Vintage Radio

I was going to do this post for Vintage Thingy Thursday, but the day got away from me... and here it is, late Thursday night... so maybe I can post it for Show & Tell Friday.

Anyway, I wanted to show you my "new" vintage radio. As a long-time fan of Old Time Radio shows, I've been wanting an antique radio for years. I didn't care whether or not it worked. I just thought it would be neat to have one.


I've seen replicas that are very cool (and also spendy) but they usually just have a regular modern radio or maybe a CD player inside. To my notion there's just something very wrong about modern radio programs coming out of a classic radio! So I've been looking for one that had an XM receiver (because there's an OTR channel on XM) or an MP3 player (because I have lots of OTR shows on MP3).

Well, I haven't found one like that so far. But I have big plans for this one. My husband is pretty handy when it comes to sound systems and all things technical. So I'm pretty sure he can fix this one up for me to actually play my OTR programs!

Isn't it cool? It's an old cabinet radio. The radio controls are on the top, not on the front. It looks like perhaps someone's cat got ahold of the speaker fabric.
On the back side is this deep cubby hole, presumably for storing records...
...because the top flips open to reveal a record player! It even came with 4 records! These aren't the 33 1/3 vinyl records I grew up with, either! They are actually the old celluloid 78s... which was way before my time. They are very thick and heavy compared to vinyl records. Also "non-breakable".
Except they aren't.

It's a little hard to see in the picture, but one of the records had a crack from the outer edge all the way to the middle. I just thought it was ironic that the wrapper said "non-breakable."The record player doesn't work, nor does it have a needle, so it doesn't really matter. But these are Big Band records, so it would have been cool to be able to listen to them.
Neat addition to my living room, huh?

Wouldja like to guess where I got it? And how much I paid for it?

Okay. I won't make you guess. I'll just tell you.

Freecycle!

I know! Right? (That phrase sounds totally silly to me... but it seemed to fit right there! So I thought I'd just try it! LOL!)

A couple weeks ago, on a Saturday afternoon, someone posted that she was closing down her garage sale and she was going to pile all her leftovers out in her driveway, and if anybody wanted any of it they could just haul it off. I was very busy that day, but when I realized it was only about 4 blocks away I couldn't resist seeing what she had.

And that's where I found this treasure!

Wanna play ping-pong?

I don't have a picture, but I have to tell you about the cutest game of ping-pong I've ever seen.

My brother and his family were at the camp we went to this past weekend. Their little girl is two-and-a-half and just as cute as a button. She has a little cousin who is only 2 months older than she is, and he is equally as cute. I don't know about you, but I think 2-year-olds are more adorable than a little red wagon full of puppies!

One night after service the adults were sitting around in the game room visiting. The little children were very busy running about playing and just generally having a good time. My little niece and her cousin decided that they should play ping-pong. So they each got a paddle and found a ball, and stood one on each end of the ping-pong table, just as they had seen the big folks do. They are so little that they could barely see over the table, but that didn't bother them a bit. One child carefully laid the ball on the table and swatted at it with the paddle. It rolled a little ways and then fell off the edge of the table. Both children eagerly ran to chase it. Once the ball was retrieved, it was the other child's turn to "serve". And so they repeated the process.

The game only lasted about 3 or 4 turns before they were off to the next adventure, but it was just priceless to watch.

Summertime

June was simply a whirlwind of trips and activity for my family. And here we are already a week into July. These sweet summer days just go by so fast. I want to slow down and savor the moments.

For Independence Day weekend we went to McCall, Idaho (about 6 hours away) for family camp. We had been wanting to attend a family camp for several years, and finally this year it worked out. Our kids had never been to a "camp-meeting" (at least that they remember) so they didn't know what to expect. Having grown up going to camp every summer, I knew they would love it. And I was right! It was a little bit hard because we didn't know very many people, but probably next year will be better in that regard. Since we are still "between churches" we really enjoyed the preaching and came away challenged.

The teens had recreational activities every afternoon and late at night after the evening service. On the 4th of July, the "Afterglow" activity was going to the lake to see the fireworks. We all went along. The fireworks display was your typical 4th-of-July fireworks display. What was absolutely spectacular was the mountain sunset/moonset over the lake. My brother said it was worth fighting the crowd at the lake just to see the sunset. I have to agree. (If you enlarge the picture you can see the moon setting, too.)

