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Back in the saddle...

On Friday night we traveled to Newton to meet Ian, who is the brand spankin' new son of my good friend Stephanie.  We ended up being about 15 minutes late because my Pyrex collecting *problem* is so out of control that I made Rory, Andy, Kelly and Carter stop at the Goodwill store in Newton before we got to Stephanie and Zack's house.

Once we finally got there, I got to meet the little guy (and little is an understatement - he was just over nine pounds when he was born).

While I was there, Stephanie read me the riot act about my lack of posting to the blog.  Apparently there are a few people out there who enjoyed reading about the crazy going-ons in my life, so I'm going to revive this puppy.  Dust off your bookmark and stay tuned!

Because everyone needs one...

...this one was hard to pass up!

Laundry Cat

Laundry cat, laundry cat.
Does whatever a laundry cat does.

Can he fold underwear?
No he can't, he's a cat.

Look out!
He is a laundry cat.

Vintage Pyrex

Sometime over the last few months, I decided to begin collecting vintage Pyrex.  Looking back, I'm not entirely sure how this happened, but it happened (and is still happening)!  Rory thinks I need to admit I have a problem... isn't that the first step toward recovery?

The very first pieces of Pyrex I acquired came from my grandma Bonnie.  She gifted me the three Autumn Harvest bowls (401, 403 and 404) that are pictured below several years ago.  Unfortunately, the 402 got broken at some point.

Last year, when Rory moved in, he came with a set of four Snowflake Blue Cinderella bowls (441, 442, 443, 444).  This is probably my favorite complete set that we have.

Our friend Russ really liked both of these sets.  In December, I started digging around on eBay to see if I could find him a set of his very own.  Being new to the world of vintage Pyrex, I decided it would be a good idea to put together a set of the New Dots pattern for him.  Little did I know that I had picked one of the more difficult sets to acquire on a budget; however, after many hours of scouring the Internet, I managed to cobble a set together for him at a reasonable price.

The insanity could have ended there, but Rory and I had a week or so off around the holidays, which left us free time to do some more damage.  He doesn't like to admit it, but he's kind of in to collecting this stuff as well!  We spent some of our time off hitting the thrift stores in the Ankeny, Des Moines and Iowa City areas.  In a couple of days, we found quite a few items:

Pictured above are a Snowflake divided casserole, a Royal Wheat divided casserole, and a 403 Desert Dawn mixing bowl, all found in Iowa City, for less than $10 total.

Pictured above are a set of three newer primary mixing bowls (322, 323, 325) purchased for $3.99 at a Goodwill, a set of three brown refrigerator dishes with lids purchased for $1.35 at another local thrift store, two Terra mugs purchased for $1 each, and a Spring Blossom Green 443 mixing bowl purchased for $1.99 at a Salvation Army.

Last week was another jackpot week.  I managed to find a full set of Autumn Harvest Cinderella bowls on Craigslist (and paid too much for them at $25), and two round Autumn Harvest covered casserole dishes, which look brand new, for $3.99 at a Salvation Army.

The Autumn Harvest pattern holds a special place in my heart, since it is the first pattern I ever owned (and was my grandma's).  My collection of this pattern is starting to look pretty impressive!

Lastly, I had a few more finds this week, my first week back to work after the holidays.

The carafe was at the downtown Salvation Army, and was 99 cents, so I couldn't pass it by.  Russ gave me the Barbed Wire divided casserole with lid (it was his grandmother's before she passed away), and I found the Golden Scroll chip 'n dip set on eBay for around $13 before shipping.

I'd like to say that the madness ended there, but Rory and I ended up buying a mid-century modern china hutch to replace the bookcase in the living room to display all of this stuff!  I think I've been bitten by the Pyrex bug!