You Can't Take it With You

I think I have a little problem with lists. As in, I make too many of them. I have a list of weekly cleaning tasks, a list for things to do at work, and a list for things to do for the wedding. Sometimes I think we get so caught up in the mundane things of life that we forget to stop and have a little fun. Although I could probaly think of 2 pages worth of things to do today, I'm not making a list and am just enjoying life today. I started the day by taking Mack for a walk. Felt so good afterwards.

Last week when we had the garage sale, I was reminded that we keep stuff for a while and then eventually get rid of it. I was thinking that I wanted to go to Hobby Lobby to buy fall decorations now that we have a house. But then I thought, is that something we really need. I have a few things already. Neal has really been wanting to go on a little trip. But I keep saying I can't take off of work. Now I'm thinking, why not? Work will be there when I get back. I think it might be a good idea to take a few days off to rejuventate the mind.

Moral of the story....Stop and smell the roses. They might not be here tomorrow.

SOLD!

We've been trying to do a garage sale since we moved into the new house. A Saturday finally was open so we did it this morning. As we were moving, we "cleaned" house and started making a garage sale pile. We also had a lot of stuff that was Neal's mom and picked out a few things to keep. Our morning started bright and early at 5:30. We started putting things out and Neal drove around to put signs out about 6:00. Our first customer arrived at 6:45. The sun wasn't even up yet. It was very interesting to see people "shop." Some people bought stuff without really even knowing what it was. We have a big Hispanic population in this area, so many of our shoppers spoke very little English. One lady bought a pilates CD with the sculpting ring. I tried my best to explain to her what to do with it. I even gave her a demonstration in the our driveway. She bought it and I hope she comes back to show me her abs. Just kidding. We had several pairs of Neal's pants for sale. Most were size 34/30. It amazed me that people bought the pants without even looking at the size. Maybe they have a lot of family members who are a variety of sizes. One lady bought several things and even made us an offer on the plastic totes we were storing everything in. We didn't price anything. Our main goal was just to get rid of everything which we did. All in all it was a success, and we have a little extra wedding money in our pockets. After eating lunch and taking a little nap, the afternoon was spent at the condo painting. Of course until it was time for the UT football game.

Labor Day

Where did the Labor Day weekend go? It seemed like as soon as it began, it was over. We had a good weekend in San Antonio visiting family. Left as soon as school was out on Friday. I drove to SA so Neal could catch up on his work emails. Coleson turned 2 on Friday. Hard to believe I've known that little guy and his family for 2 years. He's cute as ever and in to everything. Makes me really want little ones. All in due time. His little birthday party was at Beefy's Backyard. All the little ones had a blast running around and playing on all the cool stuff. Grandma even stayed the weekend in San Antonio. I got him what I thought was the cutest gift ever. It was a play bbq pit that says things like "Let's fire up the grill" and "Squirt some ketchup on this burger." Well, his mommy thought it was the coolest thing every too and got him the same thing. But that's why God invented gift receipts. No worries, off to Toys R Us to get something else. We had dinner at Chuy's with Bryan and Stephanie that night. Sunday rolled around. We went for a little run in the rolling hills of SA. Took Grandma to see a church. That afternoon, Neal, BJ, and I went to the 5 dollar spot on the Guadalupe and parked our chairs in the river for the afternoon. It was a lot of fun drinking beer and talking about everything under the sun. Sunday we had lunch with Terry and Jeff. Man, I miss my friend! It was good to see him happy. Then we started the long drive home. I think everyone was in the hill country over the weekend. The traffic was really bad and the weather was starting to get bad because of a tropical storm in the gulf. About 4.5 hours later, we made it to Molly's Mutthouse to pick up our furry child. It's funny how much you can miss a dog over a few days. All in all, it was a great weekend making memories. Stay tuned!