Thursday, February 28, 2013

Gluten Free Organic Amy's No Cheese Pizza Hoarder Rehab Review #4

Gluten Free Organic Amy's No Cheese Pizza Hoarder Rehab Review #4

For those of you with food allergies, ranging from gluten to dairy and feel deprived of pizza, this may be an answer for you!  My search for gluten free and organic foods is becoming somewhat easier these days!



Out of the the 23 ingredients 13 are organic.  It contains no gluten, but those of you who are super sensitive it is made in a facility that processes wheat.

It is a sweet tasting pizza and I did miss the cheese!  Overall, it's a good alternative when I'm feeling pizza deprived or are having intense pizza cravings.

I will continue to experiment with this pizza by adding on different organic cheeses on it and see if I can find one that my body will tolerate and enjoy!

If you are allergic to gluten and dairy and feel deprived of pizza, try this!  It's mostly organic too.  It has other mushrooms in it, but only the shitake are organic.  I try to avoid soy also and it does have soy lecithin.

List of NOT organic ingredients:  artichokes, extra virgin olive oil, mushrooms, balsamic vinegar, sea salt, expeller pressed high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, yeast, soy lecithin, black pepper and spices.

More Gluten free and Organic on my list of Amy's Kitchen to try are Cheese Tamale Verde, Roasted Vegetable Tamale, Enchilada Verde Whole Meal, Asian Noodle Stir Fry, Mexican Tamale Pie, Indian Paneer Tikka and Indian Palak Paneer.

It's so nice to have some alternatives when I need a break from cooking or something easy to warm up and eat after a long busy day or have a craving ranging from either pizza, to Mexican to Asian!

Side Notes:  I'm also trying an experiment to see if changing my diet will help my HoarderRehab, since many other conditions are linked to gluten, it can't hurt mine!  Most of my allergies dictate what I eat now, but I'm hoping my allergies will improve as I improve other areas of my life too!

Has anyone else out there found any foods that are gluten free, mostly soy free and organic?

Thank you Rachel and Andy of Amy's Kitchen for being sensitive to the needs of your customers and giving me a break from cooking from scratch by providing gluten free organic meals!  Thank you for continuing to add new delicious products!

Thank you US, Germany, UK, Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, France, Indonesia, Malaysia. Portugal and Pakistan for joining me in my HoarderRehabThe Destiny of Things!

Related posts:

1.  Amy's Gluten Free Pizza with Cheese, 74% Organic Review

2.  Nuttzo Review:  Gluten free Organic Nut butter

3.  Miswak Review:  Organic Toothbrush Stick, No Toothpaste Needed

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Good-bye Mr. Happy: The Destiny of Things, Story LIV

Good-bye Mr. Happy:  The Destiny of Things, Story LIV

Mr. Happy is making at least four people happy today!  


Note from Buyer

 

You can't imagine how happy I am to finally find this. I've been looking for years to find one. My brother and I loved our Mr. Happy toys growing up (and still do) and this is the perfect present for him. Thank you so much. Please let me know if you come across another.


Hoarder History: Another teacher prop. I had two of these, one I used in the classroom and the other to show the class the condition I wanted it to stay in.  Yep, I started to buy two of things because my students needed to learn how to take care of things, especially other people's things.

I used mr teaching third grade skills- naming and relating to your own and others feelings and identifying feelings through facial expressions. Hope someone gets happy with Mr. Happy!

I love this series! I tried to collect the whole set for my classroom back in the day! Great way to teach feelings for ESL students (English as a Second Language) 




A few more other doubles made it through my teachings years.  One is the Spider character from the How Spider Saved...Series by Robert Kraus available here

Spider comes with the book How Spider Saved Valentine's Day.

The other is a vintage If You Give a Mouse A Cookie Doll with book here

I've seen the new remade ones of these, but they aren't as detailed as the vintage ones.  For instance his cookie has velcro on it, so it can be moved and his overall pockets are so realistic one can use them!

Saying Good-bye:

1.  I am so happy that mr. happy made someone else happy and that someone's brother is going to get happy with mr. happy!  It's another "destiny as infinity" story!  That's just happy piled on top of more happy!

