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Bad Blog in Pain

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

What a day. Made several doctor office calls.. I had hoped when I started this process a month ago that it would be done by now and I would be ready for when the need came up.. Oh well I was wrong.  Yesterday my leg and knee started hurting and nothing seems to help it stop. I need shots.. and I have to wait two weeks to see the new doctor and then may have to have test before the real action takes place.. I hate looking for new doctors.

Weekend was good. Sunday was slow but I got a lot of work done.. I am reading a Emily March right now her newest. I like it but I am in so much pain that I keep putting it down, and getting up to walk out the stiffness.

Tomorrow is my Birthday daughter and family came up this weekend and we went to a Japanese restaurant in Gainesville Can’t member the name started with a M and it was on the same turn off I-75 as Target and across the street is Burger King with a street beside it and the restaurant is on that street.

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Authors and Dogs

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

This has been some week.  I have been helping my husband find my Birthday present. No luck so far. Its a week from today. I went and sat with him on the back porch and told him not to worry I would not get upset if we did not find what I want.  We are looking for a cocker spaniel dog, fem, black,brown and white.  I would love to find one at a shelter but there are none in the area or even east coast of Florida.. Even looked in lower Georgia.  This is what I want and I am willing to wait. Have not seen anything else that I like.  I even named her B B MA after my fav author Debbie Macomber. www.debbiemacomber.com

This week I am reading new authors to me that were suggested by other authors I follow on facebook. I am known as me on facebook  Dona Hopkins West in case you want to follow. I finished KAKI  WARNER’S PIECES OF SKY waiting for the next book to come in the mail OPEN COUNTRY. Yesterday I got a email from Kaki Warner saying I have won a contest and I will be getting a signed book in the mail real soon.. How cool is that. She lives in Washington State as does my fav author Debbie Macomber  you can look her up at www.kakiwarner.com  you can follower her on facebook also. Now I am reading another new author to me SARA LUCK  readingSUSANNA’S CHOICE  both authors write about the early west.  No indians but lots of wagon trains, gold rushes and romance.

I started selling on eBay last week selling shot glasses and postcards. Did not do very well so I think today will be my last day. I can’t see not making my money back and going to all the work for not.

Hope to see you all this weekend at the Lake City Flea Market. Some of the kids and grandkids are coming up this weekend can’t wait and in a week or two some more.

Happy Birthday Dad we miss you so much. Think of you and Mother often.

Hubby just came in with the mail my book I ordered OPEN COUNTRY BY KAKI WARNER just came. I got a birthday card from my far away daughter and a doctor reminder.. I made it on my Birthday so I can have lunch in Gainsville. So the day is shaping up.

Have a great weekend my friends and I hope someone reads and likes this blog.

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Racking My Brain Need Help

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Racking my brain does not help. I am trying to find ways to make my selling on eBay work. I can use all the help I can get. I am trying to sell shot glasses on line. I had tried selling one at a time. That did not work. Last week I put on in groups. Put 11 groups and sold two for less than they were worth. I have over 900 to sell I am wondering if I should just put out a mystery box out there and aution it off as how many are in the box of different kinds.  I need to make some room in my house.

I gave up my farm on zynga. I have not given up on facebook as this is how I keep up with family that is far away and some that are closer I just don’t see as often.

Have been practicing a little of the Merical on 34th street  sent customers to my compation this weekend if I did not have the books they wanted .. It worked pretty well so far she is sending them to me also.

Hope your week is great Think Happy thoughts and give me some idea’s…

Only 9 days left for hubby or someone to find my B B MA  gave him till my birthday. I know this is not going to work… But I can rib him about it. I would love to have a Cocker Spaniel Black,White and Brown

Below you can see our neice Julies house after the tornado in Biringham last week.. She was home and she is ok but as you can see the house is not.

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eBay SHOTS

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Thursday been busy finishing up a book. Which is dumb now I have to start a different one as I one I want to start I ordered yesterday so it will be Monday before I get it..

I have been putting my Shot Glasses on eBay this week and mailed a set out yesterday. I have been doing them in lots … Trying to clean my room out a little.  I have PostCards  on there also.

Got a bill from Florida for taxes.. I almost died… as I had already paid it.. So went to my local office here in town and found out it was a mistake.. I am so glad..

We have been internet shopping this week for a dog.. We want to see what is around before we go traveling very far.. I want a young black, white and tan cocker spaniel.  I have a name but they come with names already.. So I am going to name my stuffed dog B B MA . I love that name. I want this dog as a birthday present but looks like it might not happen. My husband has been looking real hard. There are 12 days left so someone better help him… LOL

I went book shopping this week at our local library. Found some that I needed for my store. I also got a book list for author Barbara Delinsky and marked all the books off that I have in my store have a customer who just started reading her. I just started reading Kaki Warner and Sara Luck.

Take care and have a great weekend.

 

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Great Weekend

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

pretty good weekend. Found  a customer helping out his wife look for books..He was in the Historical Romance section. He even came up to me and asked if I had B. Smith before he began looking .. So unlike a man. I like him so much for asking and helping his wife I asked if I could take his picture for my blog today and he said yes. How great is that three wonderful in a row. Next thing I will learn is to turn camera or learn to turn picture.  LOL

I have been busy working on my eBay inserts.. Two come out this hour. I need to work on my postage I think I am charging the wrong fee’s I will get it right by next week. Postage goes up this week. So if you don’t have the everything stamp your postage will be going up. And if you have regular stamps you will be heading to the post office to get more..

I had a facetime chat with my daughter the other day she helped me fix up this blog so it went out on twitter and then to Facebook without me sending it. How great is that.. I hope you are following up and will let me know what you think of my store here in Lake City,Florida and my items on eBay. and of course this blog.

