The worst yard sale ever and it is that time again

This past Saturday the kids and I held the worst yard sale ever. Our street always has tons of traffic-not Saturday. We advertised and this usually brings throngs of yard salers-not Saturday. We don't have a good track record for yard sales and we kept our record intact . It was so incredibly hot-about 90 by 8am, it was horrible to be outside. We sold a few puzzles, got rid of the free tv and microwave and sold a few items of clothing and shoes. I donated the rest of the clothes and will donate all the books to a local library. After the yard sale, Matt's teacher Mrs. Coniway came to pick up the bass. She is not happy and Matt is unhappy. She wants him to stop in and visit and come to all the concerts. Maybe next year it will work out. Who knows. Kristen wanted to go swimming so dropped her at the rec center where she went down the water slides "a million times". After that we went and got the stuff for beef fondue, corn on the cob and ice cream. After that, we watched Wild Hogs. Matt actually went to bed at 9:30, he was so beat.

Today we spent doing last minute school shopping and combined it with Matt practicing driving. He is getting better and better. We need to practice parallel parking. It is 10:20 and both kids are in bed. Kristen has to be at school at 6:45 and Matt has to be there by 7am to pick up the final version of his schedule. He is going to resist big time, but I insist on taking his picture for the 1st day of school. Kris will have her picture taken Tuesday since that is actually the 1st day for her. Tomorrow she is a WEB leader for "the little guys" as she calls them!

The contents of Matt's backpack:
a portfolio binder
a legal pad

The contents of Kristen's backpack:
calculator that does square roots
5 binders
composition book
graph paper
notebook paper
pens-12
pencil-about 50(enough for the 1st week)
3 colors of highlighters
colored pencils
scissors
glue sticks
4 spiral notebooks
folders
erasers
2 sizes of sticky notes

This does not include carrying the flute!