Setting up http://charlsdoc.blujay.com My Funky Vintage Retro Flea Market Store!
This is my online flea market type store to get rid of some of the things in my storage shed.
4/23/09
Creative Chic's Movie Pick
As Good As It Gets
is one of my favorite movies .
"Amazon.comFor all of its conventional plotting about an obsessive-compulsive curmudgeon (Jack Nicholson) who improves his personality at the urging of his gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear) and a waitress (Helen Hunt) who inspires his best behavior, this is one of the sharpest Hollywood comedies of the 1990s. Nicholson could play his role in his sleep (the Oscar he won should have gone to Robert Duvall for The Apostle), but his mischievous persona is precisely necessary to give heart to his seemingly heartless character, who is of all things a successful romance novelist. As a single mom with a chronically asthmatic young son, Hunt gives the film its conscience and integrity (along with plenty of wry humor), and she also won an Oscar for her wonderful performance. Greg Kinnear had to settle for an Oscar nomination (while cowriter-director James L. Brooks was inexplicably snubbed by Oscar that year), but his work was also singled out in the film's near-unanimous chorus of critical praise. It's questionable whether a romance between Hunt and the much older Nicholson is entirely believable, but this movie's smart enough--and charmingly funny enough--to make it seem endearingly possible. --Jeff Shannon a'
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/20/2005 Starring: Jack Nicholson Greg Kinnear Run time: 139 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: James L. Brooks
I watch it at times on my days off. Very Funny Movie.
is one of my favorite movies ."Amazon.comFor all of its conventional plotting about an obsessive-compulsive curmudgeon (Jack Nicholson) who improves his personality at the urging of his gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear) and a waitress (Helen Hunt) who inspires his best behavior, this is one of the sharpest Hollywood comedies of the 1990s. Nicholson could play his role in his sleep (the Oscar he won should have gone to Robert Duvall for The Apostle), but his mischievous persona is precisely necessary to give heart to his seemingly heartless character, who is of all things a successful romance novelist. As a single mom with a chronically asthmatic young son, Hunt gives the film its conscience and integrity (along with plenty of wry humor), and she also won an Oscar for her wonderful performance. Greg Kinnear had to settle for an Oscar nomination (while cowriter-director James L. Brooks was inexplicably snubbed by Oscar that year), but his work was also singled out in the film's near-unanimous chorus of critical praise. It's questionable whether a romance between Hunt and the much older Nicholson is entirely believable, but this movie's smart enough--and charmingly funny enough--to make it seem endearingly possible. --Jeff Shannon a'
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/20/2005 Starring: Jack Nicholson Greg Kinnear Run time: 139 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: James L. Brooks
I watch it at times on my days off. Very Funny Movie.
4/13/09
Vintage McCall's Magazine with Betsy Paper Dolls
I just love looking thru the vintage magazines!
This one is March 1952 McCall's
It has a lot of great ads and Vintage Betsey McCall paper dolls!
I would collect them and keep in a decorated shoe box that I kept under my bed!
4/9/09
Thrift store find--Dog Pillow
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Speaking of animal pillows , this is another of my thrift store finds
I love this pillow because of the cute dog and it's soft also.
Thrift Store Find Crafty Cat Pillow
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My last post was of my tomcat "Dazee" here is also a picture of a pillow I found months ago at a thrift store. Cute!!!!
4/7/09
Dazee My Tom Cat at Home
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Originally uploaded by charlsdoc07
WELL HERE HE IS DAZEE MY TOM CAT!
WE THOUGHT HE WAS A FEMALE CAT AND HER NAME WAS ORIGINALLY " DAISEY"! BUT UPON LATER TAKING HIM TO THE VET WE FOUND OUT SHE WAS A HE!
4/1/09
Challenge to Read More
So this is April 1st, 2009, I made a challenge to myself to read a book every two weeks..........
The books can be any fiction genre, though I love cozy mysteries I am going to challenge myself to read any fiction genre overy the next year.
I know you say why limit yourself to fiction? Well fiction is my escape from the tedious day to day routines. I know you can relate to that!
My first book is a mystery:
"Smoke Screen" by Marianne Macdonald
Since I love antiquarian books and antiques and cozy mysteries, I chose this and it's one I had purchased sometime ago at a library sale but never got around to reading it.
from book cover about book:
"When her Majesty offers Dido Hoare, London's most intrepid antiquarian bookseller, the opportunity to buy her personal library in Oxford, Dido cannot believe her good fortune. It turns out to be her last bit of good luck for some time.
"Her Majesty" is in fact the aged and rather daunting Clare Templeton Forbes, ex-lover of the famous American modernist poet Orrin Forbes. Dido doesn't understand Clare's rush to sell the books, but she knows her shop could profit nicely from them, so she goes ahead with the deal. It's then that the trouble begins.....
from book cover about the author:
"Marianne Macdonald was born in Canada and lived there until she was twenty, when she went to Oxford to do graduate work. She has lived in England ever since, pursuing an academic career until her retirement to concentrate on writing and acting. "Smoke Screen" is her third mystery featuring the adventures of antiquarian bookseller Dido."
The books can be any fiction genre, though I love cozy mysteries I am going to challenge myself to read any fiction genre overy the next year.
I know you say why limit yourself to fiction? Well fiction is my escape from the tedious day to day routines. I know you can relate to that!
My first book is a mystery:
"Smoke Screen" by Marianne Macdonald
Since I love antiquarian books and antiques and cozy mysteries, I chose this and it's one I had purchased sometime ago at a library sale but never got around to reading it.
from book cover about book:
"When her Majesty offers Dido Hoare, London's most intrepid antiquarian bookseller, the opportunity to buy her personal library in Oxford, Dido cannot believe her good fortune. It turns out to be her last bit of good luck for some time.
"Her Majesty" is in fact the aged and rather daunting Clare Templeton Forbes, ex-lover of the famous American modernist poet Orrin Forbes. Dido doesn't understand Clare's rush to sell the books, but she knows her shop could profit nicely from them, so she goes ahead with the deal. It's then that the trouble begins.....
from book cover about the author:
"Marianne Macdonald was born in Canada and lived there until she was twenty, when she went to Oxford to do graduate work. She has lived in England ever since, pursuing an academic career until her retirement to concentrate on writing and acting. "Smoke Screen" is her third mystery featuring the adventures of antiquarian bookseller Dido."
Vintage Books from Childhood
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Originally uploaded by charlsdoc07
I love these vintage books I pick up at flea markets. They remind me of my childhood, when my Daddy read to me.
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