Saturday's Yard Sale Finds

We found this lovely Cast iron outdoor fireplace this morning. I like the chimney feature because once the fire is going the smoke will be directed up in the air. One of the reasons we haven't been using our fire pit is because when the wind blows the smoke gets in your eyes and can be bothersome at times. Looking forward to a chilly night so we can fire this baby up. Asking Price was $50 We got it for $40

Remember if you click on the pictures you'll get a larger image and a better detailed picture.
Anyway, here is what we found today.
Brand New pair of Brown GBX Oxford Shoes $5
Not pictured because I was wearing them were New Brown Rockport Boat shoes $5 FYI Both of these shoes were purchased from a lady who lives on Eileen and Jim's old street in Millersville.
New Ladies Reebok Walking shoes $2
Hohner Melodonic Keyboard and Case $2
PartyLite Candle Lamp $3 Maureen says this stuff is really expensive.
Cast Iron Fire Wood Stacker $3
3 Xbox 360 Games $4
3 PS2 Action Games $3
4 Country Music CD $2
Nice Heavy Duty Wood Table $15 Purchased for Jenna's room
2 25lb Dumb Bells $1 each
Some kind of Dish $1
New can of Tennis Balls .50c
Under the Cabinet Sony CD Player FM Radio $3 for my garage. Put it in today. Works Great.....
Assorted tops for Jenna 50c each
New Nike Dri Fit Woman's Shirt $1
Jimmy Buffett Concert Shirt From 2006 $1 We were there!! Glad I didn't spend $38 then.....
New Levis Juniors Sz 11 $1
Three Girls size 0 Abercrombie and Hollister Jeans 3 for $5

Saturdays Yard Sale Finds

Not much to report this week. Besides finding the computer we didn't have much luck. There were a couple community sales in Cape ST Claire all the way past Annapolis which didn't result in finding much of anything. Anyway here is what I found.

• Craftsman Floor Jack in a carrying case. $10 Been looking for one of these
• Coleman electric Smoker $3 I here smoked chickens and other meats are tasty.
• Targus laptop Bag .50c resale item
• Golf bag Umbrella $1 This covers your clubs when it rains. 
• Complete book of golf History .50c
• New Izod Golf Shirt $2
• 3 Pair of work Glove .25c
• Exacto Knife and screwdriver .25c each
• 3 pair of Nike air and 1 pair of Rockport shoes $1 each

New Computer Found at Yard Sale

I've been using a computer at the Local 67 office that is very slow. It has been around the office for about 8 years. I've done some tweaking to it but recently it has been giving me fits and I've been contemplating convincing the boss to allow me to purchase something a little better for the office. Anyway, this weekend I found this machine at a yard sale and felt the $100 asking price was too good to pass up.

The Specs are:
Pentium 4 2.6 MHZ Processor
1 Gig pc3200 DIMM Ram
2 X 250 GIG SATA Hard Drives
2 Plexar 48 X DVDR Drives
PNY 128 MB Video card
Built in Memory card Reader
4 port firewire card
HDMI output for movies
800 Watt Power Supply
All in a Beautiful Antec See through Tower


I installed Linux Ubuntu 9.1 without a hitch. The used an application called crossover to install some of my windows applications like Office and Frontpage. I'm new to Linux and am learning more each day. The system seems very stable and fast exactly what I need in my office. I purchased an additional gig of ram this morning for $29 so my total cost for the system is 129. Awesome!!!!! After playing around with this machine for a few days I have decided to keep it at home. I'll be selling my XP machine to the Union.

Squirrel Infested Chimney

We have a fireplace insert in our front room. Last week we began to hear what appeared to be a squirrel in the chimney above the wood stove. It's not the first time a squirrel has gotten in there. In the past I just lit a fire and either they died in there or they were smoked out. Anyway, I lit a fire Saturday morning in hopes to get rid of the squirrel. But later that evening we hear him going crazy inside the chimney again. Of course the cats are freaking out, just standing guard in front of the wood stove. So the next morning I decide to pull the stove out and see if the squirrel will come out. Sure enough after I have about a 4 inch gap out comes this little baby squirrel. I gather him up in a basket and put him outside. About 5 minutes later another one comes out. Know we have 2 and we can here another still in there. The last one didn't come out so I pushed the stove back in for the evening.

Today when I got home the cats were again standing guard. I pulled the stove out and went outside to do some yard work when I came in a couple hours later the cat was chasing the squirrel around the house. I finally managed to shoe it outside but it is still hanging around. I've scheduled the chimney guy to come by next week and repair the chimney cap so we can keep animals out.

Yard Sale Season is Here.

This is my second Saturday I have gone out visiting Yard sales. Here are this weeks finds.

This is a trunk Maureen bought that is for American girl Dolls and all there accessories. It's very solid and heavy with leather handles on the sides and flower material lining. The top section lifts out and clothing can be stored below. $20

• 3 new Polo and Nike golf Shirts $5
• Piere Cardin Black Leather Jacket $5
• 2 Trumpets. One is missing the mouthpiece $5 Each 
• New Leather Backpack with Umbrella $2
• Palm Folding Travel Keyboard $1
• Stanley construction 1 Quart Thermos $1
• Bushnell 10x50 Field Glasses $4
• New Military issue Dessert sand storm Sunglasses $8 These babies retail for about $100
• Dale Junior Nascar Lot Cup, Beads and Stickers $3

• Army Issue dessert Boots $3
• Chuck Taylor High tops for Jenna $2
• 3 pair of Asics running Shoes $2 Each
• Brown Leather Bates Shoes $1
• Very nice Imported and made in Spain brown shoes $2

Happy Easter

I always eat the ears first. How about you?