041025 Car Troubles=Kid Visits!….Lynn’s Latest #41!

Last Thursday, after my ezine came out, I was sitting at my desk thinking about how I wanted to go down to Harbor Cove Cafe for dinner. They have been closed for dinner all winter and it is one of my favorite restaurants. But, I couldn’t figure out who I wanted to go with.

Then, I got a text from Indiana and Larissa! They were on their way home to get her Jeep fixed. Unfortunately, Indiana was visiting Houston at his new apartment and backed up into a concrete pole. Ughhhh! We decided we wouldn’t do any body work, but we would replace the tail lights. Small price to pay to have the girls home for two days!

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #000041

Thursday, April 9th, 2025
Volume VI Issue 000041

The girls arrived just in time for dinner, but stopped by the store first to shop. Indiana ended up buying a coffee mug that we had taken in that I thought would never sell because it was in terrible condition with crazing etc. But it did say “Coffee Hound”. Hahahaha.

After shopping, we took Indy’s Jeep over to Jay’s Automotive to drop off and I checked to see if Harbor Cove Cafe would be open for dinner that Thursday night. Noooooooo! They are only open for dinner on Friday and Saturday nights. So, we ended up at Casa Bella for Happy Hour with our favorite server/manager Carl. Fun!

A friend commented that the girls don’t look old enough to drink….and funny enough they weren’t drinking, those were mock tails!

The girls weren’t going back to LA until Saturday morning, so we made plans to do dinner at Harbor Cove Cafe on Friday. Always a fun time!

Time for an eBay score! Back in 2017 when I was still living in Palm Desert I went to an estate sale run by my friends JnJ…Jack and John. The house had limited edition prints taped up on every wall. They were only $5 to $10 each. I bought them all!

And over the years, I have sold all but a few for close to $3,000. Yipppeeee! This is one of the smaller ones that I had left and I just sold it for $199 and it was shipped to Canada. Score!

Check out the listing here.

Indiana had to work at 6:30 am on Saturday morning. Ughhhh! When I heard her alarm go off at 5:30 am I was NOT happy! Oh well…anything to have my kids come home and visit!

And Houston was also having car issues so his car (originally my dad’s car that he insisted on leaving to Houston) was towed home on Thursday, and I got to drive it all week! FUN—it drives so well and it used to belong to Bill Gates!

And I also paid for Houston’s repairs…again, anything to get the kids home! And Houston will be riding his bike from Pepperdine to Ventura tonight to get his car and we will go to dinner! Yippppeee!

While driving Houston’s car to work and parking it in the back lot, Sendia stopped by to bring us some consignments and thought I wasn’t working because my SUV wasn’t here.

Luckily, she came in anyway…it was so good to see her! I miss her! And she misses us as well :). But her grandchildren are her priority these days.

She jumped right in behind the counter, helping customers, pricing her own stuff and just being the wonderful person she is!

This weekend, Sandy, Sendia, Val and myself are all attending the Khay Festival at the Camarillo airport this weekend. FUN!

Here is a fun eBay score. I LOVE it when thrift stores price the pieces in a set all separately. For example, they don’t sell the entire set for one price, but individually price cereal bowls, dinner plates etc. That way I can do my research and figure out which pieces of the set will sell for the most and only buy the “hot” items!

I bought 8 of these bowls in Palm Desert for $2 each back in October. They retail on Replacements.com for $79.99 each and the cup/saucer sets only go for $8.99 and Salad plates only $19.99….so lesson here….pass on the cheaper items that will take a lot of schlepping (handling).

Check out the listing here. Sold for full asking price. Interesting side note, when I listed these in my eBay store the price on Replacements.com was only $49.99 each so that is where I priced them (I usually match their pricing). Now that I know they are now $79.99 each….should I raise my prices?

In Houston news, he posted about an encounter that he had on one of his many bus rides home from Pepperdine Law School. It actually made me cry, so I asked him if I could put it in the newsletter and he said Yes!

Houston met an older man Lawrence on the bus and he was telling Houston how he would like to get in touch with his brother. So, Houston let him use his phone. The exchange brought tears to my eyes.

Can you even imagine not talking to your brother/sister for 5 years? And we can’t ever forget that Lawrence is someone’s son, someone’s brother, someone’s cousin, maybe even someone’s father…..he is important to many people, not just a face on a bus.

Houston also got a kick out of Lawrence guessing his age. LOL.

I was exhausted from having the girls in town for two nights (thurs & fri)…but I am not complaining at all! Then on Saturday, Sandy and Marian invited me to the Bombay after work to see a really cool country band–Cory B Clay & the Twains. I couldn’t say no! So off I went from work to the Bombay! It was fun and luckily I had Sunday off 🙂

Sunday, I did stuff around the house, listed on eBay and got ready for the week.

On Monday, Marc was sick so he didn’t teach Fit Buddha…so no “Martini Monday”. Instead, I took Cha Cha down to the beach. We had a LOVELY day!

I have been trying to showcase a cool customer or consignor in every newsletter. This week we have Ann Bittl…who was brave enough to be interviewed on our new Tik Tok channel. Check out the video here.

Time for another eBay score…Mo found these Tommy Bahama plastic (yes plastic) bowls out in the desert for $1 each. Just sold four of them for $87.99! Sweet! You are probably starting to see that bowls often sell for more than other dinnerware pieces….just not rimmed soup bowls. Stay away from those!

Check out the listing here.

As you know….We will not be carrying Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Iron Orchid Designs or Redesign with Prima any longer. AND we can ship any of these items. Please check out our website at www.funhomefurnishings.com.

We will be liquidating this stock and this week you can save 20% on any of these brands!

Things we need for the store…..

Night Stands
End Tables
Dressers
Rugs
Lamps…both table and floor
Nice Throw Pillows
Wicker/Baskets
Metalware
Woodenware
Garden
Outdoor
Dressers
Desks
Oil Paintings

The girls do such great little displays around the store, I thought I would share some more this week.

And is this SCREAMING “White Lotus” Vibes? I mentioned to Susan, that maybe we should do a White Lotus inspired front window. Is it too late? Thoughts? Or would it just be FUN!

Another screen shot of our new tiktok channel with me talking about our 21,000 items listed on eBay. Insane! Watch the video here. Or Sign up for our Tik Tok Channel here!

I will be heading into LA next Tuesday to help Indiana with her move. I have rented a u-haul truck and am looking for two dependable strong youngsters to help us load it in the Marina del Rey/Santa Monica area if you know of anyone?????

And Zach, my nephew, will be flying in Tuesday night for a short visit as he is on his way to hike the Pacific Coast Trail. Can’t wait to see him!

Houston has accepted the internship with the LA District Attorneys office. So proud of him and his summer job! He looks so happy in class at Pepperdine. Although, finals are just around the corner. Wish him luck!

Susan and I are ready for our next design job! There are so many great things in the store and we have the inventory to do a beach house or any other style you may be considering. It can be a small job or a big job. Reach out for more details!