November 17th

Weather: sunny, clear and quite cool

Remarks: Apologies to readers who were disappointed last week when they didn't find an update. We did go out in search of sales, but in several hours of driving around we only managed to find a single sale. Gail bought some fabric for 50 cents at that sale, but she was the only one who made a purchase. I didn't update the page, not realizing that readers were left wondering what happened. My apologies, in the future I'll try to update, even if it is just to say we came up empty handed. Note: due to the Thanksgiving holiday we are not planning to hunt cuuh next week. Today we found 2 sales, not bad for mid-November!

Amount Spent: $5.00
Felix is helping to ready this week's cuuh for photographing.
A very nice Korean-style stove top grill. We bought a cheap one at a garage sale a couple of years ago and used it a couple of months ago (for the first time) to make some Korean style barbecued beef. The grill was made of such thin metal that we destroyed the grill by the time we were done. The metal got so hot it warped and the barbecue sauce was fused to the top of the grill and there was no way to clean it off. The beef cooked up just fine and was very tasty, but the grill got tossed. We figured we'd look for a better one, and today we found it. This one has a stainless steel water ring (the bottom part), and a very heavy, non-stick grill surface. It is much, much heavier than the one we destroyed and it looks like it will actually hold up to use. Just what we were looking for!! The seller was asking $8 originally, Joe talked her down to $5, a much better price.

November 3rd

Weather: sunny, cool

Remarks: not a lot of sales today, but that was ok because we didn't have a lot of time to shop. Gail and Mick were heading for Salida this afternoon to visit some friends.

Amount spent: $2.75

• black plastic CD rack (didn't photograph well)-50 cents
• painted slate plaque (birthday present for Gail)-$2
• basket of small plastic clothespins-25 cents

And where is Felix? The paltry amount of cuuh didn't hold his interest and he wouldn't pose with it because he was busy rubbing on Joe's legs in the hope that Joe would realize he was desperatly thirsty for milk

October 27th

Weather: partly sunny and quite cool, especially in the shade

Remarks: I was in Florida last week and missed out on the garage saleing, but Joe bought a very nice Oster Kitchen machine (mixer, blender and food processor) for $25. The 2 blender jars we bought this week will work as spares.

Amount Spent: $18.25

• 2 cotton T-shirts (one turquoise, 1 navy)-$2
• old trivet plaque-50 cents
• blue plastic CD storage cube-free
• plastic blender jar-$1
• pink zippered pouch-free
• leaf "chip and dip" bowls-$4
• trapper-keeper notebook-free
• lamp shade-$1
• small notebook with graph paper-15 cents
• thread clippers-15 cents
• 4 glass insulators-50 cents each
• small plastic blender storage jar-$1
• book, soft cover, Golden Guide to Trees-25 cents
• fabric and notions from a jacket kit-$1
• bag of cat toys (little rubber balls mostly)-50 cents
• key fob-free
• 7 glass insulators-10 cents each
• Scrabble game on a turntable (includes the travel Scrabble game board in maroon folder)-$2
• 2 books, softcover, (see below for details)-50 cents each

Felix is helping me log the cuuh, but he kept wanting to mark the propped up notebook with his face, so it kept falling over and startling him. Took some convincing to get him back into position on the chair for the photo--and the first thing he does is start to mark the notebook again--a fraction of a second after this picture was taken the notebook fell back on the floor...
Joe found this muffler for a buck. He is hoping it will work on a generator we have that is a little louder than we would like. A closer look at the books Joe bought today:
Cool cover picture on this one, I like the dog! Actually the book is about building a legal still for distilling alcohol for fuel, not booze. Interesting book in any case.
This booklet is chock full of photos and information intended for Post Office employees charged with protecting the mail from robbery. Interesting.



Here is a close-up of the wall plaque we bought today.


And this is the magnificent chip and dip server. The woman selling it told us she had gotten it as a wedding gift 36 years ago and never used it. I'm guessing she hasn't hosted a luau in those 36 years, because it would have been perfect for that! This piece reminded me of an ashtray I bought at a garage sale several years ago:

This picture does not do the ashtray justice, it is a really pretty (and completely garish!) gold and turquoise. I believe both pieces were made by the same company.



And here is the lampshade we bought today, installed on a lamp we bought for 50 cents on August 18th--a perfect match. The dark part of this lamp is made from smoked plexiglass, we plan to put a string of small Christmas lights inside the lamp, that should look very nice.

October 13th

Weather: cool and sunny, another perfect day

Remarks:

Amount Spent: $2.50











Felix was unavailable to help with the cuuh logging today, he was otherwise occupied (see picture below for details)

• bag of used gel pens-50 cents
• 2 insulated nylon lunch boxes-50 cents each
• space blanket-25 cents
• replacement radio antenna-25 cents
• box of pencils and ??tools-25 cents
• book, paperback, The Black Sheep-25 cents

Not too many sales today so we took a drive to Berthoud to visit their hardware store and generally look around. One thing we saw was a mural that was recently painted on the side of the old feed and grain:

Mick saw this when it was a work-in-progress a couple of weeks ago, the artists he saw working on it were women.


We also saw some very stylish wheels (these were in Loveland when we saw them).


And here is what Felix was busy with rather than helping to log the cuuh:

Relaxing on the bed!! Some cats sure have the life...

October 6th

Weather: perfect!

Remarks:

Amount Spent: $15.50

• Southeast Express hat (bought for patch)-50 cents
• transfer pump-$3
• Reader's Digest book, hardcover, North American Wildlife-$1
• The Worst Case Scenario Escape Game-$1.33
• book, paperback, McCall's British Cooking-25 cents
• VHS, National Geo, The Soronan Desert-15 cents
• sunprint kit-25 cents
• aquarium air pump-25 cents
• 2 extension cords-25 cents each
• box with 5 small avon jars (empty)-$1
• wooden chess set in a can-$1.33
• Yahtzee Texas Hold 'em game-$1.33
• book, paperback, Colorado Wildlife-25 cents
• Pyrex 9.5" pie pan-25 cents
• bag of LAN connectors (in pie pan)-$1
• 7 glass insulators-$1.75 for all
• book, paperback by Clive Cussler-25 cents
• spool of small silver rick-rack-10 cents
• box of 4 corn butterers-$1

Here is a better view of the corn butterers. I've never seen these before, guess they didn't catch on. Judging by the box's graphics and the fact that they were made in Japan (not China) I would guess that they are not of recent vintage. As Joe says, "If they work, they are probably a handy thing to have." Too bad the corn season here just ended! A cool find nonetheless.