The first week of August is a big thing in Gadsden, Al. We are part of the world's longest yard sale. Now, yard sales can be awesome or crappy, depending on whats in them. This yard sale is AWESOME! Just in the first 2 counties it cuts through, I can find everything from the usual baby clothes and musty old covered rockers, to the coolest old western buggies and coaches! All for sale! I found a guy I love to visit every year. He comes from Jackson, Al to sell all his antiques. He had mantles, deer heads, old wagon wheels, and lots of blue mason jars! I can always expect him to have some of the coolest stuff around!
Sadly I didn't get to buy anything from him this year. We had a sale of our own, mostly from the junk in the closet. We made good money too. Not sure if I'll do it again next year though, I missed not seeing "Jackson." Another thing about this event is that its kind of my birthday gift for my mom. Her birthday and the yard sale coincide with each other and we usually try spend all day together junkin' around! Mother/daughter time is the best birthday gift!
The whole family took a road trip to NC the weekend of the 17th for my cousin's wedding! My brother and his fiance, my mom, and me and Dw all got in our Impala and took off up the interstate! Had a great time visiting family and friends! On our way back we stopped to visit another family member who lived less than an hour from where we stayed. It felt so good to see all my family members I don't get to see very often. At the wedding; I saw cousins, and aunts and uncles that I haven't seen in years! I didn't recognize half of my little cousins! They were either married or dating, and a few even had kids of their own now! So much time passes by us without a notice. It was wonderful to see everyone and spend time catching up. I won't post any photos from the wedding because I'm sure those in the photos would say "take those down!!!!" I know I got a few 'incriminating' shots of some folks being crazy(er) than they should have been.
I turned 24 on the 23rd. Hubs and I spent the evening out at my favorite lil mexican joint in town. I enjoyed a pina colada with my dinner, and then we went to a friend's house and hung out with all our buddies til around 2 am. For a while, it rained on the guys playing cornhole (in the dark), and so they came in and we all played a few rounds of quarters.
In between all this excitement, I've done the usual dishes and laundry, but more importantly, I've gotten more accomplished in the 2nd bedroom. I purchased 2 bookcases to go on the wall with my Krafty Kloset, as more storage for more accessible items. I got a few more photo boxes on clearance from Hobby Lobby as well. I can always use more of these great storage bits!
Got the closet organized and cleaned out thanks to that yard sale. Before/now shots below. Still moving things around, so more will go back in, but not nearly as much! Thank goodness! Yall forgive the squiggle down the center. I was going to leave it out, but because this is 2 pictures merged, it left this weird double look in the center. The line makes it easier on the eyes. Don't want yall thinkin' you went cross-eyed! Same with the above picture.
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That's about it for now! Lots left to do, but that's another day, another post.
See you soon!
