Breakfast for one is not a lot of fun!

Today in BeaverCleaverville
 

Unfortunately breakfast was alone today. Couldn't manage to get out of bed until LATE! I never realized just how much I appreciate mine and the MICs breakfasts together until I missed a few recently. It's dreadful rolling over in bed alone, to drudge downstairs to make coffee for yourself, to sit alone with no one to just....smile at you, tell you they love you. I truly did miss that this morning. This illness is really kicking me around and it needs to stop!
I believe the MIC is about to get a taste of "housewife life" as he has offered to pick up my slack this evening. I kind if chuckled and accept graciously and happily. I'm pleased to have someone so wonderful that offers to help when he sees that I need it!! He truly is wonderful. Hopefully I'll be back to full power by Wednesday as I wanted to hit Salvation Army again, but as of today, rest only. The baby has obliged by still sleeping!!! A rarity and I'm a bit weirded out, I hope that she is not getting I'll as well. Thanks for all the positive thoughts! Hopefully I'll be returning to full power very soon!
Forever stuck in the 50s
The modern Lucy Ricardo

Rescue first

Good afternoon from BeaverCleaverville! While I lay here sick I am surround by my furry babies and slightly comforted. Besides my children they are my precious loves.
Oreo, my 20 lb Maine coon was rescued off craigslist. He was to be euthanized in a hour if I hadn't gone and gotten him. He was abused and cowering as I lowered him into his box. Today he is a gorgeous boy, that is a snuggle bunny!
Yukio is my second rescue baby. He was found tossed on the side of the road at 4 weeks old. He would have starved had he not been noticed. I stayed up late at night nursing him back to health, feeding him botte, and today he is "mommy's boy".
Aramis is our oldest boy. He was rescued from a shelter and he is kind and loving!
Captain James T Kirk is our 2 year old chihuahua. He was also rescued. He was thrown out of his home by some uncaring soul. He now happily sleeps in our bed most every night in his forever home.
What can we learn from this ? When looking for a new member of your family check your local shelter and humane society first. There are done great little guys looking for a forever home!
Forever stuck in the 50s
The modern Lucy Ricardo

Our amazing vintage haul (picture heavy)

Good morning from BeaverCleaverville!!! This weekend was a flurry of activity. We had tons of our non vintage items leaving to make room for "new" vintage items coming in, we saw Godzilla in theaters "FINALLY" (according to the MIC), and the wham! I got hit with this nasty sinus infection. As some of you know from prior threads, I have been battling illness for some time with little to no illness, but fingers crossed we are getting closer to some real ones.
On Saturday we had an appointment to meet up with our new friend that has been cleaning his home out of vintage antiques. He had recently emailed us saying he had another lot that "we may be interested in". Needless to say after our last haul we didn't hesitate and off we went. We were NOT DISAPPOINTED!!!
BEHOLD:
First up :
 This cool steam humidifier is from the "Prak T Kal" corporation. (Swear to heaven I didn't make that name up) when we opened up THE ORIGINAL BOX, it still had the original warranty post card inside, think it's still good? Lol

next up:
 The General Electric vacuum cleaner. It has all it's original attachments and runs like new. When I started it up then engine sounds like it could run a jet!!

then we have:
 This entire box of gloves. Most were still in the original bag!!!

Next up:
This AMAZING women's mink hat! Putting aside my fur issue this women's winter hat was amazing! It came in its original hat box and was in pristine condition.

then we open this box:

 To find three pristine men's fedoras!!! Wowzers!!!
Continuing on
we then had:
This vintage picnic basket! I had been on the hunt for one of these for some 
time. We are often out all day thrifting on the weekends and I'd love to bring along drinks and homemade food!

next up:
This pristine carry all duffel luggage.

then:
These two percolators. Both in full working order!

next up:
This is a vintage outing bag. It comes with two hot/cold thermoses and a sandwich tray. You would use it when you didn't want to bring a huge basket with you.

next up:
 This pristine overnight train bag. Keys still attached.

 This was definitely the nicest of the three luggage pieces!!! It's 
compartmentalizing inside and also still has it's keys!!

next up:
FINALLY!!! I finally found my phone!! We plan on hooking it up this week!

Then:

This leather encased vintage Polaroid!! Pristine and still working!! Complete with flash annnnnd

 Full set of flash bulbs! Who remembers these? Not exactly functional ey?
finally these:
These amazing table lighters!! Silver and gorgeous! They aren't currently 
working but I'm hoping to find someone that knows how to get them back to working order!
so like I said this haul did NOT disappoint!!
hope you enjoy the photos!
forever stuck in the 50s
The Modern Lucy Ricardo 

Godzilla, this vintage humidifier, and why Ill return soon

Good afternoon from BeaverCleaverville! This will be a relatively short post as I can't sit up for long.  Last night the MIC and I "finally went and saw Godzilla"!! His words not mine lol!

