tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29251874975202741122024-03-14T04:20:00.527-04:00The Kramer AngleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-46126031480221539032019-01-17T15:19:00.003-05:002019-01-17T15:19:47.972-05:00New Year, New Doors?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking for a new </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">door to open this year</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I know it's waiting for me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stay tuned. </span></span></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-6613644745574349122015-09-30T19:50:00.001-04:002015-09-30T19:54:03.628-04:00You're Invited!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVP5kfEa4b6ffz1MkyFvQSqYmJVYez85gh4UUJzKmxJewRzr0KKXpoDH5gX2Sbgor5K-Nr1_JW_z9xOwf6AnY1wFh-4RHMlneAS-6H1_pX6ugj4uhhQYE1Sg-rb99G9hqK76jyq8-JPf5/s640/blogger-image--1339032356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVP5kfEa4b6ffz1MkyFvQSqYmJVYez85gh4UUJzKmxJewRzr0KKXpoDH5gX2Sbgor5K-Nr1_JW_z9xOwf6AnY1wFh-4RHMlneAS-6H1_pX6ugj4uhhQYE1Sg-rb99G9hqK76jyq8-JPf5/s640/blogger-image--1339032356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7LH_idl_Q8GuY3XfRwmQL50Stm6PYkXgjB6Ju8MyH7nVUPccpSxux-rHGXEU_Xsxj5tSBEQiW1jDFq2ZwnGwz6TJE0leZC4M2Q24l_I68o-wPAgcfJNXdL0Y7OsDywcR7azDi3gdmA46/s640/blogger-image-1564486283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7LH_idl_Q8GuY3XfRwmQL50Stm6PYkXgjB6Ju8MyH7nVUPccpSxux-rHGXEU_Xsxj5tSBEQiW1jDFq2ZwnGwz6TJE0leZC4M2Q24l_I68o-wPAgcfJNXdL0Y7OsDywcR7azDi3gdmA46/s640/blogger-image-1564486283.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVP5kfEa4b6ffz1MkyFvQSqYmJVYez85gh4UUJzKmxJewRzr0KKXpoDH5gX2Sbgor5K-Nr1_JW_z9xOwf6AnY1wFh-4RHMlneAS-6H1_pX6ugj4uhhQYE1Sg-rb99G9hqK76jyq8-JPf5/s640/blogger-image--1339032356.jpg"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-59415987597728874952015-03-23T13:43:00.000-04:002015-03-23T13:53:07.824-04:00Wish it was good news...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's been an incredibly long time since I've blogged and whenever I start again, I always think how much I used to enjoy writing, and vow to start again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Who knows, maybe this time I will.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So much has happened.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My oldest son, Shane,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">went off to college at </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the University of Oregon</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(he loves it),</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">my youngest son, Jacob,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">turned 16, and just doesn't seem</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to need his mama as much as </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">he used to because he's</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">so busy with his own life</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(lacrosse, scouts, sailing).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's all as it should be,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">but sometimes it makes me sad</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">because life has been happening too fast.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And then a few weeks ago, my little</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">world was rocked. A routine</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">mammogram turned into a follow-up</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">mammogram</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"just to get some clearer pictures",</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">that turned into a sonogram,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"just to take a better look",</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">that turned into two biopsies</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"because why wait and watch and worry",</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">that turned into a breast cancer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">diagnosis one snowy Friday</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">morning that sent me into a tailspin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here's what you might not know about me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">In life, I'm a glass half full kind of girl - unless it's my health, and then I'm a </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">worst case scenario girl. I'm not</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">proud of it, it makes me crazy, the anxiety</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">level I create within my own body with</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">my mind going to all kinds of terrible</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">places literally had me sick with</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">worry until I could meet with </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the breast cancer surgeon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I had to wait five days to meet with her,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and it was the longest five days of my life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I tried everything to keep myself calm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I breathed deeply.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I took more baths in five days than </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have in five years</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(I'm a shower girl),</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I tried yoga, I walked, I cried</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(alot),</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I cried some more,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I talked to friends,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I talked to my sister and my mother </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and I prayed, and then prayed some more</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(and then some more)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">By the time my appointment with the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">surgeon came around I was an absolute</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">wreck. My usually perfect blood pressure</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">was so high, my resting heart rate was off </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the charts, I was so nervous I thought</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I would pass out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My sweet husband, Rob, stayed calm,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">he did everything he could to reassure me,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to keep things calm for our 16 year old</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(I kept my crying confined to the bedroom!),</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and maintained a level of external calm</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">when he was home that would have won me</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">an Academy Award.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(At least that's how I see it.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Right from the get go, the staff at </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the Breast Center at Anne Arundel Medical Center made me feel like it was going to be</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">okay. The nurse assured me the type of cancer I have wasn't going to kill me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Yeah, right, what do you know, you're not the doctor.."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(Hate to say it, but that's really how I felt in that moment.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The surgeon came in, talked to me about my options, said what she saw, said I might need a mastectomy, explained all about the sentinel node, talked about my lymph nodes, chemo, and radiation, my family history</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(none)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and after an exam, more questions and more </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">medical terminology asked if</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have children.