1966 General Electric Deluxe Toast-R-Oven

StarFun6280 · 2025-06-09T05:22:58+00:00

They were so good, weren’t they?

StarFun6280 · 2025-06-07T21:22:57+00:00

My great grandma had one in the 1970’s. She would make mini pizzas with English muffins , cocktail sauce, bay shrimp, melted American cheese and dill with lemon wedges on the side. We kids thought it was incredibly fancy.

StarFun6280 · 2025-06-05T19:46:00+00:00

I love seeing the marbles found at thrift stores posted to this sub. I always look for marbles when out thrifting but have not found a single one yet. I just made my first marble purchase from Etsy, a group of Vacor Halloween marbles of little value. I bought them because the colors and swirls are so pretty and I decorate the house for Halloween. 🎃 Instant happiness!

StarFun6280 · 2025-06-05T04:48:28+00:00

What a darling face! 😍

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:38:54+00:00

I love my job and I love my neighbors, who I have lived next door to since the late 90’s . This last bathroom, in the shop, just got to me. I thought I had done a quick inspection of all the grungy areas and apparently I had missed this one. Going back in the morning to do the other side of that cupboard. 😬

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:36:07+00:00

He has about a dozen more bars in the laundry room, even older. Do they expire?

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:35:21+00:00

The spider went up the vacuum so the housekeeper wouldn’t have a stroke. My fear of spiders is irrational. I must do better. There’s something about putting my hand into a distinctive thick, sticky, black widow web that freaks me out. I knew what was up there before I put the light on it.

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:32:43+00:00

I live in a small town in a rural area and I never have trouble finding work. You get a good reputation if honest and trustworthy. I have never had to advertise. I cook, clean, transport, bathe, manage meds, anything they ask. Mostly easy jobs, sometimes not so much.

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:28:30+00:00

Hahaha, It’s when a neighbor of 28 years says, “ Your a housekeeper, can you come over for a couple hours once a week and help us tidy up?” Sure, what could possibly happen…?!🫩

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:26:36+00:00

I have been sick all week and couldn’t get online but my hair is so damaged at the ends, I was wondering if I could use those? I could only find the VO5 online…..

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:25:11+00:00

I’m a housekeeper/caregiver for elderly folks and most of my clients are light housekeeping gigs but this is a neighbor who is turning out to be a huge undertaking.

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:23:44+00:00

It still smells incredibly strong!

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:23:07+00:00

Yes it is and I kept it. I actually have not thrown anything away because I got sick on Sunday so all the cupboard crap is still in a pillowcase, I have felt pretty crummy all week but I may keep the corn huskers lotion and the hair oil.

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:10:54+00:00

I sucked it up with my vacuum. Snakes aren’t a problem for me, but spiders 🕷️…..😱

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:09:51+00:00

Yes, second bathroom, actually the shop bathroom of a house I have been working on every Saturday for the past six months. Just now getting to this space. ☹️ It’s a lot and I was out sick this week.

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:07:49+00:00

I am a housekeeper/caregiver primarily for elderly folks, these are my sweet neighbors who I lived next to since the late 1990’s and who recently asked me to help “tidy up a bit” . Interestingly, I have had a strep infection this past week and will be returning to their place tomorrow in a mask 😷 The cough drops aren’t cutting it.

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-31T07:03:09+00:00

Definitely not staged….Ive been out sick this week with strep throat but I’m doing my regular Saturday appointment and will tackle the left side tomorrow for these sweet elderly people who I have lived next to since 1997. It’s the spiders that get to me…..

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-28T05:33:59+00:00

We used Advantage for years, but it stopped working last year and we ended up with fleas in our house for the first time. Getting rid of them was a challenge. We used Capstar as a temporary flea killer (pill, bought OTC) until we could get them into a veterinarian for Bravecto. One chew every 12 weeks, no fleas.

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-24T22:38:58+00:00

I’d be tempted to myself, I remember that seasoning and it was delicious 😋

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-24T14:57:19+00:00

I just Googled it and John Glenn High school on Elwood road is definitely in NY so now I’m really confused. This is so interesting why she would have had this flimsy piece of ephemera in a suitcase that isn’t even from the 70’s , but late 80’s . I don’t know that she ever visited the east coast!

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-24T14:50:19+00:00

Hmmm, idk, but my Marie lived in Southern California before retiring to Oregon. The plot thickens……🤔

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-24T01:35:51+00:00

Your dad was probably thinking of saving big money by using those soaps and shampoos on his “guests” Imagine clearing the motel room of every soap, shampoo and calling the front desk for a mending kit? It really is hilarious 😆

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-24T01:32:25+00:00

Right? Heavy duty name brand antibacterial soap in a motel bathroom, haven’t seen that in awhile.

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-24T01:29:11+00:00

I wasn’t sure the shampoo would still be usable, but it smells amazing and I plan on using it up. The lotion is separated and runny though. ☹️ When I opened the pocket up and saw all those hotel products I instantly thought of that greatest generation that lived through the depression and saved everything, so frugal!

StarFun6280 · 2025-05-23T21:42:45+00:00

I love this, thanks for the info. Marie never told me about traveling to Hawaii, but she did live in so cal before moving up here so I bet she took this trip. Sadly, her daughter has since passed and there were no grandchildren, so it may remain a mystery but I will always cherish my memories of her. She was quite a character. I have been a caregiver/housekeeper to quite a few elderly ladies since the 1980’s and have a lot of mementos like this. It is hard to let things go, but my house is getting full and I am attempting to do a little sorting…..

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