Monday, December 31, 2012

The Christmas Season has come to a close.
 
SWEATER CLIP 2012 #37 (Xmas)
...My side of the family (Parents, siblings, nieces/nephews...) had their 'Holiday' yesterday, on a day that we could all get together, relax & enjoy.  ALL that prep, we may as well draaaggg things out, right? Okay, enough!
VERA 2012 #23 .25¢
So, goodbye 2012. We have ridden a rollercoaster together. Personally it has not been a year to go down in the history books - neither positive nor negative.  Much sadness and pain around me.  I didn't find myself directly jumping into the 27 Random Acts of Kindness, but I did find that I have been taking things a little bit slower lately. Appreciating what I have and the people in my life a little bit more. Hugging a  little more freely, smiling (and crying...) a lot more often.  I gave a plates of cookies to say 'Thank You' to the girls at the Post Office Counter, The Dr. Office Receptionist (the one who called with the VERA package!!), My Pharmacist at the little local drugstore who goes out of his way for me every month (he came out from behind the counter and gave me a big hug!).  I think EVERYONE has been impacted as to just.how.fragile this life of our is. 

VERA 2012 #22 .25¢
 Bring it on 2013, The year of 'EMERALD' (or so PANTONE says.)  I'm not sure that I'm really jumping on that 'bandwagon', but I guess nobody asked MY opinion!

  Every year I have goals for myself.  In 2012, I turned 45, it was a TOUGH one.  I keep thinking... hoping... planning... dreaming... that I am going to find FOCUS!  I think that age has made me wise.  This new found wisdom has enlightened me to the fact that I am ALWAYS going to be scattered!  I am more than likely NEVER going to have direction in my life.  This blog is never going to be anything other than what it was created as - a dumping grounds for whatever happens to possess me at the moment!
  
ROYAL HAEGER by ROYAL HICKMAN 2012 # 8 (XMAS from J)
GREEN BRIAR glaze 1946 - 1950's

I have toyed around with different ideas for this blog from time to time.  I look at other blogs - they have massive FOLLOWERS, and I ask myself 'Why do you only have 59?'. It's because they have FOCUS to a particular NICHE!!   then I ask myself, do I want to get tied down to a particular 'focus'? What is the purpose of svelteSTUFF - 'you'? or 'others'? 'Why do you even have 59 FOLLOWERS?? WHAT do they possibly find interesting in your jibber jabber?' .

ROYAL HAEGER vase 2012 #9 (Xmas from J)
AQUA CRYSTAL glaze 1967-68
 This topic often comes up when I get a request from a retailer to purchase advertising space on my blog.  J (and others) think that I am CRAZY refuse.  Maybe I am.  This blog is for me.  It is not a job.  Just something I still enjoy and don't want to feel 'obligated' to. 
ROYAL HAEGER vase 2012 #10 (Xmas from J)
BLUE LAVA glaze 1979-80
 I guess the same goes for my 'saleing'...  I was 'chatting' via text with this sweet lady that owns Dazzled By Vintage  Etsy shop.  She had given me the 'heads-up' on a sweater-clip lot that was selling on Ebay.  We started talking about 'buying for resale'.  I realized that J&I still don't 'really' go out buying just.for.resale.  Saleing is therapy for me, and it is still the love of the journey that fuels this junking passion!   If in our travels we stumble upon 'treasures to good to pass up' we will buy them, and then if there is no way to possibly work them into our limited space, we 'release' them.
As a general rule:  We sell because we buy.  We don't buy to sell.
Just something I still enjoy and don't want to feel 'obligated' to.
 
So, in conclusion, for 2013... What you see is what you get... 
and who I am
... about loving and living...
 
Here are some parting shots of Tweed.
TWEED 2012


TWEED 2012

TWEED 2012



TWEED saying 'FAREWELL' amidst his namesake GOLD~TWEED~GLAZE Haeger Pottery 8-)
HAPPY 2013!!


6 comments:

Protector of Vintage said...

Love your treasures, especially the sweater clip :)

Happy New Year!!

Linda @ A La Carte said...

I like that your blog is you and how you feel and what you are interested in. I feel that way myself! I love to blog but it is for fun not a job or an obligation! Keep it up and yes I love your scarfs and the sweater clip! Gorgeous.
hugs, Linda

Shara said...

Excellent post. I feel the same way about my blog. I write about what I want - junk, journeys, troubles, joy, etc. Whatever is happening that day. I'll never do the advertising thing and I double it would really amount to that much anyway - not like the MILLIONS that PW makes. (Good for her, I say.) if it were millions, I would jump in with both feet.

2012 was a stinker to me. But, then again, I KNOW it could have all been so, so worse. The world is a scary place and I hope 2013 is better, safer and calmer to us all.

PS. And you know I buy what I can then sell the rest to justify what I bought for me. I will never consider myself a dealer. I am a thrifter. That is all!

ROBBIN (with 2 b's) said...

I love that your blog is all "you". It's the "you" that gets me to check-in and see what's new. The miles apart are long and life flies by too fast, but there are blog posts to read and that makes it all seem less distant and allows some connection. Looking forward to see where life takes you in 2013. Happy New Year!

T.F. Torrey said...

I'm impressed at the work you put into your blog, and I'd miss the personal stuff if it went away. Keep up the good work, and happy New Year!

Laura @ the shorehouse. said...

Helllooo!!! I know I have dropped of the blogosphere, but I am still here! Other than that visit from Sandy (the shorehouse is fine!) things are going OK in my little world. But I have to say, I was more than a little happy to kiss 2012 buh-bye. Not my favorite year.

Definitely hoping to make a little more me time in the new year -- I am with you on the loving and living!!

A very happy and healthy new year to you! I promise to visit you here more often. :-) (And I just followed you on pinterest...which I have managed to spend some time/do some damage on!).