Garage Sale Day

So. A lady here in town decided to try and organize a community yard sale. I decided to participate but just set up at our house. It was to last Fri and Sat. Friday I had people at the sale before 7:30 a.m. Throughout the day I had a lot of people stop but not many bought. I decided that since I needed to be out there when people stopped but it was too hot to sit outside that I would sit in the playroom where it was cool and tear denim strips. I started out with the 21 boxes in the first picture and with two days of a not very --who am I kidding- A lousy sale--I did get all the denim stripped and into the five boxes in the second picture. It is a project I really wanted to do but never stopped to do but said I will do it in the winter. Now it is DONE--except for sewing them all together

The ongoing project continues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jared's Big Day

Tuesday evening Aug. 11, 2009 Jared was set apart as a missionary. He was given a beautiful blessing by the Stake President Randy Buxton. Jared then bore a wonderful testimony that he knows he is doing the right thing at this time in his life and of his love for his Savior.
We left early Wednesday morning to go to Provo. We stopped at Kara's where Dad and Jared were able to give Kara a blessing at her request. We then left for Provo and made the very quick run through at the MTC. We simply drove in where we were met by two elders. They ask Jared where he was going and when he told them the Phillippines they were excited because they are both going to the same place and told him that he would I think that made Jared feel a little more comfortable. We hugged goodbye and he was gone. We were there less than 5 minutes. I can hardly wait to get his first email and hear how it is going. He was really nervous but hopefully he has been too busy to think about home.( and Steph)

This was the picture we took at Kara's before we went to the MTC.

Still At It

Even though it has been almost three months since I posted I haven't been slacking on the cleaning--just on the blogging. This was todays haul to the DI. It was all from upstairs. Jared packed up the stuff he wanted to keep and John took his stuff that he wanted when he was home on the 4th so I figured the rest was mine to do with as I wish--and I wish to not have it. Four bags of clothes, three tables, some speakers and 4 boxes of odds and ends as well as a headboard. I also filled the garbage can and will get one of the city cans to fill also before next garbage day. The upstairs is looking much better. Johns' room is almost completely empty, the jungle room has some military things left in it but all boxed up and the living room up there has a few things left in it. Next Friday I will get rid of some more of the furniture that is up there. I need to get back to the playroom as well because there is still too much stuff in it.

I have also been working on the study. I have the room under the stairs cleaned out and the drawers in the big brown desk done. I also got rid of a lot of books and a ton of paper stuff that had been wet. I want to make that into a storage room before winter so I really want to get that room cleaned out.

As I dream of moving into a much smaller house, I know I still need to get rid of all the excess baggage so my journey continues.