Yuck.....Rain all day. I guess I should be grateful that I can get something done inside. But me and the boys had grown fond of getting up on Saturdays and going to garage sales all summer. But now that the weather has changed to cold, the joy of living in Kansas, the sales have stopped til spring. Some of our best finds this year would include a large volume of Lego's for Alex including Star Wars---two big sets for $2.00.
Carter got a huge bag of 25 Thomas the Tank Engine trains for $10.00 with a carrying case. For me, I found The French Chef" Julia Child DVD set for $.50 that sells on eBay for $22.00.
I watched that show with my Grandma Betty and it brings back such fond memories of her. Now if I can only find a old copy of "The Art of French Cooking"by Julia which I've been looking for for years and still have yet to find. Chris would say that I don't need any more cookbooks but I totally disagree.
It's been fun to watch the boys get overjoyed when we find something great to making comments like "That wasn't a very good one" when we find nothing but junk.
(Susan--if you are reading--can you remember our stop and laugh until we can't breathe garage sale in Waynoka. I still laugh when I think about it.)
Anyway..........Happy Saturday Enjoy the day no matter you find yourself doing.
Yikes 24 days to Christmas.......Funny when you are kid that seems like FOOOOOOOOOREVEEEEEEEEEEEEEER and here I am the mom and I wish I had an extra week to get everything done.
The boys and I are thinking about making a gingerbread house this year.
I'm struggling with the Martha in me that feels the need and desire to make the entire thing from scratch and the other part of me that wants to buy the Wilton everthing in it Kit.
What to do?
Our Christams tree that looks like a Hallmark store is up and will be posting pictures later in the week.
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Oh Amy how I remember that garage sale. It was the one you and Missy went together and bought me an apron because I was the "mom" of the camp...Cooking tuna helper on a camp stove for my boys!! Oh may I share with your readers what the funny part was.....you both pitched in to buy it for me....the cost?? 10 cents....LOL
I love yard sales! Thankfully I live in an area that pretty much can have yard sales throughout the year, constantly. We were kind of rained out on Friday, however.
I don't usually find anything wonderful or stellar, like a giant kids' Playskool jungle gym for like, $10, or something, though.
I will keep an eye out for you with that Julia Child book!!! I know I bought one of her cookbooks at a thrift store within the last month and probably passed on another book there, one about baking, I think. And just GUESS what is on the Amazon wish list of my dear little friend ... yes, that baking cookbook by Julia Child.
And I think at least once in your children's childhoods you should go all out "Martha" and make the entire gingerbread MANSION from scratch. You could even do a gingerbread Hogwarts!!! Do it, you know you want to. :)
I've done gingerbread building with my students only once, and it was quite a production, but I think they thought it was memorable.
DO IT!!!
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