Pleasent Valley Sunday!

At least there aren't "Rows of houses that are all the same" !
Yes, a tad obscure a reference.  Google "Monkee lyrics: Pleasant Valley Sunday"
ANYWAY!
Twas a very nice Sunday with a Birthday to boot!  Little Miss Izabella turned three!  Lord she is getting so big!  Also little Miss Miranda is now standing on her own!  (OK, with a tad bit of help from handy nearby supports (see pic's below)) But she took a few tentative steps yesterday as well.  Clearly she is not bothering with crawling as she hasn't even shown interest in trying that! 
This Sunday was another lazy day in (or out in the Redneck Pool!  Momma actually joined us this time! Sporting as she put it, a two piece Redneck bathing suit!)  Spent the day playing video games, hide and go seek, Izzy cards (basically she makes up the rules as we go, and always wins (if you know what's good for you!)), Handy Mandy, origami, pro wrestling and Frisbee.  To name a few.  Then it was party time and got over full on ice cream cake!  Isn't odd how ones taste buds change as you get older and the things we would have killed for as a child we have to force down and barely finish as adults! 
All in all a very good day!
ANYWAY!
Would LOVE to thank all the folks for coming out on Saturday!  A PLETHORA of repairs coming in!  Thank you so much for the faith, referrals and kind words!  Also SOLD a PLETHORA....

(OK!  SO many astute readers may have recognized I enjoy using the word "Plethora"  That clips explains why!  One of my all time favorite "Cult Classic" Films!  "The Three Amigos!" )
of bicycles Saturday as well!  I think eight was the final tally!  And man alive!  Will some folks ever listen!? Had that GORGEOUS '83 (yes, I had it dated wrong, thanks to Lee one of our resident experts on bikes for pointing out the error in my interpretations of the bikes graphics) Peugeot road bike.  Emphasis on had!  The aforementioned Lee had waited a few days to give someone else a chance to snag it, but came in and snatched it!  Had several folks checking it out and heaven help me some folks are SO cute!  Some come in and spin the wheels, test the brakes, shift the gears and go over it with a fine tooth comb trying to find SOME flaw, and when they can't STILL try and talk us down!  I have no problem bargaining but our policy that has evolved over the last few years is we don't drop the price for the first 72 hours (sometimes longer on hard to get items...like road bikes) but so sure are they that the item will be waiting for them they leave with  a "We'll think about it" then call back a couple days later (like first thing this morning) and are dumbfounded that the item has already sold!  Had a return visit from a young lady and her son Saturday.  It took me a few moments to recognize her but as it turns out she had come into the old location about 6 months ago looking for two bikes but wanted one of them (for her son) to look brand new!  The other one was for a neighbors son, a "play date" partner to bang around on.  She bought him one of our $25.00 specials, a nice enough huffy we rebuilt from scratch, but decided instead to go to Toys R Us and spend $139.00 on a new 18" Razor.  Well.  Seems that from day one the pedals were sticky and would not properly rotate when pedaled.  The training wheels would not remain tight and kept loosening the rear wheel making the chain fall off.  The first time he went to use the hand brake it snapped clean off, and the head bolt had been stripped when assembled and the handle bars would not remain tight.  Needless to say, he rode it only a few times and it was resigned to the back of the garage and he proceeded to ride the "other" bike (our bike) every day.  When asked how it was holding up she reluctantly admitted they had had NO problems with it.  HENCE why she was coming back to us to get her son his own replacement bike!  And in trade, was the disaster from Toys are us.  Not so shockingly she was quite dismayed at the severely decreased value of her trade.   He fell in love with the green and black Huffy we had and the deal was sealed. So the morale of the story is....
"Newer isn't always better!"
SO we will see ya folks around the campfire!
Love Ya!

"HEY! HEY! LOOK AT ME! MA! MA!!! MOMMEEE!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!!

HAPPY THREE IZZY!!!!