I actually survived my 45 hour work week, which surprised even me!!    So I feel like I can do anything now, although I would really rather snore than roar, LOL!!  Tomorrow I start working three days a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays (of course this doesn't count the days I'll be working on my booth).  The only thing that concerns me is that on Wednesdays I will be working alone with the manager.  He has been on vacation for ten days, so I don't know yet what to expect when working with him, and all the other workers have given me entirely different stories about him.  EEK!!!

Our motto at the antique mall is:  Grandma bought it...Mom threw it out...Now I'm buying it back!  That's certainly the case in my life, only mom actually passed my things down to my niece and nephews instead of throwing them out.  By the time those children got finished with them, though, there was nothing left to retrieve!  I did manage to keep my original Barbie and Ken doll, some comics (including Bonanza and Zorro) and the Zorro lunchbox and thermos I used in 1st grade.  And I am not selling those things!  (They are in good condition, too, because I always took good care of my things!)

The problem for me with antiquing in Tennessee is that it's hard to find things in this part of the country from Western TV shows (or with any kind of Old West theme).  So far at our mall I have found a framed 11X14 photo of the 4 Cartwrights carrying their saddles and a framed, personally signed photo of James Arness from Gunsmoke, and a Bonanza lunch box.  But it's taken me three years to come across those three things!  I'm getting to know the vendors in the mall better now, though, since I see them more often, so they are now on the lookout for things for me from the TV westerns, because I loved all of those shows!!   We'll see if they find any goodies!!!