December 12th

Weather: quite cool and sunny
Amount spent: $2.19
Comments: We did manage to find a couple of sales and rounded out our day with a visit to a Ft Collins Goodwill store. Of course we managed to find a few goodies we needed...


partial cans of linseed oil, starting fluid and neatsfoot compound--$1/all
softcover, Penguin beginning Russian language book--.99
nice serving spoon and pie server--.20/both

This week's cat pictures:


Aren't the kittens getting big??? They celebrated their 6 mos birthdays last week!



Rita, sleeping in the south-facing window, tucked about as tightly as is possible



Felix and Atticus share a prime sleeping spot in the dining room. The jacket was stuffed with a cotton sweater and modified into a sleeping mat. Heyyyy...that leather is a little cool on the fur, don'tcha know!

November 21st

Weather: cool early, but it warmed up nicely as the day went on
Amount spent: 60 cents
Comments: Joe is out of town, so he missed out on all the fun this week. Just a single sale, so we went to a couple of thrift stores in Ft Collins and ran some errands. Ft Collins was a nice change of scenery.

• alarm clock with thermometer--50 cents
• kitten toy--10 cents

The clock is easy to set--except for changing the day of the week! I can't figure out how that is done. So Joe will have a puzzle waiting for his return.

The kittens loved the ball. As soon as I snapped the picture Smoke jumped onto the table and batted it off, then jumped off and picked it off the floor with her mouth and ran away with her prize! Both kittens have been playing with it since, they like these kinds of balls because they are easy to carry.



Panda and Atticus taking in the morning sunshine. I took the picture this morning (Sat).

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And here is Panda again, a little later, curled up on the perch with Bella:

November 14th

Weather: sunny but blustery, the wind was strong and cold!
Amount spent: $8.35
Comments: only 2 sales today, but both were interesting (and held indoors!) We stopped in to see McKee Thriftshop's "new/old" remodeled location and ran some errands after finishing with the sales.

• 3 china salad bowls--$1.50/all
• set of blue measuring cups--25 cents
• power cord--25 cents
• 2 CD set: 44 Happy Hits From the '40s--$1.50/both
• softcover: Aran and Fair Isle Knitting--$1
• 2 framed bird pictures--50 cents/both
• bundle of pencils--25 cents
• bunch of knitting needles and crochet hooks--$1
• wire silverware holder--25 cents
• bag w/ 2 makeup brushes, pocket mirror and pocket magnifier--25 cents
• bag with box cutter, pk of pencil leads and misc--10 cents

• large numbers digital alarm clock--$1.50

Isn't Panda a beautiful cat these days?

And here is Mr Felix, who jumped up and onto the jacket as soon as I dropped it on the chair--before we'd finished bringing everything in from the car!! He was busy sleeping by the time I started logging the cuuh, and he looks like a happy cat.

This picture was taken one morning last week, Bella Cotton enjoying the sun through the south-facing window in the computer room. (The flannel sheet she is sleeping on is cuuh from last summer...)

November 7th

Weather: cool early, but it warmed up quite a bit by early afternoon
Amount spent: $81.75 + tax (it was a professionally-run estate sale)=$87.22
Comments: Bonanza day!! Went to an estate sale in a house S of G + M's house and found lots and lots of good cuuh. We went to a few other sales after that, but didn't find much of interest at them...good thing, as we spent more than enough at the estate sale!

• bottle of pen cleaner--25 cents
• very nice techinal pen set (in green holder)--$3
• box of sewing machine cams and accessories (see machine below)
• roll of self-adhesive linen tape--50 cents
• softcover, The Book of Clouds--$1
• pkg of colored art paper--$1
• bag of luggage straps and seals--$1
• bag with 3 bottles of drawing ink--$1
• big bag full of colored pencils, craypas and some erasers--$1
• mat cutter--$3
• box of typing paper--$1
• RMNP trail map --25 cents
• another bag of luggage straps--$1
• bag of erasers, a notepad, couple of small rulers--50 cents
• RMNP topographical map--25 cents

• bag of button batteries--$1
• 2 (synthetic) fuzzy mats--$4/both
• bag filled with assorted yarns, knitting needles and a '68 knitting magazine--$2
• 10 prs socks--$2/all

• 7 skirts, all 100% wool except the red one, which is corduroy--$14/all

• 2 100% linen blouses--$4/both

• Singer, model 328--$20

(with accessories shown in first picture)

Diesel and Panda are very interested in the machine!!