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Yes, 19 and 16.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And then she assured me I would live to </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">see my grandchildren.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">That's when I turned to a sobbing mess.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I kept asking them to repeat themselves. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was stunned.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But she ordered an MRI and a meeting with</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a plastic surgeon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It was getting so surreal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The MRI was to "get a better look" to</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">help determine whether I would need a </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">mastectomy or a lumpectomy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Options were explained, appointments </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">were scheduled. I left the office</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">feeling better than I could have hoped for.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It was strange. I still had breast cancer, but for the first time since I got the news, I felt like I was going to be okay.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The next day I had to go to an orientation</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">type program at the hospital for women facing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">breast cancer surgery. It was surreal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The week before I was living my life, and</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">on this Thursday I was in a room on the 6th floor with seven other women.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And we all have breast cancer!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We went around the room like we were new friends taking a knitting class and made</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">introductions,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Hi, I'm Susan, I'm having a double </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">mastectomy, surgery April 10th."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Hi, I'm Carol, bi-lateral lumpectomy...."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It was surreal, I could barely speak, my</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">anxiety level was at 10+! We talked</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">about surgery procedures, support</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">systems, how to stay calm, where to go for support....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(WTF? Calm? We have breast cancer people!!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When it was over I talked to a woman and</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">her sister who were sitting next to me, and commented how calm the sister with cancer was and asked how she could be so calm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Her name was Alandria, and she explained she had no other choice and with her faith in God she is going to beat it, she's a warrior and she needs to stay strong. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It was such a powerful moment for me because</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">she was so right! I decided right then and</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">there self-pity time was over and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">warrior time was calling!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have a very strong faith and a very loving family and circle of friends that I know are going to help me through this. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My new friend, Alandria, told me</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I need to turn my fear to faith.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And so that's what I try to do, and for the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">most part, I'm doing okay.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But then, five more days go by and the morning of the MRI I had myself so worked up with fear </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(the faith part was out the window!) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I had to take an anti-anxiety medication my</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">doctor had prescribed for me. </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Rob went to the MRI with me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">30 minutes on my stomach with my breasts </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">falling through an opening in the machine</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and the whole time I tried to</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">breathe,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">pray,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">relax,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">think positive thoughts,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">remind myself that the MRI was to help me,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">help the doctors gather as much information</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">as they could to help me.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And it worked, I made it through it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Rob and I headed home, I was just emotionally exhausted from worry and not sleeping well. </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then I went to the beach along the Chesapeake </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and walked for hours waiting for the nurse to call with the news. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I cried.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I prayed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I breathed deeply.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I called my mother.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I prayed some more.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was constantly texting my sister and close friends - keeping them informed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I texted Alandria,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">who kept me calm and reminded me</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to turn my fear to faith.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Finally around 3:30 the nurse from the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">breast center called the house and talked to Rob. He called to relay the doctor had reviewed the MRI and said the mass is </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">actually contained and smaller than they </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">originally thought, so I would be a good candidate for a lumpectomy followed up with</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">radiation. But of course, nothing is 100% until the surgery is done. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was thrilled!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I sat on the beach and I sobbed on the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">phone with my husband like a baby.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Absolutely sobbed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I still have breast cancer, but once again</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was starting to feel like in the end,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I will be okay. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So then I called my mother.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And sobbed like a baby.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And I called my sister.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And sobbed like a baby.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And let my kids know.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Mom's going to be okay.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The next day I had to meet with the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">plastic surgeon. What a treat!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(Major sarcasm!) