For others from others Week 11

ahoy thar' maties!

Well it seems that with the added routes have caused me to not have enough time to write & post pictures. I spend a lot of time cleaning, organizing and resting my weary bones when needed. So the recorded documentation of my travels will have to cease. I will travel on looking for treasures and share the pictures with my mom who truly loves living vicariously through me. Plus it gives me more of an opportunity to talk to her because I love listening to her voice, while I am still able.



Treasure and a map that's what all pirates need so I will plot my next adventures maybe not using this Globe as it is to bulky and it is a liquor cabinet. I would really make a bad pirate because I don't drink.

Well its always good to be able to talk to the natives while traveling the high sea's maybe this French Tutorial will help.


Well I hope That I have inspired everyone to donate to their local charity if it can be used by another family and not fill the landfills needlessly!!

Good Day to all

For others from others Week 10

Wow I cant believe that I have been doing this for 10 weeks now! Time sure does fly by fast. Well this week seemed to about fun and games, that is basically all I found in the trash this week toys and games. But I do have to say that I did stumble upon a pickers dream, it was a can full of games, videos, radios and other neat things. After I got home and picked through what would be good for goodwill or the flea market I put the rest on the curb. When I was doing dishes I saw out my front window that there were two young girls digging through the bags, I thought to myself hummm future pickers of America.
I opened the door and scoffed at them telling them to make sure that they clean up their mess when they are done. I have the charisma of a cactus at times but I mean well, I just didn't want a mess strung all over. That is one of my pet peeves that I see other pickers do they string through to get what they want and leave a huge mess with no regard for anything other than what they are looking for. Usually I "squeeze the Charmin" as I call it and feel out the bag you can tell a lot be just feeling, and if I feel that there is somethings worthy I will take the bag home and sort it out, this way I am not making a mess while looking for treasures.
So anyway I thought to myself that these girls might just be future pickers so I brought them out a basket with some shells that I found on the beach and a bottle of hand sanitizer. I expressed that there is a lot of things in trash that they want to be careful of I told them that there is a lot of nasty things lurking in trash and if they are going to do it they should always use hand sanitizer and never touch any place on their faces until their hands are clean. I also told them that they should get some gloves as well. Another thing that I told them was to always clean up after yourself. They smiled and thanked me.
As for the next few weeks I am limited to picking only around my neighborhood as my husband is traveling daily to go to school and we only have one car. But that is fine with me because I have so much I can work with,Last week we donated three huge bags of clothes to goodwill and had a $1.00 or less sale at the flea market. Things didn't go that well there I think it was just too hot, the heat index that day was about 110 degrees. I am glad that we brought a fan with us.




















Can-Can Can brand new cans of dog food. I hope that a nice puppy out there is happy with these.



















This was in the trash as well and It has a mark on the bottom but I can not make it out so I am not sure if it is an original or something that was bought off the shelf because it looked good.It is about a gallon pitcher and now is my sweet tea pitcher.



















Here is the fun I spoke of, I had to untangle all the hair and such. I have box more of toys in the garage.One of the items here is the Avatar toys, I really liked that movie but cant understand why someone put these on the curb when it just came out.



















Here is the games. Yahtzee was also in the group but is on the patio because me and my honey were playing last night.

























This was a hair raising find! I was surprised that it worked, we plugged it in and rubbed Buddha for a bit, hopefully he brings us some luck.

























This is the tale of two lights one of the dueling Dragon's the other of a crank flashlight/radio. Since Hurricane season is upon us we will need light and radio, I have always wanted one of these, now I have one!



















Here is the Creme De la creme in the can!! A Bradford Exchange Limited Edition Harley Eagle. This is 2003 with a limitation of only 295 days of creation.


Well I hope everyone has a great week. Until next week I am your host with the most?

For others from others Week 9

Another busy weeks has transpired here at the home-base of the Weekly Trash & Treasure.

