A very quiet week this week! Yay! Did meet Sandy for dinner at Prime on Friday night. That was fun to catch up as I haven’t seen her in weeks. We also ran into one of our favorite customers, Jen, and her family.

Thursday we filmed some Tik Toks about my eBay assembly line listing technique. You can view that video here.

Later that night I got a text from Indiana and she said….

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #000045

Thursday, May 8th, 2025
Volume VI Issue 000045

I was like “crap, what are they saying about me that is bad?”….So I checked out the comments.

And one gal said “She invented this y’all”.

And I am not proud of the way I responded when I said “Do your research.”

I also included this article that eBay wrote about me in 2015. I hated it at the time that they called me an eBay Legend…but it came in pretty handy this week. Hahaha.

You can read the article here. If you want to!

Then I text Indy and told her what my response was to the TikToker and this is what she wrote back….

And then Indy schooled me on “popping off”. Back in my day, “popping off” was being rude.

Apparently, these days it is a good thing. LOL.

Well that was exhausting! Time for an eBay score!

Bought this framed print back when I lived in Palm Desert for $35 and had not listed it when Covid shut us down. Finally got it listed in 2020 and just took a best offer on it of $250 this past week.

Then we couldn’t find it. Oh no! It was not on the shelf it was supposed to be on. Luckily, Kevin found it out in the back garages and I got it shipped on Monday. Score!

Check it out here .

Saturday morning I went out to an estate sale in Camarillo and then hit some Ventura garage sales before working all day in the store.

Found some fun things to bring back to the store….including some rustic metal shelves and a French Fish platter.

Check out the new arrivals section for pics of these vintage finds!

Sunday, I listed on eBay and then Sandy text me and said “Come hang out with me at the street fair and bring a bottle of wine…a big one.” LOL.

I finished my eBay listings, grabbed ChaCha and off we went. It was a fun day and the Cha got worn out! Always a bonus.

Monday was Fit Buddha and then Martini Monday. Marc and I headed down to Dukes and since it was Cinco de Mayo, I thought it would be crowded, but it was not.

I was happy to spend Cinco de Mayo with a good friend because it was the 8th anniversary of my dad’s passing away. Of course, he had to pass away on a holiday….Papa!

On Tuesday, Susan and I headed into Pasadena to visit the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. 30 different designers each take a room and it is definitely worth visiting!

Lots of design inspo for our next design job. Who will it be?

It rained most of our drive to Pasadena, but we got lucky and it was just overcast for our visit. It was pretty crowded, but we got right in and had a wonderful lunch on the grounds as well.

The Bauer House only had two owners in it’s 100 year history. The original owners were the Bauer family and he was the CEO of SCE. The second owner was writer Stephen J. Cannell.

He was responsible for many awesome tv series, the Rockford Files, Hawaii 50, 21 Jump Street, etc.

He passed away at only 69 years of age from complications due to Melanoma.

I was really inspired to see his office and the original desk where he sat to write (he used an electric typewrite) so many hits. It really inspired me to get to writing my novel or novels!

Time for an eBay score that has something to do with Mother’s Day…since it is coming up. Just sold this coffee mug for asking price of $43.99 and I didn’t pay fmore than $1. Sweet!

I think every mom deserves a “Bad Ass Mama” Coffee mug. Too bad I don’t drink coffee!

Check out the listing here.

Now would be a good time to wish my mama a Happy Mother’s Day. I need to get up there to see her at some point this month.

Happy Mother’s Day Mor Mor! This is one of my favorite pictures of the two of us.

Oh my! I forgot to tell you about my big boo boo last Thursday right after my newsletter came out.

I was trying to fit a blue chair into a corner of the Beachy room and I knocked a night stand off of the top of other nightstands and there were glass vases and lamps on top. Yikes!

Luckily, I only broke 5 things and most were store inventory. I paid the other consignors for their items and it was quite the adrenaline rush!

Brittany was a trooper and cleaned it all up. Here is the tiktok if you want to watch it.

We took in a hanging library/parlor lamp from a new consignor this week and it brought back great memories from my days in my grandma’s store. We always had these lamps for sale. My grandma LOVED her lamp department.

Here is Kevin wrangling to put it together. You can see the finished product later on in the new arrival section.

In honor of my grandma and her love of lamps, I thought I would share story #2 from Money Making Madness about a hanging lamp that I sold for big bucks.

An update on my nephew, Zach’s, Pacific Crest Trail Hike. We were texting back and forth and since he shared his location with me, I could see that he was in the San Bernadino area.

I offered to pick him up if he needed a break, but he did not! Way to go Zach!

An update on Larissa and Indiana. They booked a commercial together. I am soooooo proud of them and it will film later this month.

Larissa also just did an ad for Apple. They both have agents now and are getting jobs. I am so happy!

Things we need for the store…..

AND PLEASE NO CONSIGNMENTS ON WEDNESDAYS….this is our big furniture take in and catch up day. THANK YOU!

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

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!