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Sitting in a room in front of an Olan Mills</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">type black velvet cloth for pictures</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">of my afflicted breast and the other one</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">that would be getting a lift and reduction</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to match the cancer stricken breast. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />With the doctor, his nurse, and my husband all taking a peek, measuring, sketching,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">drawing how the surgery is done. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Surreal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And so now, I wait.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Surgery is scheduled for April 27th.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm still praying, and trusting in my faith,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">but I'm not as full of anxiety and fear</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">as I was. A calmness has taken over.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(Hell, it could just </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">be the anti-anxiety meds!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">But, I'll take it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's just surreal, because wherever I am,</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">whatever I'm doing, in the back of my mind, </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm thinking, "I have breast cancer."</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And it's just so surreal.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And I just want to do something about it!</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I don't want to wait! </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Let's go, get it the hell out of me! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Everyone says it must not be really bad,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the doctors are waiting over a month for your</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">surgery, while others are going in much sooner who were diagnosed at the same time, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and I am taking that as a good sign.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And I'm praying my new found sisters</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">with breast cancer will also be warriors,</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and that their journey's fear will be</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">replaced with faith, and I look forward</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to the day we can all say,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"I survived breast cancer"</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I kicked its ass.</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-12622901859735371862014-07-13T19:48:00.002-04:002014-07-13T19:48:25.853-04:00Barn Show News<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The latest news</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is posted on </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The Barn Show's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">You can check it out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/2014/07/one-of-things-i-love-about-barn-is-that.html">here</a></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-24541945395703113462014-06-15T18:52:00.003-04:002014-06-15T18:52:30.472-04:00Hey there!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hi there!</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's great to see you, truly it is,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">but I know why you're here.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Most likely you clicked over</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">from the other blog I spend</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">most of my time writing,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/">(The Barn Show</a>), </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">because you saw the word</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"neglected" in the post</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and felt sorry for me.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Or maybe it was because you</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">saw that picture of me drinking</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a team size Big Gulp</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and were just so impressed</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">that I seemingly have no concern over the Surgeon General's soda consumption warnings,</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">or you read about my </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">super cool, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Chevrolet Silverado loaded with</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strike>junk</strike> treasures,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and were intrigued, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">or you thought,</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"Yeah, that Gail really</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">is <b>BAD ASS"</b></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and had to click on</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the shameless self-promotion</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">plug I threw into that post to</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">get some traffic over</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to my little old,</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">long neglected blog,</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">just to read more about</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">this Barn Girl.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You know what, it really doesn't </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">matter to me <i>why </i>you clicked over.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm just glad you did.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It's nice to see you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I hope you'll stop by again soon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Because this time, I really</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">mean it when I say I'm going to</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">start blogging here again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've missed my readers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And I'm not going to lie, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">it used to be a fairly popular blog. </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And I don't mean to brag, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">;) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">but at one time,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">at my absolute peak on this</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">blog, in oh, about 2010 - I think</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I had about <i>20 regular readers</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Give or take 19 at any given time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(My brother-in-law, Ron, the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">one that lives in Ohio, truly</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">was a faithful reader.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Pinky-swear.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Okay, so I'm rambling...</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Until next time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">:)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-8240259130081767872014-03-30T17:49:00.002-04:002014-03-30T17:49:41.284-04:00Busy Barn Girl<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hey there,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">it's great to see</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">someone still stops by</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">my Kramer Angle blog</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">from time to time!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thank you!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">If you're wondering where</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've been jump over</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to my other website,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/">The Barn Show</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to see what's keeping</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">me busy this spring!