elizabethmccoy

I'm sooo excited this Saturday is our annual Garage Sale!!!! Yippie!!! We're cleaning out our house and selling lots and lots of clutter to us but treasures to others (we hope).

I think I've talked in the past about how much better I feel when we're organizing and getting things out of the house. Well I'm actually anxious over things because I want to make sure I get all the clutter out. I'm just so ready not to have every little knick knack and baby toy and serving dishes etc.

I have decided to part with my serving dish collection. Yep that's right I'm letting go. I really really really am in love with cake plates and pretty serving pieces but I have to get realistic. The last cake I made was so long ago I honestly can't even remember ever making one!!! I did however make a batch of jumbo cupcakes for dh's birthday last week.

This Thursday and Friday I am off work so that, my mother and I can both go through the basement (where we keep all the for sale stuff) and price it. We will set up Friday night as much as we can. We plan on getting out all our tents too!! If the ground isn't wet maybe things will spill off onto the front yard and not just on the driveway.

We all are pretty pumped after helping out with our friends garage sale a few weekends ago and how successful it was in the pouring down rain!

We know we'll have that same success because God will bring us just the right buyers.

Yesterday was a busy busy day. My mom came over and we (mostly her) scrubbed on our hands and knees our kitchen floor. We vacuumed a bit and I put away 2 laundry baskets of clothes away. That was before lunch then we went to Costco and Target after lunch to pick up some needed grocery items.

We were getting ready for dh's birthday!! The big 26!

We had dinner for my family and I made cupcakes and after eating we all played the wii. A simple & fun birthday.

After that busy day I was TIRED and fell asleep as soon as my head it the pillow.

YIPPIE Hooray!! We've mailed off our taxes!!!

What a relief....now to get our juicy rebate this summer!!!!! WoO HOO economic stimulus program!!!

I was tagged by Amanda

Here are the rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages)
2. Turn to page 123. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog
5. Tag 5 people

Here's mine from the book Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs

"Music boxes."

I had just finished my previous book and started this one 2 days ago so I haven't even gotten to page 123 yet so I won't try and read the context of that sentence but there you go!

I'm Tagging:

Tina
Becca L.
Amber K
Angela
Bethy

My cousin Tina, you've seen me mention her a few times. each week is so faithful to plan her weekly menus. She participates with a site orgjunkie.com and their Menu Plan Monday blog prompt. I thought I might try things out. I'm not participating at the site but, dh and I have been really trying to eat at home more and plan our menus. I always run it to the issue of how many ways can you have chicken?? Blah! We used to rely on our grill to spice up our weekly menu but our grill has been out of commission for almost 1 year now and we haven't found it in our budget to get a new one. So I'll try to be consistent with this feature of my blog (unlike other things I've tried)

Monday - Baked chicken with red potatoes & green beans
Tuesday - Turkey Chili from Sunday served with white rice
Wednesday - Homemade Flat bread pizza
Thursday - Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches
Friday - Burrito bowls with white rice, black beans, chipotle chicken, cheese and lettuce with salsa and tortilla chips.


Wish me luck!!! If I can make it home and get started right away cooking I usually have a good chance of getting food on the table LOL.

Well it has been some time since I've completed a layout but it feels great to have accomplished such a cute 2 page spread. These photos are from the Egg Hunt party we hosted at our house on Saturday.