20s - looked like a living caricature of a mountain moonshiner. He wore a long gray beard, faded overalls, checkered shirt and feathered fedora. He made his home in Cocke County, where cockfighting and moonshining are legend.
He wrote a paperback called "Me and My Likker" and recorded videos on how to make moonshine. The History Channel featured him in a 2007 documentary called "Hillbilly: The Real Story."
"You might say he embodied a kind of Appalachian archetype, a character trait of fearlessness and fierce loyalty to regional identity even in the face of personal persecution and stereotyping."
Sutton - nicknamed "Popcorn" for smashing up a 10-cent popcorn machine in a bar with a pool cue in his 20s - looked like a living caricature of a mountain moonshiner. He wore a long gray beard, faded overalls, checkered shirt and feathered fedora. He made his home in Cocke County, where cockfighting and moonshining are legend.
He wrote a paperback called "Me and My Likker" and recorded videos on how to make moonshine. The History Channel featured him in a 2007 documentary called "Hillbilly: The Real Story."
"You might say he embodied a kind of Appalachian archetype, a character trait of fearlessness and fierce loyalty to regional identity even in the face of personal persecution and stereotyping."
Sutton conceded he was part of a dying breed in an interview last year with actor Johnny Knoxville."All the rest of them that I know are dead," Sutton said in the profane, not-for-primetime clip. "I just hope and pray they don't send me off (to prison)."
Sutton's widow said he'd just gotten a letter to report Friday to a medium-security federal prison in south Georgia to begin an 18-month sentence for illegally producing distilled spirits and being a felon in possession of a gun. He had pleaded guilty last April.
On Monday, she came home from running errands and found him dead in his old Ford. Authorities suspect carbon monoxide poisoning.
Sutton's widow said he'd just gotten a letter to report Friday to a medium-security federal prison in south Georgia to begin an 18-month sentence for illegally producing distilled spirits and being a felon in possession of a gun. He had pleaded guilty last April.
On Monday, she came home from running errands and found him dead in his old Ford. Authorities suspect carbon monoxide poisoning.
"He tried every way in the world to get (federal authorities) to leave him on house arrest," she said.
"He was a true moonshiner," his widow added. "He would tell you exactly what he thought, whether you wanted to hear it or not. But he was also the sweetest, kindest, most loving man I ever met in my life."
John Rice Irwin, founder of the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tenn., recalled that Sutton made a still for the museum in the 1990s. Irwin told Sutton to run nothing but water through it. But with thousands of people, including then-Gov. Don Sundquist, visiting for an annual homecoming event, Sutton decided to cook up some real sour mash and dispense it to the crowd in little paper cups.
"Popcorn is getting everybody drunk," the governor's Highway Patrol escorts complained and when Irwin told him to stop, Sutton packed up and left, Irwin recalled.
"I think most people have a warm feeling for him, but he bragged so much about (moonshining)," Irwin said. "And then he got into it in such a big way. He wasn't just a poor old moonshiner trying to make a few dollars."
Sutton's last arrest followed a raid in which authorities found nearly 1,700 gallons of moonshine in Parrottsville and a storage unit in Maggie Valley, N.C., three stills, supplies, firearms and ammunition.
When he pleaded guilty, it was his fifth conviction. He'd gotten probation before, but U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer said he couldn't do that again, despite Sutton's age and physical infirmities.
His estranged daughter Sky Sutton, 35, of Northampton, Mass., had just completed a book about him, titled "Daddy Moonshine," the day he died. "It was beyond surreal," she said Wednesday. She hadn't seen him since she was 2, though they had talked on the phone.
She has no doubt Sutton died on his own terms. "Of course he did. That man went out in a blaze of glory, and flipping his finger as we went," she said.
"He was a true moonshiner," his widow added. "He would tell you exactly what he thought, whether you wanted to hear it or not. But he was also the sweetest, kindest, most loving man I ever met in my life."
John Rice Irwin, founder of the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tenn., recalled that Sutton made a still for the museum in the 1990s. Irwin told Sutton to run nothing but water through it. But with thousands of people, including then-Gov. Don Sundquist, visiting for an annual homecoming event, Sutton decided to cook up some real sour mash and dispense it to the crowd in little paper cups.
"Popcorn is getting everybody drunk," the governor's Highway Patrol escorts complained and when Irwin told him to stop, Sutton packed up and left, Irwin recalled.
"I think most people have a warm feeling for him, but he bragged so much about (moonshining)," Irwin said. "And then he got into it in such a big way. He wasn't just a poor old moonshiner trying to make a few dollars."
