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This happens to me everytime I go and edit my post...when I get it where I want it I open it up and delete all those extra commands from XML on up.

Use the scroll bar on the side of her post/message and you can see what she wrote.

KAREN

 

http://mycolonialhome.blogspot.com/

http://www.picturetrail.com/kmprimitives

My husbands family live in plattsburg NY. We went there visiting a couple of Christmas ago and we stopped in Syracuse at some shops in the town. I love it there but we live in Indiana and my family and grandbabies are here. Maybe someday his mom will move here with us. It was a great trip and lots of new things to see!

christie

http://countrygirl5275.blogspot.com/

For those of you who live in or near Gladewater Texas, Red Rooster Primitives is having a huge sale - almost everything in the shop is 50% off, including primitive furniture.  The only glitch is you have to pay with cash or by check.  The store owner who is a lovely lady (Reba) is getting ready to get all new prim inventory and so she is trying to clear the store for her new stock. 

I was there yesterday and thank God I only had $50 in my pocket and no checkbook with me.  I could have gone crazy in that place.  It's a very small store but the pieces she has in there are really sweet and prim prim prim. 

Shirlee, Sorry for your wasted time, energy and gas...........You ever come to KY visit the Arts and Crafts capitol of KY located in Berea KY. We have a small town but you could not get to all the stores in one day........and it all is hand crafetd furniture and primitives, everything from willow bent furniture, hand carved bowls, rustic furniture, and other items.

Rich

Silver Creek Rustics

http://www.barnwoodfurniture.webs.com

I will be going to Charlotte next month for an overnight stay.  Can anyone recommend places to stay, eat, antique or primitive shops, museums or other recommendations? Anything within 25 miles of Charlotte is okay also.  Please help!

Deborah Kay

Well Deborah Kay I suggest you get a day trip going!

This place is beautiful.

No, I live in TN.  I was down earlier this summer, visiting relatives.  I stopped in Arcadia on my way from in-laws to sister.  When I found out that Dan was going, I mailed him a guide I had picked up in Arcadia for antique shops. We go visit almost every year, so I have been to a few.   Where are you going?  Houses are really cheap down there right now. do you need a recommendation for a realtor?

Deborah Kay

 If I did mapquest correctly, I am only about 5 hours away!! I wish I could go but money is

tight.  I really need the time away by myself....I might have to really think about this one,

maybe I could swing it.  And a whole hotel room to myself??? WOOHOO that would be

awesome....no sharing for me!!  If I didn't have upcoming major dental work that will

cost me thousands of dollars, then I would do this without hesitation.  I checked out

that hotel website and it is beautiful.

Wow, what a beautiful Prim place....thanks for sharing.

I wish I lived where there are neat places to go - seems I have to travel across country to shop for good stuff.

THAT'S IT! The Country Porch! I couldn't think of it to save my neck! I dearly LOVE that wrap around porch! It was much too cold to sit out on it for lunch when we went. Man it seems like 3 years since we was there!

Did you all have any trouble finding it?

I'm so glad you got to go! Aren't their quilts just awesome? When I went I was looking for the wedding ring quilt in a king size, but they didn't have one. I could not believe all the nice handwork in them!

Talking about the bags of snacks, I bought a couple bags of the homemade corn chips. I got in the car and opened them up heading to the cabin and when DH tried them, he turned around and we had to go get some more of those. LOL I wound up bringing like 8-10 bags of those things home with us. I put them in the freezer to keep them from growing stale on me. My sister just had a fit over them and we called the store to see IF they would ship us some more and they said no, they didn't ship. I bought some of the soaps, some of the knives, I think it's Rada brand. I had gotten a few of those in Gulf Shores, Alabama when we were over there last. Those are the best knives I have ever used!  I just love em! So I bought a whole box of them and a few of the loose ones they had in the boxes as well at the General Store. I had planned on ordering some from the knife shop there in Alabama but when I found these I just bought them from the Mennonite ladies.

Oh yeah if everyone was as kind and nice as they are and their work, just awesome!!!! The cabin we stayed in was from one of the Mennonite couples and Martin, the husband built the cabins! He has 60 acres he bought a few years back and he built the first cabin himself. He built a 4 1/2 acre pond as well. He pushed it himself with the bulldozer I think it's called. All the cabins are nestled in hemlocks and are close to the pond. You can't see one cabin from the other cabins, all secluded. When he got the first one built, he started working on the second cabin. Then when we were there that Jan. he was building the third cabin which he said would be his last one. He and his family, his wife and children rent them and keep them clean etc. Anyway I had to go on their site and look at the last one he built since he let us go in it a couple times while he was there working on it. He was just the nicest man you'll ever meet! We had the best time ever the week we were there. DH told me to decide on where I wanted to go for out 32nd wedding annv. so that's where I chose. I searched on the internet for weeks before deciding on Monterey and the Mennonite community and I don't think I could have searched the whole world over and found a neater place. So laid back and no hurrying around etc.

As you can tell I really really liked those people!

LOL I got carried away and forgot to even say what nice pix you took!

MaeBelle ...

That is too funny!  Our house is located on a road just off Hwy 68!  I am familiar with the big Hwy 127 yard sale that occurs later in the summer but not this one!  We plan to move up there sometime the week of the 8th.  Danville is only a few miles west of Perryville.  That is probably where I'll be doing my grocery & Walmart shopping.  I'm sure there will lots for us to explore in the area.  I'll have to check out Neicie's post to she what she found in Danville.  I know there is some kind of Shaker village or museum on a sign in Harrodsburg which is also just a few miles from where we'll be.  I agree ... would be fun to visit   : )   Thanks again for all the info!

Blessings,

Shirlee

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Jaybird-

Ramsey House is about 50 miles from me. I do not think I am related to that family, but could not swear I am not connected-most of my ancestors settled in the more mountainous counties- Cocke, Sevier, Blount.  It is beautiful, and it is a very easy drive from where I live- you do not even have to go into Knoxville.

Deborah Kay

Hi Chris,

It sounds like you are going to be coming down thru the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area?  You will find many antique shops along Rt. 104 (Ridge Road). You can also check out many of the towns along the Erie Canal, such as Lockport, Medina, Brockport, ect.  I have never been to Lockport, so I can't be sure, but most of the other towns along there have cute little main streets, with shops galore. As long as your going to be near Lockport, I would definitely check it out.  Have you seen the cobblestone streets there?  Oh, if you decide to travel Rt. 104, be sure to keep an eye out for all the historical cobblestone houses.  If you make it as far as Greece, then you will definitely have to go to the Craft-Antique Co-op.  It's a must see!

Have Fun and happy treasure hunting!

Donna