With Covid still hanging around, I have really been missing traveling the world…even though most of it was with my ex-husband and my ex-boyfriend.  LOL, but seriously yes.

More about that later, but for now let’s check out the new Turquoise window at night!

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #30…

November 13th, 2020
Watch for it every Friday or every other Friday!
Volume I  Issue 30

OH CRAP…Happy Friday the 13th, 2020
What could possibly go wrong?

In the last ezine, I asked y’all which front window color you liked the best. I heard from many of you that you needed to see the choices again. So here they are in ROY G. BIV order.

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and the Blue above.

Hit me up and let me know which one is your favorite?  I want to hear from you!  Thanks 🙂

In Super Awesome news, Indiana came home from Pepperdine to watch Cha Cha for three days so that I could go to the desert and get some sleep!  Just Kidding, NOT!

It was seriously AMAZING to not have to get up during the night to let the puppy outside.  I would get a doggy door, but I have to worry about my King Carlos.   Anyone have any ideas?

BTW, Cha Cha is getting HUGE.  She was born on August 5th (so is a Leo like my mama) and is currently only 3 months old.  I am not kidding, she has doubled in size since we got her!

This past Saturday, Emma (Houston’s girlfriend) flew into Santa Barbara from New Jersey.  She has been holed up in NJ with her mother during Covid.  Here she is meeting Cha Cha for the first time!  Carlos was soooooo happy to see her as well.

It was great to see her and I had the pleasure of taking both Emma and Indy out to dinner at Casa Bella. How fashion forward are these two?

Time for an eBay score, don’t you think?  I do!  Well, actually I am hoping that this is a score in the making.  I spent this past Sunday through Tuesday out in Palm Desert hitting a few estate sales.  I got some pretty cool stuff!  Including this original oil painting that I paid $75 to acquire.  What do you think?  Check it out here.

We redid the yellow in-store vignette yesterday.  I think it turned out super fun.  That little yellow sectional is for sale for $449.50.

I did a super fun interview with Griff for the eBay for Business Podcast last week.  We always have so much fun during our chats!  We got on the subject of Cha Cha and how incredibly insane I am with taking on a puppy on top of owning Lynn’s Consignments, selling full time on eBay (15,000 items currently listed baby!), writing an ezine, and actually having to do the shipping while Cindy was on vacation last week.

Just typing that out makes me exhausted!  Anyway, Cindy had her vacation scheduled for quite some time, it just turned out to be terrible timing for me!  It is ALL about me 🙂

Check out this table full of stuff I had to ship on Monday she was out of town.

Here is a link to my episode on the eBay for Business Podcast with Griff.

You may have to look for episode #115. Check out the graphics for the show. Cha Cha is FAMOUS!

In case you missed that tiny photo of Cha Cha and me doing “Cindy’s” shipping.  Check it out here.  And yes, those 15,000 items listed on eBay are behind my office at the store.  Does anyone want a tour?  Just ask!

Let’s get back to the store!!  Last Thursday evening we had an employee tree trimming party.  Super fun!  Here is the crew in front of our gorgeous trees.  Left to right, Val, Sandy, Cindy, Peggy and me.

The store is PACKED…. I say PACKED with amazing gift items for Christmas!  It is soooooo exciting…..with new stuff arriving daily!

Which reminds me….look what is in stock!  Hurry in and get yours before they sell out!   2020 Toilet Paper Ornament arrived today and is only $14.99.  Santa Claus with a mask is $21.99.

If you can’t stop in to pick one up, you can always order here.

Check out these other darling Blown Glass Old World Christmas Glass Ornaments that are also in stock from $14.99 to $22.99 each.  Who doesn’t want a sloth ornament for Christmas?  LOVE these!  Again, they are all available online with more coming in next week.

Here are a few fun furniture pieces that just came in.  I love this turquoise secretary that one of our consignors brought in.  She is super talented!  She used one of the Iron Orchid Design Transfers the “Sea Queen” that is no longer being made.  This piece is for sale at $495.

But back to the Christmas Trees!  I am so excited for the holiday season!  It’s time to celebrate……

Here is our Kazi tree decorated in handwoven ornaments that pay the men and women of Rwanda, Uganda, and Ghana a living wage.  Please help us support this amazing company!  In the back, you can see the trees all decorated in the Old world Ornaments.

Here is a close-up of some of these amazing ornaments.  These pom pom lidded basket ornaments are only $11.95 and you could put a special gift inside…a love note, a promise, a gift certificate or a special piece of jewelry.

Before I forget, we have a VERY special chair waiting in the front window for a VERY special guest.  If you have any youngsters that would like to see where a special guest will be visiting us closer to Christmas, please bring them by!  The little ones that have seen it so far, are filled with wonder and excitement.  Never too early to get in the spirit!

Just a reminder of our current store hours…..THESE HAVE BEEN MODIFIED
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday 11 to 3 pm.
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 11 to 5 pm.
We do stay late if there are customers so if you are in the area check us out to see if we are still open after 3 pm.

Time for an eBay score! I bought this Papier Mache Angel last December at an estate sale for $2.00. Sold it for the best offer of $66.00 yesterday. It is my goal to always make 10x my money when selling on eBay. I guess I did it!

Check it out here to see why it sold for so much!

