of course my heart smiles every time she smiles at me LOL :=)
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Paris Beret Baby
of course my heart smiles every time she smiles at me LOL :=)
I 2 Support Handmade..howzabout u?
We can all promote one another anytime and anywhere
http://screamingsardine.net/2012/09/rhonda-from-spanky-luvs-vintage...
This is an "excerpt" from the interview
Today’s interview is with Rhonda from Spanky Luvs Vintage 2 Zibbet Shop. I met her through one of the many Craft Star threads on the Etsy forums. She conducted a great experiment about how easy it is to buy Facebook fans, and we’ve been chatting ever since. Her shops are full of a great mix of eclectic vintage and handmade items, and her descriptions are very entertaining. As you’ll soon see, she has a fun personality!
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To clarify......Tracy and I met after the "experiment" that I started about "buying facebook fans"....we met on Etsy....and yet....the interview clearly states "Rhonda from Spanky Luvs Vintage 2 Zibbet Shop."...pretty cool I think ! Thank you Tracy! And thank you Zibbet as well..if I didn't have a shop here....obviously that wouldn't have been mentioned LOL!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Thanks so much to my sweet pal Tracy @ Screaming Sardine.....she recently posted this interview on her website and I really appreciate it :)
http://screamingsardine.net/2012/09/rhonda-from-spanky-luvs-vintage-interview/
Seriously the main thing that lead me to re-opening my shop on Etsy....I have met so many wonderful people there....and I know there are many many more still left to meet :) Tracy is so nice..I mean I just can't say enough about how much I luv this gal and I have never even met her face to face......check out Screaming Sardine......I think she is an amazing gal...here is the interview....
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Screaming Sardine
~ Buy Handmade! Support a person, not a corporation ~
Rhonda from Spanky Luvs Vintage Interview
Sep 24th, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Photo above: Marvella Vintage Brooch and Earring Set Today’s interview is with Rhonda from Spanky Luvs Vintage 2 Zibbet Shop. I met her through one of the many Craft Star threads on the Etsy forums. She conducted a great experiment about how easy it is to buy Facebook fans, and we’ve been chatting ever since. Her shops are full of a great mix of eclectic vintage and handmade items, and her descriptions are very entertaining. As you’ll soon see, she has a fun personality!
Tell us about your store. What kind of items do you offer?
I try to offer a variety of things at different price points and would call it an “eclectic mix” of items. I have been collecting for over 40 years and have a wide variety of stuff but have listed mostly vintage costume jewelry and recycled vintage pieces.
Where do you find all your great vintage finds?
I am always looking everywhere because you never know where you might find the next item . Everytime we go to a new town, I am searching for the junque and antique shops because they are my favorite places to browse.
How long have you had an interest in vintage/antique items?
I think that since a very young age I have always felt a “connection” with things from the past. History was always my favorite subject in school. When I was 10, I started a “dog” collection of figurines and used to enter the collection each year at the local Fair. I have the collection stored in my garage and plan on giving it to my Grand babies, Chloe and Lexie, when they get older.
Photo above: Lord and Taylor “Onyx” Hosiery 1907 original antique ad Are there any particular vintage items that are your favorites?
Costume jewelry is the item that I have tubs and tubs full of so I guess that would obviously be my top of the list fave. But I really enjoy things like old paper dolls and imagining all of the little tiny hands that have held them and played with them and the smiles they have created. Also digging through an old can of buttons is my favorite way to “chill-ax.”
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I love reading, gardening, cooking, fishing, and mostly hanging out with the Grand kids. I have also become some what of a Pinterest addict. LOL!
What’s a question you wish I would’ve asked? And please answer that question.
How did you meet Tracy?I met her in the Etsy Forums and can’t thank her enough for the time she spends helping promote others. Thanks luv….you are a real treasure and I consider myself lucky that we crossed each others’ path
Photo above: Wood Boho Beads Long Vintage Necklace in Earthtones Please include ten fun facts about yourself. (Example, I like black jelly beans; I love “24;” etc).
#1.Thinks that ” Jolly Ranchers” Rock and loves to pucker up with garlic pickles
#2 My T.V. is often tuned to the “Food Network” and I am okay with “Chopped” re-runs because I can seldom remember who won anyway
#3 I once won a hog calling contest
#4 My mom once had a poodle that she named “Rocket” but I thought he should have been called “Harold” and I used to tease her about it that the poor dog had a complex because he knew he was really a “Harold”……imagine her surprise when she took him to the groomers one day and the lady said “Uhm Maaam…I’m afraid someone has been writing on your dog.” I had taken a black sharpie and written “Hi ! My name is Harold” with a winking smiley face on his little pink belly. Moms was pretty embarrassed about that one
#5 I used to have a mosaic in my kitchen that I made out of pasta, beans, rice, etc. and when we did a re-model and had to knock that wall down…I almost cried. My son used to make fun of me and say that when I ran out of room I would start gluing stuff to the ceiling…but regarding the “food” mosaic, I used to tell him that it was kind of like having our own “food shelter” on the wall in case of a nuclear attack
#6 I used to race go-karts and actually set a track record for fast time, but these days I am usually on time yet never in a hurry to get anywhere and travel at a slow and steady pace.
