Parkville, MO....who knew?

So, Ernest loves to look at antiques. Especially antique marbles and glass. He likes other stuff too, but those are what he looks for specifically. I love old books, sheet music, cookie cutters, and furniture. For Valentine's Day, I arranged to surprise Ernest with a trip to a couple local Antique stores. We went up to Parkville, MO on Monday and spend several hours going through their Antique Mall and a couple other small stores. I recommend the Antique Mall to anyone who is intersted in antiques! We spent all of $3 - I got a really cool cookie cutter that is a rocking horse and several old books that I read when I was a kid (they were copryrighted in the 50's).

My computer had died a week ago, so we also went looking at the other end of the spectrum - for a top of the line laptop. Well, maybe not top of the line, but decent enough. And I am online again! Though I am now trying to recover all of my old files, pictures, and music from the old hard drive. Anyway, Parkville was awesome, and we are planning on going back this spring/summer for their Blues and Jazz festival. Never know what you are going to find in these little all American towns!