Soooooo many great things arriving in the store for the Christmas Season.  Check out these amazing kitchen utensils that retail for $9.95 (well the spreader is $6.95 and the Spurtle is $12.8=95).  We just got in a huge reorder!  Time to shop!  Also, Free Shipping and available for sale on our website.

We got in the most hysterical line of greeting cards. The artist is from Seattle and I have followed her for years. Super fun to have these cards in stock in the store. You can shop for them here…Free shipping within the continental US.

Got a group text on Sunday morning from my son in Oklahoma City…..Notice how I immediately use the “S” word and then my 84-year-old mother says she would rather use the “F” word.  LOL!

Thank God he is fine!  Houston will quarantine for 10 days and then take a Covid test.  If he tests negative he will be able to join us for Thanksgiving.  If not, I am going to be so upset that he can’t join us for Turkey day.  Ughhhhhh!  Can 2020 please be OVER!

Here is one of my favorite pictures of me and the Goose!  He was practicing cheering for the USC football game that we were going to be attending.  LOL.

Time for an eBay score?  I think so!  But, this time I am going to share ANOTHER one of my mom’s scores.  What?  Yes!  My mom has been selling on eBay for almost as long as I have.  She is 84 years old and still pulls down about $3,000 a month.  She is a rock star!  AND you all seem to love hearing about her success in the last ezine, so here we go again!

This listing is for some flatware that she bought recently.  These 3 pieces of flatware sold for $150!  Yes, you did hear that correctly.  Check it out here.

My mom is my biggest fan and I so appreciate her!  Thank you Mor Mor! I LOVE YOU!  She also thinks that I need to stop writing these newsletters and put my energy towards writing a novel. So do my kids BTW.  They all believe in me!  It is quite nice!

I have always wanted to write a novel, but never carve out the time.  I have been quite successful with non-fiction (Wiley, McGraw Hill, and Scholastic have all published me) so maybe I am afraid of fiction.  Thoughts?

Here I am with my Mama “fake” reading a book.  Maybe this can be motivation, inspiration or whatever it takes to get me fired up and started on my FIRST NOVEL!

Tons of great furniture has been coming into the store.  This puppy has drastically changed my life and I am only in the store for two action-packed days lately.  That doesn’t give me much time to get the furniture photographed and uploaded to the website.  Soooooooo please stop in and check out the new inventory as most are NOT online.

Here are a few of the new pieces.  This one is a beautiful Lockland Canova Grey Door Cabinet / Armoire that comes with clothing rods as well and a mirror inside the one door.  57 x 21 x 72″.  This piece retails for $2549 on Wayfair.  Our price, $595.

Here are some of our great dressers in stock.

I mentioned at the beginning of this ezine that I miss traveling the world.  My love for travel started when I was a small child.  My parents and my grandmother used to drag us along for every international adventure.  I went to Europe for the first time when I was 6 years old and my brother Lee was 3.  My sister wasn’t even born yet!

Here is one of my favorite pictures of my dad with Lee and me in front of Buckingham Palace.  My brother and I were so scared we didn’t want to get anywhere near that horse and my dad made us….and he was sooooooo mad!  I miss you, Wayne Dralle!

Then there was that trip to Hong Kong with my grandmother when I was in High School.  Here is more about that from story #23 in my 2nd book in the 100 Best Series, “Money Making Madness”.

Do you love my perm?  It cracked me up when I pulled this photo from the book archives…my brother had named it “HongKongpoorlydressed”….LOL!  I just text him, who was he saying was poorly dressed?  Me or grandma?

He just text me back and said that I was the one that named the picture.  Sounds about right, I do think that I am pretty humorous.

There were so many “World Travel Adventures” over the years.  I lived in Valencia, Spain for the entire summer after high school graduation.  I did the USC Spain Semester in Madrid in 1984.

There were about 50 of us from USC in Madrid for those 5 months and we became super close.  Here we are at a Spain Reunion party somewhere in Westlake Village back in 1986 or 1987.  If you know anyone in this photo, please let me know!

It was at Debbie Kessler’s (I think she married someone with the last name Allman) home and I have lost touch with her.  My friend Joanne (who appears in lots of my newsletters and her daughters have all worked at the store) is pictured in the front.  She still looks exactly the same.  I put an arrow over me since I don’t look exactly the same.  LOL!  Good times people!

My ex-husband and I traveled a lot, even spending our honeymoon in Bali at the Amandari and the Four Seasons.  First-class all the way baby! Thank you Cheryl Leaf!   I couldn’t find any of our Bali pictures so here is a photo of us at our wedding, the day before we left for Bali.

I traveled a lot with my kids as well.  Missions in Mexico, Disneyworld every other year, Disney Cruises, and summers spent in Bellingham.  Here we are on a spur of the moment trip to Puerta Vallarta….Nothing better than a “surprise vacation”.

My ex-boyfriend and I also traveled extensively. Cozumel, Cayman Islands, Cabo, Catalina, Florida, New York, Nicaragua, and Roatan to name a few.

We even purchased a property in Nicaragua.  Here is the view from our Lot 35 in San Juan del Sur.

I miss all these travel days. I miss my dad, my grandma, and my sister who were always up for a travel adventure. Can’t wait for Covid to be over so I can get back to my globetrotting ways. LOL! But I am totally serious.
OK, now for my final eBay score. Not a huge dollar amount, but hard to find Audio Compact Disc from the Langley Vineyard Church. It sold for about $35.