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And thanks again for stopping</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">by - it's great to see you!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com84tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-66087054308941641412013-11-28T09:54:00.000-05:002013-11-28T09:55:47.041-05:00Black Friday Vintage Shopping <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Happy Thanksgiving!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you're looking for an</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">alternative to mall shopping</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on Black Friday, be sure to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">check out <a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/2013/11/happy-holidays-at-barn.html">The Barn Show</a>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in Gambrills, Maryland tomorrow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">November 29th - December 1st</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We've packed The Barn with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">another awesome collection</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of antiques, vintage goods,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">unique accessories, architectural salvage,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">gift items and seasonal decor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">For more information, please</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">check out our website,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/2013/11/happy-holidays-at-barn.html">The Barn Show</a></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com94tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-78241400327165203932013-06-19T22:11:00.002-04:002013-06-19T22:11:36.527-04:00Find Me On Facebook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm addicted to the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Facebook app on my I-Phone</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">because it's just so dang</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">easy to post to my page,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The Kramer Angle,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">from my phone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So, I find myself posting </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">pics of interesting things I see</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">on the road, cool stuff I've picked</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">up at the auction or sneak peeks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">at some of the things I'm </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">working on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'd love it if you followed</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">me there - it's definitely</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">where you'll find the</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">latest news from me,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The Kramer Angle!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Find me <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheKramerAngle">here</a></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-33269533490277539502013-05-21T14:16:00.002-04:002013-05-21T14:16:39.058-04:00Hello again!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We<span style="font-size: large;">ll, I've been a little busy </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">since the last time you heard</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">from me.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">had seven shows</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">at <a href="http://www.thevintagemarketplace.net/">The Vintage Marketplace</a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">in Glenwood, Maryland</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Held two <span style="font-size: large;">shows</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">at <a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/">The Barn </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">in Gambrills, Maryland</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">and </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">had nine shows</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">at <a href="http://www.chartreuseandco.com/">Chartreuse and Co.</a>,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">in Buckeystown, Maryland </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">all since las<span style="font-size: large;">t November!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, I got a little "barned out"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Guess, what? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tha<span style="font-size: large;">t's never going</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Clean houses, well-balanced meals</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">and organized garages are over-rated</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">anyway, right?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Humor me here folks!)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've been so bus<span style="font-size: large;">y<span style="font-size: large;"> I haven't even told you about my newest loc<span style="font-size: large;">ation! </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">two great websites,</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> and </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, if you've stopped by after </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">spotting us on Daily Candy, thanks</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">for visiting, take some time to peruse</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">of what <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Kramer Angle</span></b> style</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">make plans to visit </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.chartreuseandco.com/">Chartreuse and Co.</a>, this weekend</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Here's a peek at just some</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">of what you'll find in my shop,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">at <a href="http://www.chartreuseandco.com/">Chartreuse and Co</a>.: </span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-17281972689697323162012-08-11T13:42:00.001-04:002012-08-11T13:42:38.741-04:00I'm Back!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Hello again - I'm alive!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">And apparently there's been some doubt,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">because people have called</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">(Thank you Carol and Carla!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">they've e-mailed</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">(just to see if I'd respond)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">and my real life friends </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(like Tiffany!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">have asked </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">if I was ever going to </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">blog again because</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">it's been forever</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">since my last post!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">And so I decided</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">today was the day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">My absence wasn't intentional,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wasn't on a self-imposed</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">hiatus, studying abroad,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">or captured by aliens </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">- it just happened!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">The truth is,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've just been busy and</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">something had to give!