New Fav Thing!!!

I have found a new love.  I know I am slow to find this love.  I guess I was never patient enough before.

GARAGE/YARD/TAG SALES!!!
Whatever you call them, I am an addict.  


So we have moved once again and have not been able to get our stuff up here yet (so pricey!) so we have had to buy a few things to get us through.  You know things like a comfy chair, a table to eat at...you know, so we aren't sitting on the (awesome) hard word floors eating breakfast etc.  We have found so many great things and I am thrilled.  
Here is my new comfy chair...it's from Lord and Taylor furniture and is nearly new.  The lamp ($5) is also new and in really great shape.

Our new dining room table and 4 chairs from World Market!  The lady with the above chair also had this table...she had good taste!  

We have also been lucky and found some free stuff just sitting out waiting to be given a new home... these wicker tables I will eventually paint and use them outside or in the girls' room but for now they are very handy in the L.Room.  The futon pad (temp. couch) my neighbor found and gave us. 

My neighbor also scored this sewing machine table w/ a great sewing machine and chair!  Her daughter's GS troop had a GSale (I didn't know about this one) and these items didn't get purchased.  She brought it all home for me!  Ohhhh, I also love my new neighbor! 

The top of the sewing table folds out and to the left.  The sewing machine lays under and you fold it up to use.  The chair had an awful tweed fabric and I recovered it this week.  So great now!

 I also found these pillows...love them so much...Just my style and the perfect colors!  

My entire family love the garage sales...hubby was the one getting me going last Saturday by making the pot of coffee and the kiddos always grab their wallets. 


Some of our other scores...
Washer/Dryer...also from the woman with the chair and table.  They aren't shiny and new but they wash clothes perfectly!  

and....
K and L have found lots of very cute clothes 
Z found a new bike for $10!!!




Each Friday our little local and FREE newspaper comes out and they have a great list of garage sales.  I map it all out with the maps app on my hubbies iphone and we are set to go! 


A great way to start the weekend! 

What will I find this weekend?  I will let you know...

Girl Scouts!

My littlest is officially a Brownie GS and she couldn't be happier about it.  She was so excited to be asked to join the troop and didn't hesitate. Of course I thought there might be a bit of hesitation because we are new to this school but no, not one bit of thought required.                                    
We went to the GS store the day before the first meeting and she got her garb needed to be "official".   Of course that was a lot of the fun...shopping!  As we still don't have a lot of our stuff from FL, I borrowed my neighbors iron and got those patches on good and tight.  I would prefer to sew them but for now they seem to be holding good. 

She was easy to wake this morning...I told her the sash was ready to go and she JUMPED out of bed to get dressed and put it on. 

Her troop is big...29 girls but there are 4 leaders and they seem to be extremely organized.  They work on a badge at every meeting and there is even a back yard camp-out coming up in a week or so. 

The above, first pic was taken pre-hairbrushing as sissy pointed out to us.  "Lili you really need to brush your hair".  So I had to take a second...

Now we were pure Brownie perfection!  Can you tell she is excited?!  I sure can! 

To help us Remember...

A group of volunteers here in St. L put together a very touching memorial to help us all remember those people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

Its was really an amazing sight and put into real, hands-on meaning just how many people were affected that terrible day. 

This location is Art Hill in Forest Park and the large building is the St. Louis Art Museum. 

Each flag was numbered and labeled with the name of a person who died that day, a picture (if avail.), their age, where they worked, and where they died...in the Twin Towers, one of the 4 airplanes, or the Pentagon. 

Hearing all those flags wave was such an experience...very chilling reminder of what those people heard that day.  The shadows on the ground also made me think of the person who is no longer here on earth with their family.    

It was a wonderful honor to be there and celebrate those that lost their lives on 9.11.01.  I applaud those that had this idea...it was perfectly fitting. 

My thoughts...

It's been 10 years since the attacks on 9.11...hard to believe.  It still feels like yesterday and I wasn't directly affected.  It was an awful feeling of helplessness.  I can't imagine what the families of all those innocent victims must have felt while they were talking to their family member on the phone or watching it on the TV.  

We all have the stories of where we were that sad day.  I too have my story.  I had just had my 2nd child and had been home from the hospital only a few days.  My mom was still in town helping out.  My husband called from work and said I must turn on the TV.  We sat there stunned as that 2nd place flew into the 2nd tower and spent that day watching the events unfold.
 
Our country came together in those days.  We were a team.  There were none of the usual differences whether they be political, religious, cultural, or ethnic.  All these differences were put aside and we were one.  It's not like that today.  We seem to be so focused on defining ourselves in terms of those differences.


We all want what is BEST for our country, BEST for our citizens.  We may not agree on how to go about it but I choose to stay positive.  I liked being part of a team.  Lets get back to that.

If we haven't learned anything but hatred and fear, then we have lost.   
 

Happy Fall...or at least it feels like Fall today here in MO!

These were all taken from our house in CO which we miss but we are loving our new home in MO!  

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and GO WILDCATS!!!!