2.  I used a lot of plush toys and dolls in the classroom!  They had two favorites, one was a tear apart stress doll called mr. boss.  I found him new in his box at a thrift store years ago.  He came in real handy with my students that had anger management issues and other's who thought he was fun to let off some steam or just have fun playing with him whether it be taking him apart or putting him back together. 

I forgot the name of the districts stress management program for the classroom, but it was count to 100, remove yourself from the situation or talk it out.

Sometimes counting to 100 slowly wasn't enough time for things to blow over, but some would remove themselves from the situation by running from the recess yard to the classroom to tear up mr. boss!

I couldn't find a picture of mr. boss, but I found mr. fisherman!

 pic courtesy of ThingsYoullLoveNLife and the fisherman stress doll is now on sale!

mr. boss had a cigar in one hand and a briefcase in the other.  One was allowed to rip them off and throw the pieces as far and hard as you wanted as long as it wasn't at another person, usually aimed at a closet door.  Students could do this privately or openly.  I wonder how many fights mr. boss prevented and how much anger he eased all those years.

Sadly, all I have left of mr. boss is his button.  I have it somewhere in my hoard and it says, "I'm the boss!"

The class' other favorite was a very large soft teddy bear.  He was three or four feet long and had a bell in his tail.  On rainy day recess schedule we'd stand in a big circle and throw him around to each other.  The classroom had very high ceilings, probably at least 20 feet high, so they had fun throwing him to each other.

Also he was our napping bear.  He was so big you could take him to the nap/snack desk and take a nap behind him or on him.  One of the challenges of inner city teaching is making sure one's student's basic needs are taken care of.  It's very difficult to teach a hungry student, or unhealthy student or one that needs glasses or student who's had a sleepless night due to constant noise, lack of warmth or who knows what.

I have many stories of why my students didn't get sleep when they were supposed to, but this post is already long.  Some of my inner teaching experiences I've written about are in Receipt Spike and Service Bell, Story XIII and Rewards as Motivation.

So not only were toys and dolls important teaching tools in the classroom, they came in handy in many other ways too!

What I Learned:

1.  I am beginning to get a clearer picture of how my hoarding relates to my teaching days.  I bought two of many things, so students could use one and the other as an example of how to keep "something" in good condition and take care of it, so it could be used for the next years class.

2.  I have many remnants of teaching tools, props and rewards in sets of at least 30 for classroom students, such as egg decorating examplesstickers, honeycomb paper lanterns, tooth saver treasure chests, toothy tooth locket necklaces, electric pencil sharpener and small portable tape player.  And more in my hoard!

I even have clothes, belts and jewelry I bought as a beginning teacher I hardly even used that are at all three shops, 3 pieces at VintageToGoetsy, 12 pieces at HoarderRehab and the red cashmere coat at The Destiny of Things!

I have many unused student gifts too!  Like this copper apple pendant, sterling bangle with bells, beaded jewelry set, and Christmas tree brooch.  At one time I had saved everything and anything any student had given me and was cataloging them for my retirement, but it filled up a room and in one of my moves I donated it all.

These bracelets are even souvenirs from my first class field trip to Olvera Street, named after a local judge from 1877 and the oldest downtown area of Los Angeles, since 1911 and is part of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument.  These earrings I bought for my first year teaching!  Another has already sold.

3.  I definitely have issues with unused gifts and keeping them just because someone gave it to me and it seems impolite to donate or regift them.  Many of the items at the shops are unused, used that day or lightly used gifts because I could not bare to do anything else with them but store them!  All I can say is at least they are vintage now!

What to do with unused gifts was one of the first things I learned about my hoarding issues due to writing about it so much in either "Side Kick Story" at VintageToGoetsy or "Hoarder History" on HoarderRehab.

Now I'm glad to be moving forward with dealing with my teaching things along with my feelings and issues of my drama trauma of being an inner city teacher!

Thank you JT for finding Mr. Happy and making a connection by leaving your story for me and supporting me in my HoarderRehab adventure:  The Destiny of Things!

