Always liked the stage(ing)

If I could take them to Houston with me, I would. To set up that new house that I am homesick for.

The stagers did a miraculous job with the pictures I saved out from packing and the furniture we have.

Found in box

Floradora doll by Armand Marseille (Germany)... (eyes rolled back -- detached -- in head, no wig, classy (!) silver paint in 'bra' area, cloth body, finish cracking off arms and legs, needs a facial.

Three tiny bisque dolls with 'pinned' arms, one with pinned legs...that means movable.

Cast iron iron, carpet sweeper, pedestal sink, bathtub, crib, and pram.

Miscellaneous tiny (doll?) clothes. Ok, not so tiny, but you couldn't get a real baby into them for more than a week-old infant.

Clutch of Christmas cards and Mother's day cards from Charles and Margy to Mom.

Clutch of Best & Co. catalogs from 1950s-1960 or so showing the latest styles.

Typed (quite elaborate) instructions for how to cut hair.

Newsletters from 1939-1941 or so from Warren Junior High, Newton, Massachusetts.

Toy trains, both plastic and wood, Uno, Pocket Othello, other various card games, American and Argentine.

Firm and Fully Packed

If you don't count the basement, the attic (a few MORE chairs), and the barn (Oh, no!), we're packed.

On the market; everything is looking great; who knew the house was this big and you could walk around in EVERY room!

Some more painting to do, but pretty minor.

• The Left Front Bedroom has a chair, a mattress and board, and an office floor protector.
• The Right Front Bedroom has a bed, a tall chest, a side table with lamp, a sewing chest with radio and lamp, and three pictures.
• The Yellow Bedroom has a bed, a desk, a chair, a chest, a portrait of Queen Victoria, two prints from Bermuda, and a small mirror.
• The Library has a computer table and an end table.
• The Master Bedroom has a bed, side tables, a wardrobe, a long chest, a desk, a slipper chair and footstool, a blanket chest, and two pictures from the 1984 Louisiana World's Fair.
• The Shedde Bathroom has an Eastlake dresser/desk with marble top and mirror.
• The Studio has Grandpa's drafting table, a rowing machine, a model of 1363 Old North Main Street, an easel, an antique folding chair, and a set of shelves.
• The Post Office has one chair, one small table, and a picture.
• The Parlor has a Wurlitzer, two small tables, two chairs, a potted plant, and a picture.
• The Dining Room has a table, two chairs, a small bench, and a picture.
• The Office has two chairs, two desks (one folded up), and a computer station. The printer is in the closet (who knew?).
• The Shedde/Family Room has two wingback chairs (one with footstool), a rented love seat, a coffee table, a TV, a game table and four chairs (Scrabble in progress), a (roll-top) desk, and a rolling chair.
• The Kitchen has a rented table and six chairs, a maple drop-leaf table, a maple work counter, a WideBySide refrigerator, a Mexican hall table, a metal cabinet, and a child's chair that was Great Grandma Lange's.

Sounds like a lot, but it is not. The rest is gone or packed or in the barn.

Mistaken Identity

Jenn: (in Boston) Where in Norway are you from?

Ren: (in Germany...Frankfurt?) You don't speak German? But you look just like us!

Margaret: (in Portuguese) We don't believe that you're not Brazilian!

Mom & Dad: (in Rochester) Are you English?

Phil & Beth: (in England) So what part of Canada are you from?