See these three cups and saucers? I found them this weekend at a yard sale for just 5 cents each. They are from England and everything. :)

Yard sales are terrific, but you must be willing to visit ones which have nothing of interest to you. You'll drive to many from which you'll return to the car with not one treasure in your hands. It's all part of the game.

Gas prices being what they are, Tom and I try to stick to certain boundaries when it comes to yard sales. Fortunately, Country folk--kindred spirits, many-- hold the best yard sales and often inside old barns. 

Also, Tom and I now live near 5 'reservation gas stations' so all along we've been able to buy our gas for less (although, weeks ago, it was hard thinking of $4.05 a gallon as 'less.'). Alas.

Tom and I do try to spend money wisely and we do tithe and make the most of sale prices and yard sales. And always, God provides. Somehow. Mysteriously. 

We believe God blesses stuff like giving to others, also. Going where He leads, even if that means our plans change. Someday when we're not even expecting it, a blessing will flutter down to us because of that one simple decision.

Slowly we are getting there. It's all part of the journey, all part of dying to self and our ways --and seeking His ways because they're always better.


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I also found this trivet at the same yard sale with the cups and saucers. It reminds me of David Grayson's, A Day of Pleasant Bread, a lovely chapter which you can read here.


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