1st I want to congratulate my husband for all of his hard work he finally made 3rd Class Petty Officer-Good Job Honey we all knew you could do it!

The week has been busy I have been trying to better organize everything that we have so it will fit into the car.I really want to open a storage unit at the flea market so I wont have to make weekly decisions on what can fit in the car and what can't. I am still trying to get a read for the flea marketers to see what types of things they are looking for.
But as for this week I found more clothes of course. Before it used to be all about the rugs now that I have plenty of those and also found that some can be a bit of work getting them cleaned after they have been on the curb we have decided that that is better left to those who have a trailer and a yard to really get all the fur and grime out of them.
As I was passing a lot of trash on the curb some of the houses place boxes on top of the can...it gave me the feeling that they don't want it but they really don't consider it trash its like "special trash" it also made me think that I am like a stray cat digging through the trash for a tasty treat. Eventually you begin to learn who has the good curbside treasures and who just has trash. But like stray cats you keep feeding them and they will always be around. I had a house that I was really fond of... always good treasures out there but they were just in the process of moving. That is another thing that I am learning how to do "read the curb" what I mean by that is sometimes boxes are just boxes but they are always worth the look because those bunch of boxes usually indicate that someone has moved in or out and the chances of treasures are much greater in a situation like this. So if you see a pile of boxes and bags on the corner watch out for my hazard lights because I am pulling over!























Lions, Tiggers and Bears oh My!

Now I can not say that all the things I have acquired are curbside treasures, some are yard sale treasures. In the case of these plates. I picked up all the bear ones $5 for the whole set and I looked them up on ebay and they start at $10 on the low end and go to $25 on the high end. We shall see how they do.The little bears were .25¢and the cows are a 4 service set and were on the curb.

















GREETINGS TO ALL!
Really...Greetings, well wishes and Birthdays too. If there is an occasion it might be in this box.I picked all of these 300+ cards up at a yard sale brand new Hallmark expressions. Now I have some Birthdays and events coming up and just by the price marked on the back of two cards I have already paid for the box. Now that is some savvy shopping! I am going to sell them at the flea market for .25¢ each, again it brings something to others at a cheap price and it will help to pay for the booth and us being there.




























This is a Collectors Doll but she does not have a name on her Certificate and I was not going to disturb her from her slumber to see if there was one imprinted on her so for namesake I will call her Princess Aurora (or Briar Rose).





















On occasions you can find good things at the curbside Five & Dime. This week we have super saver samples on all the popular brands test these products to try before you buy!




























A tisket a tasket here is a picnic basket. I got this at a yard sale for $1.00,I thought of keeping it for my camping trips but I am not sure when all that is going to take place again.It is way to hot right now the humidity is really high and the spring and fall are the best times to camp here. This goes into the we shall see closet.

















Well here is a tasty treat for the chocolate lover I found this at a yard sale new in package for $3.00 I also found a heart shaped fondue set to replace the Christmas one that I have.


Well to all those that read if you are looking for some treasures it pays to visit a Goodwill,yard sale, or your local curb because you never know what you may find!

This is your host with the most?
Until next week, just watch for my flashing lights.

For others from others Week 8

Well it is another week and flying by really fast! It seems as if the weeks are just blending and the piles of clothes are growing. I have moved my posting day yet another day because I have added a new route to my schedule.If I keep going I won't have time to post. My husband is happy with only doing it 4 days a week. Since I have found the trash pick up route I could go every day and find things but my honey says 4 days is enough. OMG I think I am turning into a hoarder! We are like Robin Hood taking from the "haves" to provide for the "have nots" we pack things into the silver chariot and away we go. We have been finding so much things out there that we decided to help others in another way by taking things to the flea market. Since we find this for free we sell the clothes for .50¢ each and it makes it more affordable where as Goodwill sells theirs for $4.00 and up just for shirts.Someday we will need a trailer to get things, we were in what we call the "mountains", it is a wooded area near the house that makes you feel as if you have entirely left the city,it is so beautiful and quiet there.Anyway I had picked up a rolling hose winder as I needed one but that took up most of the back seat and we passed a beautiful wooden bench with spindles on it and I literally had to pass it up as there was no room for it :( But as I am learning there will always be more, always more trash and more waste to fill land fills.
OK I better move on to the good stuff before I need to get a soap box pulled in here and I start to feel like the president or something giving lengthy rants and raves.


















