Yard Sale and VBS

Yesterday, I called a good friend of mine to see if she wanted me to come and help her paint her spare bedroom (since I have some recent experience in painting). She is also a single mom trying to get her house ready to sell. She was getting ready for a big yard sale that she is having today and tomorrow, so I offered to come and help her set up.

I stopped by and grabbed some lunch for all of us and took it over to her house. She had her daughter and 2 of her nieces with her, and I had all 3 of my kids with me as well. We all ate on the floor in her living room and then we got to work, while the kids played.

She has TONS of toys she was getting rid of. Lots of it was still in it's original packaging. Stuff that her daughter has received as gifts that she never played with. She also had some clothes that her daughter had outgrown. I picked out some nice ones for my girls. (Her daughter is younger than my oldest, but is just as tall and a bit bigger).

She also used to sell AVON and had a bunch of products that she had stocked up on and wanted to get rid of. She was going to have an entire table set up just for her AVON. I snagged a few things from there as well. I got some Anew Retroactive cream that is normally about $25 and some Anew Cinical that is normally $32 for just $5 a piece. (For preventative measures at this point.)

Then I came home to drop the kids off with guru and make a quick dinner before heading back out to church to help decorate for our VBS that starts this Sunday. I am co-teaching the music. The music always has movements to go along with the songs. I have only watched the dvd with the music and movement instructions one time. I have to watch that a few times between today and tomorrow and learn it all. EEK! Nothing procrastination, huh?

We did get a lot done though. As always, our church is decked out. I helped out my friend (the same one that's having the yard sale) decorate her room for the Kindergarten group. It will also be my youngest daughter's group. The theme is Arctic Edge. The rooms are supposed to be the Big Bear Lodge rooms. We were going for a log cabin feel. This is how it looked when I left at 11:30 last night:


(The door)


(The room)

Yes, that is a blow up moose head above the "fireplace".



I didn't get a picture of it, but someone brought in an actual deer head and hung it on the wall in the foyer. I'll take more pictures during the week and post them. It should be a blast!

So, I've been keeping busy. Next week is going to be LOOOONG. VBS goes all next week from 6-9 p.m. I should be sufficiently worn out!

(BTW, pray for my blog friend Suzy today, she will be having baby Eli today!!)