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a recap:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">It started with my</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">local show</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/">The Barn Show</a>,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">at the end of</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">March, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">at my other barn,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: small;">(I've been making both my boys</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Which rolled right into his</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Celebrated with a visit from my</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">Well, guess what?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">There's nothing bad about</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">the great press both of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">my barn shows </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">has been getting lately!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">My local barn,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/">The Barn Show</a>,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">was just included in </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_918551385">FOLK</a><a href="http://www.magazinebyfolk.com/"> magazine's</a> list </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">of vintage shows not to miss</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">list of 61 hidden gems </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">(page 103, thank you very much!)</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">So much fun!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">Speaking of <a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/">The Barn Show</a>,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">go check out the list of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">what I've been</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">working on with the rest of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">the crew!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">Our spring show</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">opens this Friday!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">Oh, and just in case one great</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">barn show isn't enough for you, we're also</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">open at <a href="http://www.chartreuseandco.com/">Chartreuse</a> this weekend</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">for a special market days event!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">Not only will the main barn be open</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">and stocked with super cool finds,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">20 guest vendors will be bringing</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">their goods to the grounds of the </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">old barn this Saturday and Sunday!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">Why not, make it a barn crawl kind</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">of weekend? </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-289826783134968252012-03-20T21:42:00.000-04:002012-03-20T21:42:08.736-04:00Busy, Busy, Busy!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I've been super busy with</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my barn shows lately </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and it's not going to slow</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">down anytime soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(Which is just the way I like it!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I just finished up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my monthly show</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">at <a href="http://www.chartreuseandco.com/">Chartreuse and Co.</a>,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and I've been working</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">with the rest of the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">crew at </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/">The Barn Show</a>,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in Gambrills, Maryland</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to put the finishing </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">touches on our spring</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">show, which opens,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Friday, March 30th!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Stop by </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/">The Barn Show</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">for some sneak peeks of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">what's in that show,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">but in the meantime, take</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">a peek at how things</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">looked at Chartreuse </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">last weekend!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-45202744004755309882012-03-07T16:55:00.000-05:002012-03-07T16:55:36.655-05:00Plan It!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I've been busy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">with the rest of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/">The Barn Show</a> crew</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">getting ready for</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">our spring show,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">which opens on </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Friday, March 30th.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I'd love to show</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you what I spend</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">practically all my </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">free time on, so </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">mark your calendar now,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and I'll hope to see you</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">at The Barn!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Postcards go out this</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">weekend, but </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i><b>you </b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">definitely don't need </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">an invitation - you know me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And if you can't wait</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">until then to get your vintage fix, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">don't forget you can always</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">shop The Kramer Angle,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">at my monthly show,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.chartreuseandco.com/">Chartreuse and Co.</a> in</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Buckeystown, Maryland!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We're open March 16th - 18th!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(Please tell me I'm going to see you</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>somewhere</i> this month!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-6391948923949838602012-03-02T10:42:00.002-05:002012-03-02T10:58:19.588-05:00This Moment!<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiOtQ-V3M7BESpt72OYgV1j3e_iHMK8Np_qBCIsW4uWSDsJX1kHTSVJA6MDoRWQ_2-HNyuZYc03tDwmVUlR03zM5ypj47cnFnsLObTAhXwxN2FwAfSsHPuNq1YUSxClog7uENx5eg7rZa/s1600/5544818382_52da929203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiOtQ-V3M7BESpt72OYgV1j3e_iHMK8Np_qBCIsW4uWSDsJX1kHTSVJA6MDoRWQ_2-HNyuZYc03tDwmVUlR03zM5ypj47cnFnsLObTAhXwxN2FwAfSsHPuNq1YUSxClog7uENx5eg7rZa/s320/5544818382_52da929203.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I'm having one </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of those moments</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">where all is right</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the world </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and I just want to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">freeze time and make</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">it stay this way forever!