Throw a yard sale, it's the neighborly thing to do!

Parting with clothes is such sweet sorrow. Cannon found a pair of my pants that he thought were ugly as sin and they were the first things to go this morning! Ha, ha! I have great taste.(Notice the "hanging rod" that Cannon made from a rake and a crutch and some Boy Scout knots)
My two boys, hanging out, waiting for curious shoppers to arrive.

Caleb had a great time rummaging through anything that he could get his hands on!

If yer lookin' to get to know your neighbors, forget the old take-over-a-plate-of-cookies routine--throw a yard sale!! We have lived here for about 2 years and I'll admit that we've never taken a plate of cookies to ANY of our neighbors (our excuse list is a mile long). But if we ever had, then we would have been sorely disappointed to know that we could have avoided countless hours of baking by throwing a yard sale. It's amazing because you put stuff out that you'd rather donate for free and people come out of the woodwork and buy the craziest things. They come to you and they start telling you about themselves! No baking, walking, handing, polite small talking--all the fun talk happens as they peruse over your useless junk and you learn things about these folks that are fascinating, just fascinating! The neighbors next to us have a son who plays in a blues band and they burned 4 CD's for us and introduced their two boxer dogs to us, Ruby and Opal (Opal is only a few weeks old--cute!!). Their son checked out the guitar we were selling. The lady across the street was in a neck brace but she wanted to come visit and it turns out that her 80 year old husband has been battling cancer with excruciating chemo treatments and his cancer is now in remission. She was eying our mini-fridge for her son. The fellow across the street is essentially a paparazzi photographer with his own magazine that he puts together and he brought his latest edition with pics of people like George Clooney, Brangelina, Charlize Theron, etc. He bought our crossbow, a kite and some CD's that I had. Another woman who lives across from us has a friend from Minnesota visiting and her name was Sharon. Sharon visited with us for quite a while and then bought some luggage, a camelpack and some clothes. There were other fun chats that we had, but I was just thoroughly amused at our closest neighbors, finally coming around to say howdy. So, if you truly want a win-win situation, throw a yard sale. You get rid of your junk and make a few bucks. But most importantly, you get to know your neighbors and they get to know you!