Penny,

    The yard sale I am involved with includes several families. Every year we get together at a friend's very large garage and sell our stuff. It seems that every year each family has something to get rid of. This year I sold mostly baby things. I had more to take over but got swamped with last minute Relay For Life things that were more important. I still have a rocking chair, a hoppy/activity center, a few boxes of baby clothes and odds and ends from around the house. One thing I REALLY want to get rid of is a lava lamp that I had purchased for Jeremiah as a night light. It's blues and greens but gets very hot after about 15 minutes. Our group yard sale typically runs from early Friday morning until 4:00pm and the same thing happens again the next day. We typically make an event of it with a lunch where everybody brings a dish to pass. We all hang out in our yard chairs and visit while folks shop. This year I had to miss that because it was the only weekend everybody else could go (I had the Relay For Life). They were kind enough to let me put my stuff in the sale anyway. So what happens now is that I will go pick up anything that is left and my mom and I will have a yard sale in few weeks to try and unload any leftover stuff (or more that we find in our homes). Leftover stuff from THAT sale will go to a local consignment shop or sometimes my church. Dates won't coincide for the church yard sale this year so the consignment it is for this year!

Michelle