Locks 4 Love

I gave in. I couldn't take it anymore. My threat to Jon is no longer a threat. I took the dive.

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Pizza Benefit

I was supposed to have a 3-day fundraiser this Friday at Broadway Pizza in Fridley. I haven't sold any tickets except to Jon's parents. I have to tell her on Tuesday if this is still going to happen. I have a few people that have responded as yes but haven't purchased the tickets; a few are maybes and haven't responded yes or no. I don't know if I should cancel it or keep going with it.

Garage Sale Day 2

The day didn't start so well for Tamara - she got a speeding ticket. I went around and checked out the signs. They were all pointing the right direction. It was a beautiful day so we were able to pull more stuff out into the driveway. I think this made more people come in. Tamara was great at staging. Mike gave us a bunch of his shirts and they sold like hot cakes. They strangest things would sell. A container of chocolates that who knows how old they were in a Christmas container - sold for $3. Then there were the two boys who wanted to first trade a broken tent pole for Jon's Patrick Starfish ($2). That was a no, so they offered their knife in exchange(they were scouts). Turns out the knife was broken so deal was off. Then they came back with an offer of the knife sharpener in exchange for Patrick. Deal. Later sold the knife sharpener for $3.

Surprisingly it was not busy almost all day. Then a friend from high school stopped by around 3 and told us our signs were covered with Open House signs. Tamara went around to them and moved the signs, all the sudden we had 5 cars at once. Business really picked up. I really wanted to give that realtor a piece of my mind.

Jesus watched over the money box. Total sale=463.64 Thank you everyone!! Please spread the word about the next sale in Oakdale in June.

Garage Sale Day 1

The sale started very early - 7am. Yes, I was out there ready to go at that time. The dogs, yes plural, had me up at 5am. Tamara went out with some friends last night and I didn't think it would be a problem to leave Jack with us because they had been playing all day so they would both be pooped out. NOPE. They wanted to keep playing, so we put Jack in the kennel and Polly in our room. Jack barked from 11:30-12:30. We brought him into our room. Polly slept and Jack paced around our bed until 2am. 5am came too early. As I type this Polly is passed out on the floor.

I knew people would be coming over that have never seen the house so I wanted to pick it up a little. Did that and found more stuff to sell. Opened up, had a few people stop by and walk through but no buyers. We would start off telling people what the garage sale was for and that all prices were negotiable. Big mistake. I had two people that kept asking $2 over and over for a brand new pair of jeans marked at $5 (so new they had the tags on still). I had new shoes that had never been worn marked for $2 that they wanted to give me $1. Please, I need money but not that bad. Of course later, someone else came by that was willing to pay $2 for a pair of shoes instead of haggling with me. We made a lot more money when we stopped saying the prices were negotiable. Some people still asked for a deal but it was like, marked price is $5 I'll give you $4-deal. More people turned out than I expected. It was so cold and windy I didn't think anyone was going to come out. Tomorrow is supposed to be nicer so hopefully more people will stop out. Here are few photos from setup and today.

Thank you everyone for all your donated items!