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Miss me? ;)

I was out of town camping for a few days and I'm beat! But, I thought I'd sit down to answer your questions today. I didn't want you to think I'd skipped town again ;)

How many square feet is your house?

1800 sq. feet, but the main living part upstairs is only about 1000 sq. feet.

What would be your dream job? 

My dream job would be to restore old homes to their former glory.

I have been wondering about your son? I know you had said in your previous blog that he was joining the service (if I remember correctly???). You have mentioned your sweet daughter Annie a couple of times now and was hoping and praying your son is safe and happy? What made you choose Arizona? I hope those aren't too personal. :) Also, one last one.....where do you get your vintage clothing goodies? Do you have a good online source, or hand-me-downs from your mom? Just curious. 

My son, Alex is 24 and going to Military Officer's School in another state right now, after having served as an enlisted soldier for four years. He's healthy and doing well :)

I chose Arizona, because I wanted to be close to my family and I wanted to be back on this side of the country again. My mom and my brother and his family all live down south about an hour and a half away, but I love seasons, so I moved up North.

I get all my vintage dresses from Ebay, Etsy and in thrift stores, if I'm lucky. My mom is only in her early 60s, so she wasn't around in the 40s and too young in the 50s ;)

Do you miss your home in Ohio?? and also a dumb question Rue do you miss the fire fly's ??? I know as a kid growing up in Iowa we had them every night and would catch them..when we moved to Calif it was the first thing I missed..

Sometimes I miss the old house, but because I love this one so much, it makes up for it ;)

I miss the fireflies terribly! I think that's the only downside to living here.

Do you do facebook?? if so what's your fb name??

I have a Facebook account for a private organization I work with, but not a personal one. I'm not a fan of the majority of social media LOL You can find me on Pinterest and here, but that's it.

That glass fronted cabinet in your living room....is there a story behind it? It's quite beautiful. As a matter of fact, I'd be interested in any back stories to your furniture. I really find it fascinating where people "get" their furniture...gifted, inherited, thrift stores...that's the fun part of telling the story of a life!

I might do a post on the back stories about my furniture, but for now I'll just tell you about the one you mentioned.... I was in an antique store called The Pine Trader in Santa Barbara in the early 1990s (It's moved since then to Santa Ynez) and I was looking for a hutch to hold my china for the dining room in another house. They had a back room with furniture that had just come in from Europe and it was covered in dirt with the glass broken out of it. They dug it out for me and I had the glass put back in. Originally it was a library piece, which is what it's used as now, on the top half. It's from England originally and made in the 1800s.

How in the world did you find such a cute, cute, cute house? Can you tell I love it? As someone who's read you for many years, this house so fits you. The nooks and crannies, it's you.. But, the setting, the look, how did you find it?

Thank you! Would you believe that I saw it online? I knew it was my house at that very moment. I was still in Ohio, so I had my mom look at it and she called and said "This house is you!"

Your kitchen has a stainless lab table - does that work well for a work table? I've seen them but didn't know if they were really doable for a "real person's" kitchen as opposed to a staged kitchen.  

It depends on how you want to use it. I needed a place to have my cutting board and it works well for that, but I wouldn't place food on it. In fact, I'm hoping to find a wood island that's skinny enough for the kitchen and add a marble top for rolling dough, but this works for now :)

What will your new vehicle be??

I want to get an old 50s truck eventually, but my everyday car is a Cadillac.

Would love to know what state/town you are in now. Ha!!! I know it sounds warm. Where in the world is Carmen (Rue) Sandiego!!!

I live in the mountains of Northern Arizona, where we have all four seasons. Most people think Arizona is all dessert, but the top half of the state isn't at all :) The average temperature at this time of year is 55, but today it's 38 and snowing lol

I just have one question. Can I buy your house??

HAHAHAHA..... no :p

No questions for you, except I did notice someone mentioned Ohio. I lived in Columbus for 14 years.

I lived in Delaware, so maybe we were neighbors at one point? :) Then I moved to Xenia for about 3 years.

Some of the questions I was a little vague on and I'm sorry about that, but I'm kinda keeping  some of my private life private, if you know what I mean. 

I know you'll understand :)

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

xo

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