Austrian in Abbeville: Yard Sales, S'mores & Home Improvement

Agents J & A. We have the license to get wed!

Hey, been a while. Sorry, about that. I've been kinda busy... will be kinda busy before the wedding, so my apologies for reduced blogging activity in advance.

yard sale 7am

my 1st s'more

So, we finally had our yard sale and now have a living room!! Kinda. It still needs some TLC and a paint job but it's a definite improvement. The sale itself went pretty smoothly, thanks to the helping hands of my parents-in-law Deb and Jay and my fabulous aunt Christy, who drove all the way from Houma to support us. You would not believe the stuff people buy at yard sales... this was my first yard sale so I can't be certain but I assume it's safe to generalize here. Seriously, about 90% of the stuff we had out there, I would've just as soon thrown out. I'm talking filthy, crummy old gun-bags; dirt-caked boots; sticky-icky broken toys; a sink that had been outside for the better part of six months... One person's trash is somebody else's treasure, I guess. Anyway, we got up at 4am, started to set up the tables and move stuff out onto the front yard. The sale was scheduled to start at 6am but, just as Jill had predicted, people started to show up at 5am, ruffling through the items we had just put down. Also, it was pitch dark since sunrise wasn't until 6:30, so they had to use flash lights. That shit cray. After the sale was over, we celebrated with half a dozen of bottles of wine, leaving me fairly bent and ready to thoroughly embarrass Jill and myself.
The day after, we had a weenie roast (my first American hotdog in eight years) and I was introduced to the delicious wonder that are s'mores. For the uninitiated amongst you: A s'more is an American campfire treat, consisting of a roasted marshmallow and a layer of chocolate sandwiched between two graham crackers.

the new king of home improvement

With the garage sale out of the way, we decided to make our new home a bit more homey and ready for the wedding. So, we went to Lowe's for supplies... five times in two days. Yup, we had a busy weekend but we got so much done!!! I have the blisters to prove it, too. We primed and painted what will become our dining room and pretty much transformed our backyard patio area. I'll try to tackle our front yard while Jill's at work this week. We'll see, the weather's not being cooperative today but I did manage to trim the hedge in front of the house yesterday. Can't wait to have the house look all nice and pretty.