Big Leather Couch

Minutia alert...Took Friday off and spent all day finishing up the prep for the garage sale. I put signs up at the two main intersections to our community. Big and hot pinks they were sure to catch your eye.

Saturday the alarms went off before the sun was up and it was way cold at 6:00am. We pulled all the boxes and buckets out of the garage and set the big stuff out. Our ad and the signs all said 7:00am start, but as we expected the first people began showing up at 6:30am.

The stream of cars seriously continued for the next 6 hours. There was always someone walking though the aisles of items. Our sister in law also took a drive up from her home and it was nice to visit with her and she also sold a few items.

We did get rid of all the big items, which I felt was important. My bed - gone! The Soloflex Machine (aka big heavy clothes rack) - gone! The many drums and cymbals - gone!

We were all cleaned up by 4:30pm and now all we need to do is bring the left-over items down to Goodwill.

Both Nancy and I were exhausted and had some pizza and were asleep by 9:30pm.

Yesterday we just lounged around the house and watched some football and a movie and just enjoyed each others company.

Last night we ate some hamburger steaks in an onion sauce and creamed spinach.

Oh yeah, I have two CDs I will do reviews on this week. One I am having a real problem with - see I really dislike the CD...but I know it is music that some of my readers enjoy.

And that is really all I have...How is that for a true minutia post???

Take two...I began to write off the cuff just now and got about two paragraphs in and had no idea where I was going - or why I had even started the words I put on the screen.

We are all ready - well almost all ready - for our Yard Sale this Saturday.

Took out a 4-line ad in the local paper for Thursday and Saturday...

Have signs that will go up on the main roads at either end of the road we live off...The garage is set up with shelves containing items of like price... Buckets of sporting equipment all at different price levels...Clothing for sale...Electronics...Furniture...

Now we need some decent weather - i.e. no rain, and people! LOL

Anything that is left at the end of the day will end up on a Salvation Army or Goodwill Truck.

Big doings in the Mayer household...

John Mayer will kick off a North American tour beginning February 8th in Charleston, SC and feature special guest, Michael Franti & Spearhead in support of his about to drop Battle Studies.

Tickets for the majority of dates are planned to go on sale to the general public on Nov. 21.

Something very cool on this day after Veteran's Day, Fuse TV today announced that their “Fuse Presents: John Mayer Live From the Beacon Theatre,” broadcast will now be sent to U.S. troops and their families by AFN, The American Forces Network, to reach those stationed in 175 countries and on 140 U.S. Navy ships at sea.

Mayer’s performance will air live on Fuse, in HD and SD, on November 17th at 9pm ET in the U.S. and will be simulcast live that night via AFN Radio. Additionally, AFN Television’s “Spectrum” channel will air the concert on December 6, 2009 at 8pm and on New Year’s Eve.

I have begun a new project. Mom Joan and Dad Vince sent me over 500 slides that encompasses most of their life together.

I am scanning and creating a slide show that will be burned to DVD for them. This is a massive project that will take a few months to get done and then I can continue on working on the wedding DVD I am scripting.

On top of that, I am still digitizing the music, working on the cassette collection at the moment.

Then I will re-tackle the vinyl...good thing I quit smoking since this all will take me quite a while and eventually I want to be able to enjoy the fruits of my labor.


See y'all tomorrow folks!