Brian Was Pooped
Posted on June 10, 2006 by Ching under Family, Games, Life.
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).
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Sleeping on the Job
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
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Garage Sale
Posted on June 10, 2006 by Ching under Family, Moblog.
Our garage sale is open for business!
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Let the Sale begin!
Posted on June 9, 2006 by Brian under Life.
Ok folks, tomorrow is the day that we start this grand garage sale that has been haunting me for the last several weeks. I am glad that we actually went thru all our stuff and made space in our house. It’s something that I have been wanting to do for quite some time now. We got rid of a lot of stuff that we had from our wedding that we got like 6 duplicates of, also got rid of some old presents that were given to us from various friends that we never did use. At one time we could not walk thru our house without walking into some box or something. Now we can’t walk around without walking into a dog toy. After all this is over I will be relived that we are that one step closer to our vision of a simple lifestyle. I think that if this goes well I will write a book on how to live simply in the world and be happy. I think that if the world were to follow in the footsteps of people like me then it would defiantly be a better place. Ching just called and said that she will be coming home to got thru her clothes at noon today to see if theirs anything that she wants to give up for the garage sale. This is a big step for her. She really likes her clothes and doesn’t want to get rid of them, I have been trying to get her to loose some of the older smaller ones but she is determined to loose weight and fit into her stuff that she wore in high school. I keep trying to tell her that it doesn’t work that way and to just let it go. I hope that she finally lets some stuff go and frees up space in the closet for maybe some new stuff. She hasn’t bought clothes in like 2 years and I am trying to encourage her to do so. She still won’t its frustrating because for once I want her to actually buy clothes and she is turning it down. I guess time will tell if she changes and accepts the fact that she needs new clothes. Maybe I should call those “What not to wear” people and tell them to come fix her up!Â
 This is Post three. I finally get my full day of WOW. I almost feel like I should take a day off from work like on a Wednesday or something so that I can just play all day. If it wasn’t for my work ethics I probably would. But I’ll save it for a Saturday or something when I can get up at like 10am and play till midnight or later. My goal will be to level at least 3 to 5 levels during that time. I think if I balance Quest’s with Battle Grounds and the occasional grind in the high level areas then it should be no problem. The only problem I have to think about now is what to do when I have to pee. Maybe I’ll just get some depends and then I wont have to worry.  Â
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Chingay is Back!
Posted on June 9, 2006 by Ching under Life, Web.
I reloaded the old chingay.com web site from ten years ago. I figured it would be interesting for those of you who know me know to see what I was like back then. And I figured it would be fun to look back for those of us who’ve been together since then.
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