I owned an antique shop...and my word was pretty much a thing of honor with me.  If I told you it was old it was old.

If I thought something did not need to be refinished I told you the truth, but if I had restored something I told you that too.  My word was something that was important to me...

The included my word to people that had no idea I had made a promise to them, other shop keepers were part of my honor, if I did not have a product or something that my customer wanted, I could tell them where to find what they wanted.  To do this I spent some time every month visiting other shops, and I often wondered if they knew why I was there, but that was ok, sooner or later they would get a phone call, and I would happily send a customer their way. 

One of the other things I did was antique shop hunting trips.  I would hire a bus and take ladies shopping, before the trip I would go around to the selected shops and scout out things that would be part of learning experience and it would be a seek and find adventure for something unique.

Again this was shocking to the shop keepers, because it was unheard of to share experiences.

It was about honor with me, honor to my customers and acknowledgement that I could benefit the community  with this concept.

Part of this was because I was President of the antique association and it was my job to promote the antique business in my town.  Another part was my word...my word that I was doing business with intergrity and honesty and if that was not going to be the case, I would have closed my shop and moved on. 

I feel pretty much the same way about what I do on eBay, in signing my  contract there were things that I agreed to do and it is still a matter of intergity that I represent my self and my business with honesty.

Occassionaly I find that I have broken a rule or did something without realizing it.... on occassion something has been removed, because I made a mistake.......if anyone finds that I have made a mistake or represented something that was not exactly right, I would expect to be reported or asked to remove or correct the item.

And that is just the  way it is with me....

Pure happpiness...

A blessed one you are
To have so many friends
But think of what you're saying...
A friend is just not someone
To whom you say "Hello"
 

A friend is a tender shoulder
On which to softly cry
A well to pour your troubles down
And raise your spirits high
 

A friend is a hand to pull you up
From darkness and despair...
When all your other "so called" friends
Have helped to put you there
 

A true friend is an ally
Who can't be moved or bought
A voice to keep your name alive
When others have forgot
 

But most of all a friend has a true heart
For from the hearts of friends
There comes the greatest love of all!
 

So think about all this
For every word is true
And once again answer please...
How many friends have you?
 

After much thought I answered
I really only have just one
"It's You!"
 

A Friend Is Always Special
Because Friends Love You
Just Because You're You!
 

-Author Unknown

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DID YOU CALL ME SNARKEY??

laughing, and my tail is really tucked in...

I have had my bowl of oatmeal, and now I am going back to bed.

My whole system is changing, I used to never eat til later, now I wake up hungry. 

Not even waiting for coffee, going back to sleep...tummy is full...

Have a great day!

(((((hugs)))) and blessings!

get it on...ok..

otherwise stay away from my blogs...

This is just between me and Charlotte...ok..

You are following me...be very careful.

I have one hell of a time staying on the path, be it straight and narrow...if you look around, you will notice that I do a lot of wandering.........

and occassionaly my cart is in the ditch.

been an interesting day, the media is almost as interesting as the blogs.  I have watched all day.

Somewhere, somehow the country has to get a grip on things....there has to be a turn around somewhere in all of this, and I am not sure we can wait until the next  president takes office, in my life have seen the house market go bust previously, shopping centers close and have seen gas problems, but somehow this is different. 

In the 80ties I saw my house drop from $107,000 to $52,000 (appraised value) and it turned out that a mortgage company had bought my mortage from our lender (our lender went bankrupt) for 25 Cents on the dollar, meaning they had a $27,000 investment, we were able to find a buyer  for the $52,000 and got out from under that house...but what I see now is folks walking away. 

Not sure what is entirely going on , but there is going to be a lot of changes, I saw it happen before, malls shut down in the 80ties, the city of Dallas was in big time trouble, with malls shut down everywhere.  It will take a big plan by most cities to keep it going. 

So far we are not seeing it be a crises in North West Arkansas, some drop in the market, but not much and the economy is still solid. 

For the life of me, I cannot understand a mortgage company pushing for a higher mortgage when they know the people are going to walk, where is the logic in there, except for one thing...MORTGAGE INSURANCE that protects the lender.  They don't lose. 

This will pass, I know it will, have seen it several times in my life, but more people than ever have been hurt this time....We are a strong country, we will regroup and pull through this, remember there are pockets that are not affected and there are areas that are being destroyed....some of it is a natural adjustment, houses were being sold for too much to begin with and areas being overbuilt...so there will be a swing...

Just some passing thoughts...

If you jump up and down and howl...

your mother will give you the pony...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I am headed back to bed...

(((((hugs))))) and blessings!!

This is a worm snake, they live off of earth worms, get to be about 11 inches, but I think the one I saw was bigger. 

I am raking down the mountain side in the back of our property to get all of the leaves and winter trees trash down, so we can burn it...still have a lot to do...think I will wear my hiking boots tomorrow...lol

These are harmless and will not hurt you, this one laid perfectly still after I raked it up.....made me jump, since I was not sure what kind it was, but chilled out after I recognized it. 

When I realized I was going to live here, and that the place would have snakes, I started studying them, so I would not panic.......and guess what, I am doing pretty good. ...

I have funny snake stories from years past when I was so terriorized...

I have seen more snakes here in 2 1/2 years than I have seen in my entire life. 

We do have some that are poison, so you have to be careful.

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