We spent the weekend camped out in our driveway trying to get rid of stuff at our HOA’s community yard sale. Not only did we have a ton of baby clothes to get rid of but we had also made an effort to pair down our own things again.

It wasn’t great to be up at the butt crack of dawn over the weekend, especially when Everly was actually sleeping and we could have been doing the same.

Saturday was really warm and sunny so it was uncomfortable to be out all morning and part of the afternoon. It was our busiest day though so it was good that we forced ourselves to get through the day.

We set up the pack n play in the shady garage for E to hang out in and we got a fan going in there too. She was a trooper and tolerated the crap weather and boring surroundings just fine.

Sunday we decided we’d sell again even though nobody else on our street was. We had so much crap we just wanted to be rid of. Our signs said Saturday and Sunday 7am-2pm and we were out, set up and ready to go…We knew Sunday morning would be slow because everyone is at church around here.

We figured the church crowd could see our signs and possibly stop by after church was over. We knew the Sunday turnout wouldn’t be a good but we didn’t think it would suck quite as much as it did.

Everyone that did stop remarked about us selling on a Sunday. Some liked the idea very much, others said it was an oddity and some tried to make us feel bad for not being in church ourselves.

We aren’t church people and that is something that has made us odd man out in these parts. People are always trying to get us or Everly to come to church with them and we always politely decline. Being asked to come isn’t the issue though, it is the judgment we get and the reactions people give when we decline that is the issue.

Why is it that just because you do everyone else has to? And don’t people know it is that forceful, judgmental stuff that keeps people away?

Church rant aside, the sale went well. We managed to make some money selling odds and ends and we are now free of quite a bit of stuff. It is kind of a relief too.

The last yard sale we had we opted to Freecycle the leftovers and were very annoyed with the greed and nerve of some people so this time, the stuff we didn’t sell got dropped off at Goodwill.

That didn’t stop the handful of people coming by to scope out what was happening with the leftovers. One lady even got out of her car and approached us but quickly changed her tune.

So now we are a car-load lighter on stuff and we donated to a good cause. We almost have enough room in the garage to pull a car in now. Oh and after dropping off our yard sale left overs we ran in the Goodwill and grabbed several pairs of play pants for Everly to muddy up out in the yard.

She needs to have some thick old denim to crawl around in and keep those legs protected, it needs to be stuff we aren’t worried about staining or tearing up. Been wanting a good pair of overalls for her or something. Ended up getting 8 pairs of pants for like $4 there. Bring on the mud.