Check it out here.

OK, this section is probably going to need a new name.  Thoughts?  Or should Carlos still have his own corner?  And Cha-Cha gets her own space…The Challenges of Cha-Cha?  The adventures of Carlos and Cha Cha?

OK, this is hysterical.  One of my ezine readers (Valorie Huston) wrote in with this….

How about….
“Cha Cha-ing with Carlos”    EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!!!

This could be it….thoughts?

Here is my Carlos cleaning Cha Cha’s chin.  How funny is this?

I also got some super cute pics of the two of them today as they were snuggling on Cha Cha’s anti-anxiety bed.  This may soon become Carlos’ bed since Cha is soooooo big!  Check them out, are they not darling?  It looks like it is Cha Cha’s turn to clean Carlos.  LOL!

I know this is Carlos’ Corner, but I must end with a 4 part photo set of Cha Cha helping me do eBay.  At least she thought she was helping me.  LOL!  I posted this on Instagram (follow me at LynnDralle) and FaceBook and several of you want to know when I get these patch boxes (that belonged to my grandmother Cheryl Leaf) listed.

One of our favorite vendors at the store is Baggu.  They make those incredible “on-trend” reusable bags that are all the rage.  Just last week they came out with an entirely new line with new designs.  They announced that ordering was open at 6 am and guess what?  I actually happened to be awake because I HAVE A PUPPY!  LOL, but not really.

I went a little bit crazy with ordering for the store, but check out all these amazing new items!  Puffy laptop sleeves…WOW!

Then there are the new Zip Sets.  OMG!  I am getting some of these for Christmas Gifts.  Great for TRAVEL (which I LOVE and will talk about later)!

Then there are the darling Ear Bud Puffy containers.  These will make great stocking stuffers and make you a huge hero to the younger generation.  Who knew you could be so cool?  Check out all the new Baggu here.  Remember, free shipping.  Order now!

Finally, the awesome new mask designs!  Constellation and Forest Floor…..WOW!  We will be getting more of these in with the loops instead of the ties, so please check us out for all of your Baggu needs!  Thank you for letting me over-share.  I LOVE this company!

I am going to wrap up this ezine with a quote from my Gary John Bishop Calendar that has made a HUGE impact on me.  Wow….I just noticed that it was from October 2nd, what should have been my sister Kiki’s 51st birthday.  Check it out…..

I have taken this quote to heart. I started to examine what was taking up a ton of time and making me frustrated. First, my computer was out of hard drive disc space. I was spending hours every day deleting photos, documents, and anything that would let my computer run faster.

I wasn’t ready for a new computer so after reading this quote, I called Mitec here in Ventura and took my laptop in for an upgrade. $600 later my computer is working like a dream. Thank you Mitec! THIS DEFINITELY MADE MY LIFE BETTER!

I have many more examples but will save those for later ezines. But, I sincerely hope you take this suggestion to heart. REPEAT!
Let me wrap this up with a HUGE thank you for your continued support of me and my small business! You are keeping us going and my gratitude is immense! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Until we can travel again, I will be around. Stop in and say HELLO! Finally, a great photo from back on March 1st, 2020 before all of this madness began and we could all be together.

My team, from left to right. Emma, Val, my mama, me, Indy, Cindy, and Peggy. Sandy, where are you?????

Thanks for reading my ezines!  I appreciate it….as always!

eBay with Heart & Design with Heart……Lynn

 

P.S.  All of the professional photos I use on Instagram, Facebook, and in these newsletters were taken by my friend Denise’s daughter, Jaclyn Sabo.  She is amazing!   To learn more about Jaclyn….https://www.jaclynszabo.com/

P.P.S.  If you have a friend who wants to sign up for this newsletter.

 

There hasn’t been an ezine for 3 weeks….My dog ate my homework (now I know that this could really happen) and my computer was in the shop for a week!

It has been a challenge to get anything done with a Puppy in the house.  But she is soooooo worth it!  We love her and she and Carlos have been having a BLAST!

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #29…

October 30th, 2020
Watch for it every Friday or every other Friday!
Volume I  Issue 29

We have had Cha Cha for 4 weeks now!  And she is 12 weeks old.  She seems so much bigger already.  When we got her she weighed 11.1 pounds and today at her Vet appointment she weighed 17 pounds!  What is the World?  That is something my dad ALWAYS said.  I miss him!  I think he would love Cha Cha and Cha Cha him.

In June of 2016, Indiana and I flew up to Bellingham to see my mom and surprise my dad.  Indy and I had a bet riding on what he would say when he saw her.  Hands down, we knew it was going to be “What in the World?” and that is exactly how she reacted when he said it!  I LOVE THIS PICTURE!  Miss you Papa!

I think it is time for an eBay score.  Don’t you?  This is another of those “What in the World?” moments.

Every once in a while you stumble upon a set of dinnerware in an extremely desirable pattern.  That is what happened here.  This Mikasa High Spirits pattern is very 1980’s and quite in demand.  I took the best offer on these three little sauce bowls of $100!  Check them out here.  As my grandmother would say, “I laughed all the way to the bank”.

