About me. . .

I was thinking about blogging (I know, I do a lot of THINKING and not a lot of DOING), and I decided I would just blog about myself and my own interests today.  So here we go. 

I collect miniature crackle glass pitchers.  Love those little babies, I even have a purple one which is pretty rare.  They are reasonable to buy and are really pretty on a windowsill or on the quilt rack that used to hang over my couch.  I've been collecting those for about 15 years.  I don't really buy them anymore, unless I see something really unusual, but I do love them. 

I also collect milkglass, especially hobnail.  It's the most common of all the milkglass, and I just can't resist it when I see it at a yardsale.  I don't even know how many hobnail milkglass lamps I have in this house, even though they ALL have to be rewired because they get too hot.  I just adore them.  I found two at a yardsale not too long ago, that the woman at the house told me that she got when she turned 16 (50 years ago) and she redecorated her bedroom.  Her mom bought them with greenstamps.  (I LOVED GREENSTAMPS!)  I knew that they were meant to be mine.  True story.

I never intended to collect these, but I also have a collection of paperweights.  They are really pretty, and sometimes I rearrange them.  It started when I was in Hawaii, and I went somewhere touristy, and wanted to buy my ex-husband a gift, and couldn't find anything manly, so I got him a small paperweight with tropical fish in it (we used to have a salt water tank in Hawaii), and then I saw them everywhere, and people got them for me for gifts too.  ( And yes, I was petty enough to take the original one with me when I left the DB).

I also have a little collection of rocks.  All colors and shapes, but I am especially fond of heart-shaped stones.  Mostly crystals. 

I think henna (on hands) is beautiful.  I would like to learn to do it one day. 

I don't know what my favorite food is.  There have been a lot of different favorites, but I do love chocolate. 

I have some quirks.  I know this about myself.  For one thing, and I've discussed this before, I have a THING about my bed.  Love clean sheets.  If I didn't think it was crazy, I would wash my sheets every day.  I'm not exaggerating, EVERY DAY.  I love nightgowns.  Cotton nightgowns, not the t-shirt kind of cotton.  I love shoes, especially red shoes.  This only occured to me recently (thank you Mary Beth), but I'm glad I know it now.  I also like purses a lot.  Particularly satchel type purses.  Small is best.  I hate to sleep with socks on.