It’s been an eventful past week or so. Halloween came and went. It would have been more noteworthy except for the fact that I had to work Halloween night. We did have an okay party at work, and someone did steal the huge, uncarved pumpkin from my doorstep. I didn’t mind this so much because it meant I didn’t have to find some way to get rid of it, but it did perplex me a little since I had to spend time wondering who took it, when, and why.
The garage sale on Saturday morning was a big success for the most part. My mom and stepdad came and brought some junk to sell and some bags of pecans from their orchard. Those were selling very well. Jody brought over some of her junk to sell, as did Susan and Steve. It turned into almost a block party with different people arriving from all over the neighborhood. I had advertised for 8am in the paper, but some early birds showed up to be the first to pick over everything at around 7:30am. I would say they got the best deal since I was not very prepared to haggle at that point, having been caught unawares. A little after 8am, my next door neighbor and landlady, Joyce, came outside and hung out with us and brought some of her things out. It really was a lot of fun just sitting around with friends and family drinking coffee and talking. The people who live in the house built onto the old stone cistern stopped by and bought some things and a lot of us ended up walking down to check out their unusual house. My brother the interior design major got a copy of their floor plan and their phone number to call them with some remodeling ideas. He’s quite the operator. I had a really nice time. It made me want to come up with some other excuse to get together and meet the people from the neighborhood. Do people do block parties anymore?
Block parties eh? Only if you live at the Riata! :P Too bad I’m not in town to take part in the first annual Block-wide Garage sale. I should just leave a bunch of birds with you and you and have them do your bidding. heh.
-Mike