Well, OK, I gave some to my neighbor and I froze a bit too for future snacking, but I did eat most of it.

“Oh, I know I should be home weeding the garden and mopping the floors or maybe doing something normal like filling up the gas tank, but I really just like to go dig through other peoples old smelly junk.For fun!” I know to you and me, that sounds like the best time ever.

But I still feel like “normal” people don’t do that..So anyway, wanna see what I found?.I found the jackpot is what I found!

I’m pretty sure that, in this town, they’ve not yet clued into all the amazing stuff we’re finding in their stores because the prices were dirt cheap compared to what I’m used to in the city..The top of one of those brass clocks everyone used to have, used as a makeshift cloche here: $1.99.

Cake stand (oops, water spots!)

and glass dome: $4 and $2.. Blue willow plates 69 cents each.. Blue and white bowls: 99 cents each.. Not too bad for one quick little trip.. Yeah, so maybe I’m not just like all the people in the thrift stores I see around here.It’s a shame though, because even a basic not-so-fussy paint job on a ceiling can really brighten and freshen a room up in that “I don’t know what it is, but this room just feels so much better now” kinda way..

So last week I started tackling some of the ceilings in our house and it was actually a really pleasant and easy experience.I thought I’d share my tips today so you can join in on the fun if your ceilings need a little love too.. Scrape, patch and repair only where necessary.

Go ahead and scrape off anything that’s hanging down off of your ceiling, and be sure to clean your ceilings well before starting, but don’t feel like you need to sand the whole thing down, mud the whole thing, and sand it all down again to do a “good job”.Honestly, no one’s going to notice if there are slight imperfections in your ceiling.