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Year Two, Day 117: Faith in Human Nature - Restored!

Today we had a yard sale.

 It started out to be rather chilly and drizzly. My daughter and I had planned on getting up at the crack of dawn, putting up signs, hauling out our items, pricing them and setting up shop. But we woke up to grey skies and drizzle. We looked at each other and almost simultaneously said, "Gym!"

It was like getting an unexpected day off! We spent about an hour at the gym. We did incline intervals on the treadmill.I was wearing an ab belt. I was sweating so much after our workout that the belt was drenched.

After the gym we headed home to meet my parents for lunch. I had stayed up late the night before making deviled eggs and potato salad. My mom brought salmon spread, chip, and spam sandwiches. It had been years since I had a spam sandwich. This lunch was the ultimate in comfort food.

Good thing we had worked out before lunch!

As we were eating, the sun burst through the clouds and the rain stopped.

So we put up our signs, set up shop and waited for customers.

I must admit, we did not make that much money today, but what we did acquire was more valuable. We got to know some of our neighbors. The Vietnamese family that I tutor in English came down. They met my daughter and son-in-law.

These people are so precious. They looked at everything with childlike wonder. They left with their treasures thanking us. But we were blessed by their presence.

Also, the large Hispanic family next door has many children, mostly boys. One was very interested in computers. He came over several times to rummage through our free boxes and ask questions.

Then the lady up the street came by with her dogs. They visited for a bit. Honey Dog was ecstatic to have friends over. The new couple next door came out with their little one year old son. And two teenage girls stopped by several times to look at the clothes. After we brought it all in, I was starting to make dinner, when I heard a knock on the door. It was the two teenage girls asking if the boxes in our driveway contained free items.

 They told me they wanted to make sure it was free before they started to rummage through.

That touched my heart.

Overall a good day.

My faith in human nature has been restored!!

Happy Saturday!

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