The Palm Desert girls were out to visit twice in October!  Do you get the idea that they may like Ventura?  Or is it just too hot in the desert?  Probably a bit of both.  And they actually had ulterior motives.   My best friend Mo was moving into a new condo and they came out to help her pick out furniture from………ME and my store!

It was super fun to see them so much and over the course of those two trips, Mo managed to find a leather Natuzzi sofa, two mid-century style rocking chairs, dining table, dining chairs, oversized armchair, end tables, lamps, buffet, outdoor furniture, bed, dresser, console and accent chair, etc., etc.  Amazing, but TRUE!  You can furnish an entire home at Lynn’s!  Check us out!

Candy’s husband Ron was a darling and drove a borrowed trailer that they pulled out for us to load on a Wednesday.  They would load Wednesday, spend the night and return Thursday.  It would have been way too much to do in a one-day round trip.

Thank goodness Wayne was there that day as he used to load trailers for the movie industry for a living.  The trailer got packed incredibly well.  Here are a few shots of the “during”.

Here is the gang once it was all loaded.  It does take a Village!

From Left to right, Candy, Adolio, Val, Sunny, Mo, Ron, and Wayne.

Unfortunately, that Wednesday was a super busy one for me (Hahahaha what day isn’t super busy?).  We had gotten in two truckloads of furniture that morning.  Praise the Lord that Indy came home that day to stay with Cha Cha because it was “all hands on deck”.

Luckily, the gang showed up around 1 pm to finish shopping and load up.  That way I could be there to help them.  I had to leave the store at 4:30 pm to head out to my friend Denise’s house for our monthly cocktail party which we hadn’t been able to have since March!  There was no way I could miss this special event.

Denise Angelini (interior designer extraordinaire) hosted us at her Camarillo home which is drop-dead GORGEOUS!  I was able to hang with the girls in this amazing setting until 6:30 when I had to leave to meet the Palm Desert bunch for dinner at Casa Bella.  Crazy day!  Here we are in Denise’s backyard.

The Palm Desert crew left on Thursday morning and arrived safely back in the Desert in about 3 1/2 hours.  Crazy…right?  Mo didn’t move in for another few days, but here is a photo of her living room with all NEW furniture!  How cute is that?

The store is PACKED…. I say PACKED with amazing gift items for Christmas!  It is soooooo exciting…..with new stuff arriving daily!

We have SIX Christmas trees up and are getting ready to get the new ornaments all to put out on them.

1. The upside-down white flocked tree is in the “Beachy” room with “Beachy” ornaments on it.

2.  There is a 7.5′ traditional green tree in the Kazi room with Kazi ornaments ready to adorn it.

3.  There is another 7.5′ traditional green tree in the gift section with Recycled Magazine Ornaments on it.

4.  There is a 9′ traditional green tree in the front window that will soon have mercury glass blown Old World Christmas ornaments on it…..

Which reminds me….look what is in stock!  Hurry in and get yours before they sell out!  For those of you who pre-ordered they will ship out on Tuesday.  and THANK YOU for your pre-orders!

If you can’t stop in to pick one up, you can always order here.

Check out these other darling Blown Glass Old World Christmas Glass Ornaments that are also in stock at $19.99 each.  LOVE these!  Again, they are all available online with more coming in next week.

But back to the Christmas Trees!  I am so excited for the holiday season!  It’s time to celebrate……

5.  There is a 7.5′ traditional green tree in the front window that will soon have bells and chime ornaments on it.

6.  There is another 9′ traditional tree in the front window that will have Ventura Spring Inspired ornaments…birds, hummingbirds, butterflies, etc.

Here is what that window looks like so far.  I am bummed that we haven’t been able to get the top of that second 9′ tree to light up.  Ughhhhh!  Hopefully soon!

Before I forget, we have a VERY special chair waiting in the front window for a VERY special guest.  If you have any youngsters that would like to see where a special guest will be visiting us closer to Christmas, please bring them by!  The little ones that have seen it so far, are filled with wonder and excitement.  Never too early to get in the spirit!

Just a reminder of our current store hours…..THESE HAVE BEEN MODIFIED
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday 11 to 3 pm.
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 11 to 5 pm.

We do stay late if there are customers so if you are in the area check us out to see if we are still open after 3 pm.

So, we bit the bullet and changed the front window to Turquoise Blue. Still looking for beachy turquoise items to fill it up. It isn’t quite there yet, but I will share a glimpse. This is NOT my final product!

In the last ezine, I asked which front window is your favorite so far?

Plain
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Turquoise

Not many of you responded, but the few who did all picked red!  Isn’t that crazy?  I wonder why?

OK!  Time for a potential score in the making.  This is currently at auction and the starting bid price is $59.99.  It has 38 watchers so far!  I bought it at our local Goodwill for $2.99.  It is seriously turquoise and should go in my new front window, but I will get way more for it on eBay!  Check it out here.  Don’t be afraid to bid on it 🙂

Soooooo many great things arriving in the store for the Christmas Season.  Check out these amazing kitchen utensils that retail for $9.95.  Almost sold out of them, but a new order arrives tomorrow!  Also, available for sale on our website.

Here is what this new line of Bamboo looks like in the store. Love the Cutting Boards in the shape of Surfboards and California!