Honestly, even though the movie wasn't my cup of tea it was nice to have an "old fashioned" date night of dinner and a movie. We even got popcorn!! (My favorite part)
We got home late and that's when the pain hit me. Seering pain in my jaw and sinuses.....and I realized my "allergies" was in fact my 6th sinus infection of the year. (Back story to me is I'm being tested for auto immune disorders) so now I must wait until Monday to call my doctors office for relief.
Yesterday we met up with a new friend that his been emptying out his home of mint condition vintage antiques and he did not disappoint!! I'll post the entire haul ASAP but I wanted to show this sneak peek:

This is a humidifier from the Prak T Kal corporation! It still works!!! Hopefully it will help. I'm off to relax and hopefully work on some canning.
Forever stuck in the 50s
The Modern Lucy Ricardo

Favorite Dinner Recipes

Hello dears from BeaverCleaverville!! it was a lovely morning as we sipped coffee once again from the demon coffee percolator. The gosh darn thing refused once again to make coffee until I finally said to the MIC "will you please just come inside because then this darn this will finally make coffee!" Wouldn't you know it, as soon as he walked in the house, the darn thing made coffee.......
we sat down to cereal and toast with homemade jam (neither of us could decide which is better... maybe I should PIF some and see which one you think is better....hmmmm) and discussed what we thought we should do for the weekend. Then he went off to straight shave for the fifth day in a row. I said "can I come watch"
was all I got back, but I finally wore him down and "back seat shaved" with him as he said lol. Once he left I did dishesqnd now I am to deliver as promised my recipe. But first I wanted to let you know a bit about the woman behind the recipe. My Grandma Sue. She was 83 when she passed away. She had been to all 7 continents, travelled the world, had just come back from a cruise where she had parasailed, was planning on going sky diving with me in a month, and was all around an amazing woman. She had a laugh that could brighten any day and food that could bring the most discerning tongue to the table. Most of the recipes and my recipes are variations or techniques I learned from this woman and she learned them from her mother. I truly hope you enjoy them.
Meatloaf (mine was Gluten Free)
Mix together
2 eggs
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon liquid mustard
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoon celery salt
2 cups gluten free oatmeal
2 lbs ground beef
mix well by hand (the old fashion way) add to greased loaf pan
cook 375 F 1 hour

Mashed Potatoes
dice up amount of russet potatoes desired (Leave on skin)
rinse and set in pot of water
boil until you can stab with knife
drain and place in mixing bowl
mash
add milk as needed
1/2 stick butter to 1 stick depending on amount of potatoes
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon of sugar
blend until lumps are gone

Bake Green Beans
(I couldn't get MIC to eat green beans until I cooked them this way. Now he won't stop begging me to make these)
desired amount of FRESH green beans
diced up fresh baby carrots
diced up onion
1/4 cup olive oil
oregano
basil
garlic
salt
pepper
onion powder (all seasonings to taste)
blend all ingredients together in large bowl
set on cookie sheet
bake in 350 F oven 20 min flipping at 10 minute mark
I hope you enjoy all of these recipes. They really are delicious!!
Forever stuck in the 50s
 The Modern Lucy Ricardo

What's the dirty dishes for....

Good morning from BeaverCleaverville!!! The MIC and I just finished another delicious breakfast and this one included toast with my new homemade jams! He couldn't decide which one was better, maybe if you the readers make them you could let us know which one you liked better??
As he rushed off for work I placed yet another load of dishes in the sink and groaned! Then I thought "why on Earth do I put myself through the work of all these extra dishes with these meals?!" I paused as I ran my Zotes bar under the water for the third time this morning (our hot water doesn't last long here) and it dawned on me.
At dinner, after the baby's in bed, yes I could slap everything onto one plate but instead I set the table fancy for the MIC and I. It gives us the feeling if being out in a restaurant alone, with peace and quiet after a long day. As the record spins we are able to whisper quietly to each other about our day and the sweet nothing's we have been longing to tell one another  all day long. We listen to the music and discuss memories from our childhood, about our families, our hopes, our dreams for the future, and we enjoy those simple things I referred to in an earlier post.
So back to me with my bar of Zotes under the water. I finish letting it suds up and realize....I don't mind the dishes all that much, the memories are worth a little scrubbing!
Forever stuck in the 50s
The Modern Lucy Ricardo

The simpler things

There is nothing like a nice cold glass of lemonade after a long day of work to make it all worth it!
These are the simple things, that in this day and age, we simply seem to over look. Instead of the instant powder or buying it at the local chain I took the time to make it from scratch today. As I sit on my back porch sipping my glass, I think about the simple things that really make my "50s world go round".

Like this glass of lemonade, or watching my daughter enjoy her first sandwich made with my homemade jam. The look I know I'll get every time my MIC comes through the door from work to be greeted, first by Captain Kirk (the dog), then the baby girl, and finally by me, then his bigger smile when he realizes the entire meal is from scratch.
I think about the pride I took in canning each individual jar of jam today because I had worked hard for them. I had earned them. I think about the pride I take in hanging my laundry because I know I had ground the laundry soap myself and I'm happy.
Maybe this is why I enjoy living the 50s life so much, they had pride and had tapped into the "simple things" mindset that we have lost.
Forever stuck in the 50s
The Modern Lucy Ricardo