Friday & Saturday, 6-5/6-6-09
We look forward to this weekend every year and then we are completely exhausted by the end. We invite our friends and family to bring their stuff and stay all day to sell, buy and BBQ. Our parents always come and friends have come several years. Our first yard sale was back in 2004 just after Elissa was born. I ran down to the hospital early in the morning to feed and see Elissa and then got back to the house to yard sale all day and then we went back down to the hospital to spend some more time with our precious little girl. Looking back, that was a little nuts, but we had everything ready to sell..... :0)
So this was our 5th year participating in our community yard sale, which is a COMPLETE zoo. You cannot understand until you have experienced the amount of people packed on the streets in cars, bikes, walking and locals with golf carts. This year the police actually came and turned cars around that were waiting to get on the island ($5 charge per car....crazy!) because they were blocking too much traffic. I heard that someone put it on craigslist so we had record numbers, even with the rain. The weather had been in the 80s all week and of course on Friday it turns cold and rainy. So frustrating!
So this was our 5th year participating in our community yard sale, which is a COMPLETE zoo. You cannot understand until you have experienced the amount of people packed on the streets in cars, bikes, walking and locals with golf carts. This year the police actually came and turned cars around that were waiting to get on the island ($5 charge per car....crazy!) because they were blocking too much traffic. I heard that someone put it on craigslist so we had record numbers, even with the rain. The weather had been in the 80s all week and of course on Friday it turns cold and rainy. So frustrating!
We have dreamed - well Mom, Myrna and I - about having a golf cart to drive around. Walking the whole island is a LOT of work. :0) So after living here for 6 years we finally bought a golf cart. The main reason was to get to and from the pool every day during the summer and out to the outer island when Elissa is in soccer and T-ball....and of course the occasional time that Darin golfs. :0) We love it!!!
This year we also got a babysitter for the kids. It is always a worry with all of the people everywhere that we will turn our back on them and they will be gone or run over. So a gal from church came over to follow the kids around all day. She was here from 8am until 3pm. Elissa loved having a 13yrd old girl here to play with her all day. She was in heaven when Zach took a nap and she had her all to herself. We will definitely do this again next year.
One of the big items that we sold this year was our crib and changing table. Just a couple of weeks earlier Zach switched to a "Cars" toddler bed, which he LOVES. Both Elissa and Zach used this crib. I was totally fine with selling it until it actually came time to sell it. I started negotiating with one guy and told him my bottom and telling him that it was a beautiful sturdy set and that it was worth the money.....I started tearing up. I look at the crib and see so many memories and times with my babies. He leaves and a couple of guys come up and start negotiating with me again. He calls his wife and they buy it. They are going to come back later to pick it up. My parents and husband start asking me if I'm all right and how sad they are and I just lose it. I LOVE the crib. Chrissy saw it in a store window and called and told me about it (thank you!) and then when I saw it, I fell in love and ordered the crib, changing table and dresser (I still have the dresser). It was a complete joy to decorate the nursery for each child. I know that I can't be here when they take it away, so us girls went shopping and I bought myself a purse (always makes me feel better). :0) I got one last picture before we left.
This year we also got a babysitter for the kids. It is always a worry with all of the people everywhere that we will turn our back on them and they will be gone or run over. So a gal from church came over to follow the kids around all day. She was here from 8am until 3pm. Elissa loved having a 13yrd old girl here to play with her all day. She was in heaven when Zach took a nap and she had her all to herself. We will definitely do this again next year.
One of the big items that we sold this year was our crib and changing table. Just a couple of weeks earlier Zach switched to a "Cars" toddler bed, which he LOVES. Both Elissa and Zach used this crib. I was totally fine with selling it until it actually came time to sell it. I started negotiating with one guy and told him my bottom and telling him that it was a beautiful sturdy set and that it was worth the money.....I started tearing up. I look at the crib and see so many memories and times with my babies. He leaves and a couple of guys come up and start negotiating with me again. He calls his wife and they buy it. They are going to come back later to pick it up. My parents and husband start asking me if I'm all right and how sad they are and I just lose it. I LOVE the crib. Chrissy saw it in a store window and called and told me about it (thank you!) and then when I saw it, I fell in love and ordered the crib, changing table and dresser (I still have the dresser). It was a complete joy to decorate the nursery for each child. I know that I can't be here when they take it away, so us girls went shopping and I bought myself a purse (always makes me feel better). :0) I got one last picture before we left.
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