I'm sorry I have been missing in action for awhile. There are some big changes in the very near future for me. I have resigned my position at my current job, will be starting a new job that I am looking forward to and will be relocating to a new area by myself. I have always lived with someone, in a small town, but I am relocating to a city and will be living by myself, so this will be a big, major, change for me. I am looking forward to the change and I'm of course a little scared. I have always had immediate family near me and now they will all be at least an hour away. I'm a big girl though so I think I can handle it.
I thought I would share this recipe I threw together. I thought it was good, not great and I'm not really sure if I would add this to the regular recipe rotation but it whips together fast and is filling. I had leftover Chinese white rice that I wanted to use up and so came up with this recipe. I would have taken more pictures but fried rice happens so fast I didn't have time.
Breakfast Fried Rice
Ingredients:
Bacon
Onion
Red Pepper
2-3 Eggs
White Rice
Soy Sauce
Fry up your bacon, drain but reserve some of the fat. Add you onions and red peppers and cook until they are just about the way you like them, push them to the side.
Add a little of the reserved bacon fat to the pan and add your scrambled egg yolks, cook until done. Add your white rice, mix together ingredients, add your soy sauce, turn off heat, taste and adjust seasonings.
This recipe is different but if you are looking for ways to use up leftovers you can give this a try. I like the contrast between the salty bacon and sweet peppers and onions.
So while I have been working on the changes in my life and weird recipes I have also been hitting some sales. I know I shouldn't be buying anything since I will be moving but I couldn't pass up these items.
I apologize for the really crappy photos. These pictures do not do the items any justice.
I found this really great homemade picture. I believe it was made sometime in the early 1900's. It is quite large. Someone painted the roses and leaves on what appears to be silk and added two pictures of "A Pair of Jacks." There are no names or dates on this framed picture.
Jack number 1.
and Jack number 2. I bought this for $5.99. I will be cleaning the frame up and removing the stickers. I will be keeping and displaying this in my new place.
A set of six Vera napkins. I have never seen these before. I was thinking about making these into pillows. Did you see the price tag? I bought these for $1.99. I'm not sure what they sell for but I loved the colors and design.
I can never pass up Vintage Nativity Sets, I don't know why. I definitely do not need anymore and I will have to invest in a shelf to display them all.
But look at this angel, isn't she sweet. I think this box holds several different sets. Some of the figures are marked made in Italy.
Some random Christmas items I found at a church rummage sale. I love these melted plastic figures, I have never seen this snowman before. Everything in this photo was $2.
My haul from a festival. I bought everything in this photo for $7 dollars. Oh wait there are two Vintage White Pyrex Mixing Bows missing from this photo. The seller gave me a package deal...I wish I would have bought more but I didn't think I would have enough money and the seller was so helpful and carried everything to my car.
Look at the graphics on these domino boxes. I was told originally $1 for both. The little taffeta angel was $.25. The embroidered linens were $1 each. There are seven of them.
A cute kitten table runner.
Look at these Deer. I can't imagine the time it took to make these.
If you look at this photo in the upper right hand corner you can see there is a black ring, Do you guys have any cleaning advice for vintage linen?
A vintage pink floral table cloth. They wanted $3 for it. You can see there is rust spots on this vintage pink floral table cloth. I would like to try and clean them properly before cutting them up if I can't remove the stains. I have tried some cleaning recipes I have found on Pinterest on other vintage fabrics but have never been happy with the results, so if you have tried something and it worked I would be happy for the advice.
I also bought a little plastic swan pot. It was on the $.50 table. It is still waiting to be cleaned.
Do you see the white background in these photos. That is a full/queen Matelasse coverlet by Spiegel. I have been looking for a Matelasse coverlet for awhile now but they are always so expensive. I inquired about the price thinking maybe $40. They told me a $1 before bundling everything together. Finding that coverlet made my day but the pricing of it made it even better. I would have paid more for it. And lets not forget the two white Pyrex mixing bowls (sorry no photo, they are being cleaned) They told me $1 for both. I loved that sale.
My funky, memory inducing find was this Lite Brite. I plan on using this at my new place. It has the pegs and paper images but I need more. So what funky and awesome finds have you scored lately? I would love to hear from you.
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