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My kids are happy,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my husband is happy,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(shoot, he's golfing at this moment, so <i>I know</i> he's happy!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I even think my dog</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is happy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(the crazy tail wag when she found </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">an unused tennis ball in </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the garage this morning </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">gave it away!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And me?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">How can I not be,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">when I'm surrounded</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">by so much that brings </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">me joy?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">never know what you're going </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">to find, what will speak to you,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">and make you long to </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">take it home.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Say hello to what</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">whispered my name yesterday:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">A silver plate</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">golf trophy inscribed with:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">JPCC</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Member Guest 71</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Runner Up</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Third Flight</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Godey's </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Lady's Book</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">and Magazine</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">dated 1856 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">and the beautiful</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">old oil painting,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">of a couple, seemingly</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">down river</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">in a canoe.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love when I</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">hear my name </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">being called! </span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just found out that</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>both</i> of my venues,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thebarnshow.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Barn Show</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">and </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.chartreuseandco.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chartreuse and Co.</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">are included in the</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">new edition of</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fleamarketstylemag.blogspot.com/2012/02/where-in-world-is-flea-market-style.html"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Flea Market Style Magazine</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">as two of the three best</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">shows to shop for vintage</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">goods in Maryland!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">How cool is that? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm also thrilled that</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">my friend Michelle's shop,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thevintagesource.net/">The Vintage Source</a>,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">in southern Maryland</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">was also included!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you Flea Market Style! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">(Guess what I'm doing first thing Monday morning? </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Heading to the bookstore to buy a few copies!) </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">We're open again tomorrow </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">at <a href="http://www.chartreuseandco.com/">Chartreuse and Co., </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">in Buckeystown, Maryland</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">and my shop,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">The Kramer Angle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">lives up to it's name -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">it's loaded with really cool,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">unique, vintage finds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Stop by Sunday from</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">noon - four </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">to check it out!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Chartreuse and Co.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">4007A Buckeystown Pike</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">(Md. Rt. 85)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">Buckeystown, MD </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Treat yourself (or a friend)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">this weekend - and pick</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">up one a handmade soldered</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">glass pendants!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Available in my shop,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Kramer Angle,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">at <a href="http://www.chartreuseandco.com/">Chartreuse and Co.'s</a> monthly </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">barn show!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spread the love!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(photo found<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stylecrushxoxo/6875226695/sizes/m/in/photostream/"> here</a>)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-39438998458253720332012-02-05T13:47:00.002-05:002012-02-05T13:54:21.280-05:00Sweet Joy!<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaUZz4uWB7MKYe3DNsXxUI8IoFh5zzeNvstgaA51jb9ZgTXz-_mwcldPzvQ7sxqJNt-fvq_BKchP8xtytirYPp_vpeiqs0JvjmfJqsjSMm_7bmth3lVouRMnnZ6mPlkP7ZVvTfBwekle5/s1600/176075_189096624456408_153876614645076_506266_8183338_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaUZz4uWB7MKYe3DNsXxUI8IoFh5zzeNvstgaA51jb9ZgTXz-_mwcldPzvQ7sxqJNt-fvq_BKchP8xtytirYPp_vpeiqs0JvjmfJqsjSMm_7bmth3lVouRMnnZ6mPlkP7ZVvTfBwekle5/s320/176075_189096624456408_153876614645076_506266_8183338_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Have I ever told you</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my personal mantra?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i><b>Above All, Know Joy!</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">For me, <b>JOY</b>, is that feeling</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you have at any given moment</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">when something feels</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">completely wonderful</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and you savor it </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">because you know</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">it's special! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I felt that way yesterday</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">when I drove up to </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Walkersville, Maryland</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to help celebrate the launch</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">of my friend Cassie's</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">new venture, Persephone</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> at</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wild-Rose-Co-Marketplace/153876614645076">Wild Rose and Co. Marketplace</a>.