The annual Island Lake village-wide garage sale event begins today, Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21. I'm told the Daily Herald will publish the map of garage sale participants. If I can find it online, I'll put it up here for everyone. If not, part of the fun of garaging is driving around finding the sales, isn't it? Have you ever been garaging and you see a sign leading to another sign to yet another sign and so on... only to never find the sale! Perhaps they didn't take their signs down from the weekend before, it couldn't be my lack of navigational skills.
One of my most prized garage sale bargains is Moosie; a plush stuffed animal Moose in which I paid $1 during a garage sale day with my mother-in-law. Did I mention prior to paying for him, I body slammed him on the ground as I ran from a huge, probably 25 pound mean and vicious killer yellow jacket who was out to kil
l me. Yes, that particular yellow jacket was indeed out to kill me. (ha ha ha). Well, needless to say, I got away from the yellow jacket and left with my new moose. Next, it was our mission to find clothes for Moosie; afterall, he needed to dress in style. I said it would be great to find a Bulls t-shirt; next garage, mission accomplished! We found a baby Bulls outfit and we really lucked out with a Cubs T-shirt that fit Moosie perfectly.Moosie is priceless, not just because he's so darn cute but because I shared that day with a close family member and we had fun and made memories to last our lifetime. Today, nearly 10 years later, Moosie still has his own special spot in my home. You wont find Moosie at my garage sale!
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Well, it appears that the village did not make the 2 week deadline to get the village-wide garage sale posted in the Daily Herald, AGAIN (looked at both Lake Co & McHenry Co community listings - there is a 3 liner in the classifieds). I wonder if the Parks and Rec dept printed the maps early (before deadline) like they did last year and if they still cutoff the Porten Rd. section of the Shores. And whose bright idea was it to have it on Father's Day weekend this year? Doesn't anyone bother to look at a calendar when they're scheduling these things? Look, I'm only complaining because folks that do a sale put a lot of work into preparations and time and when the village doesn't support their efforts like you'd expect in a 'village-wide garage sale' it leaves the sellers feeling disappointed (that was me last year). Just one more thing that the village wasn't "there" for their citizenry, again. Was glad to see the added sign at the corner of Greenleaf & 176...
Btw, very cute moose, Laurie.
Were the Hydes selling cases of white out?
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