Thank you etsy for another HoarderRehab connection possible!

Thank you US, UK, Germany, Australia, Vanessa of vanessasfancy from Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Venezuela and South Africa for supporting my HoarderRehabThe Destiny of Things!

Related Stories:

1.  Freddie the Frog : Sentimental Nostalgic Childhood Memories from etsyian

2.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle:  sibling Valentine from childhood memories

3.  Precious Moments Betsey Clark figurine:  inside childhood joke for best friend Valentine

2.  Receipt Spike and Service Bell:  my inner city teacher challenges

3.  Rewards as Motivation : relates to my inner city teacher experiences

4.  Christmas Memories from Santa:  Story from Apartment Therapy where the comments tell more stories!

5.  Destiny as Infinity:  my 6th epiphany story of how some of my destiny as infinity wishes come true!

Monday, February 25, 2013

700+ Clocks and Counting!: Hoarder Rehab Inspiration or Desperation, Story #14

700+ Clocks and Counting!:  Hoarder Rehab Inspiration or Desperation, Story #14
started Sat.23Feb2013 11:49am

The etsyian, Gail who gave me Friday's story of the Copper Souvenir Bracelet from Chile, also gave me her story with pics of her 700+ working clocks!  It's like the 1,764 Christmas Ornament story from Yahoo, but better because I got to ask questions that quelled my curiosity!  Thank you Gail, so kind and patient of you!


I love this!  I could spend hours looking at each clock and it looks like they are be grouped by types.


I'm sharing them in the order they were shared with me.  There's all kinds of stuff going on, besides just keeping time!


It is awe shocking beautiful!  Clock heaven!



2 days ago
That is shockingly beautiful! Wow, now I have two stories for my blog!

Okay, I'm sure you get asked this all the time, is it loud for you? Have you ever had all 700+ on at the same time?

Are you in the Guiness Book of World Records? How do your cats like all the clocks? How long have you been collecting? and what inspired you to collect clocks?

As a repetition artist, I love this kinda of stuff! Sorry about all the question I'm awe struck and so curious!

Thank you for sharing!

 
February 22 2013 11:56am EDT 

My father was a watchmaker (he'll be 98 in March) and you can see his old watch bench in one of the photos I sent. The clocks are set for slightly different times so they DON'T all go off at the same time!

Needless to say, they chime, play Christmas carols, meow, talk, Tony the Tiger says "They're grrrrreat!" Just about anything you can imagine.

 I bet Guiness has someone with 1000s. The cats are used to them, nobody bats an eye. I can't sleep without the ticking. Sounds like rain on the roof.

I'm attaching a couple more pics. In one of them, you'll see a photo portrait of my grandmother (the young one) and great grandparents -- the Kennedy family!

 I'm very curious and so I had to ask.... (sorry, don't know how to rotate a pic yet)

 
February 22 2013 9:02pm EDT
Hi Gail!

Wow! Kudos to you watchmaker father at 98 years this March! No wonder you are so healthy!

I love your clock stories! And thank you for sending more pics of your clocks! You live in clock heaven! I know where to send my old clocks!

Thank you for pics of your family too! the Kennedy family! Okay, now you have me really curious-- not thee Kennedy family?

Also, last night I was wondering which one is your favorite clock? How long have you been collecting them? How do you keep them so organized? And who dusts them? Your house looks amazing! Thank you for the additional pictures. Keep more coming if you'd like!

The copper bracelets were shipped out today and will reach you by the time you need them. There's a tracking number, so you can follow them.

Also, I posted the story you gave me and will share your 700+ clock story next week! So thank you for two stories!

hoarderrehab.blogspot.com/2013/02/copper-souvenir-bracelet-from-chile.html

I didn't have time to proofread it. Enjoy! I sure did!


Hoarder Inspiration or Hoarder Desperation:

1.  This is an amazing collection of someone who loves clocks and uses clocks as a sweet lullaby.  Too bad I just can't collect one thing!  I'd love to have a collection as beautiful, thorough and orderly as this!

