Do you ever have those weekends where you bounce from one thing to the other? Where you just go, go, go, and by the end you are so exhausted that you can’t even remember what you did? The kind of weekend where you take extra days off just to fit it all in.
This past weekend was one of those weekends. We headed up North first thing Friday morning with a truck loaded down with stuff for my parents garage sale. I am sure that people on the road couldn’t tell if we were moving, heading to the dump, or just plain crazy to be hauling this junk 250 miles just to sell it for pennies on the dollar. I am pretty sure that my husband fell into the category of thinking I was crazy. It’s not crazy, it tradition. Every year, my parent’s subdivision holds an annual garage sale day. We participate every other year. This happened to be the year.
We spent Friday rounding up everyone’s stuff. Between my parents, my sister, and us, we had quite a variety of items for sale.
Everything was priced and ready to go at 8:00am Saturday morning. At 8:01am, the sky opened up and the rain came down. This was a shock from the warm, sunny day on Friday. But, this is Albany, the Willamette Valley! A little rain never stops anything. Within ten minutes, we had a crowd.
Another ten minutes went by before my dad and Scott made the executive decision to put up the pop-up tent.
The pop-up tent helped (as long as you didn’t stand under the sides that would unload puddles of water when you least expected it!)
My dad is the salesman of the group. He hates to see people leave with money still in their pockets. He even told several customers this very thing. As the day went on, he was wheeling and dealing. Everything had to go. He and Scott where happy to tear it apart, box it up, or load it in your car.
In the end, we made close to $400 between our three families. This was awesome considering the weather and the lack of advertising.
The garage sale was just the first nine hours of the day. We had enough time after cleaning up to get cleaned up ourselves before attending my niece’s Summer ballet recital. This was her first performance on her toes shoes and she looked beautiful! I was very proud of her. We all went out to dinner after her performance and made it back to my parent’s house around 11:00pm. What a long day.
We woke up Sunday, had breakfast, took a truck load of stuff to my sister’s house, loaded up our stuff to take home, and headed down the road towards home. We didn’t make it far before we had to stop at the new Cabela’s store in Springfield. I am thinking that every other family within a 200 mile radius thought it would be a great idea to take their dad there for father’s day. It was so crowded that we would get stuck on the aisles. It was too much and we left without purchasing anything. Maybe we will go back on a day that it isn’t crazy.
From there we went another 30 miles to the town of Dexter. They were having their weekly farmer’s market at the park, so we stopped by there. In addition, we stopped at a roadside strawberry stand to pick up a half flat of fresh strawberries. Last official stop was for lunch in Oakridge. The four hour ride home took about seven hours in the end.
We made it home in time to do the Sunday chores of taking out the garbage, cleaning dog kennels, cleaning the liter box, three loads of laundry, cooking dinner, and sorting through three days of mail. Ugh, we were exhausted by the time our heads hit the pillow last night.
This week isn’t looking any better for having any downtime. We didn’t even bother with the weekly grocery shopping because we won’t be home together one night this week. Summer officially starts tomorrow and it is supposed to be 90 degrees here. A far cry from the 60’s and low 70’s we have been experiencing. A few days of hot weather is nice, but I for one am hoping that it doesn’t stick around very long. It might be time to get the dog’s pool out and go for a swim.
I would like to end by wishing my mother a Happy Birthday today. I won’t tell you how old she is, just that she is very wise for her age. I love you mom!
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