Baby lambs, baby calves, tulips, green grass, trees are starting to bud. I love this time of year. You need new beginnings everywhere you look. I love to stop on the side of the road to watch the baby lambs and baby calves play. They have so much fun running around playing. Just like watching kids on the playground, without a care in the world!

Tulips are starting to spring here in Colorado, and the grass is starting to green up. We are getting more rain and snow this week.

Another new beginning for me is that I have space in 2 more antique malls, and things are going great! Love both places, the dealers, and the owners!

To new beginnings!

Have a great week.

Nancie, Haley d’Pug & Bear

I have recently talked to a couple of dealer friends and they are in the same boat. There has to be an easier way to keep all of these numbers together while taking less time.  Paperwork, paperwork – and more paperwork. Maybe I just need another me to keep up with all of the paperwork.

Well I have started a couple of new speadsheets and may have figured out a way to at least take less time entering info into the computer. I am using google docs and have created a form to enter inventory, income and expenses. It seems a lot easier to enter the info into a form instead of the spreadsheet itself. The other advantage I see is that I can enter the info into the pc or on my tablet. So when I am out at an estate sale, I can open the tablet, enter where I am, and how much I spent, along with a description of what I purchased.

This way doesn’t tell me how much I spent for each item, but I at least have a total dollar amount I spent. I then will continue to write my inventory info into my book to keep track of how much I spent on each item, and my research info on the items. I will them be able to enter this info into my inventory form (spreadsheet). Do I need this much info? I don’t know, but I do know how much I spent on each item, and not just an overall total amount made or lost.

Would love to hear your thoughts and ideas on how you keep track of all this stuff for “Tax Time”.

Have a great week,

Nancie, Haley d’Pug & Bear

John has started competing in the Jr.High spring rodeos. Hubby and John. have been gone the last three weekends, and they have a rodeo scheduled every weekend through May, except Mother’s Day weekend.

Spring has come to the ranch – all of our girls (sheep) have had their babies, and everyone is doing well. I have to get pictures, but the weather has been so weird that I haven’t gotten out there yet.

More soon as I have a lot more to share. Hope you all have a great weekend.

Nancie, Haley d’Pug and Bear

I find beauty in color, and lots of it. I recently purchased a large amount of some beautiful blues vintage jewelry. I also can not get enough of some of retro colors, and colors of the 50′s and 60′s. For some reason I can not get enough pinks, and chartreuse greens. I have added these colors to my primitive furniture and the combination is amazing! if I say so myself! =)

I would love to hear about some of the images that has caught your attention.

Have a great week.

Nancie, Haley d’Pug & Bear

Here are a couple of specific pics.

So if you’re in Brighton, CO – stop by and say “Hi” to Lisa. She is doing a great job at the store.

Past & Present Antiques & Gifts, LLC

1295 E Bridge St # 104  Brighton, CO 80601
(303) 659-1133

Stop by their facebook page and help share the love.

Past & Present Facebook page

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Nancie, Haley d’pug & Bear

When: Saturday, Februayr 16th 2013

Where:  Chili’s ~ Prairie Center ~ Brighton, CO

Time:  7:00 am – 10:oo am

Cost:  Adults $10.o0 (12 and older)

Children $5.00 (3-11)

Breakfast will be buffet style, all you can eat, and includes:

•  Pancakes
• Scrambled Eggs
• Green Chili & Tortillas
• Bacon & Sausage Links
• Fried Potoatoes
• Fresh Fruit
• Coffee & OJ

Tickets can be purchased ahead, or at the door. If you would like to pre-purchase tickets let me know and I’ll provide the teachers contact info.

Have a great day, and hope to see you there.

Nancie, Haley d’Pug & Bear

(excluding items marked firm or already on sale). Noble Treasures is also having a Store Wide sale.

The store is open Friday & Saturday 10 am – 6 pm and Sunday Noon t0 5 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Hope to see you!

Nancie, Haley d’Pug & Bear

When:  Saturday, Februayr 16th 2013

Where:  Chili’s ~ Prairie Center ~ Brighton, CO

Time:  7:00 am – 10:oo am

Cost:  Adults $10.o0 (12 and older)

Children  $5.00  (3-11)

Breakfast will be buffet style, all you can eat, and includes:

• Pancakes
• Scrambled Eggs
• Green Chili & Tortillas
• Bacon & Sausage Links
• Fried Potoatoes
• Fresh Fruit
• Coffee & OJ

Tickets can be purchased ahead, or at the door. If you would like to pre-purchase tickets let me know and I’ll provide the teachers contact info.

Have a great day, and hope to see you there.

Nancie, Haley d’Pug & Bear

Below is the link for a wonderful monthly & weekly planner, created in Excel which makes it customizable to your needs. I hope you enjoy the free planner in the link below. If you use it, I would love to hear how it is working. Be sure to check out all the other wonderful articles that Prerna has for work-at-home business owners. Also, please let Prerna know you found her website from The Speckled Goose – I would appreciate it!

http://www.themomwrites.com/2013/01/power-through-your-weekly-routine-with-a-downloadable-planner-from-my-upcoming-ebook.html

Have a great day!

Nancie, Haley d’Pug & Bear

• A Dutch Lady Cookie jar – My grandparents had this cookie jar for as long as I can remember. Every time Vickie and I went to our grandpa & grandma’s house we would get  cookies out of this cookie jar. Sometimes they would be homemade chocolate chip cookies, and sometimes they would be store-bought cookies.
• A Dried Flower Framed Picture – this was a Mother’s Day gift from my girls. They made it all by themselves. They cut and sort of dried flowers and then put them into a large picture frame with “Happy Mother’s Day” on the bottom.
• Family Photos – As my grandma aged, and we went to visit she would always ask - what do you want when I die – PHOTOS!!! I said every time  she asked, and we would go through photos and I would take a few more home each time. I don’t know what happened to all the photos she had when she passed, but I am sure glad I took what I could when she was alive!
• My grandma’s infant cereal bowl – My grandma left her infant cereal bowl to Jennifer, but Jennifer felt that as she moved a few times, the cereal bowl would be safer at my house. So for now I am keeping it for her. That cereal bowl is about 90 years old by now.
• My grandma left a set of drinking glasses to Tiffany. She received them for her 25th wedding anniversary. Yes, I have these also for safe keeping.
• John was pretty little when grandma was put into an assisted living facility so he didn’t get to spend too much time with his great grandma, but I did pick out a gravy bowl for him that was my great grandma’s. I don’t remember too much about her, but it is nice to have a piece of her favorite things.

I told you this was going to be a long post, and I wasn’t kidding.  =) Here is a few more things that are my prized family mementos. When my mother passed almost 3 years ago I received a few more prized mementos. Here is a few of them.

• A silver wedding band that she wore after her divorce from my real dad, and my adopted dad. At that time it wasn’t proper for a single mother with two small children.
• My mother left me a diamond & sapphire ring, which I wear every day.
• My mother left Vickie and I our grandma’s wedding ring. I kept the wedding band and Vickie has the engagement ring. My half of my grandmas ring is right between my wedding band and engagement ring.
• When Mark and I were married, Mark’s mother gave him his grandmother’s wedding band to give to me when we got married, which at the time was about 100 years old. What a lucky girl I am!

I would love to hear about some of your favorite family mementos, so please post comments and / or photos here.

Have a great day.

Nancie, Haley d’Pug & Bear