KALEIDOSCOPE

The worst of winter, I hope, is behind us.  Although I live in northern Illinois, my yard is almost empty of snow, but yesterday I found a couple of die hard weeds in one of my garden beds that are still green.  Go figure.

Sniff, sniff.  Is that a garage sale I smell in the air?

As my mood brightens, due to the increasing length of daylight we experience, I start to daydream of activities that begin with spring.  Afterall, spring break (I teach.) is only three weeks away.  Right now, gardening and garage saling come to mind.

I love garage sales; both having one and going to them.  Especially in the early spring, I like to make going to garage sales a weekly venture.  Why?  Because I find some cool stuff at other people’s garage sales.

Furniture (I have purchased chairs, dressers, tables, and book shelves.), media (I have added movies and music to my collection.), items for our camper (I found a mini crockpot last summer.), kitchen wares (I have replaced and added pieces to my kitchen dishes, purchased kitchen gadgets that usually cost more than I am willing to pay, kitchen linens, and tuperware.), books (What can I say, I’m an English teacher.), and antiques (I used to purchase anything that caught my eye just because.  This year I am looking for items that would resell well online.)

Stay tuned for my adventures in garage saling and helpful tips on setting up and running a garage sale.