Goodbye Summer

Just as the weather seems to be finally thinking it is summer...it is time to pack up and move on. Let's see what I can remember about the week. I did a fair amount of listing and packing things up this week. Considering I had my store closed for about a week, it has been a really good month. 
School is still going well for the kids. Ellie is trying out for the volleyball team this week. I took nick into see his doctor and we were referred to a pediatric orthopedist. He is having sort of a neuropathy issue in both his thumbs. Looks like he has lax joints and muscles in his thumbs. 
Mom and I got some time alone to hit Costco. We went to the GGs to program their new cell phone. Had lunch at our house and just got to hang out.
Mom and Dad came for dinner on Wednesday night. We went to their house for dinner on Friday. 
Rob had a busy week at work with all the sports and taping. They were the featured school for ABCs fly over on Friday.
We came up to Michigan on Saturday morning. We have had a wonderful weekend...especially considering it was suppose to rain all weekend. We hung out at the beach for hours, we went apple picking, a bit of shopping in town. We finally have beach. We picked up so much beach glass today. 
Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree

Back to school

Ellie and Nick's first week of school went great. They both like their teachers and classes. I know we were all ready to be back to a routine.
I was able to get a ton of items listed and some even sold this week. My favorites this week were a Cutco wood knife block I bought for 3.99 and sold 48 hours later for 57.50, cross stitch leaflets that I bought for a quarter a piece and sold for 24.00 a piece. I have a goal to list 20 new items each day this week to max out my listings for August.
We did some rummaging this weekend. We hit one of my favorite sales, I usually come away with bags if clothing...not so much this time but I did get a bag of clothes for Nick. Ellie and I went to a sale and we found some bargains...we went back today for the bag sale and we were really able to stuff our bags full.
We went to the back lot bash. We went on Saturday after the rain. Nick played a couple games and Ellie and I played bingo. Ellie won twice! We went back today but it was so hot and humid we only mad it for a couple minutes.
We went to Mom and Dads for dinner. We ordered El Famous and kept the house cool. The kids out on their swimsuits after dinner and went to cool off in the sprinkler. They did their own version of the bucket challenge. It was quite entertaining.
Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree

Happy 40th Anniversary Mom and Dad

The last part of the week was really spent preparing for the garage sale. Pulling stuff from bedrooms and inventory and getting organized. Mom and Dad took the kids Friday night for an overnight. Rob and I picked up Dengeos and got everything ready to quickly pull.
Our garage sale was just okay...not too much traffic and certainly not as much sold as I would have liked. We went to the pool afterwards to cool off.
Sunday we went to church and the kids checked out the new playground. We went to Mom and Dad's for dinner and to celebrate their 40th. We ordered in food. The kids plays outside.
School starts tomorrow, just a half day.  I think we are all looking forward to being back to a routine.
Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree

Perhaps My Brain Is Still On Vacation

I think I was thrown off because we went over to Mom and Dad's house for dinner instead of them coming over here.
Not too much to report. Done a bunch of inventory sourcing at thrift stores this week. I should be able to turn my one $32.00 receipt into about $400.00. Our house is a disaster until the garage sale this weekend. Everyone, please, collectively wish the rain off on Saturday.
Ellie is thrilled to have her friend, Neha, back in town. Nick got a back to school haircut today, he looks very handsome. Ellie really worked and rearranged her room and we got some of her pictures hung.
I think I am going to switch to a once a week post soon...our week in review. Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree

Back to Reality

We had a great rest of the week in Michigan. Life is pretty tough there...sleeping in, eating, beach time...we will miss it.
The kids finished up clubhouse, they had Christmas in August, dance parties, and a goodbye bonfire. The lake water was warm - until Rob came up and then it turned cold.
We went into town for the blueberry parade. It was the longest and best one we have ever watched there. We cleaned up and got packed up after lunch. I was glad we had two cars because we took a bunch of toys home with us to all at our yard sale.
We had dinner at Mom and Dad's - the kids were so happy to see their cousins. Mom had a great farm meal with a little something for us all. The kids played for a bit after dinner before we came home.
Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree

I Can't Believe It Is Wednesday

On Monday we went shopping with Mom. We picked her up and went to Target to get some back to school items and then out to lunch. We went to Alexander's and had breakfast for lunch. Ellie spent the afternoon and early evening with her friend, Neha. Rob picked up Wendy's for Nick and me. I decided I had enough of my tummy troubles and tried doing the white starchy foods for a day or two and it seemed to have worked.
Tuesday morning the kids delivered our garage sale advertisement to our neighbors. Hopefully some of them will want to participate and we will get some traffic to our sale. We packed up and started our journey to Michigan. Traffic was smooth and we made it to Michigan City in an hour. We did some shopping at the outlet mall before getting a scoop at Oinks and heading to the cottage. We got up in time for dinner and the kids to hit clubhouse. They were having a sand castle building contest - Ellie and Nick's group took 2nd place.
Today the kids had Christmas in August. They made and decorated stockings and played games in the morning. We spent the afternoon at the beach. The water has warmed up and the kids loved it. This evening they had white elephant exchange and were thrilled to come home with a water balloon filling station.
Rob has been great- I didn't put my store on vacation hold and he has been fulfilling my orders and shipping packages out. He will come up for the weekend.
Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal Tree

Back to Reality...Only for a Few Days

I was going to try to post another update last week but I ended up getting sick. I was the only one, thankfully. It started Monday with 24 hours of vomiting, fever, chills, sweats...funky stomach issues the rest of the time. I still am not 100% but much better. I loathe vomiting.
We spent a ton of time on our very small beach. It got even smaller over our trip. The park actually removed the boardwalk and re-installed it further back on the dunes. The kids loved clubhouse. Ellie participated in the beach volleyball tournament. She was a trooper, it was a 4 hour + tournament. She played 7 teams, 2 games each team. She had a great serve and it got her back in practice for the fall.
Did some thrifting/garage sales during the later part of the week. Picked up a few bags of stuff to list.
It was the end of the summer carnival on Friday night. The kids chose to work the face paint/tattoo table and then the bean bag buckets. They had a great time.
We came home today. Nick and I picked a basketful of tomatoes, peppers, and herbs from our garden. We went to Mom and Dad's house for dinner. Mom had a ton of veggies - beets, broccolini, asparagus, summer salad, mashed potatoes...all were great. It was great to catch up and the kids got to share their stories. The kids and I will be heading back up on Tuesday and Rob will come up for the weekend.
Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree