Laura went before the Signal Hill Neighborhood Association board tonight to... to what? Ask permission? Ask advice? Recruit shoppers? Anyway, she has been advised to change the advertising to "Multi-Family Yard Sale" and then list her address on Signal Hill Blvd. This is slightly different from advertising as "Signal Hill Neighborhood Yard Sale" and a vast improvement from the highly illegal "Signal Hill Neighborhood Association Yard Sale". I am afraid that if she advertised as the latter she would be slapped with a court ordered injunction.
It was a fascinating hour at the SHNA board meeting. We did not actually get to vote on anything, but I think we may get a few new blog followers. (Hi, Donna!)
Let us turn our attention to tomorrow:
Tomorrow is Friday, therefore we have a long list of sales to hit. Laura has done the research, printed out the addresses, and assures me we have a lot of work ahead of us.
But there is no school tomorrow! We will be yardsaling with two seven year olds, a five year old, and a three year old. (This is not all of our combined eight children, thankfully) This is not the ideal yardsaling situation, obviously. Here are the three major problems, as I see them:
- The kids all need a seat in the van. What with boosters, car seats, and seat belts, we can't fudge the seating arrangements and put anyone on someone else's lap. This will severely limit our available payload.
- Children generally exit the car leisurely. They need help unbuckling. They have to climb laboriously down from their seats. On a busy Friday, where minutes count, this could mean success or failure at a desirable yard sale.
- Children have unpredictable digestive requirements. Food goes in and potty comes out. Each of these needs becomes urgent within seconds of the child acknowledging it. This will cause untold deviations in our course.
We can only try to do our best under the circumstances. Wish us luck.
My personal shopping list for tomorrow includes:
- Sweaters
- Small crafts and prizes for Brownie troop
- Owl figurines (to photograph for future blog entitled "Owls for Sale: the decorations no one wants anymore.")
- Weird and hilarious presents for Kit, whose birthday is tomorrow
- Costume jewelry for art projects
- Underpriced items for resale at next week's neighborhood yard sale. I mean, multi-family yard sale which happens to coincidentally be taking place in my neighborhood.
Items we are still seeking on behalf of other people:
- Stainless steel sink with side drain so Matt can clean fish
- Temporary dresser (for use until Kris's good furniture is delivered)
- Queen sized headboard and matching dresser for a high level administrator we happen to know
- Patio furniture so Paul can bribe somebody at work
- Soul and jazz records for my cool brother
Tune in tomorrow!
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