A Rather Unfortunate Typo

Sometimes spell-check just isn't enough. Photo taken at a local botanical park. This stone is one of many that tells a story as you walk along it's path.

Currently on my desk

You can see in the background a fun little garage sale find. It is two figures carved out of wood. I still need to fix it but when it works you twirl the string and the bear dances while the dude plays the guitar. I couldn't pass it up for 10 cents.

The doll is for a silent auction that is this Friday. I better get moving on it. The auction is to raise money for friends of mine who are adopting 3 boys from Liberia. They were originally referred one child then learned that he had 2 more siblings. Soon they will have 4 under 4.

the dress

I made my first dress using a pattern out of a Japanese sewing book. The top is from an old sheet and the bottom is cut off from a woman's dress I got at a garage sale. Tootie loves playing in it although she believes it needs more flowers appliquéd all over it. It's a silly dress.

You never know what you may find.

I went to my first auction and picked up this chalkboard for $10. I didn't exactly "pick it up" though. Once I bid on it and won the excitement quickly wore off because I realized I had no way of getting a 10ft x 4 ft, 50+lb board home. It's not exactly something I could quickly throw into my hatchback. I stood there thinking,

"oh, heck (only I didn't say heck) now what."

There were a bunch of them for sale and they were bought by 2 other people. 4 of them were bought for $1 total so he only paid .25 each*. They were all new in the box too. We all looked at each other blankly. I asked if any of them had a truck and thankfully one did. I gave him $10 to haul it home for me. So really I paid $20 total which is still a good deal.

But now, what am I going to do with it?

I'm glad I tucked my bidding number in my purse. I could now be the proud owner of a cafeteria sized ice cube maker or choir bleachers. At first I didn't know what the choir bleachers were. I thought that they were really tiny tables for short people.

*If you know me in RL and are in the market for a very large chalkboard I know where to get one. Email me or check on Craig's list in the next week or so. He's going to resell them.

4 weeks of swim lessons are officially over, much to Tootie's relief.

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This morning she said to me:

"Mom, I let Sadie out because she was getting all activated by the squirrels in the backyard."

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I must get back to our big August Spring cleaning bonanza. Now that H is home we've been on an organization kick. I think we're getting ready for the new upcoming school year. It'll be nice to get back into a regular routine again. I don't know about you, but I've always thought of the Fall, or rather, the 1st of September being the New Year more than January 1st is. The end of summer - beginning of Fall is my favorite time of year. I always loved the anticipation of a new school year. I suppose that has always stayed with me.

bulleted

• Tootie's room is now uncluttered and clean. whew.


• The rest of the house is torn apart.


• Trash day is on Tuesday.


• My neighbor 3 houses down put a girl's banana seat bike out on the curb.


• I saw it and went running toward it like a moth to a flame.


• It was pink.


• It was big enough for a small adult like me!


• H saw me going for it and yelled, "No. No. NO. No. NOOOOO."


• I got halfway there, realized he was right and turned around.


• I did give it one more look over my shoulder.


• It had a basket too.


• The trash-picking man picked it up later that night.


• I could have been like Elaine on Seinfeld.


• Although that one was a Schwinn Stingray.�


• The one in the trash was not.


• If it was? I'd have been all over that.


• But it wasn't.