2.  This reminds me of my meager clock and watch collection , but I'm not sure if I even have them anymore!  I did find my vintage Seiko mantel clock and Seiko watch listed at VintageToGoetsy.

Gail's Tony the Tiger clock that says, "They're greeaaat!" reminds me of my two talking clocks.  One has a long tirade in Japanese with a bugle playing as an alarm and can be seen in my icon pic and is a cat clock.  I have another digital clock that talks and tells the time when you push a button.  I used it in the classroom as a game to check and learn to tell time.

Although, I can think of over five watches I own, I haven't used a watch in over 20 years nor do I know where they are!

3. I wouldn't want to be the one that cleans and maintains all those clocks, but I think if my love of clocks was that strong to have that many, it must be a joy to visit and take care of each clock.

4.  I can add two more questions as tools to help me keep my hoard or collections in order!  How should I  display my collections? and how much joy will it bring me to clean and maintain it?

5.  This has taught me a lot about collecting.  I need to love my collection so much that it gives me joy to take care of it, clean and maintain it!

Thank you Gail for two very interesting stories and new insight for my HoarderRehab adventure!  Thank you for sharing your 700+ clocks and taking the time to take pics and answering all my questions of curiosity! 

I guess you are my first impromptu interview!  Which is one of my HoarderRehab etsy goals, some things just fall into place without thinking about it!

Thank you etsy for making another pleasant easy connection that brings happiness to all involved and for bringing me closer to my dream of a Minimalist organic home with a music art room, instead of hoard storage!

Thank you US, Australia, Finland, France, UK, Canada, Oman, Qatar, Spain, India, Latvia, Poland and Russia for joining me today and over the weekend for an interesting time in the adventures of HoarderRehabThe Destiny of Things!

Friday, February 22, 2013

Copper Souvenir Bracelet from Chile: The Destiny of Things, Story LIII

Copper Souvenir Bracelet from Chile:  The Destiny of Things, Story LIII

A birthday gift with an interesting story that lead to another story!  Two stories from one etsyian!  And another souvenir story!  


Note from Buyer   Purchasing as a birthday present for my friend from Chile who came from a copper mine town and is now collecting Chilean copper jewelry. She will treasure your Grandmother's souvenir! I'll need them for next week, Monday the 25th or Tuesday the 26th?



I am so happy to know that a birthday person is going to treasure my childhood souvenir bracelet from my Grandmother when she visited Chile.  I wore this often as a child and it has been through many play days!

Just imagine that someone who's birthday is around the corner is from a copper mining town in Chile and one of her friends is giving her these for her Chilean copper jewelry collection!  I wish I could be a fly on the wall when she opens this!

I asked if there was any more to this curious story and got this!


20 hours ago 

Yes, my friend told me that the copper mine took over their town and everyone had to leave! She came here as a teenager in the mid 50's. Now she volunteers in the Jewelry Dept all year long at the Oakland Museum Women's Auxiliary White Elephant Sale (WES) in Alameda, CA. 100,000 sq ft of rummage sale. Look it up! www.whiteelephantsale.org


Side Note:   100, 000 square feet of rummage sale?  Let me say that again!  100, 000 square feet of rummage sale?  That is HUGE!  The average house is 900-1200 sq. ft, so that's like ten houses worth of rummage sale!  That's gotta be the BIGGEST White Elephant Sale ever! both literally and figuratively!

Dare I say it, yes, I had already planned on going on the spot, especially after looking at the web site!  Then I remembered my goals, but STILL it would be FUN to just go and LOOK!  It's FREE!


20 hours ago 

Hi again!

That is so sad and not right with the world, if the whole town had to leave due to mining taking over.

100k sq. ft rummage sale! I'm in! but wait a minute. That is so cool, but as a recovering hoarder it looks too dangerous for me!

I will write WES up on my blog and maybe I'll be able to go next year and donate some items too!

PS. I think it's so inspiring that you donate your blood platelets and hair. You must be very healthy. Are you going to list some things in your shop in the near future?

Side Note:  I would like to donate my hair again.  Once my Mom requested my hair and my brother's hair (was it the 90s when men had long hair again?) for her Mother's Day gift, so she gave us hair cuts and donated it to a charity that made wigs for chemotherapy patients.

