We went shopping at 2 different Goodwill stores last weekend. I was on the hunt for upcoming events: fiesta stuff, summer school stuff, gift basket stuff, and 8th grade graduation stuff. Here’s what we found: 5 more cactus stemmed glasses for hosting our fiesta and 2 glass carafes for hosting a girls tea party I … Continue reading Double-Dose Goodwill Thrifting Therapy
My youngest son requested camping with friends for his 11th birthday. Cheers to camping season 2025! And by “camping” I mean “glamping in our Lance travel trailer”. We spent the weekend at Collins Lake in California. setting up upon arrival The weather was perfect and the children had so much fun using inflatable kayaks on … Continue reading First RV Weekender of the Season, Disc Golf & Homeschool Thrifting
Do we need any more books? Well… I don’t know. Perhaps, and then again perhaps not. There is definitely no room on any of the bookshelves. There are books in boxes on the floor and on several shelves in my linen closet. But that does not necessarily mean we don’t need any more books, it … Continue reading Another Day, Another Book Sale
The last day of the library book sale was “Bag Day” at $5/bag of books. It was surprisingly well organized by age and by theme, and I loaded up on Christmas picture books for our annual Book Advent. You can read that post here. It was ridiculously easy to flip through all the bins of … Continue reading Library Book Sale – Christmas School Prep
I bought some yarn at the thrift store and when I got it home, I noticed this note on the label: “Carlos hat, gray tweed not brown”. Well, Carlos, whoever you are, I’m happy to announce that I’ve finished your hat. If you are Carlos, and you prefer a gray tweed hat not a brown … Continue reading Carlos’s Hat
heavens to betty 