Our Sale

It took us 3 days to get the garage sale set up and ready to open bright and early (8 AM) Friday morning. It also took a bit of schedule juggeling - it was the week the boys had summer band camp with their new instruments. Mike was able to talk to his boss about re-arranging his break to take the boys to band at 9 (so I could open the sale on time) and his lunch to bring them home (so they did not have to walk 4 miles home since I would be running the sale alone). The day started off looking like scary weather was on the way but turned out beautiful. Since rain was in the forecast, we had to make sure everything could fit inside the garage, so we were jam packed with stuff. We could not even put it all out for Friday morning - not enough room. When Mike got home from work, he and the boys pulled out more stuff, like the Queen bed we had extra - it sold within 15 minutes of pulling it out of storage. The guy really needed a bed but it would not fit in his SUV.......Mike quickly offered to deliver it since he lived right in town - my job was to order the pizza for him to pick up on the way back - no wasted trips for us!! I ended the day with a pretty serious sunburn (darn my fair skin) and have been trying to stay away from sun for the last few days. Mike ran most of the sale on Saturday while I took Sadie to her first obedience class - a great investment when you will have a 150 pound dog. We sold most of the good stuff and decided we felt good about takiing the rest of what we had to Good Will, and off to shop with our garage sale money - I get a garage door opener out of the proceeds!! Home with our purchases, and I looked for a place to set the intercom system we bought for the house and see.... "Oh, no, Mike!! We forgot to take out the entertainment center to the sale!!" Looking around there are a few more things we should sell. So, next week on Tuesday and Wednesday (big days to have people on the road around here) we will have another sale to try to clear out more stuff before our Good Will run. All in All, a very sucessful weekend!!