In college for extra credit in one of my classes, you could give blood.  The place on the list told me I didn't weigh enough, so my extra credit was waived.  I wonder if they still have a weight requirement.  Plus it would be excellent incentive to get healthy again and good way to help others.   I remember as a child, going with my Dad to give blood regularly.....

Gail and I have stuff in common and  then I got this doozey piece of information!


19 hours ago
I have to stay healthy in order to donate, so that's motivation. Thanks! No, not planning on doing anything with the shop right now. By the way, I saw your A&W baby mug. I worked there when I was in high school. I have a baby and a mama sized mug.

Such bargains at WES! Everything is reasonably priced. I'm a clock collector, so my friend finds the fun ones for me. Talk about hoarding? How about 700+ clocks on display. More in boxes :-)

Side Note:  700+ clocks!!!! I had to see this!  And Gail was kind enough too!  but that's another story and will be the next posting!


Saying Good-bye:  For a faded second I started to get choked up when I saw these sold, but the "note from buyer" saved the day!

I have many gifts from my Grandmother, other relatives and friends and need to remember this every time something is let go.  I am keeping the first two bracelets she gave me, which I wore so much they are now broken, but I can't wear metals now due to allergies anyway.  They will be placed in the curio cabinet that held my childhood perfume bottle collection that is now on The Destiny of Things.

What I Learned:

1.  How many miracles and turn of events had to happen for the Chilean bracelet to meet up with Gail for her Chilean friend from a copper mining town as a birthday present?  It took a mining company to take over a town where eventually everyone had to leave?  Then she came to California?  And over 50 years later that is what the birthday girl collects---copper jewelry from Chile!  Now that's another circular story! 

Side Note:  Another circular story, if you love them as much as I do is listed below with a Saint Christopher medal and an urban planning student in South Africa.

2.  Not only does she collect Chilean copper jewelry, but she works as a volunteer in the jewelry department of one of the largest annual White Elephant Rummage Sales in California!  For those of you in California, this has got to be the the biggest event in picker thrift rummage sale for the ultimate collector!  Imagine picking through 100,000 square feet of gently used donated items of all kinds!

I can't believe this has been going on for over 50 years and I'm just hearing about it now!  And on top of all that all proceeds go to benefit the Oakland Museum of California and last year they made 1.8 million dollars!  Not only is a bunch of stuff getting recycled and reused, but it's all going to a good cause!

Check out their website:   http://whiteelephantsale.org/ and check out the map here!  Click on the shopping areas of interest and see a small preview, lists and how big the place is!

If I weren't in hoarder recovery---I'd plan a trip there!  I put it on my list to go next year!  Just to browse!

3.  Letting go of things is getting easier again, so I guess only time will tell what will happen when some heavy duty stress gets thrown in, but for now I'm thankful for easy sailing!

Thank you Gail for your kindness and support in leaving and elaborating on your story and your friend's story and taking part in my HoarderRehabThe Destiny of Things!

Thank you etsy for another connection with an etsyian kind enough to leave, give additional information and send pics for not just one story, but two stories and also for someone with like interests!  And for taking two more things and giving them as gifts for a new life in a Chilean copper jewelry collection, which brings me closer to a Minimalist Organic home with a music art room, instead of hoard!

Thank you US, UK, Germany, Canada, China, Philippines, Romania, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Ukraine, South Africa and Russia for being with me today as the Hoarder Rehab journey gets easier again.  Let's see what tomorrow brings!

Post Notes:  I know I was supposed to show the pic of my "soon to be" music art room, instead of hoard storage room, but I wanted to give everyone a heads up so there's time to plan a trip to the biggest White Elephant Sale ever!  The next post is going to the 700+ clocks!  Next week, I'll post my music art room.


