Taking Charge

When you are a military family, you tend to accumulate a lot of stuff. When it comes time to move again people usually take that opportunity to purge a lot of stuff that they no longer need or want. Well, when we left Corpus last year we definitely didn't seize that opportunity. We dragged all of our unneeded crap (for lack of a better term) here with us. Guess what that means? Yes, ma'am! It is time to get our garage sale on!! Ok, so i am a little giddy because I have never had a "grown up" garage sale before. The only garage sale that I remember having in my lifetime (that i played a part in anyways) was with my childhood friend Jackie. We really brought in the big bucks selling all of our audio cassette tapes....probably a whopping twenty dollars, if that! But I remember having fun setting it all up and having people give us their hard earned cash for our crap. Ha! So now in my big girl, grown up garage sale, we are getting rid of all of the baby items and way outgrown out of clothes of the girls, and a bunch of random things like printers and microwaves and such.

Of course this means that Kevin is not around to help me tag, price, and organize items this week. Go figure. They seem to always be gone when you need 'em! But that's okay...time to get my big girl pants on and hold down the fort!

It will be fun to do this as a family :) Bonding through garage-saling....love it!

On another note, i have decided that I am going to cancel my LA Fitness membership. But have no fear!! I will be joining the YMCA!! Today I took Kaylee to a kids fitness class at YMCA called Bouncing Buddies. She had a blast! I'de say $2 for 45 minutes or pure kid exhaustion was well worth it!! Kaylee could barely walk outta that place! Ha! It was extremely family friendly and that is the main reason why I am making the switch. I have been hesitant about taking the girls to the kids club at LA Fitness, mostly because of Lily and her stranger anxiety. She is starting to get over it but LA Fitness is pretty big and I just feel so far away from her and would worry the whole time. I think I would feel better about having them in the kids zone at the Y. Another motivating factor is getting discounts on all of the activities (gymnastics, swim lessons, these kids fitness classes). So overall i would be saving money, which is always a plus!

It's a lonely night here for this Navy Wife! So I think i will pay bills and hit the hay! Don't feel too bad for me though...I already induldged in an overly dramatic finale of the Bachelorette and wayyyy too many chips and dip....and a chocolate.....ugh. Another reason to hate him being away....eating to fill the holes!!