September Days of 2013

It's fall cleaning again so that means yard sale time.  I have started cleaning out and sitting up a big yard sale again.  This summer was a busy one with appointments for everyone here and there.  We enjoyed a small field trip to Spring Mill that was rained out by the next morning ( we were roughing it in tents).  We have 8 new baby puppies that take a lot of attention too.  School has started back and the kids are working hard on their Home school lessons.  We finished all 8 projects for the fair this summer so 4-h is over till next year.  What do they say? Time flies when you are having fun or your so busy you don't know which way to turn.  Here's to a great September from our house to yours!

End of Nice Weather

This is the last day of the nice weather.  The yard sale was a success even though the day we had it we were getting some real nice cold weather!  At least the rain held up while we were having it praise God!  I got half the front porch cleaned off now and we are starting to fill it up with some firewood.  Cold air is coming tomorrow so we enjoyed the nice weather as long as we could.

Last Yard Sale of the Year

So it's the end of the year and I still have a huge lot of yard sale stuff.  When low and behold one of the neighbors dropped off a flyer that said they are having a community yard sale on Oct 20th.  Now I can get that front porch cleaned up and sell the rest of my stuff and hopefully make a few bucks.  Time to get rid of some more clutter in the house and whatever don't sell I am thinking about donating it to the Clothing drive and Goodwill.  So anyone wanting to venture out to buy some neat stuff the Canton Community is having their first Annual Yard Sale in Salem Indiana be sure to come on Oct 20th 2012.  Canton is just a few miles east off hwy 56 from Salem Indiana. See you there! Everything is CHEAP!

Yard Sales and Black Widow Spiders Part 2

Meanwhile my older son had picked up the sheet and put it on the clothesline. I was going to wash it but did not want to bring it in until I had a chance to look it over real good to make sure there were no spiders. I started to get really tired so I decided to lay down and fell asleep for a few hours. After I woke up I looked at my finger and it was twice the size it should be and now my hand was starting to swell also. I could see the area where the poison was attacking and it was warm to the touch and turning red. I decided to take my husbands advice and put mud on my hand. So I sit with mud on my hand in pain and wished I would have put the mud on it earlier. My hand remained swollen for the rest of the night and I couldn't find the spider in the car I had saw earlier. I woke up the next day and I guess the mud helped. My swelling had went down and the pain was not as intense. I decided to check the sheet out to see if there were any more spiders on it but figured since it had been all night if there were any they would be gone by now. To my surprise I found a little spider, crawling across the sheet. I ran to the house and grabbed a canning jar found a lid and back out to the clothes line I went. I caught the spider and it was what I believe to be a baby black widow. I don't know how many more there were but I told my husband to take that sheet and burn it. But be very careful when doing so. So be sure when you are going out to yard sales to examine your purchases very closely. I wouldn't want any of you to get bit by a surprised hitchhiker.

Yard Sale Warning

I have been a yard sale addict for many years and My husband and I went to look at some land this weekend while on the way we saw a yard sale. I of course did my little yard sale yippee there's a yard sale, we will have to stop there on the way back! On the way back home we come by the yard sale and he pulled in. We got out looked around, bought a toe nail clipper for the dog for 50 cents and then started looking through the clothes, I found a nice sheet and asked how much for the sheet. 50 cents she said. After looking at sheet prices in the store I knew this was a great deal so I bought the sheet and we headed home. After we pulled in all the kids had already got out of the car and I picked up the sheet to bring in and when I looked down I saw something black crawling in my car, within a few seconds I starting feeling stabbing pain burning in my finger by my wedding ring. It hurt so bad I ran to the house and grabbed a pack of sausage out of the freezer and applied it to my finger. This was some terrible pain,and then my finger started swelling in no time. I took my wedding ring off and my finger pretty much doubled in size. My husband said put some mud on it that will pull the poison out from the sting. I said I didn't get stung and there was not any bee, all I seen was a little spider crawling and it wasn't on me it was crawling in my car. * To be continued*

Earn some extra money Yard Sale

I really need to have a yard sale but it is alot of work! I wish I had some help getting it all organized. I am considering going down to the local truckstop and setting up there because I think I would get alot more customers, it's right off the highway. I will keep you updated.

Blessed

What a great day indeed! We went to church at Old Paths Baptist Church today and it was great! I really enjoyed talking with others that truly love the Lord! Afterwards we went out to eat and then stopped at a yard sale on the way home, lo and behold guess what they had at the yard sale, a food dehydrator! Just what I was looking for. I bought it for 4.00! Now we have peaches in the dehydrator and can't hardly wait till they get done!

Busy as a BEE

I have been so busy it has been hard for me to find time to write. With housework,homeschool,ebay,ect I have been as busy as a Bee! My sister-n-law bought me a cookstove so now I have 4 burners to cook on, I am so excited!!!! I am still preparing for the BIG YARD SALE, and I have so much more to go. You all will have to come and spend a quarter or two, I like having a jar to put your money in, kinda like a self service yard sale, that way I can get what I need to done and people can shop at the same time. Well hope everyone in blog land is doing great! Take care,
Shona

Sure miss my mom

I sure wish I could go see my mom she lives in Virginia, hopefully some day soon! I am planning on having a yard sale soon, maybe she could come and help out? Well it is beautiful here today, at nights it has been getting down to 49 degrees, alittle nippy. Traveling to Indiana this time of the year is beautiful with fall scenes that last a lifetime. Well have a great day in blog land!