Seen around

Life is pretty good right now.

I try my very best to do everything right at work, 

to cook light, healthy and low salt....

But I must confess...it is not always a success...

last night I cooked a supper that tasted of nothing even if I put effort in it!

OH WELL! LOL 

IT HAPPENS!

 Look closely ....the 2 whippets have onesies...

WORD

 This bowl is so sad....

I did not bring it home

 Found a new friend for my pink friend....

The pink one is vintage. The green one came originally from 

the dollarsatore was priced at $1.50...the sticker was on the bottom

but I got her at Goodwill (Renaissance) for 75 cents

so a win for me!

So this picture I did not bother turning because sometimes a girl

is just tired....

This is a mold/casserole that I found in one of my Dad's crate

Someone identified it on Facebook but I forgot the name...

I am in a weird place mentally...I don't know why or how

Have a great night peeps

hugs to all!

Happy Canada Day!!!

To all my Canadian readers from coast to coast I wish you a wonderful Canada day!

Here in Quebec July 1st is MOVING DAY. Leases are usually 12 months and start on July 1st.

Which means that it is treasure day for a trash picker as myself....It is true that I try to limit the stuff I bring home because, let's face it my home is very well stocked, not to mention my Dad's apartment!

Today, returning from a fast trip to the corner grocer, I took the opportunity to visit the different piles of trash on my street....

Boy was I in for a MAJOR find! This is something I have been yearning for for several years....

And it was waiting for me lying on its side on top of a box of empty bottles....

 A safe T blowmold ice cream cone!!!

OMG! I ran home as fast as I could holding it tight just

like a little girl squealing with delight!

I will be purchasing a lottery ticket this afternoon!

 I got new sandals, half off with free delivery....

See how well my toes compliment the sandals?

And they are comfy! BONUS!

 I had to call a company to clean my roof drain, I have a flat roof.

See the dark space in the middle of the picture?

I was informed that hole was home to rats....

RATS! EEEEEWWWWW!

The exterminator is coming Monday morning!

Earlier today while vacuuming we blew out a circuit but we can't reset it...

Oh well, I'll try to have an electrician early next week...

And no week is complete without a condescending email from the executor.

The good news is that I am choosing not to let it ruin my day and that I should be rid of her

by the end of September.

Another good news is that I have found the joy of blogging again!

Be safe, be well

and 

Keep on thrifting! 

Woo Time sure Flies!!!

It seems Xmas was just weeks away.....

But the retail world is always a step ahead to make us spend...

                                                 
                                                  Cute sugar cookies? YUM!
                                                  Rest assured I didn't buy any....But I know they are tasty!
                                             

                                             This is the CUTEST grocery list  pad EVER!
                                           
                                  Now I really wanted to ake you along wih me on a journey, a weight loss
                                   journey/experiment...but I forgot to send the document I was working on
                                   during my lunch hour, so it will be for another day!

                                   Be well!

I love these guys!

I find these characters sooooo cute, it's hard to believe they could give you bad breath!




I find myself starring everytime I see the spot!

I was happily surprised to see them on my lunch walk.

What are they afraid of ???

Yep, they're afraid of the gum! ByeBye bad breath!

NOOOOOO!

Don't worry Mr. Donut & Mr. Coffee! I love you and won't let gum come between us!

Rest easy.

Mommy is here.

Ok weird! LOL

Sleep tight!

What's new!

I'll tell you what is new! I finally posted on The Pyrex Collective  my pieces for trade, well some of them at least....

Reducing a collection can be a very emotionnal venture....

So if you love Pyrex, visit The Pyrex Collective and write me if you're interested.

You could get your paws on this

You saw right, it is Pink Pyrex!

I can't wait to hear from you all!

Remember this cutie?

First things first!

This is you last chance to comment for my super duper Clamato giveaway, click HERE for a chance to win.

Now please be honest....Do you remember this?

That cutie is part of a set of 4 that were rescued from the trash in Lachine last year. Yes they are made of teak and worth a pretty penny (Why someone would want to throw them out, it leaves me speechless, which doesn't happen very often let me tell you!)

Also in the trash was the dinning room table minus legs (Go figure!). So the plan was to re-upholster the chairs and have some legs made.

These things are easier said than done! lol

Here at Casa de Vonlipi we definitely have problems with follow through. We had to figure out what we wanted to re-upholster the chairs with....originaly it was black vinyl....But I suggested we reuse some dark blue leather we had, so we bought some dye....2 months ago.

The chairs got done last weekend! I so thrilled I can't believe my eyes everytime I look at them! hihihi

Isn't she SWEET? OMG I can't believe we now have genuine mid-century teak dinning room chairs!
 It cost less than 30$  for the dye and the padding so that is 7.50$ per chair which is pretty trifty in my book!

Now here are some pics of Canada Day Pyrex in action!

As an appetizer I made crab cakes....with a special tartar sauce. I haven't written down the recipe yet, but they were delicious!

