I made about $80 at my garage sale yesterday.  As my dad used to say, "Hey, that's better than a sharp stick in the eye!"

So, I was wondering at what point, exactly, do you hold the stick and say, "Hmmmm.... should I have the garage sale, or should I impale my eyeball with this here stick?"  In retrospect, I'm not so sure I should have chosen the garage sale...

My mom and I have agreed that it would be much more fun to just have all our junque with a big FREE sign in front.  Then we could meander through the crowd and talk about how "hardly anything is free anymore... except for air... this garage sale junque... and salvation... by the way, do you know anything about Jesus?"   That'd be fun!

Speaking about the Free Gift... our pastor spoke on Romans chapter 8 today.  I LOVE this chapter!  Such undeserved grace, people!  If you don't remember what's in that chapter, read it sometime before bed, okay?  LOVE it!

We put in our little garden today.  Yep, we call that relaxation around here.  We have tomatoes (only 4 plants this year - "Geckmeister" is allergic!), eggplant (oooooo... eggplant parmesan!), butternut squash, zucchini (does anyone ever spell it correctly?), garlic, radishes... all surrounded by those orange, yellow and red, daisy-looking marigolds.  Oh, and then I planted four strawberry plants ala "ZooZoo", my daughter.  And then planted zinnia seeds, dill and basil.   Yep.  That's it. 

We then had chicken legs on the grill, corn on the cob, green beans, baked potatoes, lemonade, watermelon, and my homemade pecan pie with whipped cream.   Oo lala.  It was tasty.

Then we finished the day by bathing the monkeys and dousing them in Gold Bond medicated powder until they were little ghosts padding around trailing puffy white clouds, slurping Benadryl down their throats, and then reading, smooching and tucking them in.  Did I mention our kids are COVERED in poison ivy?  So much for the fort-building the other day.  Their fort definitely fell into enemy hands... the green, three leaved fuzzy type. 

Any suggestions on how to keep them from scratching?  They remind me of little bear cubs rubbing up against corners of walls all around the house because I won't scratch the unreachable areas on their backs.  NO SCRATCHING....Poor little monkeys!