Craigslist

So have you used craigslist? It seems like a wonderful idea. I know Lisa's gotten some great stuff through it, and I figured I'd give it a shot. I have some things that didn't sell at the garage sale, and I'd like to try and sell them myself rather than give them to Goodwill. So I listed them. Easy peasy. Almost immediately, the inquiries started coming in. Have you still got this? Do you have more pictures? Can I come and look? And my favorite: YES! I'm interested. I'll come by tonight. My friends, I still have the goods. So what exactly are you to tell the other people who have asked about stuff, I told them someone was already interested, and now the first people are p***ing me off. I just know that as soon as I tell the second person she can have it, the first one will show up and give me a piece of her mind. Folks, I'm having some serious misgivings about this whole deal. I know, I know.....it's free....what should I expect?

So, my last resort: Pick up your stuff before Friday or I'm taking it to church for their yard sale on Saturday. (And folks, there is a TON of stuff at Covenant already. It should be a fun time for all.)

Happy Trails.

Procrastination 101

For those of you who are always prepared, plan ahead to the nth detail, and always have all the laundry washed, dried, and put away, I ask you: WHY? I tell you in no uncertain terms that Procrastination is the way to go. With a capital P.

For example, let's say that you have a certain team's jerseys that need to be delivered tomorrow. And a garage sale in 3 days. What would YOU be doing, you well-prepared lot? Working on the jerseys, you say? Pricing and organizing the garage sale merchandise? No, my foolish friends, no. First of all, you must blog about the impending events. Second, start a new knitting project. (Preemie baby hats. Thanks, Elsie!) Start a new book (Joey Green's Magic Brands: Brand New Uses for Brand Name Products. I know it's tempting fate, but I really can't wait to try using Spray n Wash to get gum out of the girls' hair.) A tiny tangent here....while I was double-checking the title, this caught my eye. It's on Amazon.com's homepage: Toilet Tattoos. I kid you not. For only $9.95 you can put this on your toilet seat lid. Change the decor of your commode weekly. OMG.

Anyhoo.....See what I mean about this Procrastination thing? It's a goldmine. Also, don't forget to check The Weather Channel to find out what the heck happened to our severe storms that were supposed to hit this afternoon. It sprinkled about 14 drops, and that's it. Big whoop. And read Lisa's blog and find out how she's faring on this hot, hot day. I can easily think of at least 47 things I would rather do than heatpress jerseys. And the garage sale......well, that's still 3 days away. I really don't have to worry about that until Thursday night. And if you're one of those people who pores over the classifieds on Thursday and then goes to scope out the Friday garage sales on Thursday...I'm warning you....don't come here. People who do that really tick me off. I won't sell you anything and I may cause you bodily harm. So there. You've been warned. As for everybody else....see you Friday at 9 am sharp.

Signing off!

Rainy Day in P A

I've been saying that I'd take the girls to the Recreation Station on the next rainy/yucky day for months. Today, I was all out of excuses. We went. Now, don't get me wrong, the Recreation Station is a really cool place. It's just, to my mind, an expensive place to go and play, considering that we already have most of the stuff there at our house, and I have to mind my children and clean up after them, not the staff. My girls love it there. Especially the art room. We currently have a dozen pictures drying in the truck (remember that it's rainy outside....no sense in getting them more wet than they already are). We had paint everywhere: shirts, shorts, legs, toes, hair (!), shoes, EVERYWHERE. The purple paint was quite interesting. We were making hand prints, and all the other colors washed off cleanly and easily, but the purple left our hands stained pink. Dark pink. Hmmmm.... The girls had a bath, and I washed my hands a zillion times, and they're back to normal now. Thank goodness.

The girls took turns choosing which room to play in. The art room was first (of course!), then the train, then blocks, music (where they played the organ like pros!), and back to the art room, then I got to pick the Lego room while we waited for the final pictures to dry. We made this Lego picture: Concentric Squares.

J & B do love big long grown-up words. They both worked so hard and so well together to make this. I was fishing out the pieces, but they did all the hard work. The director was so excited; she said she was going to put their picture up on the Rec Station's website.

DH took the girls to his parents' house to watch the Pens game. I'm supposed to be finishing up some jerseys for tomorrow. I'll get to them soon, I promise. They'll be ready.

And one last thing, because I'm feeling lucky today......http://www.wowonline.com/

A New Day, A New Attitude

Yesterday Lisa and I conspired to create a fun and busy summer for the kids. We've scoped out all the VBS programs in the area, and have signed up the kiddos for several. We've worked out a schedule to watch each other's kids and get some time to ourselves, and we've picked out a date to go to the beach. All is good.

When we got home, there was a momma and baby deer in our yard. They hung around for a couple hours, and the baby came up by the neighbor's swingset by herself and then found a cozy spot by the tree to nap. She was there by herself for several hours. Momma must have come back after dark. This fawn was TINY. She was all legs; her body was no bigger than Bucky's. J and I got within 2 feet of her when she was resting. She just watched us. I haven't seen them yet today. There have been a couple adult deer here, so there's hope!







Yesterday I presented my girls with a weekly chore schedule. This morning, B remembered right away that she wasn't allowed tv or computer until her jobs were done. She was to tidy the pink bathroom today. It is so clean now! Granted, she used an entire container of wipes to do it, but it sure looks great! She even climbed up on the countertop to wipe the mirror. She loved it! Hopefully the excitement will continue, at least through the week, so the whole house will get cleaned. J was excited to hear about the reward: $2.00 at the end of the week if all her chores were done, helpfully. Her eyes got HUGE. "Dollar bills?" she wanted to know. "WOW!" She's hooked. Hopefully this will also teach them about saving money as well. They're famous for getting a dollar and wanting to go immediately to the dollar store. And the stuff they choose! Junk! Barbie dolls whose legs fall out, purses that won't snap closed. Yikes.

And finally, best wishes to the Pens. And to all you Red Wing fans in WI.....raspberries to you. We'll be watching....and don't be surprised if your phones ring at 1:00 in the morning again!