#7 One of my weiner dogs loves to have me cradle him in my arms and sing “Rock a bye Brownie” sung to the tune of “Rock a bye baby,” and he gloats and always looks around for our other dogs to make sure they know he is getting all of my attention.
#8 Last December I was a “Featured Zibbeter” on Zibbet
#9 Huge “Sons’ Of Anarchy” fan
#10 When I was in my teens my family had a grocery and tackle store, and my favorite pet at the time was “Wally the Waterdog”. At that time the salamanders were great for bass fishing but I thought they made even better pets.
Please list the urls to your website, blog, and/or online shop, social media, etc.
Spanky Luvs Vintage Etsy Shop
The Eclectic Kinetric Etsy Shop
Spanky Luvs Vintage 2 Zibbet Shop
Hanky Spanky on Pinterest
Spanky Luvs Vintage on Facebook
Spanky Luvs Vintage Blog
Photo above: Seafoam Serendipity Necklace with Vintage buttons mixed with glass beads and polished stones
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Great Kern County Fair 2012
So we have our booth at the Fair again this year and it is always really just a great time. Seeing old friends....meeting new people...selling a bit of furniture :) and handing out those coupons that are good in the store until the next Fair date rolls around. I admittedly tend to shop a bit too much in all of the booths and buildings..but what the heck... it only happens once a year right :)
Here's a couple of pics from last night....my Nephew Larry...hubby Mike and I did the night shift. We are of course a small family business and we have to get some what of a schedule figured out in advance because we still have to have the stores open during many of the same hours as well. A bit tiring at times...but definitely worth it. If you're from Bako and reading this....be sure to stop by and say hi...we are in building # 2 :=)
Here's a couple of pics from last night....my Nephew Larry...hubby Mike and I did the night shift. We are of course a small family business and we have to get some what of a schedule figured out in advance because we still have to have the stores open during many of the same hours as well. A bit tiring at times...but definitely worth it. If you're from Bako and reading this....be sure to stop by and say hi...we are in building # 2 :=)
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Okie Bowl Hardtops at Bakersfield Speedway Sept 22 2012 and Grandpa Larry Hood
SOOOO all in all........A super fun week where a lot of stuff like this has been posted and talked about on the radio and shared here in Bakersfield Cali.....my home LOL
With the announcement that "Grandpa" Larry Hood will be running an Okie Bowl Hardtops
this weekend, I figured I'd put up a couple pictures we have. This one
is from an old program we have. Maybe the family could chime in and say
maybe what year this was. He sure looks a lot like Kevin Hood to me here.^^^^^^
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So this is my mom and pops....in the 1960's....
flash forward-----
and tonight in 2012....some awesome peeps----
they got this "race thing" together tonight for my dad to come out to the speedway and race in the "hardtops"....(because it would make 4 generations having been out there racing this 2012 season.....)
My dad...has already survived what the docs called "aggressive prostrate" cancer.....he had the first operation a couple of years ago...and at that time the Docs told him they were lucky and got it all....and yep..as life will have it.....it came back last year...and so as a family...we had to "go at it again"...Pops went thru a series of radiation treatments that made him very weak of course....but he came out of that doing quite well and he took off on another fishing trip......
I always EVEN to this day tell my dad that he still is in better shape than all of his kiddos :)
anywho...dad is back in town now...and the race tonight and seeing him out there was such a blast....super duper blast....I honestly can remember when I was about 4 years old...and watching him race out there at the Bako Speedway.....
And here are the pics I took tonight out there....we had a lot of fun....but the car dad and my baby bro Mikie ended up driving was IMO seriously a tank of a turd that couldn't turn left and be fast at the same time ever...LOL! Okay so here are some pics from the "4 generations celebration" tonight---and we had a nice celebration indeed :)....(thanks so much to Mike Mosier and Steve Hughes as well....your announcing about my family... and giving Pops his props.....was so awesome! I love Bako!)
This is how we roll. I am thankful every day of my life that I still have my Pops in it. My only wish is that Momma could have been there showing us all the "Shake and Bake" leg thingie that she had mastered so well in her life time. :)....But tonight I was happy for him that he has Martha there now.....so loud and proud in his corner....and knowing that My Momma had a seat way way way up there in the stands tonight watching her family and smiling down on us! Icing icing icing...shake and bake baby :)
Friday, September 21, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Experience....can we count on it.....mehbeeee NoT LOL!
