Gin and I ran Friday evening at the church across the street. We made it 3 miles with a few rain drops for part of the run. We made it home and fixed some quick dinners and relaxed for a little while. Then we realized we needed to make the yard sale signs for Saturday, so much for getting to bed early. 11:30 rolled around and it was off to bed.
The next thing I knew it was 5:30 Saturday morning and time to get moving. It was nice to sleep in for a change. We started checking the local radar for the rain and moved the yard sale items to the porch. I had to make a few stakes to mount the signs and also make a clothes hanger using some rope, a pipe and one of the red maple trees. It was touch and go with the radar watch. There were scattered rain bands in the area. Jessica and Debbie showed up after 6:30 and started helping Gin with the set up. I hooked the trailer to the Blazer and loaded some sheets of plywood on the back for a table. I pulled the truck and trailer to the front and spread a tarp over the boards. Debbie set her wares on the makeshift table and I set 5 interior doors against the Blazer. The ladies were ready by 7:30 and I was instructed to place the signs. I also parked my car at the bottom of the driveway. I didn’t want to have a bunch of bargain hunters fighting over a prime parking spot, and also wanted to see expressions of people wondering who got the good parking spot but didn’t allow room for others to park.
People came and went like a hurricane sends in mist and downpours. Speaking of rain, we did get a brief rain shower that lasted about 15-20 minutes. We managed to get most of the items that need protection up on the porch. Then the sun came out for the rest of the day and everything was brought back to the yard. We sold all the interior doors, an old mantle, the elliptical trainer, a TV set and several walking sticks.
We met a couple that lived in our house over 20 years ago. We walked them through the house and heard some interesting stories of how things looked back then. The lady said she would drop off some pictures of the house from their time here. They said the side where our mud room is, used to be an open porch. The man said he used to sell miscellaneous used items in the long out-building and worked in the smaller building repairing cabinet hardware. They had the hard wood floors when they were here, so whoever lived here between them and us put down 2 layers of linoleum and a layer of carpet. They always wanted to finish the upstairs, but never acted on their intentions.
The yard sale ended around 2:30 and the cleaning up didn’t take too long. We loaded up the trailer and hauled the leftovers to the out-buildings. Patrick showed up just in time te help unload the trailer. He had to drop off a key to his old truck tool box which was being sold to a Mexican gentleman. We sat around and watched some college football while the ladies counted the loot. The ladies decided to make a trip to the outlet mall, Patrick and I continued with the football games. The Mexican showed up after 4:30 and Patrick left soon after that. This gave me the perfect opportunity to take a little nap on the couch. The nap lasted about a half hour when the ladies made it back home from the shopping expedition. Gin and I fixed a little dinner and got cleaned up for a trip to TCBY for a cup of yogurt.
Sunday morning I was up by 4:30 and back in bed by 5:30. I managed to sleep until after 8 which is unusual for me. We made our grocery list and hit the store before the crowds arrived. After getting back home I had two things to look at on each vehicle. The Blazer is not putting any heat out and the Lumina had a rattling noise under the hood. First I diagnosed the Lumina as needing a new belt tension pulley, minor procedure. The Blazer may have an obstruction at the heater core, major headache.
After looking at the cars we had lunch then headed out to Greenville to check out the Whole Foods Market. This place is a natural food market the size of any super size grocery store. They have a large salad and hot bar, fresh baked Italian food, seafood market, fresh bread bakery and large full service deli. They also had free sample displays throughout the store. We had smoked salmon salad, pita chips, fried cinnamon tortillas, vitamin-c drink, blue corn chips and protein bars.
We picked up the part for the Lumina on the way home and I installed it in less than 15 minutes. Gin started cooking the ground turkey for my pot of chili and I mixed in the beans, corn, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce and chili powder. I relieved Gin at the stove and finished cooking the ground turkey and turkey sausage. Once the crock pot was full, it was just a matter of time, temperature and stirring to have it ready for lunch on Monday. We spent the rest of the evening reading and watching a police drama.
Other than that, we didn’t really do much this weekend.
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