Sutton's last arrest followed a raid in which authorities found nearly 1,700 gallons of moonshine in Parrottsville and a storage unit in Maggie Valley, N.C., three stills, supplies, firearms and ammunition.
When he pleaded guilty, it was his fifth conviction. He'd gotten probation before, but U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer said he couldn't do that again, despite Sutton's age and physical infirmities.
His estranged daughter Sky Sutton, 35, of Northampton, Mass., had just completed a book about him, titled "Daddy Moonshine," the day he died. "It was beyond surreal," she said Wednesday. She hadn't seen him since she was 2, though they had talked on the phone.
She has no doubt Sutton died on his own terms. "Of course he did. That man went out in a blaze of glory, and flipping his finger as we went," she said.
I saw the program but think I will get "Daddy's Moonshine" and read it. Maybe I will be able to find on ola.com as we have so many books for sale from so many sellers.
LIFE IS SHORT...LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST AND HAVE FUN AT IT
Friday, November 18, 2011
BLACK FRIDAY
I have often wondered why the Friday after Thanksgiving was called Black Friday. If you know why please tell me.
It is a great day for shoppers who do not mind getting up at 3:00AM and getting to a store that does not even open up until 8:00AM just to get a special item that the store has understocked so they do not have to sell all the hot items at a cheaper price. It is amazing that on the following Monday or Tuesday the item will be overstocked so soon after Black Friday.
I also often wondered why people did that. I see no reason to get up so early to stand line for 3 or 4 hours freezing my butt off. It seems like a ritual to some. I have even heard some say "I can't wait until the morning to go shopping" and someone replying "Don't let me oversleep". Are these people normal? Don't the know about shopping on line?
Shopping on line is the best. You can do it in your jammies. You can do it any hour of the day or night. And you can find all kind of sales going on at OnLineAuction.com. Here are just a few items you can find on sale at OLA.com
http://www.youravon.com/debboyd
Avon Products Perfume Skin Care Body and Bath and more
http://www.OLA.com/store/annimae
Diva by Revelations 12 oz. Coffee Mug Cup with Dog - New in Box
To see what I have in my store go to the link bleow
http://ola.com/store/chateycathey
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
It is a great day for shoppers who do not mind getting up at 3:00AM and getting to a store that does not even open up until 8:00AM just to get a special item that the store has understocked so they do not have to sell all the hot items at a cheaper price. It is amazing that on the following Monday or Tuesday the item will be overstocked so soon after Black Friday.
I also often wondered why people did that. I see no reason to get up so early to stand line for 3 or 4 hours freezing my butt off. It seems like a ritual to some. I have even heard some say "I can't wait until the morning to go shopping" and someone replying "Don't let me oversleep". Are these people normal? Don't the know about shopping on line?
Shopping on line is the best. You can do it in your jammies. You can do it any hour of the day or night. And you can find all kind of sales going on at OnLineAuction.com. Here are just a few items you can find on sale at OLA.com
http://www.youravon.com/debboyd
http://www.OLA.com/store/annimae
To see what I have in my store go to the link bleow
http://ola.com/store/chateycathey
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Team OLA Blogs
I had a blog for today but for some reason it did not stay on very long. It was about the numbers in blogging and I had thought if we blogged each day until the end of the year we could beat the highest for the years of 2009 and 2010.
As of today we have 119 blogs and that is only for the month of November. I wrote down the numbers that I saw to the side of the blogs.
For the year of 2009 there were a total of 308 blogs.
For the year of 2010 there were a total of 207 blogs
For the year of 2011 there are a total of 191 BUT for the month of November 2011 we have 119 blogs so far and the year is not over.
I think we can beat the figures above and set a new record if we try and also if we can get some others to blog and help us.
We have a very large community and only a few bloggers. I do not have an answer for why this is but I wish we could change it. Any suggestions from anyone else?
Thanks for reading my blog and please leave a comment. Good or bad they all count.
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
As of today we have 119 blogs and that is only for the month of November. I wrote down the numbers that I saw to the side of the blogs.
For the year of 2009 there were a total of 308 blogs.
For the year of 2010 there were a total of 207 blogs
For the year of 2011 there are a total of 191 BUT for the month of November 2011 we have 119 blogs so far and the year is not over.
I think we can beat the figures above and set a new record if we try and also if we can get some others to blog and help us.
We have a very large community and only a few bloggers. I do not have an answer for why this is but I wish we could change it. Any suggestions from anyone else?
Thanks for reading my blog and please leave a comment. Good or bad they all count.
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
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