Really missing my son these days and I think that is why I use y’all so much!  He is super busy teaching high school in OKC so I rarely hear from him.  I had already purchased his Thanksgiving plane ticket home…and then the airlines CANCELLED IT!  Ughhhh.  I had purchased him a direct flight round trip for $300 and now when I try and rebook the tickets are $600 with multiple layovers.  Not happy about this!

A year ago today, my mom and I were in OKC visiting Houston.  Isn’t it crazy how much can change in a year?  Here is Houston at the Gala celebration at his high school a year ago in front of the school mural and also with my mom and I.  Miss you Goose!

Houston successfully completed his first marathon last week.  He ran the 26.2 miles at 5:23:35 and burned 4,670 calories.  Seems to me that you would burn a lot more calories than that!  Emma was there and ran the last three miles with him  Congratulations Goose!

Time for an eBay score?  I think so!  But, this time I am going to share one of my mom’s scores.  What?  Yes!  My mom has been selling on eBay for almost as long as I have.  She is 84 years old and still pulls down about $3,000 a month.  She is a rock star!

This listing is for some dinnerware that she bought recently.  It is a very well-known brand and she has made a bank on it.  This listing sold for over $200.  Check out the listing here to learn more.

Tons of great furniture has been coming into the store.  This puppy has drastically changed my life and I am only in the store for two action-packed days lately.  That doesn’t give me much time to get the furniture photographed and uploaded to the website.  Soooooooo please stop in and check out the new inventory as most are NOT online.

Here are a few pieces that I was able to get photographed.

Here are a few more of the items that I was able to take some photos of and get to Emma for the website.

The high point of my October, besides getting a dog, was to be an employee retreat at Faria Beach.  It was my hope that Val, Sandy, Peggy, Cindy and I would spend a few nights bonding and resetting before the upcoming holiday season.

Enter Covid…..uggghhhh!  Way to put a monkey wrench in EVERYBODY’s plans.  Val could only be there for an afternoon….couldn’t risk taking any bug back to Ron.  Even though Ron has beaten cancer he is still doing some maintenance treatments and any risk is too big of a risk.  Totally get it!

Peggy and Wayne stepped up to keep the store open on Sunday over the retreat weekend so that we could enjoy.  We, being just me and our dog, LOL!

Sandy and Cindy were troopers and showed up for two of the days, but no overnights.  With my employee retreat up in arms….I enlisted some of my other Ventura Peeps and the evening one’s dinner was a success!

Check us out!  We did don the “Faria” Beach apparel for these fun shots.  Left to right Sandy, Steve, Gina Cole (Bless my Soul), me, and Joanne!  Joanne’s husband Jeff joined us for dinner later that night.

I have to say that my friend Steve is seriously the “dog whisperer”.  Cha Cha LOVED him.  Hopefully, he will dog sit someday.  Fingers crossed!

The next day was Cha Cha’s first beach walk with Sandy and Cindy!  Super fun.

On the last day, Monday, Val came out for the morning.  Darn it!  Did not get a photo of the two of us.  That afternoon, Wayne and his wife Donna showed up and hung out with Cindy and me.  Yay!

A few hours later, Indiana showed up with her friend George.  Sooo much fun!  George and Indy spent the night and my “dashed” employee bonding retreat turned out just fine!

OK, now for my final eBay score.  Not a huge dollar amount, but a collector’s plate from the early 1900’s by the same firm that made my mom’s great selling dinnerware.  Does anyone know the maker?  or do you have to peek at the listing to figure it out?  This plate sold for the best offer of $90 and I had paid $5 for it a few months ago.  Not bad!

Check it out here.

OK, this section is probably going to need a new name. Thoughts? Or should Carlos still have his own corner? And Cha-Cha gets her own space…The Challenges of Cha-Cha? The adventures of Carlos and Cha Cha?

Not sure if I have ANY photos of Carlos all by himself. That is pretty sad, isn’t it? Well, let me give you an update on King Carlos. If you recall, he always thought he was a dog. He plays fetch, pretends that he is a lap dog, and wants to go on walks. Here is an older photo of him retrieving a hair tie that I shot down the hallway….such a dog.

Now that Cha Cha has arrived, he has become even more of a  DOG.  I am not kidding.  He steals all of Cha’s toys from her and parades around the house with them.  He eats her food before she can and he is a sucker for dog treats.  I know I know, not a good idea!  I finally found some treats that are good for both cats and dogs.

I fill up the Kongs that I have and Carlos takes them first.  He literally fights (hisses and growls) at Cha Cha to keep the Kongs for himself.  WEIRD is all I can say.  I really must get some of this on video as it is UNBELIEVABLE.

Here is a photo of the two of them cuddling with Indiana.  How cute is this?

Here are Carlos and Cha Cha with George and Indiana back at our house.  Such silly new friends and soooooo cute!

Indiana has been trying to come home a few times a week to bond with her puppy.  Cha Cha is her ESA (Emotional Support Animal), but it has been really hard with her at Pepperdine full time.  The burden of training and taking care of Cha Cha has fallen to me.  I am doing a good job of taking care of her, but not such a great job of training her.  HELP!  We hired Stacy Ayud for a private lesson a few weeks ago. Stacy is INCREDIBLE!  I just need to have the time to work with Cha.  Not enough hours in the day, unless I stop sleeping….not gonna happen!

