6/17 - Garage Sale & The Disappearing Shoe Mystery!

Today's sale was a big success and we made a little over $400 this time. We had more help this time around so things ran much smoother. A special thanks goes out to Grandmother's caregiver, Cheryl, who baked the muffins and brownies and helped us the day of the sale. Just when things seemed overwhelming, she came to our rescue to help with the set up (we had SO much stuff!!), collect money from customers, etc. At one point, there were cars parked up and down our street. Hopefully, our neighbors weren't too annoyed. Once again, we met some really nice people and neighbors we hadn't met before. One lady was there with her family and was excited about our plans. It turned out that all of her children were adopted. Many people wanted to know more about our plans so we were once again able to share information about the hosting program. We're hoping that as more and more people hear about it, they'll also want to host and possibly adopt.

Overall, things went smoothly but we did have a mystery as we were arranging the shoes to sell. We found that some of them didn't have mates. This seemed odd until I remembered that our cat, Mario, likes to EAT shoes!! I think he considers them prey for some strange reason. At our last sale, he hunted down a cute red and blue Speedo flip flop that had been donated for the sale. He gnawed on the wide plastic strap across the top until he had almost chewed through it completely. He kept taking his shoe prey into the woods so he could finish his "meal" and each time I had to chase him down to get the shoe back.

This time around, Mario stalked and devoured a brown leather sandal. All day, we couldn't find the mate to that pair of shoes. Later that evening, we found the sandal carcass under our car in the driveway. Of course, by then Mario was nowhere to be found. Maybe next time, we'll plan to have someone help guard the shoe section just to keep Mario away from the shoes!