Author: kanniduba

A Fabulous Gift

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I’m so excited!!!  I have needed new “everyday” dishes for at least three years.  I swore I wouldn’t buy anything I didn’t like because it was cheap, and I swore I wasn’t going to spend hundreds of dollars for everyday dishes.  Because of my stubborness, I am now down to about three plates, all of which are chipped with rust stains on them from our old dishwasher.  And they were already 10 year old, cheapy, plain, white stoneware from Lechters…remember that store? 

SOOOO!!!  Here’s the thing to get excited about!!!  Pfaltzgraff Outlet is going out of business…  LOOK WHAT I GOT!!!  🙂

Aren’t they preeeettttyyy?!

They were selling for $2.98 per set!!!!!!  I got 12 place settings for $38!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YAY ME!!!!!  *doing the London hand clap*  They are a retired pattern, so I think Zan and I will return to pick up a few more settings…

I love them!  So glad I waited!  (By the way, the MSRP is $43.00 per setting.  WHoooHoo!) 

(Yeah, I know…I need to get out more.)  😉

Storm Brewin’

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Well, looks like the intestinal bug has hit my house…comparatively mild by virus standards, but here nonetheless. We’re also supposed to get hit with a whopper of a storm up here, so power may be iffy. (Thinking of you S.T. and hoping your flights aren’t affected.) Since it might be a bit quiet around here for a couple of days, I’ll leave you with this:

They finally got their PosterBoy!

Donation Season

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So, one of our local schools collects change from the students for three weeks each year to donate to our local Soup Kitchen. Each year, the school raises more and more as the event becomes bigger and bigger. Last year they donated $2300.
This year I have spent four of the donation days counting and rolling coins. Today was the biggest yet…it was a PTA Matching Funds Day, so we expected the take to be large…we didn’t expect it to be huge! We collected over $800, over $700 of it in change!!! (All this from a school with a population of about 360 students.)  That translates into a $1600 donation just for today! Three of us spent the entire day counting and rolling, but I couldn’t resist stopping for a minute to take some photos. 🙂