Monthly Giveaway Party

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It's time for my monthly giveaway party! If you have a blog and you have a giveaway on your blog please sign up with Mr. Linky below so others can visit you.

If you are here to enter my giveaway just scroll down to my previous post and leave a comment there if you want to be entered to win.

Update: If you want to see who's having a giveaway on their blog, you'll have to click on Mr. Linky below to see the list. I don't know why I've keep having this problem with it showing up on another page.

My Giveaway for July

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I have 2 items I'll be giving away this month! First up is a Cath Kidston teapot that I bought at a thrift store awhile back. I remember how excited I was when I found this. I couldn't believe that someone would give away a Cath Kidston teapot! I loved it but it's been tucked away behind closed doors in my china cabinet for awhile and it's time to pass it on to someone else.
The next item I'm giving away was donated by one of my readers, Jen from Vintage Home Interiors. She sent me one of these adorable garden angels to keep and one to giveaway!! Jen also has a blog and you can also see her garden angel there. Her photo looks much better than mine!
Would you like to win one of these items? Here's how it works. Leave a comment below and let me know if you would like to be entered to win the teapot or the garden angel or if you want to be in both drawings that's okay too, just let me know. I'll be picking one random winner for each item this Thursday, July 16th around 9:00 pm PDT and I'll announce the winner on Friday. Please make sure to leave your email address if you don't have a blog so I have a way to contact you!

Found Alive!

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Many of you asked me to update you if I found out anything about the missing man in my city and I'm happy to report that he's been found alive! He's been missing about a week and a half and they found him in a dry creek bed in Saratoga which is walking distance away. The news report says it looks like he has been there awhile. He was dehydrated but otherwise okay. I'm so happy for his family!!!

More info here.

Update: Here is a picture of Ross at the hospital with his family. Click here.

Ikea Sofa Review

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I've been getting a lot of emails and comments lately asking if I'm pleased with my Ikea sofa that I bought last March. It's been 4 months and I still love it! I've washed the slipcovers numerous times and they look the same now as they did when I first bought them. I'm glad that I bought an extra set of slipcovers because you can't put them in the dryer and they take a least a day to air dry.

I'm still amazed at the quality of this sofa for the price. It's only $399 and the extra set of slipcovers is only $49.

If I had room I would buy the matching love seat but I think it would be too large for my room. I am considering buying a chair though. I have wicker chairs in my living room now and they really aren't that comfortable so I would like to replace one of them, maybe with one of these:

This chair above is $249 in white but if you want it in pink it's $349! I'm not sure why pink costs $100 more??? Pink wouldn't look right in my place so it doesn't really matter to me. I wish they had it in light blue though.

This chair above is only $199.

Which chair do you like better?

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Don't forget, I'll be hosting my monthly giveaway party on Monday! I'll have Mr. Linky up sometime Sunday evening if you want to join in and have a giveaway on your blog.

Flea Market Finds

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Lauren and I decided to go to the DeAnza Flea Market last Saturday. We got a late start and didn't arrive there until about 11:00 am. Because it was the 4th of July there was about 1/2 the amount of vendors there usually are. I walked around 3/4 of the flea market and hadn't bought a thing!

Luckily as I got close to the end I found some great deals. I got 11 of those cute little juice glasses for $8.00/set. They have such cute little detail around the bottom. I just love glasses that have a little pedestal!

I also found a vendor with lots of tables filled with brand new jewelry from Macy's! Lauren and I had so much fun walking up and down the tables looking at it all! The prices were amazing. The most expensive piece I bought was $4 and that was for the necklace with the bright orange bead. The rest were all either $2 or $3. He said he'll be there next month so I'm going to get there early to find some more!

For those of you living in the San Francisco Bay Area: Please be on the look out for Ross Abinanti who disappeared over a week ago from Campbell, California. He's 63 and has dementia and may be confused.

His wife went to get gelato in downtown Campbell and left him and her brother-in-law, who is disabled and in a wheelchair in the car while she ran in the gelato shop. When she came out her brother-in-law said Ross had gone to find her. He hasn't been seen since! I can't even imagine what his family must be going through right now! You can read more about it here.