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Cassie and her friend,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Sarah, <a href="http://www.thethriftress.com/">The Thriftress</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">have joined creative</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">forces to sell</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">their unique style of </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">home decor and</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">it was an absolute <b>joy</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">for me to be there</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to share the moment, and</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">wish them well!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4bnNZQuWT9z_OMTpHj8W7y92KHEcraEqlIVsjraGmgtX20_URM4CxKivBkTOtMgRkh-6pLbv0hq5k3vPF5C5T579iyPkqWP_KOkT4WArcymgKMKiV9YbHTzfZl5hx2DZQ_4ncIl0Mhky/s1600/IMG_20120204_140014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4bnNZQuWT9z_OMTpHj8W7y92KHEcraEqlIVsjraGmgtX20_URM4CxKivBkTOtMgRkh-6pLbv0hq5k3vPF5C5T579iyPkqWP_KOkT4WArcymgKMKiV9YbHTzfZl5hx2DZQ_4ncIl0Mhky/s320/IMG_20120204_140014.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sarah, Lynette of Wild Rose, and Cassie</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Visit Cassie's website</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.primitiveandproper.blogspot.com/">Primitive and Proper</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and Sarah's,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thethriftress.com/">The Thriftress</a>,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">to wish them luck on their venture,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">(and make plans to visit Wild Rose soon)!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Wild Rose and Co. Marketplace</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">21 Pennsylvania Avenue</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Walkersville, Maryland</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Open Wednesday - Saturday</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">10 a.m. - 5 p.m</span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-75134195305425372992012-01-31T18:02:00.001-05:002012-01-31T21:44:17.348-05:00Got Style?<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDN9EnQyMW5vrw4gISGKb6YvEodxR986QGwh-oY1fNzSpjaVMvjURs7bD1rmX8BmoLjVvz4FIDaFwUR7V76XuDzbam46RO8BIPur-i1RXPW-_TdRas51yOIpsBzEFIgxscnbaIOz4zZ7Y/s1600/sartorialist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDN9EnQyMW5vrw4gISGKb6YvEodxR986QGwh-oY1fNzSpjaVMvjURs7bD1rmX8BmoLjVvz4FIDaFwUR7V76XuDzbam46RO8BIPur-i1RXPW-_TdRas51yOIpsBzEFIgxscnbaIOz4zZ7Y/s320/sartorialist.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you know me, you've seen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">how I dress and know</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my style definitely</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">isn't runway.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">In fact, to say </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I even have a <i>style</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">is sorta funny</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">because I don't.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Not unless you call</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my usual "uniform" of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">jeans, boots, a down vest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">and comfy sweater</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">"a look".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Trust me when I tell</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">you my "look" screams</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">"mid-west/mother/suburban housewife"!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I need a style makeover</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">in the worst way,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">but until Rachel Zoe knocks </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">on my door to help me out,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> I peruse</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">one of my favorite</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">websites,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/">The Satorialist</a>,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">for daily photos of the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">fashionable people of the world!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Chances are,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">my "look" won't</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">be featured anytime soon!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(Image found on the Satorialist website, <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-via-del-giglio-florence/">here</a>)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-49246750256283271312012-01-22T21:24:00.000-05:002012-01-22T21:24:20.652-05:00Hmm....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been thinking about opening my own shop, so I've been exploring available spaces. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I like this one, on Main Street</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">in downtown, Annapolis.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think I could do something</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">with this:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwhE7vG348-CCp9XwB-z7NOg66H3CeP5bUCf67lGlOUKIKtCi2krXCchXfXmQVPkoLba4QtntTjg_EmbNsB25HwSTYgRAckXFCLe4sZIR1YsdGANoC_S2W0APVwyXADlC4IPNXL9mTzmI/s1600/attachment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwhE7vG348-CCp9XwB-z7NOg66H3CeP5bUCf67lGlOUKIKtCi2krXCchXfXmQVPkoLba4QtntTjg_EmbNsB25HwSTYgRAckXFCLe4sZIR1YsdGANoC_S2W0APVwyXADlC4IPNXL9mTzmI/s1600/attachment.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkT71H6jmBvuiHWAG9KXt5iwFNh1WsRdn1h_6jLGWBQEF01Ow-kGy0jIU0P2mkN51Xx9FCIQt5u6DNlpFsWIj50XJHiVTPZH98qMPSIK3F42ZGcg3CDRBRL2kqKAZeOwhzHxbq6k9LuSKL/s1600/inside+annapolis+shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkT71H6jmBvuiHWAG9KXt5iwFNh1WsRdn1h_6jLGWBQEF01Ow-kGy0jIU0P2mkN51Xx9FCIQt5u6DNlpFsWIj50XJHiVTPZH98qMPSIK3F42ZGcg3CDRBRL2kqKAZeOwhzHxbq6k9LuSKL/s1600/inside+annapolis+shop.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do you think?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925187497520274112.post-4375891813306703292012-01-19T21:53:00.001-05:002012-01-19T22:04:15.604-05:00It's Sale Time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgnBrPFO4LFzv_Oa9hbB-37HjTiS2oPPVbk_uxOqs3nY1Mp8xfu12oJEZfMrQlL8wEZMtjrD3nNc10hE1OZKROMXO8YaAk8Nt6w8jFp8l7_whVK1AyyNR0Qn2sybt-HMNbde1jGj4d5R2/s1600/chartreuselogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgnBrPFO4LFzv_Oa9hbB-37HjTiS2oPPVbk_uxOqs3nY1Mp8xfu12oJEZfMrQlL8wEZMtjrD3nNc10hE1OZKROMXO8YaAk8Nt6w8jFp8l7_whVK1AyyNR0Qn2sybt-HMNbde1jGj4d5R2/s320/chartreuselogo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Once a year we mark</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">things down at </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chartreuse and Co.,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">so if you have plans</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">this weekend you need to </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">cancel them and head</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">to Buckeystown for our annual</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">sale and awesome deals </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">on vintage goods!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a peek <a href="http://gallery.me.com/vacrum#100644">(here)</a> of just a</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">small sampling of what's in</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">the barn this weekend!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Friday, January 20th - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, January 21st - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday, January 22nd - noon - 4 p.m.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll see you there!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Chartreuse and Co.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">4007A Buckeystown Pike (Md Rt 85)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Buckeystown, Maryland</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-size: small;">(next door to the Buckeystown Post Office </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">and St. Thomas More Academy)</span></span></span><br />
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