the "junk man"

finally, we understand the special connection between ace (my dad) and taylor... they are both "junk men"!! you know the type... never want to toss anything. convinced they can come up with something "creative" with spare parts and "found treasures"... (and sometimes they do).


but, unlike my father, taylor has been looking for things to sell in order to make money... because he's in debt to us and needs to pay us back. so, he's been scouring our house for things we'll let him sell and then stacked those items in our hallway. (i think he wasn't sure what to do next.) anyway, a few weeks ago, ed & i were with the other boys running back & forth between soccer and baseball games and taylor was headed to a friend's. taylor calls and says his friend's neighborhood is having a yard sale and can he take his "for sale" items down. yeah! we're thrilled to get them out of the hallway and tell him to sell away!!


it never occurred to us what a mess we'd walked into... later that afternoon (at our 3rd and final game of the day), taylor leaves a message on my cell phone saying "i LOVE yard sales! i have exciting news for you when you get home!" (still, we're clueless and thought it was great that he'd had some success.)


we come home to discover that taylor did sell a few things and made some money. and then he found this:

yep, he bought himself a mini-motorcycle with his earnings (plus a book on someone's pet squirrel (?!?!) and opera glasses... which he's surely needed for some time!).

what were we thinking when we set him to a yard sale - unattended?!

so, that's his new love. not the bike, mind you, but yard sales!!! (to be honest, he's planning to sell the bike because having his debt to pay off is finally starting to concern him, as it affects his social life and purchasing power... good lesson to learn at this age!)