A Pyrex dredging station (can you tell I watch a lot of cooking shows?)

Some of the dishes resting after a hard evening's work!

This is oe of those morning after shots....I still had the tablecloth on the table and the Pink Pyrex fridgie set just wanted to come out and play!

Look how the pink from the tablecloth is really close to the color of the Pyrex? F-R-E-A-K-Y!

Well that's it for tonight....As much as my heart wants to thrift, my mind says  I should take care of the house and the yard.....sniff.....I try to do a little bit every night after work.....

Have a restful night my friends!

Happy Valentine's Day!

What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day or any other occasion for that matter....than with cupcakes!

Cupcakes and PYREX!


 

I couldn't resist pulling out my Pyrex dinner ware. It goes so well with tea and cupcakes.

I'm very proude of myself because it's the first time I had the courage to use the pastry bag to apply the frosting....Delicious!

Do something sweet for yourself today and eat a cupcake!

Retro Tuesday: Cool Cooler

A beautiful Retro Tuesday to you! Needless to say I slept like a baby!

I was so tired I didn't watch all of SYTYCD Canada, let's face it there is just so much I can take of Jean-Marc Genereux's tirades...Give it up Canada! You are a VID (very insane dancer) I swear he says that 10-15 times a show!

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for.....The giveaway results....Henry the Xmas Elf was tied up so I turned to the firm of Pinotte,Boubou,Yoda and Bob to monitor the draw...

AND THE WINNER IS.....

Congratulations Linda! WOOHOO! I'll be sending some sweet stuff your way!

Ok now for Retro Tuesday! Like I mentionned in the previous post, I got myself  a B-Day gift, I always do.This year it's this cutie:

 

When I saw it on Etsy my knees got weak! It was so sweet and vintage and remeinded me of a suitcase I had when I was 5 years old. So I bought the bag, I figured I could use it on my upcoming trip to Maine.

I received it yesterday and it's not really a bag...It's a cooler!

Funny how the Etsy store owner never mentionned it!

It was manufactured by Nappe-Smith and the tag says a Thermo-Keep product by Nappy, Farmingdale N.J, insulated with fiberglass. I'm gueesing by the pattern, it's from the 60's.

It looks barely used, the vinyl is not cracked and there are no stains on it; it even came with the key! It will hold beverages beautifully!

 

Check out that beautiful pattern! In the tones of blue and green I love so much!

Now no post is completed without some SWEET Pyrex love!

 

This is yesterday's cuke harvest. And I had a big bag in the fridge! So I made some cream of cucumbers. It doesn't really tastes of cucmbers and it's a great way to use them instead of pickles.

I might post the recipe tomorrow (I have to translate it....:( )

Ok bye for now folks! I'm gobbling up breakfast then hopping to the farm stand and later to the you know what....

Be sure to visit my pal who I hope is on the mend and not coughing up a lung, the very funny and crazy Tracy over at Crazy Suburban Mom for more Retro Tuesday fun!

EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About It!!!

So for my B-day I got myself two gifts....One I will blog about tomorrow on Retro Tuesday right after I announce the winner of my giveaway.

The other is very amazing, It makes me feel SSSSOOOOO GOOD! are you ready? Do you want to know what I got that totally rocked my world???

Today I gave my letter of resignation to EPM! Yes I did! And I feel like a million bucks, all light and tall and skinny! As if I was a being made of light! And I also gave a copy to the store manager to make it more official, 'coz let's face it I never know what is up her sleeve....

She didn't even read it! It sat on her desk litlle a dead fish....Oh well! I'm sure I will hear from it 2 morrow!

 This is what I felt like! Tons of beautiful Pink Pyrex! Pink and delicious looking :)

I'm sure I will sleep like a log! LOL

See you tomorrow faithful readers and friends!

VTT: Nostalgia and Pink Spring

While I was looking to complete my Pyrex Primary bowl set; (see last week's post HERE)  I got a call…from my Dad.


And he told me that he might have the largest yellow bowl that belonged to his mother( my grandma) in the apt downstairs. My Dad owns a 2 apt house and he rents the downstairs one to friends from abroad that come to work in Montreal.

The downstairs apt used to be my grandma’s before she had to go to an assisted facility. So I take the train and go see my dad…and we go to the first floor and I’m all aflutter (you know the possibility of Pyrex, free and with provenance!). And we open all the cupboards and the drawers and NO yellow bowl; my dad is sure he’s seen it….But then we find this….

And this

And I’m so emotional. I’m getting an actual dish my gran cooked in. Dad says she made tuna casserole in it and the small one held salt.

And I go home with my heart full of Gran-Mimi. And everytime I open my cupboard I smile and think of her…

So this week I’m feeling a bit blue (like delphite) and I needed to invoke the Spring Gods

to bring in the nice weather. It has been slushing (rain and snow) for 4 days straight!


So I made this….

I don't know if the sun will shine but it sure cheered me up!

Have a fantastic VTT and be sure to drop by Suzanne's blog Colorado Lady !