Anyway, check out this darling photo that Indy text me when she arrived home from Agoura Hills a few days ago.

One last photo that I took of Carlos and Cha Cha chilling in Indy’s room.  I had to share this one because it is SPOOKY!  Look at Carlos’ eyes.  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I am going to wrap up this ezine with a photo of Indiana and her roommate Syd during a PIT show….Pepperdine Improv Troupe that took place last Friday night.  LOVE this image to send us off to a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Let me wrap this up with a HUGE thank you for your continued support of me and my small business!  You are keeping us going and my gratitude is immense! THANK YOU  THANK YOU!!!

OK, but wait.  As I was finishing this up they really did start to cuddle.  Cha Cha was cleaning Carlos’ paw and Carlos was cleaning Cha Cha’s paw.  I am totally serious.  Check it out!

Thanks for reading my ezines!  I appreciate it….as always!

eBay with Heart & Design with Heart……Lynn

 

P.S.  All of the professional photos I use on Instagram, Facebook, and in these newsletters were taken by my friend Denise’s daughter, Jaclyn Sabo.  She is amazing!   To learn more about Jaclyn….https://www.jaclynszabo.com/

P.P.S.  If you have a friend who wants to sign up for this newsletter.

 

Indy and I picked up our new Puppy this past Saturday.  My world as I know it will NEVER be the same

Her name is Cha Cha and she has stolen our hearts, our sleep, our sanity, and any type of rational thinking.  LOL!  Let’s just say that Carlos is not that happy about all of this & that is putting it mildy.

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #28…

October 9th, 2020
Watch for it every Friday or every other Friday!
(OK I am a day late AGAIN this week….Sorry it is Saturday this time)
Volume I  Issue 28

I am sure you can understand why this ezine is a day late….I did just give birth to a puppy.  Seriously though, it is just as much work as a newborn baby.  Y’all warned me, but I did it for my Indy girl.  She really needed this ESA (Emotional Support Animal).

Here she is as she makes her final decision.  It was grueling as we had 4 puppies to choose from.  How do you even do that?  The puppies all wore different colored collars so that you could tell them apart.

We had Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red to choose from.  We were able to eliminate Red and we were about to eliminate orange when Indy said “Wait a minute”!  There is something about her face (it was the cutest) and her great coloring and the fact that she was bouncing around like Tigger.  I am not kidding this dog actually bounces!  Indy pointed at Orange and announced, “That’s Cha Cha”.  Big-name to live up to!

Almost immediately after Indy picked her “forever” friend and we brought Cha Cha back to the house, she had to leave.  Why? you may be asking?  She had to get in costume and perform her final show of “Polar Bears, Black Boys and Prairie Fringed Orchids” live from her condo in Agoura Hills.  Crazy huh?  More about that later.

I know you may be wondering about my little Carlos and how he is adapting.  Carlos isn’t even a year old yet, his “semi” official birthday is October 13th because he was a rescue.

But, Let’s just say, Carlos’ life also changed forever this past Saturday.  Poor little guy.  It has only been a week and his world has been turned upside down.  They chase each other around the house like maniacs.  I don’t know who is winning the war, but the battles are very entertaining!

Well, that is all I’ve got this week.  Nothing else to talk about, but my pets.  Seriously?  Am I going to turn into one of those cat/dog moms?  I seriously hope not!

And of course, there is always lots more to talk about.  Because if you haven’t figured it out yet, I LOVE to talk/write about my goings-on.

Time for an eBay score, don’t you agree?  I bought this darling MCM (Mid Century Modern 1947 to 1969) for $5 at a garage sale.  Sold it for almost full asking price at $97!  Check it out here.

Before we picked up the puppy, the Palm Desert girls came out one last time to visit before we all get so crazy busy with the holidays.  They were only here for two days, but Mo bought a bunch of awesome furniture for her new house (from Lynn’s Consignments)!  We also had a great dinner at Casa Bella, had an outdoor spa treatment, and caught one of Indy’s three showings of her performance, “Polar Bears, Black Boys, and Prairie Fringed Orchids”.

Here is Indy’s Instagram post inviting everyone to watch the first performance. Since it takes place during a cocktail party at her (Molly Castle) and her husband’s (Peter Castle’s) home, I thought this was super clever!

The show was AMAZING!  All of the actors were phenomenal and the story was so real and poignant with everything going on in the world right now.  Bravo to Director Nic Few and his uber-talented cast!

Nic did such a great job with the show that you really didn’t feel like you were watching a zoom production.  He had great sets, costumes, and props that the actors handed back and forth to one another….even though they were all in their own homes/apartments, etc. during the live shows.  Each actor received duplicate props and a green screen to perform in front of and it was incredible.

The show was a high point for me in this “sh*t show” that we are calling 2020.  BTW, if you go back to my ezine #13 and #14 you can read about her auditioning for and getting this lead role by video!  Crazy!

Here is a photo of Carlos watching his “Queen” Indy on opening night!

AND here is a photo of the final performance on my big TV!  Soooooooo good!

The store is looking really great!  Thank you to Sandy, Val, and Peggy!  Way to go girls!

