Little Tiny Trailers

Last week while Mom and Aunt Wendy were spending a few days in West Jefferson, they went into a Christmas Shop on Main Street. There were trailer tree ornaments, trailer bird houses, camping signs, and other really neat stuff in that same vein.

Daisy's Mom, Miss Crystal, has a huge holiday display of trailers that she showcases each year and it is pretty awesome.  Mom has a much, much smaller collection and she keeps it out all year in her Studio.  She also has some inside of one of my storage bins and sometimes she will display them on my shelves.

Last weekend at the Christmas open house at 2 Pink Magnolias here in town, she found a little blue and green camper (like me) that lights up and it immediately when into her shopping pile.  Then at the Christmas shop in West Jefferson, she found the perfect tow vehicle for it . . it lights up too!

Once she got back home, she hitched up the little green and blue camper to the green truck with a Christmas tree in the back and added it to our collection.

I told her to come down to the T@Bport, visit with me a little bit, and gather up all the other tiny trailers that we own and add them to the display!

Well, until I have another Story to write and share, always remember . . . 

"Peace, Love, & Tiny Trailers" 

My Incredible Incrateable

Hey Everyone . . . happy pre-Thanksgiving Friday!

I may be all buttoned up for my long-winter's nap, but Mom gave the the laptop so I could write a special Story for you today.  It's pretty incredible, this Incrateable that I want to tell you about!

A couple of Saturdays ago my Camper Mom and Aunt Becky headed out into the countryside between Newton and Maiden in search of the Devine Family Farm. It was a drizzly morning and not really the kind of morning to be adventuring out for a fall festival.  One look at the muddy road leading into the farm gave them second thoughts, but they were intrigued.

After finding a place to park on the grass, out of the mud, they strolled among the vendor tents spread out in the field.  There was one in particular that caught Mom's eye . . . Incrateables.

A local fellow, Todd Reed from Catawba, had dozens and dozens of milk crates with a variety of cool fabric-covered lids on them.  BINGO . . . the perfect footstool that Mom and I have been looking for for oh so long to go in between my bench seats!

She and Aunt Becky found the perfect fabric to compliment my Aztec Gold interior, but Mr Todd only had that lid to fit a wooden box, not a Sterilite crate.  So Mom put in a special order for a black crate with that special fabric.  Yesterday we got a call that it was ready.  Mr. Todd and Mom had a rendezvous at the Police Department for the delivery at 4:30!

And here is our incredible Incrateable . . . 

17"L x 14"W x 10"H, black, milk crate with a padded fabric-covered lid

Strong enough to sit on & prop your feet up on

Flip over the lid for a flat surface to eat, play, or work off of

Use the lid for a lap cushion for our MacBook

Take the lid off & use the crate to store stuff

Pretty cool huh?  I told Mom we could just leave it on my floor for travel and it would always be ready to use.  No more spilled coffee, no more losing pens between my cushions, no more trying to find something sturdy and flat to write on.  If we take the lid off and flip it over, we can play cards.  Mom could even carry it to a campfire and tote a little blanket inside of it!  Incredible . . . Incrateable!

Well, thanks so much for dropping by today for my Story.  I am working on another one too and until it's time to publish it, always remember . . . 

"Peace, Love, & Incredible Incrateables"