Lovely Gift

I had a wonderful day yesterday. We did the leisurely saturday morning tv watching thing....I love Sell This House!

I must be some kind of voyeur because I definiteley enjoy seeing the interior of people's homes and the bad decoration! But let's face it everything old is new again, so if you keep it long enough, it will be cool again.....someday!

I can't believe the quantity of tchatckies people have...and the family pictures! I can't talk too much because I have the tchatckies!!! And the Pyrex! Did you know I collect Pyrex???

Did you know I had Pyrexia? Real bad! Doctor,doctor gimme the news I gotta bad case of Pyrexia...No pill's gonna cure my ill...I gotta a bad case of Pyrexia!

We then went to a matinée, to see the newest play by one of our leading playwrights Michel Tremblay. No my favorite but it certainly got us talking, so the play did its job!

On to the Deer Garden for some awesome chinese food....Shrimp in lobster sauce, Sam See chow mein, shrimp wonton....DELICIOUS!

And to top it all off....I got an amazing,amazing gift from Dad.... New fridgies!!! And some pink Pyrex to booth!

And I didn't have the yellow one! First thing I did when I got home was to wash them in the tangerine soap....Ok sounds crazy but it's like I'm bonding with the Pyrex....Call me nuts!

Better pic!

Ok still booblike but a better pic, no?

I look at them and I can't help myself! I just crack up!

Look what I found|

Friday, after the dentist...Oh how I hate going to the dentist! I decided to reward myself with a trip to the Salvation Army....

Of course I made a prayer to the thrifting gods and to the Pyrex gods (I'm pretty sure they're 2 different entities!) to open my eyes and make me find something good and pink please!

So I'm pushing my cart, minding my own business....and seeing stuff I rejected the week before...Like the Sunkist milkglass juicer broken and reglued....Or those Glasbake divided dishes all dishwasher worn... And I see this grimmy pink Pyrex casserole that is quietly calling my name...Hey psssst! Yeah you with the swollen face (dentist), come over here! Take me home! I'm cheap! And I kept thinking that I had this one at home. But I put it in the cart anyways...

Because you all know the NUMBER ONE THRIFTING RULE (Drumroll please!) IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING PICK IT UP, then you can look it over and decide. I learned that one the hard way in Maine a couple of years ago, just as I was starting the early stages of Pyrexia. I saw a Butterprint casserole I liked and decided to go around the antique mall once before I picked it up. BIG MISTAKE!!!

First thing I knew an old broad bought it and ran away with MY casserole.

So I'm still checking stuff at the SA and once in a while I'm looking at the casserole and thinking : But I already have a pink one at home....I think mine is darker than that, could it be? How many shades of pink Pyrex exists? Half an hour later, I'm still tortured! I'm going trough the cart- what I'm buying, what I'm putting back on the shelves...I had the casserole in my hand to put it back, but I finally decided to bring it home to meet the other casseroles....

Well I was right to do it, because I didn't have that one! The one I had is flamingo! Which makes me wonder again...How many shades of Pink did they make??? You have Pink and Flamingo and Desert something (Desert Dawn). Oh My! Same thing with yellow!

So I guess the moral of this story is: Always trust your instincts!

It's a miracle!!!

I went downtown Montreal yeserday afternoon (to dine with girlfriends) and I so had to stop at my fave Salvation Army...I was pushing my cart,thinking that the client's profile had changed (not so much the old weird guys, but a lot of families-with kids, that is sad) when a shape caught my eyes...Could it be????

OMG,OMG,OMG,OMG,OMG!!!! A pink refrigerator dish with the old lid!!!! OMG,OMG,OMG!!! IT'S MINE, MINE,MINE ALL MINE YOU HEAR? GODDAMMIT GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!

Of course I took it! I've been looking for one 4EVER! 2 years ago my Dad wanted to buy the set for me, but I actually said no....Can you believe that? It thought the price was WAY too steep!

And I found other cool stuff too, but the best part was that when I came up to the cash the cashier looked at the pink Pyrex and had this disgusted look (like I can't believe they want me to charge 4.99 for that piece of crapola!!!) and charge me .99 cents for it! SCORE!!!!!

I also found the Women's day encyclopedia of Cookery (vol 1 & 2) and assorted knick knacks! And on top of it all I got to meet my friends and laugh like a crazed hyena and eat at a restaurant and be on my own in the big city....The restaurant we went to is called Les 3 Brasseurs (the 3 Brewers). They make delicious beer on the premises! But the food makes me wonder why a chain from Belgium (definitely known for their incredible fries) is serving frozen fries, and pre-molded meat patties in the burgers....

Guess what? It's rainning again!!! A fine little rain, like you see by the seashore....

I don't know what I'll do today except a health walk to the farm stand to get some field raspberries while it's still time!

Don't forget to leave a comment on the giveaway post if you want to be included in the draw! If you have a ton of those cute little dishes, I appreciate your visit and your comment all the same!