My First Week

Well, I had my first week of work in which I was all alone and in charge.  It went pretty well.  I'm gaining more and more confidence with each customer/contract/phone call, etc!!

And it helps that we have a lot of repeat customers, so they are real understanding to the fact that I'm the "new girl."  :)

And it's also funny to see/hear people's reactions when they find out that Gabe and I are married.  It's usually the men that say, "Oh wow!  Y'all are married AND work together????"  And the women say, "Oh, how nice."  LOL!!  See the difference?

But if you stop and think about it, we aren't working together too much.  We overlap mostly on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and that's pretty much it.  Then he leaves for school.  And the other days, we are on our own.  And what's so wrong with working with your best friend anyway?  :)

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So on Saturday, my neighborhood hosted the bi-annual garage sale again.  I had already decided that I needed to have another one (this would be my third).  I didn't really want to do it, but I knew I should.  And my friend, Jayne wanted in on the action this year, so that made it easier to get in the mood for it.

It wasn't all that hard to get ready and set up for it... I still had the tables set up in the garage with most of the items I needed to sell in the garage as well.  I did pull out a few more clothes and toys from the house that definitely needed to go.  Its amazing how may toys the kids have!!!

So we set up Friday evening to be ready to open for business on Saturday morning bright and early!  :)

We "opened" up around 6am.  Yes, we are crazy... but these garage sale shoppers are crazy too!  Lol!  Believe me, there were shoppers this early!

It was good having a partner this time.  First, it was good to have her there because it made the garage sale look bigger and better!  Second, she helped to keep a watch on the crowd.  Some of these people would come in car loads at a time.  Crazy!  And third, it's just always fun to have one of your best friends around!

We made some good money!!  Most of Jayne's stuff was gone.  I had started with two tables full of clothes, in which I was pretty much selling everything for one dollar.  I think I ended with maybe a small bag of clothes left.  Anything I had left over, I took to Good Will right then and there (except for toys).  I wanted it gone and out of my garage!  It felt so good to get rid of this junk.

This was Jayne's first garage sale ever... even though she made some good money, I don't think she will be having another one anytime soon.  Lol!  I think she got a little overwhelmed at times.  Lol!  But we had a great time together.

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My parents had also come into town over the weekend.  So of course the kids were very excited to see them.

I had already made plans to have a girls dinner out with Jayne and Becca for Saturday.  We met up at Don Julio's and had a long, much needed, dinner out!  Lol!  It was great to have some girl time (like always).

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On Sunday, Gabe worked for me so that I could go to the local VFW with the rest of my family to attend a benefit for a longtime family friend.  He had recently been diagnosed with skin and bone cancer.

So the community came together and had a BBQ dinner, silent auction, and live auction to help with his medical expenses.  We got to see a lot of people that we don't normally get to see anymore.  Including his family.  I used to play with his children when we were younger.  I hardly even recognized them!  

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So there you have it... my week in a nutshell!  :)