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i'm inclined to bide my time
May. 31st, 2019 05:09 pmThe yard sale went reasonably well. I had set aside about three boxes of stuff to put out, one of which was full of things to just give away for free. As I was setting up the table Axel disappeared into the basement and returned with... three more big boxes that I hadn't known about. Fortunately we had a second table in the shed.
It's the first time we have participated on one of these and it was actually a lot of fun. As well as the usual yard-sale stuff various houses were selling coffee, lemonade and pizza. One woman was selling tomato and pepper seedlings with the profits going to the David Suzuki Foundation. There were also a bunch of activities for kids going on in the park at the end of the street. We met and re-met a whole bunch of neighbours. It was a lovely sunny day so we brought Carlin out to let the old man bask in the sun and he was by far the most popular thing on the table - both kids and adults wanted to pet him or take his picture.
So we made over 50 bucks and a lot of things left the house. The remainder are sitting on the porch waiting for a van to come around on Monday from one of the local charities and then they will go away too.
This weekend is Northern Ink Xposure. (This led to an amusing conversation with my boss when he asked me what I was doing on the weekend, and now I have seen his full back-piece.) I suspect it's going to be packed and I'm kind of dreading that part.
On Sunday I might just... take a day off. Putter. Play video games. I kind of feel like I could use one.
It's the first time we have participated on one of these and it was actually a lot of fun. As well as the usual yard-sale stuff various houses were selling coffee, lemonade and pizza. One woman was selling tomato and pepper seedlings with the profits going to the David Suzuki Foundation. There were also a bunch of activities for kids going on in the park at the end of the street. We met and re-met a whole bunch of neighbours. It was a lovely sunny day so we brought Carlin out to let the old man bask in the sun and he was by far the most popular thing on the table - both kids and adults wanted to pet him or take his picture.
So we made over 50 bucks and a lot of things left the house. The remainder are sitting on the porch waiting for a van to come around on Monday from one of the local charities and then they will go away too.
This weekend is Northern Ink Xposure. (This led to an amusing conversation with my boss when he asked me what I was doing on the weekend, and now I have seen his full back-piece.) I suspect it's going to be packed and I'm kind of dreading that part.
On Sunday I might just... take a day off. Putter. Play video games. I kind of feel like I could use one.