Saturday: Yard Sale Goodies

Yard Sale Buys:
 Two New Sets of Kitchen Towels and Box of Stationery

Neighbor T's daughter and son held their yard sale, on Saturday.  It started at 8:00 a.m., but, I waited until 11:00 a.m. to go over to have a look.  Before I went over, I decided I would look for any kitchen towels as I could always use some kitchen towels or share with my daughter (I tossed one of my old kitchen towels that had been used as a rag to clean the patio set, yesterday; it was already torn and wouldn't have withstood being washed another time) and maybe one or two other items if they were something I could actually use (no decorative items).  I took $5 with me and that was my budget for the day.

I am glad I had decided what I wanted to get, beforehand!  There were so many items to tempt me!  I found not one, but, two sets of kitchen towels, still in their original packaging and I picked up both.  I debated with myself over the box of stationery, but, in the end, I decided to get that, too, if only for the envelopes!  None of the items had any price tags on them and when I asked K how much she wanted for the kitchen towels and the box of stationery, she said $5 and I was happy because that was the amount I had planned to spend!  

K and her brother said that they've had a steady stream of people stopping by, which was good to hear.  I told them that if any of their customers needed additional parking, they could park in my driveway and they thanked me, but, no one parked in my driveway.  I guess they found adequate parking on the street.

In the afternoon, I sewed on the quilt I'm mending and watched some videos.  Later, I mended one of my old knitted socks; it's one that I had mended once, already, but, it had a gaping hole in the heel, again!  

On Friday, when M was here, we pulled up the snow pea vines as they have more or less finished their season.  But, there were some mature pods on the vines and they had formed peas.  I picked them all off the vines and shelled the peas, on Saturday.  There was about half a cup of peas and I boiled them to have as part of my dinner:

Freshly Picked and Boiled Peas

After dinner, I ran the dishwasher and tidied the kitchen.  I might have baked a cake, too!

Chocolate Cake

On Saturday, I was grateful for:

- A sunny and warmer day (the high was 73F)
- Finding two sets of kitchen towels at the yard sale
- Fresh peas from the garden
- Being able to video chat with my daughter
- Working appliances

Saturday's joyful activity was attending the yard sale!  

No firm plans for Sunday.  I'll probably do a little tidying and decluttering.

How was your Saturday?  What are your plans for Sunday?  Do you like to go to yard sales?  

 

The Weekend

Darning Socks

I've had a relatively quiet weekend.

Saturday was partly cloudy, partly sunny and the daytime high was 58F.  I felt cold, but, didn't want to put the heater on during the day, although, I eventually put it on in the evening (and turned it off before I went to bed).  I did a load of laundry in the morning and hung everything up to dry.  Later, I ran the dishwasher partly because I haven't used it in a couple of weeks.  I always turn it off once the washing cycle has completed and open the door to let the dishes air dry to save on electricity.  I cooked one of the trays of chicken (made a chicken curry) and froze most of.  There were 10 thighs and I kept one cooked piece out and froze the rest in packages of three pieces each.  In between, I cleaned the litter box, chatted on the phone with former neighbor T, called friend R to check on her, emailed a friend and video chatted with my daughter.  Brunch had been a bagel with cream cheese, dinner was leftover macaroni and cheese with chicken curry.  

Sunday was Superbowl Sunday.  I watched the game in the afternoon.  While I watched the game, I mended two of my handknitted wool socks.  I had noticed that one of my blue knitted socks had a big hole in the heel, yesterday, and started to darn it.  Unfortunately, I don't have a wooden darning egg or darning mushroom; I used a fresh lemon, instead!  I didn't have any matching wool, but, I used some leftover grey wool, instead, and it worked out well.  I actually started mending that sock on Saturday and finished it, today, using a regular darning stitch which is similar to weaving.  Then, I noticed that one of the socks I was wearing had a rather worn out heel; not torn yet, but, in need of reinforcing before it tore.  I mended it, too, using the same grey wool, but, using the duplicate stitch instead of the darning stitch.  I am happy I was able to mend my socks and extend their use a little longer.

I put the heater on in the morning to warm up the house and then, turned it off.  Later in the evening, I switched on the electric space heater.  Brunch was a toasted bagel and cream cheese; dinner was rice, green beans, chicken curry, and peach chutney.

This weekend, I am grateful for:

- Having the option of using the big gas heater to warm up the entire house or the small electric heater to warm up the area where I am sitting
- Being able to darn my socks and extend their useful life
- Working appliances
- Phone calls, video chats, emails, etc., with family and friends
- Plenty of knitted and crocheted blankets on hand to warm me up when needed

The weekend's joyful activities included mending socks and watching football.

How was your weekend?  Did you watch the Superbowl?  Do you mend socks?