YARD SALE!

So, August normally comes and we're at the farm, helping with harvest. This year, the crops are late. Really late. So we're not sure what we're supposed to do in the month of August when we're not at the farm. It was this stir-crazy mental state that I blame for the following decision that was made on a Monday: Let's have a GARAGE SALE on Friday! I had just asked Jeff if he could sweep out the garage--the next thing I know he's placing everything OUTSIDE on our driveway so he can sweep properly. One thing led to another--and BAM!--our August stagnation became productivity!

After three days of, "Do we REALLY need this?" conversations and decisions, we had a good collection of things to purge--all over our driveway.

The day of our sale the Van Sickles came over to shop and then they took Gracie with them to Greenbluff so she wouldn't try to reclaim the stuffed animals that were on the sale table. :) [Actually, she did really well and found some toys that she didn't mind passing along to "kids who didn't have many toys."] She thoroughly enjoyed her day of being spoiled by Matt, Heidi, Kai, and "the girls."

Kai-Guy riding the tricycle. (not for sale) :)

Gracie with the girls.

The men, hard at work.

A few lessons learned from yard-saling:

1. Purging stuff is good. We need to do it more often. We really cling FAR too tightly to THINGS.

2. It's actually nice to get up with the sun. I'd like to say that we've continued this practice after two days of setting up sale tables, but, alas, the mind is willing but the body is SLEEPY!

3. It was so great having bigger items to sell that friends brought over. Big items bring in the shoppers. And if we can help our friends out, then it's worth the effort. :)

4. Homemade cookies only sell if a cute little girl is sitting behind the kid table. Otherwise, Jeff and Ellie eat them all.