When we passed this set of dishes I only spotted the cups and it looked like a case of canned peaches so I told my honey to pull over and let me have a look. Well I saw and I liked! Very much in deed, We have had a set of dishes that his parents gave us for one Christmas and we took several things into consideration that these were a 8 piece serving-less washing to do and also they fit better into the dishwasher,the other set is the cool new square ones but the downside is that the bowls and the dishwasher are not compatible. But I do have to say that we always got a square meal!



















Matilda was sitting on a pile of things and I thought this would be nice for someone either as a fruit basket for orchard picking or a craft basket either way it is very functional and cute-I hope someone gets good use from her.





















Its raining clothes I have so many here that I don't know how to really read the market for what to offer at the flea market and what to donate to Goodwill. I know that the car will not hold it all someday I hope to read the market to see what people are looking for.


















Toys, Baby Bath,golf clubs and air purifier. I have to admit I was playing with the toys..I had dolls and cars that made noise and even Buzlight year my Sheeba went crazy over his noises! When we were out yesterday they were talking about various things on the Radio and one of them was about Jack Nicholson and how he had been accused of attacking with a golf club in the past and I thought of just the perfect match for Hollywood. I wonder if Jack sat back contemplating the same thing about Tiger Woods wife thinking Hummmmm now there is my soul-mate!



















I found all this paint in a bag, funny thing is I like to paint but now I think that I have enough that I could paint the town!





















Boogie Boards,Scooters and Chandeliers It seems as if some of the things we found were in pairs. Now we can Boogie, Scoot and Swing from the chandeliers!


















Yes I know you are looking at all these playing cards and wondering if I am a card short of a full deck for doing all this. I assure you...its not me- just the cards that are lacking. So much for my favorite game of 52 pickup.




























I found a box of Strawberry Short Cake items, a light, coaster, hat, pen/makeup case and a note book. There was no Strawberry smell-all gone.



















Poor Sheeba-she is stuck wearing under-roos. I am glad that someone threw these away that was the same size as her. Now here is a tip for others to save money when your dog is in heat. we took 4T underpants (she is about 55lbs) put them on her legs backwards and where the penis hole is we measured where her tail would go and just cut it open to allow for her tail. Then we placed a thin maxi just at the area to catch the blood. Yes I know that they make these "fancy pants" especially for dogs in heat. But We don't have the fancy $30.00 per pair to pay for them when there is more economical ways. she is only going to be having 1 heat so she is at full maturity then we are going to get her fixed.

Well I hope anyone who reads this has a great rest of the week...until next time this is your host with the most?

For others from others Week 7

Well today is Tuesday..I have found that I have too much on my plate if I try to write the blog on Mondays so I will give Tuesdays a shot. You probably think what is there that keeps her so busy with curb side treasure? Well I have to sort the good bad and the ugly -I think I hear my Mom's ring tone. But after sorting everything I need to put all the undesirable things back in bags and in the can, so trust me if its on my curb its no good!
































Bags and piles of clothes, also wash these so they are fresh and clean. But I have to tell you that I was not born in the south or grew up on frog's legs but I almost had toasted toady. I was loading the washer and went to inspect a jacket that I was putting in there and a toad popped out of the sleeve and scared the crap out of me. Had all those steps not been taken he would have been a toasted toad for sure.But I do know that it was his/her revenge upon me because I found a fish tank last week and I filled it up to see if it would leak and "Toady" was hanging out on the patio and I put it in the tank for a swim and laughed as the bubbles came from its butt as it was swimming. So when it hopped out of the sleeve and I took it outside it peed on me I know that I have just been "revenged", now I will get warts.























