Weekend Get-A-Way

Well, John and I are going out of town this weekend! Sounds romantic doesn't it? We're going out of town, just not together. As some of you may already know, this is the opening weekend of bow hunting season. John is packing up and staying at the farm this weekend. He is very excited. They all look forward to this weekend every year. I really don't mind him going as long as someone else is at the cabin with him. I don't want him staying down there by himself. I guess I watched to many scary movies when I was a teenager.

My mom and I are packing up and leaving for Tupelo tomorrow morning (Thursday). We are going to stay with my sister. It will be just the three of us! When Sam heard we were coming and what we were going to be doing, he found some where to go for the entire weekend.

A few months ago, my mom and I decided that we needed to de-clutter my house to make room for Jack and his things. She started coming up once a week, and we have been taking one room at a time and cleaning it from top to bottom. (Bless her heart, she has had to do most of the cleaning because I'm still on pelvic rest.) And that includes getting rid of a lot of junk. Over the last few months, we have collected A LOT of stuff that John and I do not need. Most of it we didn't even know we had. So, this weekend we are taking it all to Tupelo for a garage sale. (John and I have already taken one load in his truck.)

Why Tupelo you ask? Tupelo is the garage sale capital of the state. They take their garage sales very seriously. You have to buy a permit and have the permit posted where everyone can see it. You can only have one sale every three months. They start on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning is the busiest time of the sale. We had one at my sister's in April. I didn't take much that time. I was pregnant, but didn't know it yet and I really didn't feel well the week or two before the sale. (I thought I was coming down with the flu or a really bad cold. Little did I know.) We had a few people stop by that Thursday afternoon, but Friday morning was insane. People were parked outside my sister's house at 5:45 that morning and by lunch we had sold about 75% of our stuff. Oh, and it was pouring down rain, flooding and tornadoes had been spotted in the area. Like I said, Tupelo takes this stuff seriously.

Nicole has advertised in the Tupelo paper and has our permit. I think we are ready to sale some junk! But the visit won't be all work. There will be plenty of shopping. There always is. I plan on buying Jack's car seat and stroller while I'm there. Tupelo has a couple of great baby stores. And who knows what else we will get into. We will close the sale down each day around lunch to make sure we have time to shop.

John and I will meet back at home on Sunday. I will be sure to post about our big weekends. I hope John kills a big deer and I hope I make a lot of money. One thing I know for sure, I will not be bringing any of that stuff back home. Luckily, Tupelo also has a big, nice Salvation Army with a convenient drop-off.

I hope everyone has a fun, safe weekend!