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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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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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Summer,Hot, No Time,Books

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Well Summer is here almost all my grands are out of school.  It Hot my computer says its 90 out side.. and I am sure the other one in the kitchen says its hotter.  We are getting  ready for some of the older grands to come for a month. Can’t wait.. If I could afford it I would send for the other two girls so these two girls have bud’s. Oh well maybe next year. Then three of them will be out of school (graduated).

I know its real hot here and no one feels like going to the Flea Market. But remember with out your business year round we can’t stay open. We are looking at real slim picking here. Granted I don’t have to have this money to live on its my fun time.. But to stay open we have to be in the black.

I am going to make you an offer.. You email me your list of books. I will email you back with what I have and you can pick up here in LC or will mail for handling and postage. How This would work you email me your list I look for them on Saturday have them ready for you to pick up on Saturday or Sunday at FM or during the week evenings at my home.Between 6pm and 7:30. I will email you back what I have you let me know when you email me if its local if its a trade or straight sell with straight sell its 1.00 each or 6 for 5.00 trade is one of your books (good condition) and .50 for one of mine.  Mailing is 1.00 each or 6 for 5.00  plus 2.00 handling for the first 6 books and .50 cent for each one after and your media mail. Email me at readerwave@bellsouth.net

Those of you who have bought from me on eBay or eCRATER know I am a fair and trusting seller.

Last month I got to see one of my fav authors Debbie Macomber was great fun

This is my store with the picture at the top of the shelf and yes I can spell the w fell down when I was putting the picture up and I was on my toes so could no reach it./

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23 Shopping Days Till Christmas

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

This is what is happening at our bookstore at the Lake City,Florida Flea Market on Brandford Hwy and 90. we are a couple of miles off of I-75 if you are visiting or staying over night on Saturdays and Sundays at one of our Motels or campgrounds come see us.Contact 386-965-6706 Open 6:30 am to 3:00 pm

  I am looking for Fantasy books and plastic shopping bags.  I have just acquired a selection of John McDonald books.. I know they are older than I would normally  have … I am bringing my LeapPad selection back for the holidays.. machines and books.. New this week we will have a special bookcase for magazines. They have been 50 cent we are going down to 25 cents.  We have a large section come check us out.

This is the last few days for Waiting for Agnes. I will be taking this book off line on Friday. I have 6 so get it while you can.  www.readerwave.ecrater.com  or www.ebay.comis where you will find this book..I will ship out with in 24 hrs..unless you order on weekend then it will be longer as post office will be closed. Those of you looking for Bolita Sam you can contact author Joe Bullard at ybullard@comcast.com  to buy this book… He wrote both Waiting for Agnes and Bolita Sam. You can get both books signed by author.

Looking for Shot glasses go to www.shotglassheaven.com Looking for dolls in there boxes contact me at readerwave@bellsouth.net to see if I might have what you are looking for… Have many. All in good to great condition.

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