come 'sale' away with me!

oh how my humor just cracks me up!

it's official...i have paid my $9.25 advertising fee and am having a garage sale this weekend! i am both excited and nervous, as this is my first time putting the whole thing together, and have called my mom (the expert) for many tips on pricing, signage, and how much cash to have on hand. i have a lot of work to do over the next two days, that's for sure. i have to be honest in saying that i really wish we were home having this garage sale and that my mom could actually be there...kind of silly, really. sounds like she's missing my wedding or something...and a garage sale is NOT a big deal, by any means...but i guess it's just one more thing that makes me want to be home.

my family has played host to a plethora of garage sales over the years, and it's always been such a fun thing to do - funny, i never really wanted much to do with those garage sales when i was younger...now i want everyone close so they can be a part of it too. i'm strange, i know. i just miss my family. i anxiously await the day we are in close proximity again. actually, my heart aches for home. i never thought i'd say that! but i miss so many things about wichita - from the grocery stores to the river festival, my mom!!, getting to see my brothers and sister, dad & joyce, hanging out with grandma and grandpa, the shopping (i miss my towne east and target), all the way down to knowing the latest and (not so) greatest details of the newest family member drama. i miss getting to hang out at thanksgiving and christmas, and any other random holiday as an excuse to get together and eat dinner. i want to go to east high basketball games and k-state football games, and spend time with close friends...i want to eat at chipotle and timberline whenever i want, and run in sedgwick county park, and go to the zoo!! i want caleb to experience all of this as well...*sigh* it makes me so excited thinking about it, and knowing that it may all be a very 'real' reality soon.