There’s a block sale going on in our neighborhood right now. And it’s kind of a mad house. I guess people around Yakima go a bit ape about garage sales and when you can hit 50 garages in one stop, that tends to draw a crowd. A bunch of houses have little food and drink stands set up and are selling things like homemade empenadas and tamales or prepackaged Costco products at a markup. It reminds me a little of Festival in Grand Rapids, except that everywhere you walk it smells like a Goodwill store and not like fried elephant ears. I’d post a picture, but Mary is in Sun Valley, ID for the weekend for work and I think she has our camera.

I didn’t really have anything to sell today, but I did put out a “free” sign on the driveway and dumped the kitchen mirror doors and some other stuff that the previous owner had left in the garage. They probably would’ve gone for a few bucks, but I didn’t feel like sitting out in the sun chit-chatting. So I walked the dogs and came back to an empty driveway. Later I bought a hat for 50 cents (Zirkle Fruit Company) and a weed whacker for 10 bucks.

My legs are in shambles right now. Knots in both calves and a right quad so tender from hip to knee that it hurts when I barely touch it. So much fun though playing Frisbee this weekend. I played for about nine hours in total yesterday both with U Seattle’s team (team got thumped pretty thoroughly) and also picking up with Central Washington when they needed an extra player for the last two hours of the day. Weather was overcast and drizzly, but it actually was very pleasant Frisbee weather. And then again this morning. Today was sunny and 70s and everyone was roasting. I’m sure the west-siders appreciated the sun though. A few pics that Mary took from day one:

And one video. Quality is super blocky of course coming from the old beater digital camera, but you can at least get a taste of the Ultimate Frisbee atmosphere. We’re the team in blue getting scored on by the University of Washington. Click here.

First Ultimate Frisbee tournament of the year this weekend! All day tomorrow and about half of Sunday. I’ll be playing as part of Seattle University’s team, mostly with people I’ve never played with before. Should be great.

We took the dogs out to Cowiche Canyon this morning. Definitely greener than our last visit in December. Still looking pretty parched though even with the scattered spring rain.

Lots of flowers poking up through the dry dirt everywhere though.

On our way to Lowes this morning to pick up a few supplies a coyote came scampering out of an orchard onto the road in front of us. I slowed down and honked, trying to scare it back to the safety of the trees, but he just startled then continued crossing the road. Hopefully he made it back somewhere safer by now.

I finished laying tile in one of the bathrooms (the one without a sponge for a floor), though I still need to do the grouting. Mary painted over the baby blue walls with “Chowder”-colored Valspar paint from Lowes. Kind of a light beige even though it looks white in this picture. Much improved all around.

I’ve been catching up on old Money Pit clips. I really don’t remember this movie being exceptionally funny when I was a kid, but after revisiting on YouTube there were some good moments (Tom Hanks’ cackle at the end alone is worth the view). Some highlights.

And sometimes you just shouldn’t poke around, unless your prepared to feel like Tom Hanks in The Money Pit. I’m waiting for the bathtub to go crashing through the floor. Hi there Pandora!