Humm… things have changed a bit here. What is a “page” vs a “post”?? I just tried this as a page and lost it..now it’s a post.
I reached my swimming goal today…1 mile - 72 laps of the town pool. Woopie. Weighed in with only a 0.2 pound loss, but I think I’m bloated a bit.
Saturday was interesting and exhausting. Got set up for the farmer’s market between 7 and 7:30. This means moving around traffic barriers, putting out waste cans, and setting up our Manager’s tent. I had lots of help though. The farmer’s arrive between 7:30 and 8 and I have to guide them to their spots and we had the challenge of one car that parked in the market area that we had to work around. We had corn, tomatos, huge melons, organic beans, berries, plums, peaches, apples, and goatsmilk soaps…as well as maple syrup and baked breads and jams. I was there for the whole day (until 1 pm) and then went over to the town’s big event - an auction - of a very old house (1825) and all of it’s contents.
In fact attendence at the market was low because most of the local people were at this auction. The couple who used to live there are a locally famous couple and were members of our church who both died within 4 months of each other. Their children live in London and San Fransico and had no desire to live here in LeRoy and decided to sell it all. The house sold first for only 155K!!! It is assessed for about 200K. It is a very nice stately 5 bedroom house bordering the local golf course. My DH went for the whole auction and I joined him for the last 3 hours. We got twin 4-poster beds with carved pineapple posts for our Cape Cod place, and a very comfortable leather recliner that my DH has already fallen asleep in. I also bought lots of great picture frames and a large gold-guilded mirror. It was very hard to see all of their belongings spread out over the lawn and people bidding on them. But, my practical side also realizes that after-all it is only “stuff”. The frames I bought had photos of Weegie’s (the wife) horse riding club from the 1950s on, and a woman approached me about wanting the photos for the riding club’s scrap book. I said sure, as I only wanted the frames so I was happy to know the photos will be appreciated there. Another woman who bought “Seely’s” (the husband’s) hats is donating them to a local restaurant where they always used to go and eat. By the end of the day, after working the markey and then moving the furniture to our house I was exhausted!
Then Sunday, we went with friends to Lockport to take a boatride down the Erie canal. We went through 2 locks and learned all about the hisporty of the area. Enjoyed sunshine on the upper deck. When my DH went to our car to unlock it, his key broke off in the car door!! I didn’t have an extra key. We had driven 2 cars, but couldn’t fit all 7 of us in the other car. So we went to dinner to figure out what to do and it was decided that I would ride back to LeRoy (about an hour), pick up the extra key and drive back. My friend, Carol, rode back with me to keep me awake and her friend, Tom stayed with my DH. They had more fun, went to a bar and had a beer or two…while I drive the 100 miles round trip. Boy was I tired.
So that was my fun-filled tiring weekend! Oh, by the way, we had driven the car with the broken key to Lockport because we were selling it and a guy out that way was going to look at it. Well, my DH did get the key out of the lock this am and he sold the car a couple of hours later. In the meantime, I found a 5-speed Saturn coup at our local mechanic’s and bought it this afternoon. A lot happened today, huh?
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