We have been getting in a ton of great gift items for Christmas!  Yes, I did say that out loud.  I have decided to skip Halloween and Thanksgiving and move right into Christmas.  It is my happiest time of the year (Indy was due on Christmas Day….can you believe that?)  But I had to have a C section after Houston’s risky birth, so the earliest they could plan it was December 15th and that is her BDAY!

Also, as many of you can agree, aren’t we ready for 2020 to be over, and let’s get to our happy places?  Soooooo, drum roll please, we put up two Christmas trees in the front window on Wednesday.  I am not going to decorate them until all of our amazing new ornaments arrive, but for now, let’s just celebrate the coming of our Lord and the beauty and wonder of the season!

Here are Val and Wayne in the front window putting up the 9-foot tree!  LOL 🙂

I have been buying like CRAZY for the holiday season.  I want you to KNOW that you can come into Lynn’s Fun Home (kinda like that shortened name…what do you think?) and find amazing, unique gifts at great prices.  SHOP LOCAL!

Check out these darling real stone bracelets at only $3.95 each.  What a great stocking stuffer!

Just a reminder of our current store hours…..THESE HAVE BEEN MODIFIED
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday 11 to 3 pm.  
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 11 to 5 pm.

We do stay late if there are customers so if you are in the area check us out to see if we are still open after 3 pm.

On the night that the Palm Desert girls and I went out to dinner, I was able to tip the UBER driver extra to stop by the store so that I could finally get a great picture of the GREEN front window! Yipppeee skippy! So, because I love this rotating window so much I am going to show you all of the photos in the current succession. Bare, Red, Orange, Yellow and finally Green.

In the next few weeks, we will transition to Turquoise Blue (not Navy) so if you have anything Turquoise Blue or BEACHY, please bring it in to consign!

Which one is your favorite so far?

Plain
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green

OK!  Time for another eBay score…..I bought a set of this china at an estate sale in Palm Springs back in April of 2015.  That was before Houston had even graduated from High School.  Crazy right?

I paid $20 and have sold most of it over the years.  I was looking for something on a shelf this week and saw this plate and thought to myself….Why hasn’t that plate sold?  Two days later, I get an offer of $95 for it and it is going to Korea!  SCORE…..But I hope you understand that profitable selling on eBay can take some time…like 5 years!

Check out the auction here to learn more.

Soooooo many great things arriving in the store for the Fall Season.  We finally got in an order of Royal Design Stencils and some of their stencil creme paint.  They have been selling really well!  I can’t wait to see what y’all create with these!  Shop the Stencils on line here.  Free shipping within the US!

Here is what the stencils look like in the store.  Sandy did this awesome display!  Come in and check it out.

Really missing my son these days and I think that is why I use y’all so much!  He is super busy teaching high school in OKC so I rarely hear from him.  I have already purchased his Thanksgiving plane ticket home…Can’t wait to see him!

I just text him and asked him to send me a picture because I can’t remember what he looks like.  I haven’t heard back from him so I just searched my computer by his nickname “Goose” and randomly chose a shot.  This is from September of 2015 and he is on his way to his first meeting as Pepperdine’s Freshman class President!  Pretty cool!

Houston is the best arguer/debater in the world.  I have always predicted that someday he will be an attorney.  Time will tell.  One thing is for sure, I know he will try other things besides teaching.

Well, Lo and behold, my firstborn just got back to me and text me a recent photo.  He is still obsessed with biking and that is a good thing!  I text him back and asked where he was and he said “The Wichita Mountains” LOL.  Apparently, there are no real mountains in OKC (2,500 elevation is not much), but there is a lake.  Pretty huh?

He also let me know that his school, Mt. Saint Mary’s Catholic High School is moving from in-person to distance learning for the next week.  He says that the Football team had to be quarantined and that is 25% of the school.  If they stay with distanced learning maybe he can come home early and HELP me with this puppy!

So much great stuff has been coming into the store.  It makes my head spin!  I have been soooo busy with the puppy that I haven’t been able to get much of it posted on the website.  Please stop by!  You don’t want to miss out on anything amazing!

This Italian piece came in today.  OMG is all I can say!  $395.  There is a similar one listed on Etsy right now for $1599.

Here are a few of the items that I was able to take some photos of and get to Emma for the website.

Time for an eBay score!  This was in one of the 20 or so boxes of lamp parts that I inherited from my grandma.  Crazy, right?  I put it on eBay with a HELP in the title because I had no idea what it was, but it sure was cool!  Someone finally told me what it was and I was able to change the listing title.  He also offered me $25 for it.  No way!  It finally sold for the best offer of $82 and got shipped to China.  Gotta love eBay!

Check it out here to see if you know what this item really is….HINT…it’s not a lamp part.

When I was working on the green front window, I ordered in some butterfly garlands to gussy it up.  OMG, gussy is such a funny word, isn’t it?  Here is its meaning “make someone or something more attractive, especially in a showy or gimmicky way”  Well, that is exactly what I was going for!

The green butterflies were such a hit that I ordered in a bunch more in assorted colors.  Stop in and see them!  Or free shipping within the continental U.S..   Sort by newest first and Check them out here

The Orcas Island Pottery Tiles arrived.  They are Gorgeous!  $19.50 each. Sorry, my photo shows our front work table in a mess.  And y’all know it NEVER looks like this!  LOL

We have also gotten in some amazing new small throw rugs 2′ by 3′. Check them out. Some are so beautiful they could even be used as wall hangings.

