Eating My Words and Making Money

So I've always been of the motto JUST SAY NO when it comes to yard sales.

Not that they aren't good ideas and a great way to recycle, but they have just always sounded like way too much work. Well they are too much work and I probably won't be having another, but I did it. I had my first yard sale, got rid of lots, and made over $400. My cousins and I got all our old stuff together along with a few items from parents and my BIL.

 I learned a lot. I learned that I had way too much junk that needed to go and that there are some really die hard yard salers out there. There is kind of a little subculture of early rising wheeling and dealing folks that I knew nothing about.

 We all did really well and then loaded all the leftovers up for donation.

Now that I know the ins and outs I might not hesitate so much if and when we need to do this again and what a nice bonus to have more money to add to the Disney fund.

Happy Birthday Sweet Ella

 So last weekend we celebrated Ella's 4th birthday with lots of Fairies, Pirates, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, and Friends. It was perfect. We played and played and ate yummy sweets.

And when the last guests left we loaded up and took Ella and Landrey to their very first movie, Cars 2.

I know crazy right. No naps, lots of sugar and didn't get home until after 9 on a Sunday. They didn't exaclty have patience for the whole movie, but live and learn right. When we finally crashed, we crashed hard. Ella fell asleep in her bed in her party dress with a cupcake icing ring around her mouth and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Guess that means she had a good Birthday!