My Life is Brilliant

Rags to riches ....

its sunday night, i enjoy sunday nights ... i love 60 Minutes, i like their stories and how they report on issues going on - it wasn't on tonight tho as the swimming is still on, and then they show a repeat of Grey's Anatomy - not happy! So its not my usual sunday night .... mum and dad called earlier so that was nice, the girls love chatting to them.

We have had a very productive weekend .... we have been clearing out our stuff, stuff you just hang on to (for whatever reason) and that you just don't need anymore. It was really good having a good clean out - i halved my wardrobe, cleared out some shoes ... we wanted to sell all the baby gear as we are finished with that stage of our lives now. Its amazing how much baby stuff you actually have after 3 kids.

So we had a GARAGE SALE. Friday afternoon and night was spent setting it all up ... it was alot of work actually - i was shattered on friday night. Lucky for us, we have a big mother front gate which can only be opened remotely - so nobody could come by too early and wake us up ... we just opened up the gate when we were ready .... it went pretty well. The girls were so into it, Emra was finding random things from her room and putting ridiculous prices on them ... so classic. They would rush up to their next "customers" it was too cute. While we were sitting, watching things and chatting ... we decided the next job was to start on the front doors. We have double front doors that we have decided to paint and renovate with new hardware etc, instead of the expensive option of getting new doors custom made ..... $$$$ ching ching! So we got stuck into sanding them ..... it was great to push on to the next job. Our house is 40 years old, so there are plenty of things to work on, but we are on this pretty good roll at the moment - where we feel motivated to get moving with it. I am enjoying the project actually. So we have them sanded down, and Gary is on his way thru sanding the door frame back ... it already looks so much better.

It was a treat to go to some kiwi friends for dinner on Sat night, as i wasn't feel up to cooking anyway ... great company, good food and our kids play really well together. They have 3 boys ... so its funny us all getting together.

After the garage sale we still had a heap of stuff left over, so i decided to bite the bullet and take it to the markets this morning and sell it off. 5.15am i was up ... yes people, its been a very long day for me. It went well, sold really random stuff ... quiet interesting people watching. I had this antique table that i'd bought like 10 years ago ... heaps and heaps of people inquired, however they wanted me to give it away to them ... a couple of guys told me they are worth $300 when they are done up, so i thought "darn it - i'll sand this up and paint it myself" yes, that is what i've been doing this afternoon ... i sanded the whole thing up, and its ready to paint, i'm so into it! Have to varnish the top, and choose a colour to paint it ... will show you the end result when its done! The girls were great, they played in cubby, which is sporting a new door knocker and door knob (from our front door)

So, i am going to soak my feet in my foot spa and paint my toe nails ... after such a productive weekend. We did well from our sales too ... maybe it will go toward my USA spending money - cool!