Okay...so in my previous post I alluded to an incident I recently had at my last trip to the hospital.
And this really made me re-think my way of thinking that "Experience" is paramount in all of life's situations.
So my little story is about my "nurse"....her name starts with a "G"...so I'm just gonna refer to her from here on out as Gee------------
I meet Gee after being in the cubicle for over 2 hours-------
Gee pulls back the curtain and introduces herself as my "personal care nurse".....she comes in with a nice little smile.....and I tell myself I like her....I mean it was instant. And I later had to tell myself that even though I am super big on first impressions........in this case......I FAILED BIG TIME LOL!
Okay..so I ask her "How long have you been working here?" And she says "I have been here almost 10 years but I have been a nurse for almost 40 years". And I say "Fantastic! Not only can I understand you when you speak...but also...you have a ton of experience.....gosh Gee..this is my lucky day Whoo Hooo thank you Jesus!" (Hexed mahhhselfff...yes-ir-eeee on that one)
So as we are getting into the questions......(because of the fact that I am still having a menstrual cycle although somewhat sporadic and with a mind of it's own these days heh-heh)......they still have to perform a blood test and draw blood with the IV---- to make sure that I am not preggers............
So Gee starts with the needle......she pokes it into my left hand.......
now...I am a pretty strong person......I am not a baby.......I can handle a little pain every now and then..
okay....but this "Poke" immediately makes me cringe.......Gee starts twisting the needle and turning it and gyrating it around and around.....my freaking toes are curling up to the ceiling....I grab my hair...and finally say...."Did you miss a vein or something??????"........ I mean I have never had a problem before with anyone drawing blood or IV's for that matter
So then Gee says "Oh I am so sorry......this should never ever hurt like this"....and I tell her "No worries.....maybe it is just because I am dehydrated since I haven't had anything to drink since 12 A.m." I mean...this is just me....but when I am in a situation where you are depending on someone else to take care of you and you have absolutely no control over the situation.....you can't be rude.....you can't be an ass........you simply have to buck up and keep it NICE.....
So she yanks it out of my left hand and pokes into my right hand.....and "Hello Houston.....we have found an actual vein where blood will indeed come out P.T.L!!!!!"
My freaking left hand at this point was throbbing...my toes were still curled.....but the tears in my eyes were almost dry....and at the base of where my hand meets my wrist....there was this HUGE bump that had cropped up.....I could only assume this was from Gee twisting and turning that needle.....but hey....the IV in my right hand was on point. Whoo Hooo!
So she tells me..."Don't worry about all of the bubbles in the line....this is typical when the flow is high....I guess I could turn it down to stop that". Uhmmm......okay......I wasn't worried until you brought that up Gee.....LOL!
So next she was having a lot of problems with the computer and entering the information. And I told her that I was just there 3 weeks ago when the hospital had just switched over to a new system and the nurses were frantic and I was actually left in a room for 3 extra hours because I was not showing up on the proper screen.........and she affirmed what a night mare it had been.....and I tell her that I am old school and finally finally getting around to this "tech age" instead of logging everything on paper.....so I know how she feels......
Then what happens? My surgeon comes and he is ready for me but damn.....Gee has sent my blood test to the lab in the wrong page or section or whatever it was.....and now my surgery is delayed until someone can come and help Gee straighten this out.
Finally a young nurse comes in and shows her how to delete the wrong entry and to send it to the right place and I am kind of joking about "Do I have a bun in MY oven dilemma"......the young nurse asks Gee....."Did you place her compression socks?" Or something like that.....and Gee says "Yes"..and I say....."Do you mean these blue socks with the grips on the feet?".....The young nurse pulls back the sheets and Gee then says " I could have sworn I put those on her".
She scrambles out of the curtain to go get those compression socks...and I see that when she brings them back...she walks by my "cubicle" #5....and I hear her walk into "cubicle" # 4 and she says....."Excuse me I'm sorry".......then she comes into me @ #5 and puts the gosh durn things on me.....
young nurse leaves...I tell her "Thank you from the bottom of my heart LOl!".....Gee then finishes up the "questions" and gets to the question of "Do you have any wounds or open sores on your body?" I say "Not that I am aware of".....When she leaves the cubicle I tell my hubby........"Damn....I started to tell her 'Other than the wound you created on my left hand...nope none'....."
and hubby says....."I was thinking the same thing" LOL!
So I am left with this......after this situation.....
I guess that sometimes experience and time spent at a job doesn't mean poo diddly caaaarp. Maybe Gee who is ten years older than me was simply having a bad day......and then again...maybe Gee has been a crappy nurse every day of her career. So much for experience.......
but hey! I survived LOL.....I rolled on out of there....and in the end...that is really all that matters :=)
And this really made me re-think my way of thinking that "Experience" is paramount in all of life's situations.
