VINTAGE THINGIE THURSDAY

Once again I'm participating in Vintage Thingie Thursday! If you would like to participate, visit Confessions of an Apron Queen! and join us. I love to see your vintage stuff!

I have some treasures I haven't had a chance to unpack since moving to Texas last year, but this week I'm mixing it up a bit with something that isn't an antique, but it's vintage to me. Others might think it's a bit goofy, but I love it. My middle daughter gave it to me for Christmas twenty years ago. She knew I would love it and I do.

That's right, it's Alf! or The Alfonator!

I apologize for the classy shade, which is a cheap plastic mixing bowl. It will have to do for the purpose of pictures...hopefully it doesn't take away from the perfect image of the character himself....The Alf. By the way if the bowl looks familiar, it's because my astronaut wore it too.

The lamp has markings like a real antique...sort of. It was made under copyright by Alien Productions, 1988.

Does anyone know if Alf ever caught that cat on the show? And why on earth was Alf cancelled? I was surprised and pleased to see Alf on the Fox New Network, being interviewed by Bill O'Reilly. It was nice to see Alf's intellectual side.

So there you have it....my vintage Alf Lamp.....Long live Alf!

THE ONLY 4 MEME

I was tagged by My Second Journal to do The Only 4 Meme. It's an easy one, and I love easy things....simple, uncomplicated...bring it on!

Four places I go to over and over
1. Walmart
2. Walgreen's (do you see a pattern here?)
3. JJ's house
4. The pool

Four people who e-mail me regularly
1. Walmart
2. The Biggest Loser Club (I don't belong, but obviously someone wants me to).
3. John McCain
3. Nick

Four places I would rather be right now
1. Catalina Island
2. Hawaii
3. Beaches of Orange County
4. The slopes of Colorado

Four TV shows/programs that I watch
1. Fox News
2. Big Brother 10 (and BBAD)
3. Survivor
4. The Dog Whisperer

Four things I have for breakfast
1. Coffee
2. English muffin (sourdough)
3. Coffee
4. Pizza

Four animals I like best
1. Dog
2. Dolphins
3. Monkeys
4. Dogs

Four beaches I've been to
1. Huntington Beach (my home town and every beach in Southern California)
2. Cocoa Beach, Florida
3. Hampton Beach, New Hampshire (summer vacations in N E)
4. Mazatlan & Cabo San Lucas MEX.

Tagging 4 people. I'm making this a serve-yourself-buffet to all that want to do it. But I would really like the following Bloggers to give it a whirl.

1. Kim at Heart Shaped Hedges, Because she's my daughter
2. Rebeckah at Life With Kaishon, because I would like you all to meet her
3. Chesapeake Bay Woman at Life in Mathews, because we need to keep her busy.
4. Cortney @ The Cortney Chronicles

Please let me know if you do this easy as pie The Only 4 Meme. Don't forget to visit My Second Journal for a good read, and one of my favorite blogs.