This is a really nice sturdy chair that just needs to be retouched with Oak stain






















A Wine rack that needs some TLC and stain to be good again



















This was a really nice dresser mirror and it broke in the car going over speed bumps. We both looked at each other when we heard a very loud snap/crack noise. I think that we are in the clear for 7 years bad luck because we were not actually holding it when it broke. Then the next day a black cat crossed our path while we were driving hummmm I checked though and there is no full moon and its not Friday the 13th So I say we are all good.















Now that I have made the tent on wheels its only appropriate that I have Meals on wheels. Camping meals that is.There is also a foot bath with massage for after I am done dragging everything around.

















and now for the table of odds and ends ...no odds and evens. Which ever way you look at it it all needs to be cleaned and packed up.

So until you see this again I am your host with the most? Have a good night!

For others from others Week 6

I am running a bit behind this week as I found a lot that needed to be cleaned and ready to go Goodwill. On top of a few other projects that I have added to my plate this week. I am starting to go through my own house and ridding my self of things that are just collecting dust and may do someone else some good!






















I found this pillar on the curb in need of some desperate TLC Well after all the gluing and puzzle working to get it back to looking normal I turned the base over and saw that it came from Big Lots for 10 Bucks I thought to myself OK I just wasted my time for that. So the only thing I though I could do with it was put my husband on this pedestal because he treats me so well.























Things are going to get steamy around here with this steam cleaner I found. Well its not the light and elite and feels like I am dragging around a boulder, but after fixing it I can not complain at free. The water hose would not work and I found that the seal was broken so I super glued that then fixed a couple of chew marks in the water hose it was ready to soak anything in its path.I like this also because it has an upholstery attachment and Our dogs love to get on the couch and be with us while we watch TV.























A Little Tykes Dune Buggy. Well good thing we live next to the beach but the Dunes are protected here so it will be a Sand Buggy. Even has a front compartment for the wallet and cell phone. You know kids these days have to have their own phones and bank accounts.






















Here is a baby gate, or dog gate or maybe my Husband has a better idea with it to gate me in the car so I can not get things from the curb. I can see him now driving slowly past garage sales and treasures on the curb taunting me and I wont be able to even get my arm out of the car I would just look at the things like a caged animal at the zoo.
There is also a Rusty Wallace Stadium seat cushion, that can also be used as a fan type banner. Then a mop for my patio.


















Here is a scooter my husband who is much younger than me was scooting around the cul-de-sac and he admitted that he was becoming addicted to it. I on the other hand got on it and tried imagining myself like Sara Jessica Parker as "Carrie" in Sex in the City Season 3 "Hot Child in the City" where she was "Scooting in Heels" I couldn't even scoot on one foot. So Sara Jessica gets accolades from me, you go shoe girl!

















Well I am starting to loose all my hearing from a head trauma that I had in the past, I was not the rocker type who had to listen to loud music at all hours of the day I didn't work in a factory etc. But I am slowly going deeeef, and these speakers have helped bring in some added audio to my movie watching. That is a favorite thing to do and I feel for the ones that have to rely solely on subtitle, I have had to use it over the past few weeks when I noticed that I am having a hard time with understanding speech. I turned on the subtitle and notice that even with this they are cutting out words and phrases that the characters are saying. Either they are censoring what we read, another form of mind control in my book, "Oh they won't miss a few words they can't hear it anyway" or they typist is being lazy. We have lost a quality of life as it is don't deprive us of other things too.























