This was the sight at my house a couple Saturday's ago. My garage was packed to the rafters with the rummage that Ross and his helper's have been hauling in for the whole year. They started right after the PFLAG Scholarship yard sale last year and have not stopped. Since it is almost time again he knew this stuff had to be sorted and what better way then to drag it all out, let people paw through it and anything that can be replaced with a hand full of money becomes that much easier to move across town to the big sale the first weekend in April. So the plan was made.
Nancy is always head cashier, so she sets at this table. The item is brought to the table and she eyeballs it and gives them a price. Prices are always low. If it can be held in one hand it is under a dollar. Two handed items are over a dollar and furniture can run all the way up to $5.00-$10.00. Buyers are reminded that it all goes to the scholarship program at PCC. Rebecca and her crew are always on hand helping, so it kind of turns into a party of sorts. You all know how I like to cook, so this day it was a cook out on my big smoker.
This was the view I had of the sale. I pulled the smoker out and started my fire. Being the lazy white girl that I am, I just pulled it far enough out of the shed to keep from asphyxiating myself. As soon as the coals were ready, I dumped a package of hot dogs on the grill. Now, here is something I figured out rather quickly: Do not set your grill with the back part lower then the front and put round hot dogs on it laying straight as they tend to roll and do so rather quickly! There is no back to the grill and so anything that starts a down hill roll does nothing except pick up speed. So two of the hot dogs escaped the fate of being eaten. I still had 18 hot dogs left. And 24 hamburgers and 8 pounds of potato salad. Oh, and a freshly baked peach cobbler.
The pre sale ran from 11:00 AM till 1:00 PM. Course there were early birds, but by 1:00 all the signs were down and my house is hard to find without arrows. I had fed several people early as they needed to get back into town. Everything being put back into the garage, which now had lots of room, we began the finishing up of the food. So Rebecca's husband threw the rest of the meat on the grill and cooked it to perfection. And here is our hallowed leader, Ross in his lovely Christmas apron, testing our wares. I am happy to announce that we fed at least 23 people and had no left overs, and no one went away hungry.
And I am also happy to announce that we are ready for the sale! Sadly this will be our last yearly scholarship sale. When the whole year is spent scrounging things for the sale, loading and hauling things for the sale, sorting things for the sale, categorizing for the sale, and using every inch of storage for the sale, it gets to be a very all consuming event. So, we will now concentrate on books only. Those can be stored at the college and pulled out and put away easily. We may have a couple bake sales. Lord only knows what we will do, but knowing Ross and Rebecca, I am sure we will do something useful. It has been a long run and I will miss it, as I am sure you all will, but time marches on.
So, see you at the sale!
APRIL 5 & 6, 2013, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
110 LACROSS
8:00 A M -???????
LAST ANNUAL PFLAG SCHOLARSHIP YARD SALE
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