I think I told all of you I am looking for a female cocker spaniel, she will be black and white or even have a little brown in her ..  I will name her B B MA after on of my favorite authors Debbie MAcomber  the A is long  and B is like the letter … I am hoping to get her by my birthday so you all have a few weeks to find her .. House broke would be fine …LOL…

Have a great day and talk to you soon I will not promise to get back to every day but will try at least twice a week…

 

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Books and The Weekend

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Today started out chilly, I wore a jacket with a fur lining and a hat with ears. I was nice and warm but I did look more weird that usual.  Had lots of customers and that was nice.  I need some more customers to bring me some newer books.  I need the Bride Quartet From Nora Roberts.  I need some newer Lee Childs, Stuart Woods, etc.

I have put a few things on Ebay this week.. postcards, shot glasses, and a book.  I put them under auction. ewest13 seller.  I don’t have a store on Ebay at the moment.  Sounds like it costs more than I make right now.

My daughter (weatherangel,kitty code) and I were on spacetime yesterday it was fun she was helping me up date my blog and eBay.  Now I can do it all myself again after she fixed it up.  she is  real good to me..

My granddaughter in Va had to brave the ice storm to go to a college audition this morning.  I hope she did ok.. She has several others.. She is studying music.

I have decided I want a cocker spaniel her name will be B B MA        Look at my favorite authors name and you will see how I came up with this name   Debbie Macomber

I have started reading Kaki Warner she is a new author to me. I am in the first 22 pages and its about 1800′s early west its got my attention.

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Starting over

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Good Morning, Happy Friday. Fridays are fun for me starts my work week.  Today I can go to the book store at the Flea Market and do any set ups I would like to do.  I am going to go though books to bring home to put on-line. Have started to put some items Ebay yesterday. More will come with time. There is so much to go though and picture then put on-line.  I will have books, shot glasses and post cards to name what I have thought of so far. Looks like I will have to get readerwave back in working order as I have the stamp for my books and people know that name.  Here local I have a bookstore at the Flea Market and its called The Bookstore.  Would love to have one in town that is open 5 days a week.  Was looking at a place yesterday but there is nothing available at this time.. An idea spot would be in with another store of some kind. We could draw from each other. If you have idea’s or questions please direct them here to me… Have a great weekend.

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New year 2012

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

Lets try again.

Happy New Year

I wrote a blog a while ago and saved it came back and it’s not there. Sounds like me… LOL. I am trying to start a new trend in 2012. Start things and finish.. I want to start-up my bookstore and shot glass store on-line again. Have not decided if I will do eBay or eCrater. or Both.  Someone gives me some input . What is your favorite.

I have used books that are extra’s in my Flea Market store here in LC,Fl . I have shot glasses that I used to collect. I have over 900 and a new iPhone that takes wonderful pictures so will try to get that started real soon. Postcards have about 1200 that were my Mothers I keep finding them everywhere I look. Would be nice to find people who want big quantities.

For those who are looking for the two books I use to sell for Joe Bullard you need to contact him directly he has a website. google his name or the books names and you will find him.

Have a great week will be talking to you soon.

Dona

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Catching Up

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

I am tired already and its a little after 8.  The past two days we have been packing boxes of books over 400.boxes that is… approx. 28 books to a box.. that is just the regular size paperbacks. That is not covering all the publix and fresh express boxes that have hard cover and larger paperbacks..We have all these and bookcases stored in our garage. There is a winding path so we can get in the house. I hope I don’t need to get my riding chair out before next month. we will have to go thought the front door with it.. LoL.  Hubby is out in the garage moving things around so he can take several older smaller bookcases apart and use the sides to make new one that match the new ones he made last year.  I have all my signage both paper and wood in the office here so I can go over them and make new ones were needed.  Have my sheets washing that we use as the closer on the front .. Man was they dirty… Then have to wash the fabric that i put over the front of the tables to hide the boxes under

The outside of our house is almost all painted they will be done today. Looks really nice. So glad we had a new neighbor move in who is a painter.

Reading have been reading up a storm read the third book of Susan Mallory from her Only series, Just finished the last book of Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove series. I like the one I read just before this one the best 1105 Yakama Street, Now I am reading Linda Leal Millers Christmas book. This one I am having a hard time with I keep feeling I have read it before.

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Lost My Way

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Bet you thought I did . I think of things I want to write then I put it off. Getting that time of year again where we bring our little store home to store in our garage. Cleared of a couple of tables today of hardcover books.. Took and put all the extra books that needed to be worked up into the right order and finished that. Now will work on the extra book cases in the back and straighten them out. going to make a new book-case maybe while out to put the si fi and fantasy in when we come back.. Will have one less table. Then we will put the children’s in the book-case that is not used for that..Then the one for children’s will put the dict etc there … Have cleaned out the shelves and have books on a sale table that are not in the best of shape that I should never taken from my customers.. I will be more selective next year.

One of my friends from South Florida who just sold her bookstore and moved to the middle of the state is still selling on eBay.. She says she bought some books off-line and opened one up and it said Readerwave, that is the name of the online store I use to have.. How funny is that.

Hubby and I are celebrating our 20th wedding Ann. tomorrow as the day and Wed is the date. Does not seem possible. One of our granddaughters is 18 on Monday and next month her sister is 19 does not seem possible.. I remember playing with them when they were real small before they moved away from me..

We will be out hunting books in a few weeks… looking for paperbacks from the year 2008 to now . if you have any and you are in the Lake City,Fl area leave me a message here…Thanks

 

 

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