Memorial Day Drive

On memorial day we took a drive to Damon's parents place. They live (or used to) in a small town north of here about 150 miles or so. Some of the drive there is beautiful, as you can see.

Between both of the boys, the dog didn't have a chance to hang his head out of the window.

This is one of the views from their place. They also built this deck secluded in some trees. I used to love just sitting there & enjoying the sounds of nature.

We roasted a lot of hot dogs & marshmallows in this fire pit. They built this place in the mid-80's to be a vacation home. It then turned into their retirement home. Then it became to be too much for them to maintain. They sold it last year & are now moving out. We went up there to pick up a trailer & to haul a few things to their new place. But there was one more thing to do before we left . . . hit some golf balls.

It's strange I know but it's something they started doing several years ago. They hit golf balls that aren't any good to golf with into a ravine. Some traditions are weird but they enjoy it so it was one last hit before we left.

Yard sale success

Yes the yard sale was a success. I made almost $400.00. Which is exactly what we have left to pay on a bill that we need to pay off.

Earlier this month I wanted to take my Durango in to have everything looked at. We knew there was a transmission leak. Anyway, with the trany fix & a few other little things it added up to over $800.00. We know the GM of the place we take our vehicles to & he is so nice to let us stretch bills out that are high like that. So I paid a little over half at the time & now need to finish paying it.

So now I get to clean up. YUK. I've already taken 6 very full boxed to the goodwill but there is still so much more to go. Not only is this some of my stuff, some of it is from my grandparents, some from my parents & some of it is from my step dads parents. It's a lot of stuff!!! There are a few items that are vintage that I may try to sell on ebay. So I guess I should quit stalling & get to work. It's not going to jump into those boxed by itself.

School is OUT!!!

I am so glad that school is done. I have been looking forward to it for a couple of months now. I'm looking forward to spending the summers with my boys. We haven't completely decided what all we are going to do this summer, but we have a few things in mind & Lord willing they will work out, & if they don't, eh that's ok too. We can just enjoy the days together.

I've been working feverishly these last couple of weeks to get ready for what is being said as my last garage sale EVER. I really don't like having them, but I do have a lot of stuff that I know I'm not ever going to use. When we cleaned out my grandparents house there was a lot of things I took because I thought I just had to have it to remember them by. I've come to realize that it's not the stuff that helps me remember them. So as I go through all of these boxes I'm trying to use my head, not my heart. Wow have I got a stock pile going!! I do hope it's a success.