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Brian was pooped after the garage sale today. Mostly there was a lot of waiting around. We didn’t get much business and sold very few items, but getting rid of all of our junk (which the DAV will pick up from mom’s house on Monday) was well worth it.
We actually had fun after Dawn and her girls showed up. Amber and Haley came to sell soda and water to the customers. We all thought it would be a good idea specially on a hot summer day. Very few sodas and waters got sold, though.
Anyway, there was still a lot of waiting around with a bit of horsing around in between. Amber played chess with me. It was her first time playing, so I had to show her how the various pieces move, and she won! She was really excited about that. She learned the moves really quickly. She seems to be really sharp.
After that she taught me how to play Go Fish and Speed. We had a long discussion of how people are wrong to refer to “sugargliders” as “sugar gliders” because it is a compound noun. After all, it’s “firehouse” not “fire house” and “fireman” not “fire man” and “doghouse” not “dog house” and “superman” not “super man” and “butterfly” not “butter fly” and “watermelon” not “water melon” and… I could keep going, but you get the point.
Try searching for “sugargliders” on Google, though and you won’t get very many hits. However, if you use “sugar gliders” as the search term then you’ll get lots of hits. We both agreed that it should not have a space in between the two words.
Anyway, I realize that there compound nouns can exist in the open form but I don’t like them. I think compound nouns should consist of words stuck together like Siamese twins or at least be hyphenated. But that’s just me. =P
So that’s about the extent of my garage sale experience. It was my first one ever and I have to say, I refuse to participate in any kind of garage or yard sale ever again! It was so hot outside that we finally gave up and packed up early. I swear there were ten drivebys after our garage sale officially closed for the day. I kind of feel bad for closing early, but Brian and them insisted that we do because it had been almost two hours since the last victim (err, customer). It was Ching against everyone else so I was out-voted. It was actually good that we closed early because that gave Brian and I time to shower before dinner. It was a necessity because Brian and I were both really grody for being out in the heat all day. After our shower, he promptly passed out on our favorite sleeping couch (see the photo above).
Posted on June 10, 2006 by Ching under Family, Moblog.
This garage sale thing is boring! You want to know the worst part? I put out all these old, size 2 Express and J.Crew jeans that were too small for me and mom bought a bunch of them at discount.
I’m not mad that she bought them at a discount. I’m mad that she can fit in them and I can’t! =P
Posted on June 10, 2006 by Ching under Family, Moblog.
Our garage sale is open for business!
Posted on June 4, 2006 by Ching under Babies, Family.
We’ve only got one more joey left available for adoption. Three already have homes to go to. As you know, two are going to Gina and Sue. This morning, I just received confirmation from Dawn that her girls want one. So that leaves only one without a confirmed home.
The joeys won’t be ready to go for at least another two months, but I’m glad that we are able to find homes for them early. I think it gives Brian a sense of relief because he was really worried that I would end up keeping all the babies, which I would’ve done if we wouldn’t have found homes for them. I was ready to buy another cage and everything.
Anyway, we went to mom and dad’s today to bring some more stuff for the garage sale this weekend. We spent over two hours pricing stuff, mostly Brian’s action figures because he has a gazillion. Jen helped but she actually got something out of it. She got a first look at the some of the items and walked away with a pair of Bebe flipflops and four little, metal X-MEN action figures (Bishop, Gambit, Wolverine and Omega Red) for a buck.
We didn’t walk away empty handled either. We took home an artificial tree (for the sugargliders to climb on) and an external zip drive with over a dozen blank zip storage media for Brian. We had actually been thinking of buying a tree for the suggies, but were waiting to find one for the right price. Now we don’t have to because we got one for free.
I actually got on dad for wanting to toss the zip drive because I wanted one last year and I had no idea he had one that was on its way to the dumpster. I have a zip drive now because Brian’s dad just happened to have one that he no longer needed. Now Brian has one, too. So if he needs to retrieve some of his old stuff, I no longer have to get it for him because we now each have our own zip drives.
After the whole pricing activity, we feasted on pork chops and mungo. Yum! Mom had to fry pork chops for Brian because he doesn’t eat mungo. It is so good. He has no idea what he is missing.
Posted on January 22, 2006 by Ching under Family.
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We went to visit mom and dad today so I could get dad’s help on my Data Structures and Algorithms (CS 300) homework. It turns out he rocks at C programming. He won’t do my entire homework for me, though. =P
Anyway, mom asked if we wanted to see the new house. Brian had never seen it so we took a break from the computer and went on a little field trip.
The new house is coming along nicely. Mom and dad could not ask for some of the options that they originally wanted to ask for because the work on the main level has already been completed. However, the house still looks nice. The builder wouldn’t pick yucky colors and fixtures after all. Dad said that they’ll select colors that are easy to sell so they were pretty safe in those terms. The only downside is that they weren’t able to request some of the upgrades that they wanted.
It was just as well as far as mom is concerned because she figured that all of the things they wanted would have driven up the cost of the house way, way higher than is typical in their neighborhood. She calls this “overbuilding.” From what she says it’s not really a good idea and she was glad that they were able to avoid it because for a while there they were both getting really carried away with the various upgrades and options that they wanted.
While we were there, I took some pictures with my camera phone. They’re in my Flickr album. Check them out when you get a chance.
The house is not very big but the floor plan is nice. It has three bedrooms on the main level (the master bedroom, a bedroom for Logan when he sleeps over, and a guest bedroom that Brian and I can use if we decide to spend the night) and two bedrooms in the basement (dad’s office and Jen’s room). It’s just the right size for mom and dad. They don’t forsee any more moves in the future.
While we were there we actually got to watch a few golfers go by. Their house is by the third hole so they’ll probably see a lot of golf traffic. It’s not too bad because some of them, particularly the clumsy beginners, are really entertaining to watch. There was a lady that actually made me laugh because of the way that she awkwardly swung at the golf ball. I could’ve sworn she missed the ball completely. I can’t tell, though, because my vision is not that great at far distances.
Anyway, mom and dad are really looking forward to moving into their new home. Mom even said she would throw a graduation party for me. At first I really didn’t want to attend graduation. Brian wants me to because he feels that graduating from college is a huge accomplishment (which it is) but I am kind of embarrassed that it has taken me this long to finish. I didn’t want to draw attention to the fact that it has taken me ten years just to get a bachelors.
I mean, other Filipino kids already have their masters and are working on their doctorates and curing cancer and all that stuff. You know what I am saying? And here I am just now graduating from college.
Mom said that it will probably be just a small get together with a few important people. That will probably keep the cost down because she wants it professionally catered. I told her it can be a house-warming-slash-graduation-party but more emphasis on the house warming part. LOL. Besides, I don’t really know that many people.
You can tell everyone is excited about the new house. Even Jen is looking forward to moving back in. This afternoon she was boasting to Brian and I that the entire basement is hers. Of course, we burst her bubble when we told her that dad’s office is going to be next to her bedroom and that mom and dad have nice plans for the family room and rec room (there’s going to be a wet bar in the basement, mostly it will be in the rec room) which do not include her taking over the entire space. She’s still excited, though. She thinks the party patio is her own private smoking coral. I would be excited too if I didn’t have to pay rent for a while.
Anyway, dad is taking pictures and posting it to their photo gallery as construction continues. I think it’s great to be able to see the house take shape. The house is pretty much finished but I’m curious about how the basement will look after all the work is complete. Stay tuned for updates.
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