Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #000022

Thursday, November 21st, 2024
Volume V Issue 000022

Happy Thursday!

OMG, not sure where to begin. It has been insane this past week. I left on Friday morning to head to the desert. The plan was to meet Indy for breakfast in Encino to hand off the Cha to her.

As I was leaving the house, I noticed some puppy vomit. Oh Cha! I figured it was because of the new canned food I started giving her on Thursday. Cleaned it up and off I went.

Indy and I met at a chain restaurant….Le Pain Quotidien (which means “The Daily Bread”) and it was good, but so expensive. Breakfast was $50 (for two entrees and one coffee..oi vey) and Cha Cha seemed fine at breakfast.

Then I started my 2 hour drive to the desert. About an hour out from my arrival, I got a phone call from Indy….”Mom, did you know that Cha Cha is sick. She just went to the bathroom and it was liquid and orange”. I said “Don’t worry honey, it is just the new food I was giving her.”

An hour later, I get another frantic call….Cha Cha had just thrown up a quarter and a nickel. Oh for God’s sake! Indy needed to be at an Improv class at 1 pm and now she needed to take Cha Cha to Puppy ER.

Indy was overwhelmed so I called Houston to step in and help out. He was stuck on the Pepperdine Malibu campus with a bike and no car. I considered driving right back to Marina del Rey because it was sounding like it was too much for my Indy girl. UGhhhh.

In any event, my girl came through and took Cha to a great Vet in Santa Monica. They wanted $2,450 from me to examine Cha Cha. I said, let’s just do an x-ray to make sure she hasn’t eaten any more coins. That was just going to be $1,100 and I say that “tongue in cheek”…ONLY $1,100!

I said, let’s go. Indy was so sweet and went to get all the 9 employees at VEG (Vetinerary Emergency Group) in Santa Monica coffees from Caffe Luxe where she works.

I was recounting the story to my former neighbor, Sandra, in Rancho Mirage and now she calls Cha Cha a slot machine! Hahahaha! Unfortunately, we are NOT playing to win however.

For those of you who may have forgotten, Cha Cha ate a quarter about 1 1/2 years ago and it cost $2,000 that time because they had to do endoscopic surgery down her throat to get it out.

I have been very vigilant about not leaving ANY coins out. This is where Carlos comes in. I have a vanity in my bedroom and Carlos likes to knock off my things onto the floor for Cha Cha to chew up. I noticed some change on there the other day and I think he batted it off onto the floor.

New rule….NO change in my house anywhere. Here is the $2,000 quarter. I asked Emma for the 30 cents that Cha Cha threw up in their condo, but she was not going to get it out of the garbage. Darn!

As my friend, Kel, suggested I could have used it to help pay the $1,100 bill. hahahaha

Just so you know, I don’t really blame Carlos and they really do love each other. They both missed me so much that when I got home from the desert on Monday night I could not get them off of my leg. So cute!

Time for an eBay score. I have talked about this set of napkin ring holders that I bought around Christmas of last year. Instead of selling them all together in a set of 8, I have chosen to sell them individually and have done really well with them!

This one just sold for asking price of $116.99. Whooopppeee!

Check out the listing here.

In addition, I just sold the empty box that the 8 napkin rings came in for $36. Seriously! Isn’t that crazy? And if you click on the listing you can see how the lid of the box was even damaged.

Just remember, sometimes the parts sell for more than the whole.

Check out the listing here.

After the Cha Cha ordeal and arriving safely to the desert, I went out to dinner with Candy and Kel at Mario’s in La Quinta. Fun to catch up!

Friday night I ended up sleeping 12 hours. I was exhausted and haven’t been sleeping well with the circus in my house (as another of my best friends from high school Melanie calls it LOL)….Carlos & Cha Cha go in and out all night. Just like teenagers :).

Saturday, I headed over to pick up Tina Burke at the Lakes Country Club. Tina is another one of my best friends from high school. We were planning to hit a few thrift stores and then get lunch. But, not before the obligatory photo was taken by Jerry on the golf course.

Tina and I ended up at Guillermos for lunch. Always fun to catch up!

Then we both got mani/pedis. Then I watched the rest of the USC game and hung out with Mo. A perfect day in the desert!

The store is super full of marvelous items! Come in and check them out. We don’t have room for many items right now, but here is what I am looking for…..

Someone remarked recently that we don’t have ENOUGH Christmas…so here is a shout out for QUALITY CHRISTMAS!

PLEASE CALL FIRST BEFORE BRINGING IN ANY SMALLS. For example, we took in so many things over the weekend that we are way behind in pricing. We can’t take in anything today. And no consignments on WEDNESDAY Ever…..NO Consignments on Wednesday. Thank you!

Table Lamps
Floor Lamps
Nightstands
End Tables
Queen Headboards (we really need these!)
Metalware…Metal Baskets
Baskets
Wooden Items
Area Rugs

On Sunday, Mo and I hit thrift stores and went to the Texas Roadhouse out in Indio for lunch. A great steak with two sides for only $16.99.

Then we hit Skip’s Little Bar with Kel for dinner. I headed back to Ventura Monday morning and met up with Indiana and Larissa at Chin Chin’s in Studio City to grab the most expensive dog in history.

As soon as I got back to Ventura, I returned my rental car and headed to the store to ship eBay items that had sold over the weekend. I got a rental car for my trip to the desert because my car needs some work. Ughhhh.

It has been in an out of the shop too many times this year and I really need a new car. Hopefully, next year.

But more on Cha Cha’s shenanigans. On Monday night she was out playing in the front yard and came running up with what looked like a large rodent in her mouth.

OMG…another huge vet bill passed in front of my eyes. How to get her away from the varmint? She freaking wouldn’t drop it, so I got out the hose. She does NOT like water and I was eventually able to get her away from it and into the house.

Another crisis averted. But I was not going to look at that thing until morning.

Cha cha got an allergy shot on Tuesday morning and then I dropped her off at the groomers.

Once she was at the groomers, I headed down to Aloha steakhouse to celebrate Sandy’s birthday with a bunch of the Lynn’s Consignment girls.

We had so much fun and Martha came with new baby Phoenix who is now 2 months old and Val came with her grandson Jackson. So, I take that back it wasn’t just Lynn’s Consignment girls, it was also two young men. LOL!

From left to right Phoenix, Martha, Marian, Jackson, Robin, Sandy, Peggy, me, Whale and Val.

But back to Cha Cha and the Varmint. Once I got home from the lunch party I dared to venture into the front yard…..and believe it or not that THING was gone!

Before I forget, we had a paint your own piece last week on Thursday afternoon and I just had one student, Anita. She is working on a marvelous piece and I will share after photos soon.

On Wednesday, Chris Wade FINALLY came back to pick up all of his purchases. LOL. Seriously, appreciate the business, but we have been storing this stuff FOREVER.

He showed up really early in the day so that we did not have to partake in day drinking. Cracks me up. We took a picture and posted it with the caption,

“What is Missing?”

Val got it right!

Business has started to pick up and I am so grateful! We sold quite a few couches last week and check out happy Kristen with her new couch. And somehow Sendia and I got it into her truck!