Who's the Boss?

Well, I hope to be, because exciting things are happening! Firstly, I'm participating in the new Blogging e-course from Holly Becker (of Decor8) called Blog Boss.  It starts today and I'm rather excited.  The classes tag line is "Be you own Blog CEO and Editor in Chief.  Learn how to run a blog that will result in success, happy feeling, more readers, and amazing content (all while wearing your bunny slippers!)"  Sounds fun right?  Some of you might remember that I've taken one of her e-courses before (Blogging Your Way 2.0) and it was a blast and SO helpful, so this class is certain not to disappoint!  What does this mean for you?  Why, a better blog to read, of course. I hope you're ready!

The second exciting thing is that I'm working with a website designer to completely revamp this little corner of blog-land and make it AWESOME.  When the new site goes live, it'll mean a shift to yearofserendipity.com and off of yearofserendipity.wordpress.com, but I'll let you know when to expect that change.  I'm just excited to know that it's in the works!

And since I can't just have a post with all words and no pictures:

Clark is elated to have the demo pile out of his living room and into the driveway (this is the view from the living room)

And I'm elated to have a pretty new piece of jewelry.  I/Hubby bought me a beautiful Alex & Ani Bracelet (I bought it, but a gift card to Bloomingdale's that Hubby won at his work's holiday party and gave to me funded it- Thanks Hubby!)  It's a style I haven't seen before and I absolutely LOVE it!

Happy Monday!

Greetings from 1938

Now that I'm going to be my own boss in less than a week (it doesn't seem real yet), I've refocused myself on fixing up my antique secretary desk.  I'm going to need to be super organized and I'm always more organized with a 'home base' to work from. I don't have any desk updates to show you just yet, however it did have a few more surprises for me.  When I first started working on the desk, I shared with you my discovery of this lovely vintage note card.

Well, it turns our that the desk was a bit of a time capsule.  Wedged in between the top of the desk and the shelving, I found this collection of treasures from the late 30s.

The treasures include....

A coupon for dance lessons- 3 private lessons for $1!!!  Deal!  I especially love the phone #- Devonshire 6850

A 1938 railroad schedule from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.

Don't you just hate the drudgery of washing your clothes yourself?

A trading card from Dick Tracy Caramels signed by "Eunice" on the back

The king of diamonds from a delightful deck of cards.  This makes me wonder what made this card so special to keep.  Did the king of diamonds represent a special man in Eunice's life?

and my personal favorite:  a photo of Clark Gable and Constance Bennett from the 1935 movie After Office Hours.  Oo lala.

I love finding hidden history and imagining the people and stories that went with it.  Finding these treasures in my secretary desk makes it all the more special and I'm really excited that I can give it a new life!  Sorry, my inner antiques dork is showing.

Womp Womp

My plan for today's post was to show you the updates that I made to Hubby's office for his big 3-0 birthday this past Friday, buuuut the technology upgrades (i.e. a 2nd computer monitor) have been giving me nothing but headaches.  I just wanted to purchase a 2nd one of his current monitor (discontinued naturally), but lets just say, it's been more of a challenge than expected.  I've already exchanged 1 model and we'll probably do another exchange.... apples to apples it is not (even though the *#@!-ing model numbers are the same).  When I get it all worked out, I'll post the results (and my missteps when the wounds aren't so fresh). ...and since I'm very frustrated and feeling inspirationally drained, let's all cheer up to Surprised Kitty. An oldie but a goodie. I dare you not to smile.

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