Candy Time is Coming

The 'Broom Lady' is ready to visit as we enter into the last week of September heading into the beautiful month of October, shorter days, longer nights and the mind starts down the pathway to the upcoming holidays. It is too early you say!! Well, if your time goes bye as fast as mine does then it is time to put on your running shoes and take your list when you go near a store. Pat and I go through the regular debate of how expensive it is go give gifts and we already have enough so we shouldn't bother buying gifts. We can just go on one of our little overnights but we know that is not what we will do. It is what we should do, develop a little of John and Mike's "bah humbug" or Christine's idea of celebrating next Spring.


Yesterday was Yard Sale Saturday all over town. One hundred and one sales and for the umpteenth time we didn't get to many as we put on one of our own. It was sort of a last minute decision and we worked hard and fast to open our garage doors to see what would happen as we had not advertised our sale. Not to worry, they came and although it is a lot of hard work to prepare for a sale, it is worth it as you meet the nicest people. They are out to have a fun day and look for treasures or a particular item. We did pretty good although we still have some packing up to do with the items that did not sell. I walked home with three cook books I don't need but who could resist "New England Cooking", great recipes and pictures of the foods I grew up on. Ever hear of "red hash", well the recipe is in there, along with the boiled dinner and the chicken pot pie. Of course there is an entire section on the lobsters and scrod. The other two were on diabetic cooking and light deserts. So, after I have my fill of my New England dinners I will check out the other two books to see what calories I could have left behind.


One of the sales we did make was to a mansion on the water. An estate sale with so many beautiful things for sale at prices you couldn't touch. Having a house that large and beautiful showed how many 'things' needed to fill it. I opted for the view. Pat lucked out and found a complete set of "West Wing" at a price she could afford and a bargain as they sell for over a hundred dollars in the stores. It was a favorite series and if you haven't watched it tune in and enjoy. We hurried back to open our doors and pull stuff out into the driveway. I put out my books and for most of the day not one person looked at the books. We didn't have many but the ones we had were great reads. I was disappointed until a real true reader came along and bought seven of my books. It was great to have a discussion about the contents and I proved to be a better salesperson than I thought. She would have bought the others but I talked her out of them as they really were not a good read.


So today, I am being treated to breakfast out for all my hard work. I'm off to put my shoes on and get ready to enjoy my daughter's company and maybe some biscuits and gravy which I do not make at home. Friend Paula's mom used to make the best biscuits in gravy I have ever eaten. There was a little trick she knew that I never learned as her gravy was pitch black and delicious. Most are heavy and thick . . . I know how to make that kind! It is Sunday, your day of rest so do just that 'rest' and take yourself out for some biscuits and gravy. Hugs to all.