Cleaning the house
This week we finished cleaning out most of our house. We did the kids room, the front room, half of the 3d printer room, and the garage shed. We tried really hard to get done with everything before this Saturday so that we could have a garage sale.
We didn't finish the house in time for Saturday, but we had the garage sale anyway. We piled everything outside and posted an ad in KSL telling everyone about the stuff that we were selling. Some of the things were very popular, since people started showing up an hour before the sale was supposed to start and perusing the stuff that we already had out in the driveway.
We ended up making over $250 and getting rid of a ton of stuff. Our house feels much more comfortable and spacious with fewer things crowding it. We still had to take a large load of stuff to the DI (more than would fit into the car with our whole family), so I drove it down while Alison and the kids played. One of Rea's friends had ridden her bike over while we were having the yard sale.
At the same time as we had the yard sale, the girls had a lemonade and cookie stand. They made $4.65 total, and since the ingredients cost $3.66 to buy, they didn't turn a huge profit. They did, however get to eat so many cookies and drink so much lemonade that they loved it anyway.
After the yard sale I also took Alison's cello to the repair shop to have its bridge reattached, and took the bucket bike to the bike shop to have its bottom bracket removed. The new one that we were going to replace it with was not the right size, so we have a non functional bike for a few days. This is sad, but we will survive. Once we are done replacing the bottom bracket we will work on attaching an electric motor to the bike. Probably you will hear more about that later.
Concerning our garden: our big sunflower blossomed this week. It is huge. There was also one red cherry tomato that Alison got to eat. It was delicious. There were probably other cherry tomatoes, however the girls ate them all.
We have an unidentified plant on the hugelkultur, crowding out the beans. If anyone know what it is, we would love to hear.
Timmy has been making cakes with candles and singing happy birthday to you in a very manly voice. He still very much dislikes nursery.
Sara got a brief sickness - we are thinking that it might have been food poisoning, since no-one else got it and she was better a day later.
Rea has been reading the Life of Fred recently. They are math books that are written as novels. She already read all of the elementary school level books with the exception of the last two. They are interesting to adults as well as children, and they make learning math very enjoyable.
We didn't finish the house in time for Saturday, but we had the garage sale anyway. We piled everything outside and posted an ad in KSL telling everyone about the stuff that we were selling. Some of the things were very popular, since people started showing up an hour before the sale was supposed to start and perusing the stuff that we already had out in the driveway.
We ended up making over $250 and getting rid of a ton of stuff. Our house feels much more comfortable and spacious with fewer things crowding it. We still had to take a large load of stuff to the DI (more than would fit into the car with our whole family), so I drove it down while Alison and the kids played. One of Rea's friends had ridden her bike over while we were having the yard sale.
At the same time as we had the yard sale, the girls had a lemonade and cookie stand. They made $4.65 total, and since the ingredients cost $3.66 to buy, they didn't turn a huge profit. They did, however get to eat so many cookies and drink so much lemonade that they loved it anyway.
After the yard sale I also took Alison's cello to the repair shop to have its bridge reattached, and took the bucket bike to the bike shop to have its bottom bracket removed. The new one that we were going to replace it with was not the right size, so we have a non functional bike for a few days. This is sad, but we will survive. Once we are done replacing the bottom bracket we will work on attaching an electric motor to the bike. Probably you will hear more about that later.
Concerning our garden: our big sunflower blossomed this week. It is huge. There was also one red cherry tomato that Alison got to eat. It was delicious. There were probably other cherry tomatoes, however the girls ate them all.
We have an unidentified plant on the hugelkultur, crowding out the beans. If anyone know what it is, we would love to hear.Timmy has been making cakes with candles and singing happy birthday to you in a very manly voice. He still very much dislikes nursery.
Sara got a brief sickness - we are thinking that it might have been food poisoning, since no-one else got it and she was better a day later.
Rea has been reading the Life of Fred recently. They are math books that are written as novels. She already read all of the elementary school level books with the exception of the last two. They are interesting to adults as well as children, and they make learning math very enjoyable.
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