Estate Sales and Tyler Baths

Saturday morning I got together with two friends for coffee. It was so refreshing from my usual Saturday routine of sleeping late, cleaning my house, and doing our laundry. On my way home from coffee I saw a sign that changed my whole weekend...

ESTATE SALE

...My friend Ashley blames her car for driving her to the mall and now I know what that is like. Before I knew it I parked in front of a shabby old house full of possibilities. Rusty tools and fishing gear were scattered around the driveway...not promising...and the garage was filled with cheap old Christmas Decorations.

The real treasures were inside the living room...tea cups, carnival glass, lace table cloths, a beautiful stained glass lamp, and tables full of jewelry. I suddenly realized how much I loved stopping at garage sales, estate sales, and antique malls. I had my eye on the carnival glass and the lamp but they were a little too pricey. Instead, I bought some jewelry and some tea cups.

After the little old lady in the garage took my money she said, "If you come back tomorrow everything will be half price."

What! After I just bought all this stuff? Now you tell me?

I went back the next day and bought the lamp.

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January was two months ago. January was the last time Joe and I gave Tyler a bath. He hasn't been to the beach or anywhere he could get too dirty but it was time.

Now he is clean and sitting happily on my chair. My house smells good again!

"I'm never washing this hand!"

Last Sunday was the Jeremy Camp concert and part of his show was a meet and greet with some fans from the front row. He impressed me so much by how he talked to all of the people and made everyone feel important, all while battling a nasty cold.

When he reached our group he gave a little girl a high-five before signing her poster. She turned to her mom, all smiles, and said,"I'm never washing my hand!"

Jeremy looked up and said, "I've have a cold, you might want to wash it for her."

The show was great and he and his band were a delight to have. The best part of the night was that I didn't have to stay until 2am vacuuming!

Drums, Girl Scout Cookies, and Rain

What has our life been all about lately?

Drums Girl Scout Cookies Rain

Three things which normally have nothing to do with each other except now.

Joe is working on buying his dream kit. I really hope this all works out for him because it would be a great deal on a custom kit we normally wouldn't be able to afford. We'll see...

I ordered ten boxes of Girl Scout cookies months ago and they finally arrived yesterday! Wooohoo!

The rain has been pouring down for days. Tyler hasn't gotten good exercise because he is afraid of the rain. I spilled my smoothie all over the place while trying to hold onto my umbrella.

All in all drums are good (when they aren't in my house), cookies are good (when they are in my house), and rain is good (when it's not in my hair). Three good things. Life is good.