Rotten Luck

Today I tried having another yard sale. I had two customers, one who bought laundry detergent for $5 (a dollar short of covering the cost of poster paper and price stickers) and one who was looking for something specific.

I tried my best. Our ward is against any soliciting of any kind, so I could not spread the word to the women. And the location of my house is terrible. My neighbor (the second customer) informed me she saw some people drive by the front. I didn't think of putting a sign there because all the traffic is in the back, where the yard sale is set up. I put a sign saying to go to the back, but no one else came. Only one family was out walking, and although they passed by twice, they didn't come look. Plus the weather was freezing! It was beautiful the entire week except for today--of course.

I'm going to keep some items, donate others, and try to sell the rest on Craigslist. Wish me better luck!

Oops!

I went to the campus computer lab with Justin this morning and received a phone call, which I did not answer. I listened to the voicemail a few minutes later: it was my manager calling me asking why I wasn't at work. Oops! I wrote down last week's schedule! I ran all the way home, in boots, and rushed to work. I ended up being over an hour late. My manager wasn't mad and she was nice enough to let me make up the hour I missed, for which I was very grateful, not only because I need the hours, but also because I had a long list of things to do!

Thanksgiving

For this Thanksgiving, my family drove to our house. They came in early Thursday morning. My little sister helped me cook everything while Mom made the turkey. Justin invited his golf buddy over, so in all there were 7 of us, probably our smallest gathering since we were little. We stuffed ourselves silly, actually being able to eat together at the table since the Lyles (my brother's family) weren't there. Then we did our family tradition (the Turkey Wobble), played Loaded Questions (thanks, Francine!) and died laughing, ate pumpkin pie and pineapple, and watched Night at the Museum. It was a relatively quiet but very fun Thanksgiving.

The next day I had work, so my family just chilled while Justin did homework. That evening we posted yard sale signs, walking for a total of an hour. I took my mom to Goodwill and then we came home to eat leftovers and watch Enchanted. My mother also got Justin to finally put up some pictures, and a shelf the next day! I found the ballroom one for $15 at Goodwill months ago. We bought the shelf at IKEA in May and I decided to put all our Japanese stuff on it. There are other things we put up, but I didn't take a picture of them all.


Saturday morning we attempted a garage sale, but the very windy, chilly weather and my lack of proper advertising made us cancel it after an hour. I am trying again this Saturday if the weather permits. We put up the tree while Justin and Stevie played Stratego, a treat for Justin since I refuse to play. Then we made turkey soup and muffins while the boys played Risk. After dinner we exchanged Christmas gifts. My mom got Justin two golf books and me shirts, jewelry, stationery, and 3 more things to put around the house. Then came the goodbyes. As much as my family drives me crazy, I cried when they left.

Oh, to Be a Little Girl Again!

My friend is doing another very cute Etsy giveaway: flower dolls! Although I never was really into dolls, these are so adorable and elegant and can be made into ornaments. A few of my favorites:





They can also be customized, so of course I would make them all brunettes! Click here to enter this giveaway!

Smiley Sunday

Today was our ward's Primary Program. Our little Sunbeams behaved surprisingly well--definitely an answer to my prayers! They weren't perfect, but they listened to us, sang, and said their parts perfectly. I was so proud of them. They are so cute!

After church I went visiting teaching, and it put me in a great mood. I wish I had been better about it before: this is the first time I've done it since we moved here. My interview with the Relief Society president (and mother of one of my Sunbeams) really motivated me to do better. And I enjoyed visiting teaching today so much that I can't wait for next month to do it again! Of course, I don't have to wait until then to talk to my sisters, but I like having a companion, going to their homes, bringing them something, and preparing a message. Visiting teaching is truly an inspired program. If you haven't done yours yet, call your sisters today!

*Later*
Justin and I just spent the last hour playing Mad Libs. We had some great laughs! I love that game!

*Next morning*
We went to bed and spent half an hour dying of laughter over some stupid joke I made. (Well, Justin was mostly laughing at me since I snort and make other funny noises when I laugh.) I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!