Here fishy-fishy-fishy I found a nice fish tank and stand on the side of the road. I thought of maybe using it for a terrarium as we have a wild Gecko that my Husband named George after the late great George Carlin. He watches over our storage/shop off the car port. I went in the other day and George jumped on my shoe and would not get off I think he was trying to defend his territory, but he is not as mean as he would like to think he is as I went in the shop for some other things and saw him there and he let me pet him under his chin.No terrarium for George though.























He's a Pin Ball Wizard well he thinks he is . This is a little tykes Pinball machine. It needed to be cleaned and we have to find a power cord for it so it will light up and make all sorts of noise. Bing-Bing-Ting

















This is probably the best find of the week. It is a 5 Disk DVD/CD changer. Now I can watch Smallville before bed and then flip the disk to listen to rain while I am sleeping. All with out having to change out disks or getting out of my comfy spot in bed. Yes it works great!

















Here is a Radio Flyer Bouncy. Well the only thing that was about to fly on this was me- hinney 1st onto the pavement if the bungees broke. Yes I had to take it for a test drive its the silly little kid in me or maybe just the silly part. Damn those Toys R Us commercials!

Well I hope everyone has a great week..until next time this is your host bringing you the most? ...Good Night!

From others for others week 5

This week we expanded our search for treasure by printing a trash pickup schedule. I got into a tiff with my husband because sometimes we are not on the same page, before we had left the house I told him what direction we were going and that we were going to start at all the complexes on the right then comeback around. Well he was on the phone with his mother and after passing up two complexes I got a little loud to get his attention. He tells me that he is not supposed to be clairvoyant as to where I wanted to go, and in my mind I made the plan simple. I know he does not really like driving around "Treasure Hunting" and I do, plus I have saved the family a lot of money as most items in the house were found treasures.So I am at a loss for how to really handle this I have asked for his input and he doesn't really have any.I would drive my self but I am hard of hearing so I don't want to be on the side of the road or searching around dumpsters when I can not hear something coming up on me. Also too much driving aggravates my wrist and then I get really grouchy because then I am in a lot of pain.
In light of it all I did find a lot of things out there to load the car up with. We found a very nice wicker dresser but the car is too small for it,so we are maybe thinking about getting a hitch and a small utility trailer to haul things around in. This house I stopped at had so much stuff out there and the car was just packed I started thinking I might need a theme song. (Copy and Paste)Listen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE

On with the show!




























I found these three cute 3D Plates at a yard sale for $5.00 that was a bargain, I looked on line and plates made by the same company are selling similarly for $12-$15 each. I am still debating at this time if I want to sell them on ebay or at the flea market.


















Someone will see this pile and think trash, I see it as treasure! At the time the picture was taken I had not been in the bags to see what really lurks in there but to my surprise it was a endless mountain of clothes...so I had a song going through my head "on top of old smokie"





















Here is a baby car seat with a leveling device on it. I really wonder do babies need to be level in a car? Maybe that is what some marketing genius came up with to make your child "Level headed" when it grows up? "Hey Bob you know what is the matter with people today,they are just not level headed anymore,lets invent something that will help cure this at a early stage"
There was also a boob tube with a VCR the TV worked but not the VCR. Speaking of boob..going through that pile of clothes I saw a bra in there that could cover the entire TV and you would not know it was there! Well my husband did say that he wanted a hammock in the back yard...hummmm.



















Surfs Up! I found these on the curb nothing seems to be wrong with them so now there is one for my hubby and one for me we can go to the beach and catch some mini waves. Maybe I will teach the dogs to boogie board. I can hear my mom now...but there is jelly fish in the water you have already been stung once this year.While this is true you can't stop living on the account of some rogue jelly fish out there that has it out for the human snack.




























This was electrifying as I found all of these electronics out there. The only one that I can verify that works is the phone. I looked through the database and ET was not trying to call home, that is because there is no service poor ET can't call home :( but there is some free games on there that will help waste some time while waiting at appointments.

Well I have been here about 10 Min into may favorite show "Cash in the Attic" so I need to get going for now see everyone next week!