There's no doubt about it. She's my little acorn.....

 
 ...or is it a nut? Oh, you know what I mean.

When you have children, you can actually see yourself in them sometimes. In the way they move their eyebrows when they smile, or the fact that they always make a huge mess while doing a project. Or that they can tell (and write) a good story. Or that they have to have ketchup on their eggs. (Okay, so none of my kids inherited that trait from me. I'm alone in that one.)

When you have more than one child, you'll see yourself in different ways in each of them. While I'm proud to share that all three of my babes have at least a passing interest in thrifting, (My girls a bit more so than my son, although he's been known to hit the garage sale trail too.) my first born inherited the over-the-top-I-can-spot-a-diamond-in-the-rough-a-mile-away gene from moi. Truth be told, she's better at than I am. She's like a Junk Whisperer. Seriously.

She'll be at home and an uncontrollable urge comes over her and she'll head out to the thrift shops to dig around and see what she can find. It's pretty amazing, and some of my best booth items ever have been scored by my sassy-little-cardiac-critical-care-nurse-turned-maniacal-junker. If you don't believe me, check out her blog post here. (She's just started a blog, and I think she's pretty hilarious, even if I am her Mama. Please hop on over and leave her a comment to welcome her to the blog world!)

Oh yeah, she's definitely my little acorn.

Comments

[The Sewing Queen]

I agree. Sometimes it's down right scary, eh? Lindsey has inherited a lot of your talents. She's also a loving and caring person.

[Gayla]

I loved her post. I know exactly what you mean about glimpsing bits and pieces of ourselves in our son or daughter. And how wonderful when it's the good pieces! ha ha! I have "glimpsed" a trace of BOTH sides of my soul! And I would love to claim the light and pass off the flashes of dark as his "you know who," Bit by bit... our legacy is made manifest! Hugs!

[Vicki Southwell]

She is a natural....Between the two of you looks like I will stay entertained! Beats watching television!

[heartartz]

Your daughter is a sweetie..with a knack for thrifting! Love it.
I just read about this...for all of you who have an iPhone...a Garage Sales Tracker.

http://www.eddieross.com/eddie_ross/2010/05/garage-sales-tracker.html

Sounds terrific!!!!!

[Julie Bailey]

I love reading your posts, they are so inspiring. I know what you mean about seeing apart of yourself in your kids. Sounds like you did a great job raising your kids, you must be so proud.

[Dayle]

They don't fall far from the tree, that's for sure.

[Dotti]

I checked out her blog. VERY nice!! I'm sure she is as creative as you and you both are lucky to be able to bounce things off each other! BTW, how is the "other" Tracey? You haven't mentioned her in a long time and I notice there aren't many entries on her blog. I hope she is okay!!

[Tracey Buxton]

The other Tracey is doing just fine! In fact, she is helping to host a very neat street faire this Saturday on East Taylor Street in Reno, Nevada. She and I bounce ideas off one another often on the phone and email ideas back and forth as well!
Tracey

[Spencer]

My daughter's better at the "find" than I am... :-)

Heading over to meet your little ACORN now.

Hugs,
Spencer