Other Related Stories:

1.  Orange County Fair Souvenir Barrette

2.  The Mighty Circular St. Christopher Medal Story

3.  This week's most read and all time most read:  Louis Vuitton Collection as Omega and Alpha

4.  This month's most read story:  The HoarderRehab Meltdown

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Orange County Fair Souvenir Barrette: The Destiny of THings, STory LII

Orange County Fair Souvenir Barrette:  The Destiny of THings, STory LII

This was a fun one to let go, although it has/had many sweet and bittersweet memories embedded in it!  Here's the email story...



February 18 2013 2:16am EDT
Listing: www.etsy.com/listing/121024325/90s-native-american-large-heavy-sterling

I am interested in this barrette because of its beautiful texture and the fact that it can hold alot of hair. I would like to make an offer of $ 00.00 for it. I am a grandmother with thick silver hair and the barrette would eventually go to a grand daughter once she expressed interest in it. My thanks for your consideration, Cris

Side NOte:  This was very appealing to me due to it's connected story and destiny as infinity heirloom potential!

February 18 2013 9:11am EDT 

Hi Cris!

I'm jealous! How did you end up with thick silver grey hair!?! Mine is salt and pepper and not so thick anymore!

How about $0? Looking forward to your response!
~Kennedy


February 18 2013 2:21pm EDT 

Hi Kennedy,
Would $00 work? I feel kind of sinful spending so much on a barrette but it is beautiful and sounds totally functional for the Indian blanket draped on top of my head! Just let me know.
My thanks,
Cris

She did it again!  More appeal---Indian blanket draped on top of her head?  Now that's appealing appeal to my curiosity too!  Now I can imagine the Navajo blanket on top of luxurious thick grey hair with my barrette and even more enticing would be a pic of it for the blog!  I'm a goner.  It must be cold wherever she's located!  Her story gets better and better!

February 18 2013 4:19pm EDT 

Hi Cris!

Will you send me a pic of the barrette in your luxurious thick gray hair to put on my blog? and / or with the Indian blanket draped on your head or just showing the Indian blanket? (Thanks for the extra chuckles over here over that!) I love Indian blankets too!

If so, it's yours for $00!
~Kennedy
 

February 19 2013 12:07am EDT 

Thanks so much Kennedy. I will get my son to take a pic of the barrette in my hair and forward it to you for your blog. I too appreciate the history and life of a beautiful object. Please know that it will be cared for and passed on.

In good health,
Cris

***She is appealing to all of my dehoarding requirements of my things!  1)  Take care of and passed on! 2)  used and cherished daily with fun and humor!  3)  destiny as infinity heirloom!  Dream come true!

February 19 2013 12:18pm EDT 

Good morning Chris!

OH MY! Thank you so much! you've made my day! Thank you, I soooo look forward to a pic of the barrette in your hair! and to be able to put it on my blog!

And thank you so much for it's tidbit of it's new life. And for letting me know it will be cared for and passed on. I have many quotes to help me stay focused as I dehoard my life, but the one for my things is "destiny as infinity" So thank you for making it come true for one of my things!

In good health,
~Kennedy

PS. I'll reserve it for you and change the price!


QuincyCAAAAA
February 19 2013 12:12am EDT
Listing: www.etsy.com/listing/121024325/90s-native-american-large-heavy-sterling

Kennedy,
I am a novice at this. How shall I pay you $0 instead of the listed price?? I am known as a technotard in these parts! Cris

February 19 2013 12:23pm EDT
Good morning again!

I'll reserve it for you with a new price and you can just pay for it. If you need help with that, let me know.

Technotard!!!! That's a new word to me! I am soo Technotard too! I am learning slowly, ever so slowly! I call myself "techless", but I like technotard!

My partner is trying to teach me all the technotard stuff, but I'm even a technotard at remembering!

Thanks for the good laugh and new word! In good health,
~Kennedy


Saying Good-bye:  Another piece of cake to let go!  Is it getting easier with practice?  or is it because this came with such a good story, went to such a nice lady and is going to become a "destiny as infinity" heirloom?  I think it's  an "all of the above" answer.  Oh yeah, and how much does "the miracle of sleep" factor in to it all too?