The Workbasket (Installment #5)

Volume 16, Number 5.

February 1951.

Check it out! Color printing! But still only 15 cents! What a deal!

"Ideas for the Bazaar, the Home, Gifts, Sparetime Money Makers, with Many Articles, Easily Made and Inexpensive, that find a Ready Sale."

Is that the subtitle?? No, I guess not. There is actually a shorter subtitle at the top. Then why in the world did they start so many of the words with capital letters? Weird.

Now here is an "exciting" product:


Did you know that there were hair beauty scientists? Personally, I had no idea. Think of that! And I can order a "big 4-oz. jar"! Since when is 4 ounces of anything considered big? Isn't that the size bottle that airlines allow you these days? Okay. Moving on.

Here you can get a 67-piece set of "fine Gothamware" for only $6.95. Don't know what Gothamware is? Neither did I.
Oh, wait! There it is, in fine print. "One of the finest plastics known. Will stay bright and cheerful indefinitely." All righty, then.

And in case you wondered what the "Famous Holly Fiesta Colors" were, they are also listed in fine print: toast yellow, clover green, ocean blue and flame red. So now you know.

Next is a couple of the funny little tiny ads. Who knew you could get your very own ukulele just for selling 50 packs of garden seeds at 10c each?

Or if you'd rather have cash, you can sell greeting cards -- a 21-card assortment for $1. Don't you imagine that all the neighborhood housewives got tired of buying seeds and greeting cards from each other all the time?

I was intrigued when this pattern first caught my eye. I had seen a similar hot pad years ago, but it was made from the plastic rings that hold 6-packs of pop together. You cut them apart and then crochet around them . But I was pretty sure they wouldn't have had the plastic 6-pack rings back in 1951. Of course they didn't! This pattern calls for rubber jar rings. Why didn't I think of that? Oh. Because canning jars don't use separate rubber rings anymore... and haven't, as far back as I can remember. I guess if I get inspired to make this pattern I'll have to substitute plastic for rubber. Eh. Why bother? I think I'll skip this pattern.

Now here is a big money saving offer from Grandma Goodwin. She says, "You must be thrilled, or I cheerfully refund your money." She doesn't look very thrilled or cheerful, either one, to my notion!
Imagine how special you would feel if your sweetheart declared his eternal love with this gorgeous engagement and wedding ring set! "Imagine--12 sparkling Pseudo Diamonds, imported from Europe... natural gold color. Your price for both--4.89." Oh! I am imagining... and shuddering. I believe I'll do without. Thank you, anyway.

If you need to beautify the ugly skin on your face and neck, "here may be the most wonderful news you have ever read." What I want to know is, who wrote these silly ads?

What about a mail-order tombstone? Dontcha need one of those?

Notice that Howard McNally died in 1942 at age 56, but Martha is presumably still with us. Let's see... she'd be 122. No, wait. This is 1951. Okay. So she's only 65.

Get ready to Sew for the New Season with these pretty patterns:

Another Flickr Meme

I did one kinda like this awhile back, and it was fun! So when I saw this version at Vader's Mom's blog I decided to try it, too. Let me know if you do it. I'd love to see your results!

Here’s how it works:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.
d. Save and share your mosaic.

The Questions:
1. What is your first name? Karla
2. What is your favorite food? popcorn
3. What school did you go to? Perry High School (Hey! That's really my school!)
4. What is your favorite color? red
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Tow Mater
6. What is your favorite drink? caramel macchiato
7. What is your dream vacation? road trip
8. What is your favorite dessert? caramel cheesecake
9. What you want to be when you grow up? wise
10. What do you love most in life? Jesus
11. What is one word that describes you? curious
12. What is your flickr name? karlacinid, only that didn't bring up anything. So I typed in "question mark". Did you know there's a "Question Mark Butterfly"? Cool!

1. Hello, 2. Stovetop popcorn..., 3. Perry High School--Allen County, Ohio, 4. How much more red could this be?, 5. Tow Mater, 6. caramel macchiato, 7. Road Trip, 8. Cheesecake w/ Salted Caramel Sauce, 9. Wise Guy, 10. Jesus,Isa,Christ, 11. Curious George & TMITYH, 12. Question Mark Butterfly - Polygonia interrogationis