CHRISTMAS EVE..... AND MOVING UPDATE

Isn't she lovely? 

   

This is Kaia who is four and thinks that everything is wonderful. Thank goodness she recovered from a bad case of the flu in time for Christmas (and no one else caught it).

  

Of course, here's Jones making sure that he scored every last crumb. Jones had a great time, also. But I forgot to buy him a present.......

MOVING UPDATE

As you can see, there is a lot left to do, but we are slowly moving forward. Dennis came today and although we worked for 5 hours, it seems as if we didn't even make a dent.  I still have at least 15 boxes to unpack and then there is the second room at my old location. Patience, Patience, Patience....

Roberto is coming Jan. 2 and I will be unpacking boxes all day Saturday.....it will happen.  I wish that I were further along as we will get quite a bit of ROSE BOWL traffic this week-end. Oh well, it is what it is.

Jones says "hi"---he has a new girl friend. Amore is white and almost as big as Jones, but more delicate.  Boy do they love spending time together.....Boys and girls!  And Jones really loves girls.

Have a wonderful week-end getting ready for the New Year or just antiques shopping--hopefully with me.

Mary and Jones (& Cole)

INSPIRATION--FOLLOWING THE NUDGE

    

Yesterday was Thursday, which means auction day. But I felt certain that I was supposed to be at the shop...what to do?  I stopped at my favorite Thursday haunt and saw the most gorgeous, to die for, huge English style carved wing chairs in a perfect pale blue-gray linen and in perfect condition....I started drooling......but still felt that I needed to be at the shop for no particular reason. 

I left and called my friend and neighbor, Roy, who offered to bid on them for me since he wasn't interested. I set my mark at $1000 for the pair. That is quite a chunk of change for a pair of vintage chairs, even if they were fantastic.

I arrived at the shop convinced that a huge sale was just waiting to happen....I waited, and waited and waited expectantly....Just as I was thinking of leaving to avoid the horrendous Thursday traffic (and being a bit puzzled as to the fact that no one even the slightest bit interesting had come in), a charming pair of ladies stopped to study my chinoiserie Marbro Lamps

  

We started talking, they were dealers from Seattle and I realized that I recognized her shop as being on 1stdibs.  We chatted some more and she was interested in several other items. In a short period of time we realized that we had many connections and interests in common--I love it when that happens.

I gave the Seattle dealer great quotes on what she was interested in and then had to leave to hopefully miss the TRAFFIC and stay with THE GIRLS while their parents went out. (I followed up my visit with the Seattle dealer with an email firming up the quotes)

When I got home, I tallied up the dollar amount of the items that this dealer is interested in and that amount exactly matched the dollar amount that I had set as my goal for the day. I really don't know if any of these quotes will develop into sales, but I do know that I needed to be at the shop for a specific unknown reason and I followed the nudge. 

Inspiration is great, but without follow through--doesn't count for much. It is all in the listening and acting.  I think I'm finally listening.

And the to-die-for wing chairs sold for $1750--way more than I was willing to spend (but I'm still drooling).

Have a wonderful inspiration-filled week-end.

Mary and Jones (& Cole)