Our weekend...

My blog posts are quite sporadic these days.  During the day I'm busy trying to keep up at work and my evenings are typically spent feeling sick and throwing up.  But don't you worry.....life is good.


This weekend we hosted our first ever Cheney garage sale.  We started at 7 feeling pumped up and ready to roll.  By 9 we put up signs that read "EVERYTHING FREE" and went inside.  Occasionally we would peek out the window to see who was going through our piles of free stuff.  Hopefully that is the last garage sale we ever host.  


This weekend was also Father's Day.  I'm thankful for the fathers in my life...my dearest grandpa who raised me and who I love and admire, my dad who it has been wonderful reconnecting with, and my father-in-law who has the kindest heart and who raised a pretty spectacular son.  And lastly, to my sweetheart who in just a few short months will become a daddy.  It makes me giddy just thinking about it.


Other recent happenings include Millie getting stung by a bee (or bees possibly).  I opened the door to let her inside and this was what I found...

It scared me to death, but after giving her a benadryl and lots of loves, she returned back to her chipper, cute self.  She was back to chasing the bees in no time.


Lastly, here's a little video that I love.  Enjoy and have a good week!



Tomorrow I'm off to 4-H camp!  Oh the joys.  Lets hope I survive...

tell it to the judge

Saturday's garage sales did not disappoint. We found this gem for only 50 cents.

It's a vintage Parker Brother's game, TELL IT TO THE JUDGE.

It's a great catch phrase, actually. Ever since we bought the game, Curtis and I are always telling each other to "tell it to the judge."

For example, if your hubby is complaining because there is no food in the house, just tell him to "tell it to the judge."

Or, if someone is complaining to you about how they are feeling blue (on their blog, perhaps) and you don't really want to hear it, just tell them to "tell it to the judge."

It's fun. Give it a try. Just don't be mean about it. There's a nice way to tell someone to "tell it to the judge," but there is also a mean way to do it. Always be nice.

Curtis should keep this game in his office at the law firm. Then when he's working with a crabby client, he can point to the game board and tell them to "tell it to the judge."

Oh, I love it!

Super Human...and Garage Sale Deals

I have loved watching the Beijing Summer Olympics!! It is always an exciting time to see the world come together and compete in these games. Of course my favorite part of these games has been watching Michael Phelps...holy cow!! He is super-human...what an amazing accomplishment....8 gold medals! I love that his mom was there to see everyone of his gold medal wins and I love especially that she cried at every single one. What a great mom and a great support she is to him.
Next to swimming, I have loved watching beach volley ball and the women's gymnastics. Kerri Walsh is AMAZING. I love watching her play. I also love Shawn Johnson...she is so cute and she too is amazing. Way to go USA.

Now, an unrelated update regarding yesterday's garage sales...

Every Saturday morning, Curtis gets up super early and plans out our garage sale route. He makes a list of at least 20 garage sales for us to go. He means business! I'll admit, I am never as excited as Curtis about getting up early on Saturdays and going from house to house and looking through all of their junk. However, I usually always find something great and that is what keeps me coming back the next week. Yesterday we found all sorts of great deals. We got some awesome, practically new, silicone baking pans (which I have been wanting), a new tea pot (which I have also been wanting), a heavy duty frying pan, and a beautiful glass salad bowl. We got all of this stuff for super cheap too!

Also, yesterday I found the funniest things at one of our stops. Only those of you who went to Viewmont will find this funny though. I was searching through a bunch of CD's for sale and saw one that said Michael Murphy. I thought to myself, "ok, now this can't be the Michael Murphy I'm thinking of." I picked it up and yep, it was totally Mike Murphy from good ol' Viewmont High School. Too funny!

Continuing on with our garage sale experiences...it is funny how cheap people are at these sales. We have seen people offer 25 cents for something that is marked $2. And the people usually accept it...crazy! Curtis and I will make it a goal to bargain and offer less than asking price at some of our stops. I have found that if I ask how much something is and then act like I'm trying to decide if I want it, the people always lower their price. A couple weeks ago, I was looking at some pants that someone was selling. I asked the girl how much they were and she said, "ummm, I don't know...4 bucks...2 bucks...whatever you think." I then continued to look at them and didn't say anything to her. Then she said she would sell them to me for 1 buck each. So, I picked out 2 pair that were my size and carried them around with me while I looked at other stuff. Then I started looking at this cute purse and was debating with Curtis as to whether I should buy it or not. The girl then said to me that I could have the 2 pairs of pants AND the purse for 2 bucks. "Deal!"

Curtis and I are thinking of writing a book or making some kind of movie about garage sales. The people we see at these sales are SO funny! It can be embarrassing at times when we see the SAME PEOPLE every week at most of our stops. Sometimes I think to myself..."oh no...are we becoming like these people?" I hope not! And I honestly hope that this whole garage sale phase of ours is just a Laramie thing and will stop once we move. One can only hope. :-)

You Break It....You Buy It

Last weekend before we left to South Dakota, of course we had to go garage sale shopping. Curtis found in the paper that there was going to be a 7 family garage sale and on the list of things for sale were 2 Antique Cushman Scooters. I know Curtis well enough to know that there was no gettin' out of goin' to that sale....even though we wanted to head for South Dakota bright and early. The sale didn't start until 8 am, but we decided we would just be one of those annoying garage sale goers that arrives early and starts going through things before everything is even set up. So, we arrived around 7:30, but only to find that the scooters were $4500.00 each....not really in our budget:) Since we were already there, we decided to take a gander and see what else they had.

So, we came across these canisters and to make a long story short, Curtis broke one of the lids and we had to buy them. The garage sale was in this warehouse type thing, so when the lid fell and broke, everyone heard it, stopped, and turned and looked at us....so embarrassing. We felt stupid being the annoying early birds who also break things. We were just glad the set was only $5 and that we actually had $5 cash with us. It gave us a good laugh on our ride home:)

Garage Sale Deals!

Curtis and I have become avid garage sale goers since we have been in Laramie. Curtis is much more into it than me. I would prefer to sleep in on Saturday mornings, but Curtis, he likes to get up super early and hit the sales. I guess we got to get the goods before someone else beats us to it...right? So, I decided I would document our garage sale deals here on my blog.

Some Saturdays there are tons of sales, but this week there was only one, but it turned out to be a good one....

New Goose Down Comforter (from The Company Store) $20.00

Bookshelf $5.00

Stay tuned for next week's garage sale adventures!!