recovery

I'm recovering from the garage sale.  I don't know how many hours I spent getting ready for this.  I made over $300, which is more than I thought I'd make, but if I divided that by how many hours I spent, it would be depressing!  So I'm glad I don't know how many hours I spent!   

Rachel had her lemonade and cookie stand, which she was excited about, but her excitement fizzled quickly, and she spent the majority of the last two days playing with the neighbors, instead of manning her stand.  We had to keep calling her back for her customers!  But she made $34, so she was excited.

It was pretty slow yesterday morning, which was frustrating, because Friday morning is usually the busiest times.   And this morning it rained for the first couple of hours, which really cut down on our customers, and I had a pretty dismal outlook about the rest of the day, but then I had one woman come looking for the exact size clothes I was selling and she bought a ton of stuff, so that brightened my day.  Then the rain stopped and we were able to move everything back outside, and the rest of the day was pretty steady business, so it all worked out.  Rebecca loved being outside all day, interacting with everyone, and helping Rachel now and then with her lemonade stand.

My mom came down to help me out during the sale, and she also took the girls and me to the state fair one evening.  We took Rachel when she was about two, but that was the last time I had gone.  The girls had a great time.