Our Yard Sale is a Success!

We got up early and had our breakfast. Laurie walked Jade, I walked Pickles and we got started loading up the Toyota with everything we could stuff into it. Our mobile home park was having a yard sale out front and we have been having them every first Saturday for the last three months. Next month is the last one we are going to have this year.

We spread out our blankets and put up the easy up and off we went. WE just pretty much put it out there and it sold. We sold quite a bit of things. Not that many clothes went, but almost all the jewelry went, Laurie sold some of her art. I was so proud of her.

We sold almost all the dog stuff, and the grooming clippers.

I have enough now to pay the registration on the RV, thank goodness.

I have money to put toward the repairs. So all in all our hard work has been paying off.

I have a two hour birthday party tomorrow night. That money will go toward repairs. I'm booked for the rest of the month, so that is really going to help.

I'm finally starting to believe we just may make it out of here this winter.

Laurie and I have decided we are going to work on getting the mobile home ready to be walked through by those that are interested in buying it. It's a great park to live in, and for $15,000, you can have your own place to paint and do with what you will. We have a small yard, but I'm been growing our food in the space since we moved here.

In fact, I have a whole patch of onions, and now have all kinds of squash coming, as well as tomatoes. I now have four avocado tree's coming up that I planted from seed.

I'm pretty proud of all the food I've grown and given away. I have been drying food lately. I have enough veggies to put in soups for the entire winter. And with it being dried, it is really light and won't weigh the RV down like can goods do.

I'm determined we will get better gas mileage that last year. We had way too many heavy things in the RV we didn't really need. Less is best, and the older I get the more I believe it. I want to go light.

That is the reason I was able to sell so many things today I didn't think I could.

But the older I get the less I need.

Wish we'd taken pictures but we were so busy selling things. Some things I didn't pay anything for and others, I made double my money. I'm so proud of Laurie and I for all we've done today.

I know Laurie has been suffering with the humidity today and lately. She looked really spent after the sale, so we've been taking it easy.

Between Laurie painting every night, and we doing bead work again, we've been busier than ever, but that is the only way we are going to get the repairs we need and get the things done we need to do before this winter creeps up on us.

We were going to go to Parker last year, but we didn't make it, and boy did we suffer!! We didn't have heat, because our heater didn't work so we used space heaters and it was still cold. That cost us a pretty penny to say the least! We used all the blanket we owned and don't want to go through that again.

I can only imagine how it is for the elderly in really cold regions. This is enough for us. Sometimes it was like 20 degree's. That's rough. We would light candles and anything else that gave off heat we could find.

I can hardly wait to get in the RV again. It will feel like home again. To sleep in the loft and shut the curtains is good with me. Of course, the RV we are looking to buy now is so much bigger and better. Yep, we are in negotiation with a dealer in AZ for another RV we've had our eye on. We shall see what happens with that. If it's meant to be it shall be. But I can tell you this, it's our dream RV! It has everything we need and want and has less than 30,000 miles. It's practically new. We are hopeful.


      Our Sweet Jade

We are just so happy with our dog Jade. She is also a dream come true for me and Laurie. She needed Jade. They fit together like a glove.

 

She is such a large dog it's hard to walk around her at times. I prefer if she lays on my bed so I can walk around more.

 

 

She is such a joy. Her temperament is so sweet. But we have found out that she doesn't like men one bit. So, we are guessing it was a man that abused her. She is a rescue dog.

She's such a love I can't imagine anyone hitting her or abusing her in any way. I know they hit her, because when I go to pet her at times she'll flinch, and cower. Poor little thing.

 

We are going to give her all the love she can possible handle. We talk to her sing to her, and take her to the dog park daily. And Pickles is starting to warm up to her. When they get up in the morning and greet each other it's so cute.

 

LIFE IS GOOD!

 

 These pictures I took of flowers that some were at the dump and the rest are at Waller Park.

 

 This is our first meeting with Jade. She came at almost 1 am. WE were tired but excited to see her. WE are so grateful for the gal that drove her to us from Lake Havasu, AZ. We are so blessed and that gal will have the most wonderful KARMA!

 

 Laurie and Pickles

 Flowers from the Dog park in Santa Maria. It's known as one of the best Dog Parks in the United States. Fabulous!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Waller Park also has two beautiful ponds that are home to some fun feathered friends. I brought some bread and other goodies to feed our duck pals! Love them!

 

 

 The squirrels are so fun at the park. They are so use to people feeding them they come right up to the car. They don't seem to be afraid of anything.

 

 I really loved this tree. I couldn't get enough of it. When I stood under it, the birds were singing so beautifully.

 

 Pickles loved this tree too. She thought there was an animal up there and was determined to climb up, but she didn't make it very far. Either way I think she had a blast thinking about it all.

 

 What could it be Pickles???

 Beautiful little flowers

 Beading my hatband.

 

 Love this!