Saturday, September 19

We were up around 7 a.m. to get ready to go shopping at the annual county-wide yard sales. The sales started at seven, but by the time we all got ready, took care of Shih Tzu's morning needs, and spruced the bathrooms and bedroom for a visit from the pest control guy, it was after eight before we set out.

As expected, things were pretty picked over by the time we visited the first sale. But I did find an audiobook on CDs. As we went along from sale to sale, we found a good card shuffler (our old one is getting cranky and doesn't work very well anymore). I also found a "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book. I have a collection of these books, but did not have this one. At another sale, Mother and I found lots and lots of 12"x12" scrapbook paper and cardstock, packages of handmade paper, and vellum. The folks hosting the sale were ready to get rid of it, so they said we could have these at ten cents a sheet if we bought 40 or 50 sheets. I bought 50.

The only thing Mother bought was a chambray shirt at one of the sales.

We were back home by noon. After lunch, Hubbie commented that he thought he must have written the appointment for pest control on the wrong date, because he was sure the business didn't schedule for Saturdays. He tried calling the business, but there was no answer, confirming his suspicion.

So, since we didn't expect anyone this afternoon, we decided to go back to the yard sale that had the scrapbook paper and pick up the rest of it...120 sheets...which we can use to make greeting cards for Caring Hands Hospice, as well as for personal projects. The folks threw in a template for making envelopes, a stack of scrap papers, and some stickers.

From there, we visited a few other sales, but found nothing we wanted. By this time, it was raining pretty hard, so we came back home. Mother stayed home while we were gone. The trek out this morning tired her enough that she wanted a nap.

Supper tonight was leftover spaghetti, garlic bread made from whole wheat hamburger buns, and salad.

Later, we watched a movie called, "Flash of Genius," starring Greg Kinnear, and Alan Alda. This PG-13 film is based on a true story about the Detroit physics professor, Bob Kearns, who invented the intermittent windshield wiper. The blueprint patents for the invention are infringed upon by the Ford Motor Company, which proceeds to manufacture and install the mechanisms on their cars. A legal battle ensues. Good movie.

After the movie, we watched our favorite college football team play to a disappointing loss in their first SEC game. I had recorded the game on the DVR, while we watched the movie, so we ddn't start watching the game until 9 p.m., and even with fast forwarding past commercials, the game still ran on until midnight.