I've been sleeping more soundly for long hours at night and my many naps a day have turned into several naps a day, so I can get more done and think slightly more clearly.  Is this part of the viscous cycle of my hoard?  Was/is my hoard crowding into my sleep causing my many years of insomnia? I have been doing some detoxing too, so maybe..... More mysteries to solve!

Plus that was so fun and funny for me!  Techless meets up with techno-tard!

What I Learned:

1.  Not only do I have several barrettes as souvenirs and souvenir gifts, but many of them are rings and my first one is a Zuni SunGod pendant that I bought from a Native American when I was eight, maybe one of our family vacation trips to Yellowstone National Parks because I can remember large as big or bigger than life dinosaurs, men and other animals on the roadsides.
 
INSERT pic of ZuniGod pendant--I actually know where that is! and list other souvenir rings

One of my childhood souvenir boxes is already gone and written about here. Interesting, that Sequoia souvenir box probably held many, if not all my souvenir jewelry as a child, but didn't bring back as many memories as this souvenir barrette.  Or I should say, the Sequoia box held much simpler time memories and this Native Amerian souvenir barrette more complicated ones!
 
2.  My parents used to take us to the Orange County Fair every once in awhile when we were kids, but in the late 80s and early 90s I returned to the fair because my Mom's quilts had won first prize with one going on to win at the California State Fair!
 
That is where I got this Native American heavily detailed barrette.  I too, at the time, thought it too expensive for hair decor, but the Native American seller encouraged me to try it on and surprisingly it held all my hair in a pony tail!  Plus I liked the way it felt, even though it is a heavy barrette.  I put the barrette down and forgot about it.
 
When we returned to the car to go home, there it was on the car seat!  I used it for many years and it holds a lot of hair, but now I'm allergic to sterling and have a whole lot less hair!  So it's going to to a proper new home with a new useful functional life.
 
3.  I've been practicing my negotiating skills, which is nil to none when it's comes "my" things, but I did very well when it was about negotiating  my real estate investments, so I've been transferring that skill by keeping it in mind and it helps to be detached.

Note to self:  Starting to realize that I need to be more detached about many things!  That my feelings and how my day goes seem to revolve around too many other factors, even the weather.  Nonsense! or that doesn't seem to make sense to me.... yet.
 
4.  Maybe my balance has been shifted and instead of "these things" having such a strong hold on me due to nostalgic memories, dreams, worries or whatever else I buried in them as a coping mechanism.  Maybe I have converted the power these thing hold on me and shifted the power to myself now that it more safe to do so.
 
5.  This morning I was looking through someone's fav. on etsy because they had fav't my entire listed perfume collection and furs on The Destiny of Things and two items at HoarderRehab and I found a dress I really LOVE that reminded me of a reward (if I can part with "walk in" closet amount of clothes and get myself down to five favorite outfits, I can buy five new ones!) I made to myself last summer, which lead me to this etsy blog article, Handmade Portraits:  YOKOO.  Which led me to begin tomorrow's post, "ME and My HOARD!"

and the point is?  The point is my hoard mysteries aren't exactly spelling themselves out, but it is dropping helpful hints and I'm still along for the ride beyond my hoard into the unknown!

Thank you US, UK, Germany, Romania, Argentina, Bulgaria, China and Denmark for joining me for another day as my adventure into HoarderRehab: The Destiny of Things brings me closer to the mysteries of the unknown!

This post reminds me of my other one called, "From Worry Dolls to Louis Vuitton Hair Cubes, " which is about how I learned to put my worries into things as a child and it carried over into my adult life!  Also, the story, "Oh No, not my College Mugs!" is another worry story, although I did not know it at the time I wrote it.


Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Pocket Rosary for Miraculous Medal: The Destiny of Things, Story LI

Pocket Rosary for Miraculous Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story LI

How coincidental is this?  Two stories in a row from The Destiny of Things, etsy feedback!

cncbotts says:  Thank you! She's going to become a pocket rosary. 
I'm not religious, but as a collector I do love religious artifacts from all over the world!  So today, I'm going to learn about the "rosary."  My first question what does the rosary have to do with roses?
Here's some interesting information I found about rosaries on wiki:
1.  The rosary (from Latin rosarium, meaning "Crown of Roses"[1] or "garland of roses"[2]) is a Roman Catholic sacramental and Marian devotion to prayer and the commemoration of Jesus and events of his life. The term "Rosary" is used to describe both a sequence of prayers and a string of prayer beads used to count the prayers.
2.  The sequence of prayers is the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary ten times, and the Glory Be to the Father, sometimes followed by the Fatima Prayer. Each sequence is known as a decade. Five decades are prayed, after beginning with the Apostle's Creed and five initial prayers. The praying of each decade is accompanied by meditation on one of the Mysteries of the Rosary, which recall the life of Jesus
3.  There are differing views on the history of the rosary. According to tradition, the concept[24] of the rosary was given to Saint Dominic in an apparition by the Virgin Mary in the year 1214 in the church of Prouille. This Marian apparition received the title of Our Lady of the Rosary.[25] In the 15th century it was promoted by Alanus de Rupe (aka Alain de la Roche or Saint Alan of the Rock), a learned Dominican priest and theologian, who established the "15 rosary promises" and started many rosary confraternities. However, most scholarly research suggests a more gradual and organic development of the rosary.[26]
4.  And lastly there are four different mysteries depicting Jesus' life:  Joyful Mysteries, Luminous Mysteries, Sorrowful Mysteries, Glorious Mysteries and a praying schedule.  Read more about rosaries at wiki here.
 
Saying Good-bye:  I've had plenty of practice letting go of my religious artifacts and I hope it carries over to many of my other objects!  I have some Russian, Chinese and Japanese religious art that I'm ambivalent about, so they will be the last to go!  Plus I have to find them in my lost hoard.

I collected religious medals of all kinds for my own religious folk art projects:


My garden cross and lover's cross are listed at the etsy shop, The Destiny of Things, along with their stories. As you can see, I didn't use traditional religious medals much in them, but mainly charms and milagros!

and some of my religious folk art used none at all and some are still lost in my hoard!


I love pictures of Saints and lately I've been gravitating towards scapulars!  If anyone knows where to find scapular cloth besides on etsy, please let me know!

I used to have hundreds of prayer cards, but I think I threw them out on one of my purges! This is Saint Cecilia Eusepi, she is available here with more of her story.  She is titled, "The Saintly Clown" because she called herself, "The Little Clown."

What I Learned: 

1.  I have religious folk art pieces from many countries!  It all started when I went to the Mengei Museum and they displayed a  Mexican Folk Art collection.  My favorites were a milagro banner with over 200 milagor figurines and this huge, five feet by 3 feet clay tree of life candelabra.  Most of my Mexican Folk Art collection is at VintageToGoEtsy here.

That snowballed into my love of all types of Religious Folk art!

I'll have to sort through my hoard and find my Russian, Chinese and Japanese religious folk art before I can list them!  I think I can let them go after writing this piece.

2.  There are many religions in my my family:  Mostly Catholics, some Christians, Buddhist, Tenrikyo and Shinto.  I remember asking my mom to take me to church and she put me on a basketball team!  I slowly made my way to the basketball team that was affiliated with a church.

I wonder what all that has to do with my vast religious folk art collection

3Which reminds me, I have my Grandmother's Japanese prayer beads, called juzu or nenju, somwhere in my hoard and a little prayer stand to rest them on. 

4.  My favorite religious medals are the plastic and aluminum ones, so you won't be seeing many of those for sale at the shops, but if you are interested in them I am listing many of them (between my several naps a day) at VintageToGoetsy and The Destiny of Things this week for those who would like them for Easter. 

Thank you etsyian cncbotts for leaving me that tidbit of information in my feedback!  A little goes a long way over here in HoarderRehab world!  I wish I could see your pocket rosary creation, but so thankful that you are giving it a better new life! 

Thank you US, Australia, UK, Moldova, Sweden, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Sri Lanka, Poland and Germany for joining me here for another easy day of adventure for HoarderRehabThe Destiny of Things!

Post Notes:  Read yesterday's coincidental two in a row etsy feedback story hereOther related religious medal stories!