• Dremel scroll saw--$20

Atticus is chewing on some clear tape holding a piece that goes to a Dremel table saw (probably included by mistake)--he loves to chew that kind of thing

The saw also attracted Panda's interest...

October 31st

Weather: perfect
Amount spent: $1.10 (on cuuh)
Comments: we went to the 8 or so sales we could find, then went to a discount grocery store in search of a few bargains.

Only got 2 pieces of cuuh today, top left of photo:

• box of Sculpy (polymer clay)--$1
• small Ball drinking jar--10 cents

everything else in the picture is from the Discount Grocery, where we found incredible deals like pkgs of pipe cleaners for 10 cents each (and for just a dollar, now have a lifetime supply), small boxes of onion and garlic-onion bullion cubes, cinnamon, raspberry, orange and French vanilla extract, A-1 Teriyaki marinade, a pound of buckwheat...unbelievable variety! The two bite-sized candy bars were given to us (Halloween) at the drive-up window at the bank where G + M made a deposit.

and here are some pictures for all the cat fans out there:

Rita and Panda sleeping on a chair in the dining room

Diesel Smoke at the top of the climbing tree in the bedroom, she is in hot pursuit of the dot from the laser pointer

Atticus, sitting like a meatloaf on the bed

October 26th

Weather: sunny and quite breezy, overall cool

Amount spent: $4

Comments: G + M were in LA this week, so it was just the two of us saleing on Friday. As often happens when we head out alone, we didn't find a single thing to buy. All the sales were duds. This morning we went to DIA to pick up G + M and took the back roads home, on the lookout for garage sales of course. Found a good one in a new development in Thornton, and we all managed to find a little cuuh on this rare not-a-Friday expedition.

• old flaring tool--$1
• 2 pair chopsticks in nice box--$1
• small ball hitch--$1
• old folding draw knife--$1

The kittens are 20 weeks old this weekend.
Diesel Smoke likes Joe to hold her "in the position," shown here. She will meow standing on the floor at his feet, asking him to lift her up, so well mannered, asking for an invitation! As soon as he helps her snuggle into position she starts purring loudly, and will happily sit like this for hours, content with him both sitting or standing up and walking around.

Panda seems much more independent than her sister. Here she is sleeping on a dining room chair, using the Camry manual pouch for a pillow.
The kittens are growing up quickly and becoming delightful little cats!!

October 17th

Weather: absolutely perfect
Amount spent: $24.90
Comments: It's been awhile since I've bought many reference books or any sewing machines, found some nice ones today. Almost all this is mine, all Joe bought were the can stackers and the book on Australia! A beautiful day with all the trees turning colors and balmy temperatures.

• pink plastic basket--10 cents
• set of aluminum measuring cups--15 cents
• stoneware bowl--25 cents
• book/materials: The Art of Japanese Brush Painting--$5
• book, hardcover, Ultimate Visual Dictionary--$5
• topographical map of Colorado--10 cents
• frosting knife--25 cents
• 2 strings small beads--10 cents/both
• green plastic slide-out pencil case--25 cents
• very nice stoneware pot w/ lid--$2
• book, softcover, Guide to Australia--$1
• book, hardcover, Guide to Gemstones of the World--$2
• **ignore the stack of books please, shown below**
• softcover, National Recovery Act Desert Cookbook (1987 reprint)--10 cents
• softcover, Game Fish of the Rocky Mountains--25 cents

These are the books inadvertently stacked in the photo above:

• pocketbook, Duncan Hines Deserts--10 cents
• softcover, Peterson Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals--$2
• softcover, Golden Regional Guide to the Southwest (1955)--25 cents

Atticus and the girls checking out the cuuh. Yes, Diesel Smoke is chewing on the beads...

Felix and the girls checking out the can stackers

• Kenmore 1040 (3/4 size) sewing machine (needs work)--$5
• 2 refrigerator can stackers--$1/both
• (in the back) very dirty case for the Kenmore