yard sale

Out with the old and in with the new. We didn't want to pack everything and thought a yard sale would be a good way to help with that. IT began at 6:30 until around noon.

In the past yard sales that I have had, the most that I raked in was twenty dollars. TOTAL. I was excited when a family bought my collectible ponies for three dollars, but also disheartened when someone traded a small machete for pots and pans. Needless to say I am not a good garage sale host.

Today we made over a hundred dollars which is not bad considering we did not have much to sale. It is going to help with gas money for home. We are officially moving back. We can not afford to stay on one income. For it being the second highest unemployment rate in the nation, it is very expensive place to live.

I am excited about going home and saddened at the same time.

I had something telling me that my vacation home would not be good. I should have listened to my intuition.

To some a yard sale is about getting rid of crap, to me, it is about moving on.

Moving on emotionally with people and things.

we are home!!!!! we came home and it was 38. we left texas and it was 83!~ funny...

we had a really good time. it was a little heartbreaking to leave. all of the little ones we love to hug and kiss on. there are four of them. payton, sara, sophia, and lil john. we love all of them. i want one!

it is easter, we are going to a late mass and celebrate this day together. it is sunny, but not sure if it is nice.

one of the craziest things that happened were the oklahoma fires. it was about a hundred meters from the stringer farm. terrified is not even close to what i felt. shelly drove me and the family to lake murray and then drove back to help chris with the house. it was really really scary. i was scared for the house, chris, and my shelly.

when the winds changed the house was safe. i am sorry to say most homes burnt to the ground and a lot live stock died. we were really lucky. when i was helping chris with the hose asking him to think about leaving he told me he was going to stay and that god was looking over us. we would be ok. we were. the house still stands and can proudly be called the stringer farm. the place where we lay on the bed and let the breeze melt our fears away. where i fall asleep and i know that no worries haunt me. it is the stringer farm and i love it. i always thought i was a city girl, but this place has changed me. i now know it is not about where we live or how we live. it is about the people that surround us. we are so lucky.

happy easter everyone.

i was up at 3 this morning and took shelly to the airport at 4. i was heartbroken to see her go, but i knew she had to. i know it is only a few days but it is still hard. i guess i am a little lonely here in this small state. it will be soon though that i will be on a plane to see all of our family. i am excited and nervous all at the same time.

the weather is beautiful here. i could not ask for a sunnier day. i am off to work.