Will you take a dollar?

We typically try to do all that we can to avoid the semi-annual neighborhood garage sale - however, this fall the kids agreed to go through their stuff and participate. They were told that if they did the work, they could keep the money. Tim was all over that! (until it actually came time to work of course!)

Maggie set everything up the night before and was lucky enough to find the source of our ''mystery garage smell''! A decaying mouse in a bag of her clothes! We were shocked and really grossed out to see that people were undaunted by the nasty odor - they not only bought all of her clothes, but held them close to their bodies as they picked through other items! YUCK!! I guess they were fine once they were washed, but I'm not sure I could have made it all the way to the washer with that smell in my nose!

Anyway - Tim sold ALL of his toys and earned about 20 bucks for them! He had trouble helping at times - he would rather chit-chat with all of the strangers, but he did have moments where he worked. He even helped carry a ladies stuff to her car! I was so proud of his gentlemanly behavior! Then he said, "Dang, I thought if I helped her she might give me a tip." So much for a mothers pride!

They kids shared about a $150 dollar profit - not bad for a mornings work!