Yard Sale, Day 1

Coker, Alabama

Weather: low 68 degrees, high 87 degrees, cloudy all morning, a rain shower in the afternoon, then partly cloudy

Today was the first day of the yard sale to dispose of some of Terri's stuff that she no longer has a need for. We started with about three truckloads of assorted tools, hardware, housewares, building materials, etc. Our first customer arrived about 0900 hours, and business was fairly steady until about 1600 hours, when it seemed to come to a stop. After about two hours, business started up again, and the last customer left about 2000 hours.

In the middle of the day, we had a little shower spring up that caused us to go through a Chinese fire drill as we rushed around covering and moving things so they wouldn't get wet. This rain came on a day when there was none in the forecast. After the rain, we let things dry out a little, then uncovered everything and started selling again.

I was pleased with the results of today's sale. We did not do any advertising, other than putting up some yard sale signs. It appeared we were getting some word of mouth sales, where people saw what we had to sell and told their friends. An interesting fact was that most of the sales were to men. That may have been because there were a lot of tools. Also, we didn't have any toys, and not that many household items.

If tomorrow goes as well as today, we will sell out by noon. Here's hoping that's what happens, because it was really hot out there today, and tomorrow is supposed to be hotter. After the yard sale, we will be putting stuff for sale in the paper, since we think that is the best way to sell some of it, especially the shop power equipment, Jon boat and trailer, piano, and other stuff.

More later, be safe.

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