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May 19th 2013
Hello! So, it's been a good week at Riggs - very interesting and feel a lot more resilient now (thanks to the help of Riggs!) On Thursday (donut day :) ), I had my last supervision session with Dr David Mintz - he's away at a national conference this week, so we had our final meeting on Thursday evening, after work. We decided to go for a hike (yes, a hike!) up Monument Mountain - a trail that has amazing views at the top (pics included). It was a great supervision and got loads out of it! Barbara and Steve are away this weekend, so I have the place to myself. The weather this weekend has been fantastic! Yesterday (Saturday), I decided to explore Stockbridge. Spent lots of time looking in the quaint local shops, and ... read more
May 18th 2013
Friday May 17th, 9:23pm East of Boston Today was the first day I felt like I was actually in the flow of things onboard. Last week I was almost in a fog most days, not really sure what was going on, today something clicked and I am back in the groove of ship life. The day did start early with US immigration which took longer that should have because apparently some of the cast were out a little late last night and a couple were running a little behind this morning so the whole class had to wait. After an hour and a half of waiting I finally got my I 95 stamped and was allowed to leave the ship. I found the gangway on deck 5 and met Chris and Ed and we tried to ... read more
Brimfield: Day 7 - Winding Down Day & Stroller Rollers
Published: May 18th 2013North America » United States » Massachusetts
May 18th 2013
Another beautiful day in Brimfield....weather wise, anyway. Today is stroller day. The weekend brings out the families & their kids. Most of them just use it as a walk in the park but at least it "gets the kids out". This has been a tough show for us for whatever reason. Everyone wants something for nothing. We give big deals but we can't give it away free - plus wrap it up for them and carry it to their car. We are good but not that good. We are slowly but surely selling our stuff but it is taking longer than we like. Packing up will be easier with some of our bulkier items gone. Cory does a Happy Dance about that. I made one last trek out and around. Headed in the opposite direction this ... read more
May 17th 2013
It's not the weather - these past two days have been perfect. Our sales have been less than perfect, though. We started off with a bang but it has slowed down to a whisper. Talking with some of the dealers around us, we are all in the same boat. That doesn't help us to sing a Happy Tune. We rearranged our booth bringing the back wall inside stuff to the outside of the tent. It doesn't probably change anything but it helps our psyche. Of course, I'm writing this as one of the biggest and oldest fields is opening today. The crowds swarm there and leave us to sit and wait for their return. We are at their mercy. So now I decided to join them since we can't fight them. I walked ALL the way ... read more
Brimfield: Day 5 - Heel Cooling Day
Published: May 16th 2013North America » United States » Massachusetts
May 16th 2013
What a difference a day makes! The sun is shining, the sky is clear blue (I always call that a Florida sky) and the temperature is really warm. Twenty-four hours earlier it was like we were in the frigid cold of Alaska. The Weather God has come around to our way of thinking. Thank you, Weather God! Today is "cool our heels" day. We sit and wait for the crowds to return. More fields have their opening day today so all the customers have streamed over to them. They'll be back later in the day but only after perusing the tons of stuff newly put out on display on the fresh fields. I've been using my translator app on my IPad to try to communicate with our new neighbors: the big time dealers with the semi- ... read more
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Brimfield: Day 4 - Opening Day on New England Motel Field
Published: May 15th 2013North America » United States » Massachusetts
May 15th 2013
Up before the crack of dawn: 4:00 AM. Maybe it was the excitement and anticipation for a good selling day but more because of sinus congestion and the inability to breath (snort & sniff). No matter, we were ready and raring to go for the gates to open at 6:00 AM. The weather God was partially on our side: no rain (biggest nemesis) but the temperature was freezing! There was frost on our items outside the tent! We shook and shivered until the sun came up.....what a welcome relief that was. A little warmth from the rays from that big ball in the sky....Ooooo. We can make it, we're okay now. Able to put away our mittens and ski caps....is this really mid-May?? The crowds were good and they performed as usual: on a dead run ... read more
Brimfield: Day 3 - Shopping Day
Published: May 14th 2013North America » United States » Massachusetts
May 14th 2013
Have you ever been confined to the public stocks in the middle of a town square? Remember we are in New England. Neither have we but we feel like we have been for weeks after trudging through only a couple fields today. This was our day to shop together. After today, one of us has to stay in our tent....usually me because today is about all I can take (it all starts looking the same when viewed through exhausted eyes). I almost had Cory buy the rickshaw that someone had for sale in order to get me around. That would have been so perfect but we preferred not to make a spectacle. There was a old wheeled stretcher (1930's) that would have worked also...$495! It is just so amazing the amount of stuff for sale here ... read more
May 14th 2013
Gasp, groan, gurgle.....we have depleted what little energy we had left. This is truly a test of our endurance. I think we failed. Finally, dragging ourselves home, I find I can hardly walk from one end of the motor home to the other and we are only talking 37 feet! We started out kind of spry. I did pop a couple Motrin before heading to the tent because I knew what lay ahead. It was as expected. Hours on our feet, moving, lifting and putting our stuff from one place to another inside our tent. BUT the job is done! Whoopee! Even though we had worn our legs down to the pelvic area, we staggered around an adjacent field to see their lay out. This field is called The Meadows and many of the dealers specialize ... read more
We've Arrived! Hail, Brimfield !! Hail, Mothers!!
Published: May 13th 2013North America » United States » Massachusetts
May 12th 2013
Happy Mother's Day to each and every mother we know. May your day be as special as you. Looking good.....we arrived at our destination of Brimfield, Massachusetts this morning. The journey was uneventful ....praises! We stayed last night at the rest area on the Mass.Turnpike. Their McDonald's provided a tasty meal before we settled in amongst the truckers....Wednesday night lobster at the Ale House is just a dream right now. The travel time into Brimfield in the morning is brief. We've parked our trailer and the RV. Our tent is waiting for us. Right now there is a semi- tractor trailer in our tent roadway. Some big time dealer is unloading it of tons of enormous, over sized pieces. Because we didn't do the September show last year (remember our trip West and extended stay at ... read more
May 12th 2013
Hi all! So, I woke up in a very bad mood on Saturday morning - not helped by the fact it was grey and raining! I was cheered up, however, when Barbara and Steve offered me a bagel - it was a chocolate marble one from a local bagel store, and it was totally amazing. My faith was restored and I set off for the long drive to Boston. I got to Alewife subway station, and parked up and took the train to Park St., Boston. There, it was raining too, but undeterred, I started to walk the Freedom Trail. There's an app for the iPhone for it. Basically, it's this red line on the pavements that you follow and it takes you around all the historic sites in Boston - the app tells you more ... read more
