We had a yard sale this last weekend. It was a combined sale with our friends Jesse & Alisha. It was a lot of work, but we were able to clear out our basement of unneeded items and we also made some pocket cash. The economy made it surprisingly tough because people were being really careful about their purchases, even about just $2.00 items. Each person really thought it through first, which was bad for us, and everyone was talking us down in price, which we obliged, but even then they sometimes wouldn't buy it. People were refusing items over the fact that we wouldn't bring down the price another $.25 to $.50, even after knocking $5.00 to $10.00 or more off the price. It was very different from our yard sale last year where people didn't put a lot of thought into the purchase and the overall attitude was, well this stuff is so cheap who cares. I thought our sales would be better this year because of the fact that people are really needing to be frugal during these times and even though we had three times the amount of people show up and more stuff we made the same amount as last year. We decided we'd hold off on anymore yard sales until the economy gets better. We're hoping that will be by next year so we can continue on with our annual yard sale.
Monday, June 8, 2009
We picnicked at the park last week. It was fun getting out and enjoying the beautiful weather. We're looking forward to more evenings like this one.
Carson helping us set up our new pool. It's all finished now, we're just waiting for it to warm up enough to use!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Sorry it's been a while since I've updated our blog. Josh and I have been super busy with yard projects, house projects, and of course life. Sady's Dog Gone Salon is really starting to pick up which is a huge blessing and I've also been doing some fill in work for my former employer. Lately we haven't had a lot of time at home together but Carson seems to be handling it great. I think he actually enjoys it. He loves running errands with me and of course he loves to go and visit his Grandma and Grandpa Allen while I'm working.
Carson has been sitting on his own really well. I'm wondering if he's going to crawl soon. He gets into position but then when he tries to move he just face plants. He keeps trying though. I'm excited to see him crawl but then it's also nice that presently he stays where I put him.
We also just started him on solid foods. That has been fun. He absolutely detests rice cereal or really cereal of any kind. He refuses to open his mouth for it. I thought maybe he wasn't ready for solid foods yet since all he would do was spit it out but I tried giving him sweet potatoes and he devoured them. It's pretty cute to watch him eat. We have gotten some home video of it but no pictures yet. I'll post pics as soon as I take them.
Below are some pics of what has been going on in our lives lately.
Josh, Carson, and I have been going on walks/jogs in the morning a few days out of the week. We've really been enjoying it but Carson and I have a hard time keeping up with Josh! The amount of stamina he has is amazing! In order for him to get a true work out he usually runs ahead and then runs back to us. My goal is to eventually be able to keep up with him.
