Things We Did Last Week

1. Grammy came to visit us for a few days (Roy was out of town and so was my dad). We packed a picnic lunch and went to a local park. It was a hot, humid, sticky, sweaty day and we were glad to get in the air conditioned car afterwards!!!

2. Roy Austin fell down our brick garage steps backwards after losing his balance playing peek-a-boo with me. I felt awful! At first I didn't see any damage, but the next day his nose was all scratched up and his forehead was bruised and had a big scab on it. Then he skidded (is that a word?) across some hard dirt at the park and opened up the wounds, causing them to bleed! He screamed that time. Bless his heart! He is definitely all boy. It looks like he got into a fight in an alley somewhere:

3. Thursday, we met our friends Miss Caroline and her boys Liam and Aaron at another local park. We had never been to Squirrel Lake Park, but we will definitely go back! We had a great time and the weather was perfect:

4. Saturday, our neighborhood had a yard sale. No matter how many yard sales we have, many things remain to be true:

-It really upsets me when people try to get me to go down on my prices to where they pay NOTHING for a nice item. Example: I had 2 bedside lamps for $10. I think I paid about $50 for both when I first got them. Because it was late in the sale, I told the interested buyer I'd take $8 for them. "Would you take five?" was her response. HUH? I told her no, and I was paid the $8--still a bargain!

-I LOVE when buyers pick up an item to buy and just bring you the cash for the price listed on the price tag. Thank you!

-I love seeing Liberty people come up to the sale in a LU hat or T-shirt. It's an instant fun and friendly conversation with someone over interesting topics like DeMoss Hall, how much the campus and dress code have changed, etc!

-Charlotte has many Indian, Oriental and Hispanic residents (just like any other large city). I snicker to myself every time one shows up to our sale and they ask Roy how much something is or have a question about a certain item. He instantly starts talking slow and pronounces each word really clearly for the person---whether they have a hard time speaking English or not. (example: "How much?" Roy: "Five Dollar. Very good quality".) Roy speaking broken English = very funny:)

Speaking of, this boy really gets into yard sales. He loves them!

And this time we had a booth for Caroline to run. She sold cookies and drinks for her "Vacation Fund" and racked up $27.50. Who wouldn't buy baked goods from a sweet little girl? (Carmel Baptist People---don't worry....she gave the majority of it to Jesus this morning!! Note: Our church is doing a Yard Sale challenge):

After the big sale, Roy decided to take his favorite toy out for play. He gets the biggest smile on his face when he gets to use this thing and he becomes a different person. Our next door neighbor, Charles, brought some meat over to smoke, too. These two have truly bonded over barbecue over the last year. It's funny:

And once again, Roy smoked up some delicious barbecue and ribs. When it comes to smokin', this guy can do it like the best of them! I'm glad he has a hobby that I can benefit from:)

Yikes, I chose to take a picture of him and his goods at the wrong moment. Apparently, the ribs were ready to come out of the smoker RIGHT THEN and I was taking a picture. No time for smiles, Donna.