Peggy had a birthday this past Sunday!  I had every intention of taking balloons, flowers, and gifts to her house that morning but, it did not happen.  Guess why?  Saturday night was the first night with a PUPPY in my house!

On Tuesday, I loaded up Cha-Cha’s playpen (the crate I bought her was too small and I had to return it) and we delivered those pink balloons, flowers, and gifts to Peggy at the store.  When you see her, please wish her a belated Happy Birthday!

OK, now for the final eBay score in the making.  Since we all have PUPPIES on the brain, I thought this would be the perfect item to share.  Bought it in Palm Desert for $3.  It is at auction with a starting bid price of $19.99.  It is unsigned but, I am fairly confident it is Waechtersbach from German.  Check it out!

Remember this painting from my last newsletter?  My ex-husband’s Aunt Pam emailed me with the information below.  Pretty cool huh?  Still can’t find any records for what her paintings may be worth.  Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks!

Biography  
Carolyn (Platts) Hoeckmann

Biography from the Archives of askART
She was born Carolyn Platts on August 10, 1937, as the only child of a family dating back to the Mayflower and President John Adams. Growing up in Holyoke, Massachusetts, she developed an early love for art that remained with her throughout her life.

In Holyoke, she met a young German engineer, Walter Hoeckmann.  Following a courtship in both the U.S. and Europe, they married in Hamburg, Germany, in 1959. After the birth of their first daughter, they moved to Concord, CA., where Walter got a job with Standard Oil. After their sons Erik and Olaf were born, Walter was reassigned to Standard Oil in La Habra CA. They discovered La Habra Heights in the early 1960s and purchased land for the new home, where the family grew up and Carolyn lived out her life.

With the addition of a second daughter, the family was complete and Carolyn began serious artwork, first in oils, then acrylics, and eventually watercolors, which she favored.

Beginning in the 1970s Carolyn’s involvement as an artist expanded to include leadership on the Fine Arts Board and service as co-chairperson of the Hillcrest Fine Arts Festival with her husband.

Carolyn’s pen and ink drawing of Hillcrest Church, where she served as a deaconess, is still used as its logo. Carolyn and Walter were both active in the campaign for incorporation of the City of La Habra Heights.
OMG, Annie Sloan was on Restored with Brett Waterman this past Wednesday night. You must watch the repeat! Soooooo good! I believe it is season 4 episode 3, but I will have to double-check.

Here I am with Annie Sloan back in March at The Red Rooster Vintage in Redlands during the time she was filming the show.  We LOVE Annie!  She is the BEST!

Don’t forget that you can always order your paint supplies on our website……….

Shop Annie Sloan Here
https://lynnsconsignment.ricoconsign.com/store/category/Annie%20Sloan?sort=HL

Annie is releasing a range of stencils this year and we have the first two in stock. They are wonderful! Check them out here!

OK, this section is probably going to need a new name.  Thoughts?  Or should Carlos still have his own corner?  And Cha-Cha gets her own space…The Challenges of Cha-Cha?

Time will tell, but for now, this is gonna have to be for both of them.  Here is a photo of Carlos helping me work right before Cha-Cha entered his life.  Poor guy!  He had no idea what was about to happen.

The morning after Cha Cha arrived Carlos jumped up on my bed and started “YELLING” at me. I am totally serious. He is a very quiet cat and usually only makes really cute “eeeee” sounds, but that morning he meowed and meowed at me SOOOOO loudly. He was PISSED off! LOL.

Here are the two in Cha Cha’s playpen (where she sleeps) and they often have CAGE wresting matches in there. So funny!

I think I will wrap this up and get out of here.  I do have a puppy to wear out so that I can sleep tonight.  LOL.  Seriously?  I really wish I were kidding.

Just a heads up, for the next few weeks, I won’t be in the store a whole lot.  I can leave them alone for about 2 hours, so that limits when I can get to the store.  Indiana is coming home as much as possible because Cha Cha is her dog, but we have been advised that Cha needs to imprint here with us and not with Indy and her 3 other roommates.  We have a trainer coming in on Thursday to help us get started on the right foot.  SOOOOOO much work!

Here is Cha Cha just chilling in our backyard on her first afternoon.

Here is Indiana on the floor saying goodbye to Cha Cha as she has to head back to her Condo in Agoura Hills for school etc.

I am going to wrap up this ezine with a photo that I am HOPING is a glimpse of things to come between Cha Cha and Carlos.  They almost look like they are cuddling (but it was in the middle of a heated fight) and this was a mini truce.

Let me wrap this up with a HUGE thank you for your continued support of me and my small business!  You are keeping us going and my gratitude is immense! THANK YOU  THANK YOU!!!

OK, but wait.  As I was finishing this up they really did start to cuddle.  Cha Cha was cleaning Carlos’ paw and Carlos was cleaning Cha Cha’s paw.  I am totally serious.  Check it out!

Thanks for reading my ezines!  I appreciate it….as always!

eBay with Heart & Design with Heart……Lynn

 

P.S.  All of the professional photos I use on Instagram, Facebook, and in these newsletters were taken by my friend Denise’s daughter, Jaclyn Sabo.  She is amazing!   To learn more about Jaclyn….https://www.jaclynszabo.com/

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