I bought some mangos on sale at the grocery store yesterday and had the ripest one for lunch today. They are just yummy - every bite tastes like sunshine. I have no idea what season is mango season, so when they stop appearing on the produce shelves, I will be pretty sad. I wish there were a way to keep mango in storage all winter long - I would stockpile them to eat one everyday.

I guess it is like they say The Grass (or in this case, the mango) Is Greener On The Other Side.

My husband puts on a professional, mature persona, but underneath there is a boy who really thinks the missing All Spark will bring his electronics to life. It is kind of cute to watch him play transformers with the boys (until they try to touch his prized autobot and he gets territorial).

While it is fun to watch all my boys play transformers together, making the transforming sounds and pretending to battle, it leaves a mess. Inevitably, they will move on to something else, and when they do - there lay the transformers in the floor.

My solution was a simple plastic tote with a snapping lid. It makes wonderful toy storage and keeps them out of the way. (This solution also keeps those ugly things off my shelves - where Joel would like to put them on display - NO WAY)

Now it is just finding the time to spend the weekend sitting in the driveway, waiting for perfect strangers to come rummage through my stuff.

When you think about it, it is kind of odd, having a yard sale. What other venue offers an opportunity to invite people you do not know to come walk through your lawn and pick through the items you no longer want?

Going garage-saling (as if that were a verb) is even more uncomfortable for me though. I mean, I feel compelled to say Hi to the hostess of the sale, but then where does the conversation go? Usually, if one of the boys are with me, we can talk about how old they are, how fast they grow - which leads to the need for me to purchase hand-me-down clothing for them to grow into.

Do not get me wrong, I love the hunt of garage-saling and I usually walk away with more junk than I needed. Perhaps I just need to brush up on my chit-chatting skills.

So, this weekend is it. I am having that garage sale, rain or shine. Please-O-Please, come buy my treasures. I have no more garage storage space for the clutter.

She and I like to get all dolled up and go to the The Fabulous Foxx Theatre a few times a year. Nothing that particularly struck our interest was playing for a while, so we just decided to see Hairspray.

We went all out and bought new dresses for the occassion, and of course, New SHOES. (Joel frowned at this because my shoe storage reached capacity several stilettos ago)

We did not really want to see that play, but we really wanted to go somewhere nice, and the Foxx is our favorite place. Our mistake was when we revealed to the men that we were not very excited about the play itself, but rather the night out,. They gave us a lot of grief about dragging them to see Hairspray.

But, the play was WAY better than I had anticipated, and even the boys agreed it was entertaining and funny.

You may be wondering why anyone would need a gigantic dinosaur and how one could come across such a monstrosity. Well, you can actually rent such a beast.

My husband and I checked out the cost of renting a T-Rex for my two young sons Birthday Party this weekend. The cost is a lot higher than what I was guessing, so I am debating the rental fee versus a few extra dollars to buy something similar myself.

Of course, I could not buy a 50-foot T-Rex. Where would I keep him? And how much food does a dinosaur eat anyway? Ok, that was a bad joke, but seriously there is no extra storage space in my garage as it is, so purchasing a HUGE dinosaur is out of the question, even if the cost of buying is about the same as renting.

I can see how these rental businesses can quickly turn around and make a profit, but how much demand is there for overgrown lizards?

Perhaps I will start a side business purchasing huge items and offering them for rent in my local community. I could rent a storage unit to keep them. Anyone could do the same by renting a London storage unit or unit from wherever your local self storage community may be.