So my little story is about my "nurse"....her name starts with a "G"...so I'm just gonna refer to her from here on out as Gee------------
I meet Gee after being in the cubicle for over 2 hours-------
Gee pulls back the curtain and introduces herself as my "personal care nurse".....she comes in with a nice little smile.....and I tell myself I like her....I mean it was instant. And I later had to tell myself that even though I am super big on first impressions........in this case......I FAILED BIG TIME LOL!
Okay..so I ask her "How long have you been working here?" And she says "I have been here almost 10 years but I have been a nurse for almost 40 years". And I say "Fantastic! Not only can I understand you when you speak...but also...you have a ton of experience.....gosh Gee..this is my lucky day Whoo Hooo thank you Jesus!" (Hexed mahhhselfff...yes-ir-eeee on that one)
So as we are getting into the questions......(because of the fact that I am still having a menstrual cycle although somewhat sporadic and with a mind of it's own these days heh-heh)......they still have to perform a blood test and draw blood with the IV---- to make sure that I am not preggers............
So Gee starts with the needle......she pokes it into my left hand.......
now...I am a pretty strong person......I am not a baby.......I can handle a little pain every now and then..
okay....but this "Poke" immediately makes me cringe.......Gee starts twisting the needle and turning it and gyrating it around and around.....my freaking toes are curling up to the ceiling....I grab my hair...and finally say...."Did you miss a vein or something??????"........ I mean I have never had a problem before with anyone drawing blood or IV's for that matter
So then Gee says "Oh I am so sorry......this should never ever hurt like this"....and I tell her "No worries.....maybe it is just because I am dehydrated since I haven't had anything to drink since 12 A.m." I mean...this is just me....but when I am in a situation where you are depending on someone else to take care of you and you have absolutely no control over the situation.....you can't be rude.....you can't be an ass........you simply have to buck up and keep it NICE.....
So she yanks it out of my left hand and pokes into my right hand.....and "Hello Houston.....we have found an actual vein where blood will indeed come out P.T.L!!!!!"
My freaking left hand at this point was throbbing...my toes were still curled.....but the tears in my eyes were almost dry....and at the base of where my hand meets my wrist....there was this HUGE bump that had cropped up.....I could only assume this was from Gee twisting and turning that needle.....but hey....the IV in my right hand was on point. Whoo Hooo!
So she tells me..."Don't worry about all of the bubbles in the line....this is typical when the flow is high....I guess I could turn it down to stop that". Uhmmm......okay......I wasn't worried until you brought that up Gee.....LOL!
So next she was having a lot of problems with the computer and entering the information. And I told her that I was just there 3 weeks ago when the hospital had just switched over to a new system and the nurses were frantic and I was actually left in a room for 3 extra hours because I was not showing up on the proper screen.........and she affirmed what a night mare it had been.....and I tell her that I am old school and finally finally getting around to this "tech age" instead of logging everything on paper.....so I know how she feels......
Then what happens? My surgeon comes and he is ready for me but damn.....Gee has sent my blood test to the lab in the wrong page or section or whatever it was.....and now my surgery is delayed until someone can come and help Gee straighten this out.
Finally a young nurse comes in and shows her how to delete the wrong entry and to send it to the right place and I am kind of joking about "Do I have a bun in MY oven dilemma"......the young nurse asks Gee....."Did you place her compression socks?" Or something like that.....and Gee says "Yes"..and I say....."Do you mean these blue socks with the grips on the feet?".....The young nurse pulls back the sheets and Gee then says " I could have sworn I put those on her".
She scrambles out of the curtain to go get those compression socks...and I see that when she brings them back...she walks by my "cubicle" #5....and I hear her walk into "cubicle" # 4 and she says....."Excuse me I'm sorry".......then she comes into me @ #5 and puts the gosh durn things on me.....
young nurse leaves...I tell her "Thank you from the bottom of my heart LOl!".....Gee then finishes up the "questions" and gets to the question of "Do you have any wounds or open sores on your body?" I say "Not that I am aware of".....When she leaves the cubicle I tell my hubby........"Damn....I started to tell her 'Other than the wound you created on my left hand...nope none'....."
and hubby says....."I was thinking the same thing" LOL!
So I am left with this......after this situation.....
I guess that sometimes experience and time spent at a job doesn't mean poo diddly caaaarp. Maybe Gee who is ten years older than me was simply having a bad day......and then again...maybe Gee has been a crappy nurse every day of her career. So much for experience.......
but hey! I survived LOL.....I rolled on out of there....and in the end...that is really all that matters :=)
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