Too Cute To Sell

My husband and I like to go out finding new vintage items for our shops, because, well, we have to. Sometimes we'll be at a place and something adorable will catch my eye. Sometimes it takes a hold of me with its sugary sweetness and I must have it. That happened when I saw these deer figurines. Oh my stars are they cute. I thought "oh these will look good in my shop" but deep down I'm really thinking  "these are mine...ALL MINE!" This happens to me often. There are several things I have kept with no intention to list in my shop. I know its pointless to keep them since I have no where to put anything. Plus all these fun shiny pretty things also catch the eyes of my 2 & 4 yr old girls who insist on seeing with their grubby hands instead of admiring them from a distance. If they're up high, these clever kids will stack chairs and books and anything else to get them and eventually cause the demise of the poor defenseless creatures. That's how I reason with myself to part with such things. I don't want to be one of those mothers who cry "Why can't we ever have nice things?!" as I dramatically throw my hands over my head, then run to my room and bury myself in my pillow. But sometimes I am. Here are a few other keepers I have around:

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OK - Mystery pain solved

I just saw the orthopedist 2 days ago and apparently have tendinitis in my shoulder and some swelling in the sternum-clavicle area. the pain is not as bad even with no meds. I did get a cortisone shot to help - which gave a gross sensation of my bones separating. Anyways - he says I will need 6 weeks of physical therapy 2 x a week. Maybe I'll go. just maybe.

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The pain, the pain of it all!

I am in such pain right now. No clue whats wrong and all doctors are overpaid idiots. Let me see a good one who knows what he's talkin about!!!! X-rays, MRIs, etc and these "doctors" can't figure anything out. All they do is throw drugs at me -  none of them even do anything...I swear they're sugar pills. I dont know why people rant and rave about how wonderful Vicodin is, all it did for me is make me sleepy and wake up with horrible pain within 2  bloody hours! They say it was a muscle spasm...and didnt say when it would stop spazing out. Ugh, gotta go...wave of pain engulfing me.........

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