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♦ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006
FALEN
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you will kick yourself for
letting it get away. If you
find it and you like it, buy
it! Buyer’s remorse is NOT
fun.
If you have a base sticker
on your car, you can go yard
saling on base. Military fam
ilies are always on the move
and often have to sell fur
niture due to weight limits
placed on them when they
move, especially on overseas
moves. You can find some
great deals there.
Second hand shops such
as the Salvation Army and
Goodwill can be good places
to shop. Selection is best
early in the week and in
the mornings. You can find
everything from designer
clothes and accessories to
home furnishings and decor.
Remember, everyone owns
used furniture. As soon as
you take it out the door, it is
used. Let someone else take
the depreciation hit!
I recommend renting a
steam cleaner or hiring a
professional cleaner to clean
any upholstered furniture
that you buy second hand.
You don’t know if the former
owner had pets with fleas
or other issues. Some peo
ple don’t like buying used
upholstered furniture, but
RICH
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One of the greatest treats
of my simple childhood was
shopping at the A&F| which
had a spin rack filled with
Golden Books. Mama, who
can be as tight as a waistband
after a big Thanksgiving din
ner, never quibbled about
buying books for me. She
rarely wasted money on junk
food but any book I wanted,
was mine for the asking. As
soon as we entered the gro
cery store, I’d race over to
the rack, spin it and study
slowly until I picked a book.
The bookmobile, designed
to bring books to folks in
rural areas, stopped at my
house in the neighborhood
for no child was more grate
ful than I. Even now, I can let
my senses take me back to
the paper and leather smell
of those wonderful books
that crowded the aluminum
shelves of that endearing
vehicle.
And whatever happened to
bookmobiles?
They’ve gone the way of
mud pies, out-of-date with a
world of children too busy to
spend a lot of time reading.
Oh, but the joys brought
to me by Huck Finn, Tom
Sawyer, and Nancy Drew.
The summer before the fifth
grade, I read Gone With The
Wind and was downright
sorrowful when I reached
page 1,036. I hated for it to
end.
You’d probably be hard
pressed to find even a college
student who has read that
industrial-strength tome
now, not to mention an 11-
year-old.
It may sound old-fash
ioned but I believe that
creeks, adventures with
dogs, books and mud pies
still have important places in
this world. See, such simple
pursuits call upon the use
of imagination and observa
tion. It requires absorbing
the world and fantasizing
about the possibilities. It
calls on reaching deep down
within to create your own
entertainment.
And that, after all, better
prepares one for life. How
many of life’s complex prob
lems can be solved by an
iPod? Battling life demands
imagination and observa
tion, the kind of skills that
can be learned from mak
ing mud pies and reading
books.
Going through childhood
photos recently, I discov
ered something delightfully
profound - I was an enor
mously happy child. A tiny
girl with reddish brown hair
and chubby, freckled cheeks
that were always puffed up
into a huge smile and brown
eyes that positively spar
kled. There were grinning
snapshots of girl and collie,
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there is nothing wrong with
it if it is cleaned. Use your
own judgment here.
Auctions and estate sales
are good places to get quality
furnishings as well.
Usually the occupant has
passed on or has gone to a
retirement home or down
sized. This is also a great
place to get used appliances.
Elderly Folks usually don’t
put a whole lot of wear and
tear on washers, dryers,
refrigerators or stoves like
a family of five would. You
can buy anything and every
thing there, it is an entire
household.
This is also a good place
to pick up lawn tools and
such. If you go to an auc
tion, arrive early enough to
look everything over real
well and write down what
your top bid will be and then
stick to it! Don’t get caught
up in auction fever! If going
to an estate sale, arrive early
to get a good entry number.
Also, come back on the sec
ond day because the sellers
are often willing to negotiate
to clear the estate.
Flea markets can also be a
good source of home furnish
ings and decor.
Once again, arrive early
for the best selection. Credit
Union bulletins and the bul
letin boards at your local
grocer or employer’s bulle
tin boards can also be a good
girl and books, girl and lov
ing family, girl dripping with
creek water, girl on a carni
val ride. It was so simple.
I was deprived - if that’s
what today’s kids would call
it - of high tech stimulation.
Still, I believe my childhood
was picture-perfect. Looking
back, I like the way it looks.
Ronda Rich is the best
selling author of What
Southern Women Know
(That Every Woman Should)
and The Town That Came
A-Courtin’.
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source of used goods.
Remember to buy good,
clean items.
Buy what you like and
buy the best quality you can
afford. When my husband
and I were first married
and really didn’t have much
money, we shopped a lot at
the thrift stores. We quickly
learned that furniture made
before the 1940 s was gener
ally very
well made and if you could
refinish it or re-upholster it,
it was restored to beauty and
usefulness for another 10-40
years and would appreciate
in value.
What you buy in the fur
niture store today will be
worth much less in five-15
years. If you don’t have the
skills or money to pay to get
something refinished, a nice
coat of paint can give new
life to a dull finish. I guess
that is why I love antiques
and got into the business!
Happy bargain hunting.
Jillinda Falen is the owner
of Carrie Lynn’s Antiques in
Perry. She has been collecting
and selling antiques for over
22 years. She is also an expe
rienced estate liquidation
specialist. You may contact
her via email at falen@alltel.
net, www.antiquesingeorgia.
com or through the Houston
Daily Journal.
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James and Stephanie
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their daughter, Nataleigh
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Grandparents are Bonnie
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