tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post7174635082523356964..comments2023-04-11T11:48:11.863-05:00Comments on Harlequin American Romance Authors: Orange Bar Stools and other Quirky KeepsakesLee McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-56367739791733984032010-03-23T03:19:33.333-05:002010-03-23T03:19:33.333-05:00LOL! Pamela I well remember the kitchens done out ...LOL! Pamela I well remember the kitchens done out in either hideous green or bright orange and fake timber! It was so de rigeur!<br />I loved your story of how those barstools have shared many happy moments with your family and friends, esp. the girls drinking coffee milk prepared by your dad.<br />I'm afraid the only old thing I've kept around for an indecent amount of time is my husband!<br />CCCC Coburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641416240804936073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-43990401459333881992010-03-21T07:07:45.562-05:002010-03-21T07:07:45.562-05:00Hi, Pam. I love your orange bar stools also. Our...Hi, Pam. I love your orange bar stools also. Our house was first decorated in the same orange, green and gold. We had a couch that looked like a Jackson Pollack (sp?) painting - all those colors splashed over a cream background. Loved that couch but got rid of it finally. Thinking of things I kept, and this is easy for me because I am such a packrat, I think one of the funniest is a gold vinyl dirty clothes hamper which is now in the guest bathroom at the lake house. Actually, our daughter April wanted me to keep it. It's vintage 1972. I also couldn't throw away my plastic sewing basket. It's brown faux wood. On Friday I bought a cheap sewing machine at Wal-Mart, so now I have a reason to use the sewing basket up here in the laundry room/craft room. You'll have to come see my "treasures" sometime! Thanks for such a great post.Victoria Chancellorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590866904080034328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-17423338731900194982010-03-17T16:03:00.169-05:002010-03-17T16:03:00.169-05:00I love this post! I understand the feelings behind...I love this post! I understand the feelings behind the words so very well! I have an old kitchen table, the metal kind with the squeaky leaf. I used to do my homework on that table, we had our family meals there when I was growing up, and I also pinned and cut out patterns on the table when I used to sew quite a bit. All my family members who shared the table have passed away. I put it in my office/work room, and I love to sit there with a cup of coffee and read or do paperwork. Lot of good times at that table!Virginia Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960370038323930029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-40945112829442357822010-03-15T16:36:27.199-05:002010-03-15T16:36:27.199-05:00Hey Jean. With the exception of the color orange,...Hey Jean. With the exception of the color orange, my barstools aren't that much newer than your chrome kitchen table. Memories are so cool.Pamela Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673215467505231212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-18520675398840584252010-03-15T14:43:13.572-05:002010-03-15T14:43:13.572-05:00What came with us thru all the moves: Michigan to ...What came with us thru all the moves: Michigan to Oklahoma to Texas to California? Our kitchen table & a kitchen chair from when we were first married. The table was 50's chic. Chrome legs and grey Melamine top. It was a all the milestones in our lives, including mixing and decorating Christmas cookies with a friend and all the kids.<br /><br />The chair had a tubular base that bent around the parameter of the chair. It makes me smile because when I didn't have a rocking chair, I rocked the babies in it.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062503019187666590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-30459852113812348952010-03-15T12:14:12.645-05:002010-03-15T12:14:12.645-05:00Juliet, sorry about your childhood home. Mom has ...Juliet, sorry about your childhood home. Mom has driven by our old house where I grew up, but I haven't yet. Not sure how that will go for me. June 1962 - 2009 almost to the day we moved in and moved out.Pamela Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673215467505231212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-81862722534578471582010-03-15T12:11:23.061-05:002010-03-15T12:11:23.061-05:00Made me cry, Pam. I have a lot of memories of sitt...Made me cry, Pam. I have a lot of memories of sitting at the bar in my childhood home, just like yours. My mom still has our bar stools too. She's reupholstered them several times, but I remember when they used to be bright orange.<br />The childhood home is gone now, (bulldozed) stolen from us by Bush and his cronies in the Texas government to make room for more mall stores. I can't even drive by to show my kids: this is where I grew up, this was my neighborhood. I rode my bike down these streets, oh dear, I digress. Anyway, LOVE this post, Pam<br />HugsJuliet Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262206330752624327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-84044078236028921842010-03-15T11:49:16.399-05:002010-03-15T11:49:16.399-05:00I'd love to have your popsicle stick picture f...I'd love to have your popsicle stick picture frame to go with my posicle stick purse, that minus the handle and lid, is now more of a posicle stick basket. You're so right, they make us giggle. Isn't that what it's all about?Pamela Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673215467505231212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37809871.post-73915092972119619412010-03-15T11:15:31.206-05:002010-03-15T11:15:31.206-05:00I LOVE the orange barstools. I'm so happy you ...I LOVE the orange barstools. I'm so happy you have them. I'd buy them.<br /><br />I found a styrofoam Christmas angel at a flea market, exactly like the one my mom has. She wouldn't share with me. I've kept my faux Barbie, a popsicle stick picture frame. Some things make us giggle just because.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.com