stimulating the local economy

memorial day weekend

cook-outs, yard sales, outdoor fun

Went to the farmers' market and came home with sweet italian lamb sausage and lamb chorizo, spinach ricotta ravioli, and cranberry raisin walnut bread, all made locally here in the beautiful Hudson Valley... yum...so exciting

I'm stoked and hopeful that the peanuts will enjoy the fare, and I will hold my head high and

not be ashamed/guilty/frustrated

Mia spies a yard sale a few houses down. 

She and Ty go to scope out the goods.

it's just junk says Jack can i go to ethan's house?? see ya do you remember the summer before 7th grade?

Mia comes back mommy, can i have 3 dollars? 

...and ty wants his allowance.

I dispense 3 dollars each

They proudly return with these lovely acquisitions

pleasemommyplease can i go back?

can i have a 4dollar bill or a 5dollar bill?

honey, that's alot of money to spend on someone else's junk

pleasemommyplease

andtheniwon'tbotheryoufortherestoftheday...

...unless i want food

so, i don't know

they struck some kind of barter/deal thing with the yard sale lady

every so often i noticed them carrying stuff out of our house, and coming back with armloads of different stuff

...hmmm...

wow

well, it's not new junk 

it's not new junk from walmart

it's reused

won't be used by us

I'm stimulating the local economy

hope that yard sale lady doesn't have anything valuable of mine

Dinnertime

Skip the fancy sausage dinner maybe tomorrow

Jack's at the drive-in with his friends

yeah, drive-in, pretty cool

Mia & Ty want to try the new hot dog place on Main St.

the buzz was specialty gourmet dogs

i'm thinking not unlike sweet italian lamb sausage

yeah, not so much

sabrette's , greasy fries, cheeseburgers

  

tasted good, as a hot dog should

please pass the pepcid