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No, I do not collect Precious Moments

When I was young, I received a hippopotamus for Christmas.  What, you don't believe me?  I did- the ceramic variety as it were.  My new baby was an adorable, brown, lumpy hippo complete with 1970's flowers adorning her side in orange and yellow. She was a bank featuring a slot down the middle of her back and a black rubber stopper in her underbelly. "Hippy", (yea, it was the '70's), came stocked with exactly 100 pennies inside of her enormous, hollow belly.  I loved her, maybe too much because once said hippo was a gleam in my eye,  it seemed every birthday and Christmas thereafter, I received some sort of bank.  In all, I had acquired over thirty. I was an absolute bank time capsule for the 70's.  There was Snoopy, Tootsie Roll cans, Disney characters and bicentennial Uncle Sam banks. I kept them all until I was married and then easily departed with them when we had the "combining two households" yard sale.  My banks departed almost first thing in the morning and I was thrilled until I realized that there were people out there who actually DO collect banks and they were probably worth more than the quarter or so that I had on them.  Lessons were learned, however, with that hippo, yes, lessons indeed.  My Precious Moments are like Hippy, I love them and are even excited about them but I do NOT collect them. I don't want them for birthdays or Christmas or even filled with 100 pennies.  I refuse to be drawn in by their cuteness or lure or even their originality.  No, I have learned my lesson once and it will never happen again.

  Here is my Precious Moments that I do NOT collect. 

Every good non-collection needs a display case.  Mine happens to be a curio cabinet that I purchased at a yard sale.  It seemed just the right size for a few items.

 If there were one that I would say that I truly loved and cherished, it would most definitely be this one.  We purchased this one at the Precious Moments Chapel while on vacation in Missouri. This was my hippopotamus, my first one and I loved her. I picked it out especially because it portrays a family that has adopted a baby girl.  She doesn't look anything like the young couple and yet they look at her seeing only their child-the one that God has given for them.  As the parent of an adopted daughter from China, this Precious Moment is truly precious in my heart.

Some things tell too much of a story.  This figurine was given to me from a friend who had just gone through a bitter divorce.  It had been a gift from "him" and she no longer wished to have it.  I proudly placed it in my cabinet both as a memory.... and a reminder. 

 She's just beautiful, what can I say?  I found her at an estate sale and placed her in my cabinet because well, two figurines looked a little sparse.  I found a teapot that matches her but have thus far resisted adding to my non-collection.

Awww, I just love these little guys.  Cows, sheep, bunnies and children-add a dog and even you couldn't have resisted.

These aren't figurines but rather lawn ornaments for your yard.  I had actually lamented to my husband that I wished they made large figurines so that I could display some on top.  I was very surprised to have found them at ,(are you tired of hearing me say it yet?), a yard sale.  Actually, it was two separate yard sales and about a year apart.  Boy finally meets Girl.

Story in a nutshell?

Found one with purposeful meaning

Remaining are items to clutter my home

Maybe if I got another hippo??