Park & Sell

Well, the Park & Sell went pretty well for us. We sold our big ticket items (except for the resin picnic table and matching chairs, which surprises me, because I was selling the entire set for 10 euros/$10). We also sold some of the smaller things, mostly books. Perusing through our book box prompted one woman to exclaim, "Someone here must've gotten an English degree!" HAHA. Damn perceptive. But the vast majority of the books we sold were German language books or travel guidebooks.

But we brought in a good amount of extra money, so I think we did okay. What we didn't sell will go to the thrift store in a few days.

The sale actually goes until 1, but by noon, we had sold all the big things (except the aforementioned table and chairs), so we called it a day. There were only about 6 of us selling things out of our cars, and one guy was already packing up anyway.

Lance got rid of the weed whacker too, which is funny, because he had about half a dozen people ask him about it, and then as soon as he told me that he was having second thoughts about selling it, someone came and bought it. Heh.

Two kids came along and fell in love with one of the stuffed animals I was selling. Their mom bought something from us, so I threw in the stuffed animal too, because it was obvious they wanted it and were hesitant to ask their mom about it. It was so cute...and because one stuffed animal wasn't enough, the little girl grabbed another one off the table and started cuddling it. Her mom laughed and said, "Nice try...but the nice lady already gave you one for free." HAHA.

Anyway, we talked to a lot of nice folks, enjoyed some decent weather (a bit on the chilly side, but very nice today), got rid of some unwanted stuff, and made a few extra bucks. Not a bad day.

Lance and I are eating lunch at the moment, and then we'll get cracking on other moving-related projects. I already spent a good chunk of yesterday afternoon packing up my spring/summer clothes in one of those big vacuum seal bags. And I'm emptying my dresser and organizing everything in the wardrobe, because the wardrobe doesn't belong to us and is staying behind. I still have a little more work to do with respect to that.

*squee*

Thanks to adarkjewel for posting this. This made me melt.

See what can happen when kids play fewer video games and read more books?

(And incidentally, had I gotten this type of love letter instead of the "Do you like me? Circle yes or no" type, I might have had a boyfriend during my formative years.)

glumbert - Literacy is cute

An Icebear and his blankie

I know there are some fellow Knut fans on my FL. The video on his most recent blog entry is really cute. Knut is settling down for a nap with his security blanket. Awwwwwww!

I can't believe he's almost a year old!

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I am probably going to bed here soon. I am aware that it's not even 9 pm. But I'm really THAT tired. Today has felt like a very long day, and the lack of sleep lately has really started to take a toll on me.

In addition to organizing things around the house, we walked to the landlord's place to deliver the letter of rent termination. We had a conversation with him that involved him speaking German and us trying to respond to what we thought he was saying in a combination of English and German. I won't miss that. Of course, our lack of understanding is completely our fault. That's what we get for not having learned enough German. But our landlords are understanding and speak slowly and repeat themselves often, and between the two of us, we can usually figure out what is being said. Of course, we still need to speak with our landlord's son, the actual owner of the house (his parents handle most everything), and he does speak English. I suppose there are some loose ends to tie up before we leave.

In other news, Ohio State is putting a severe beat down on Kent State right now, in a game that makes absolutely no sense at all. Why are they playing Kent State? And why now? They're now pretty much in the mid-season. They usually take care of all the easy teams in the first few games each year.