two weeks since i've blogged. two weeks of estate and garage sales. last week's big find was a microscope plus prepared slides for $3. most excellent. this week i've gotten a red pyrex bowl for $4 that is selling on ebay for $20 and an awesome 50 year old flashlight/lantern for $1 that lights up the room like you wouldn't believe. i really need to sell some of my goodies on ebay. but i LOVE them! i have to start buying things in the wrong colors so i will sell them.

all is well here at casa diggs. we've been prepping for halloween. all i have to say is that no one would have costumes were it not for hot glue guns. emily will be a mouse, isaac a robot and audrey a ladybug. martin & i are pirates. really. everyday we are pirates. it's just that tomorrow we will show our true colors.

so my estate and garage sale-ing once again paid off / cost me cash. i have to admit, it's an addiction. i wake on thursday trying to convince myself that i'll only stop at one or two sales. but as the signs beckon me, i'm rendered helpless. i must stop. what if "it" is there? what if someone else finds "it" first? and will they appreciate "it" like i would?

i found my juice-o-mat. i needed it. it matches my ice-o-mat. it was speaking to me. and we've made some dandy juice this weekend.

then a king size cotton blanket for $3. geez, i hope i don't regret that purchase this winter when it's a zillion degrees below zero here.

but the kicker is my piano. yup. i've got a piano. a lovely old spinet that fit (almost) just right into the mini van, so we didn't even have to rent a truck. the kids love it. i only wish i hadn't given my little sister a music book that i'd found a month ago (at an estate sale) for her birthday. i guess i have another something to search for this week!

we're homeschooling now. it's better. getting a child a good education in a public school is more work than homeschooling. really. give it a try. plus you won't have to wake up early and pack a lunch.

i miss my california life. i really do. i don't think the drs. here pass out antidepressants quite as openly as they do out west. or maybe i haven't met the right dr yet.

had a nice weekend at my parents' place. horses, cows, kittens, fish and both my sisters' families. again, a nice time. i think martin has posted some pics.

i have a couple of new friends. one is a temporary transplant from denver with a couple of boys and the other has two adopted kids from ethiopia. she invited us over for ethiopian food. i'm so excited. the ethnic restaurant food here SUCKS. really, i'm not exaggerating. i know, i know, i need to get deep down into the city. in l.a., good ethnic food was never more than three blocks away.

did i tell you lately that i miss l.a.?

yes, i'm alive. martin is home. i get my email now. i'm a bit frazzled. whatever. i'll try to write at some point in time. Sam is worried about my lack of blogginess. so this one is for him.