Little Treasures [Second Edition]

It's that time of year again - our church's annual rummage sale!  I was so excited to finally clear the boxes that had been lining up in our hallway tonight when I brought my donated items to the church for Saturday's rummage sale!  Of course, I had to check out what potential deals were to be had!  My attention was drawn to the part of the room where the bookshelves were holding [laughs] none other than books - surprise (it dawned on me how funny that sounded as I was writing it)!  First thing that caught my eye - the A&E VHS set of Pride and Prejudice.  I own the movie starring Kiera Knightley but I had no idea what I was missing from the story until a friend let me borrow the A&E version back in the days when I was literally sitting on the couch all day long nursing Leala when she was a baby, my mind turning to mush, bored out of my brains.  The character development is a lot better in the A&E series, though I still prefer some of the casting in the 2005 film.  Can't wait to share this with my mother-in-law (she loves Jane Austen's novels and I was telling her about this series).  Now all I need to do is actually read the novel, which, in fact, came free with my recent download of the free Kindle Reading App.  That's what summertime is good for, right?

When it comes to a rummage sale or thrift store, I'm always on the look out for good stories that I can add to my girls' book collection!  I'm really selective when it comes to what my girls watch, what is read to them and what they'll read in the future.  We're given so much time in a day and I want good quality stuff forming their little minds.  What shapes who'll they'll become someday really does start when they're little.  So when it comes to stories either shown in a movie or written in a book, I look for the ones with good moral, character-shaping lessons.  Well, I scored!  I got the complete collection of the American Girl Kit and Samantha stories.  The first one I found was Samantha Learns a Lesson on the shelf all by itself.  I was hoping that wasn't the only one and that I'd find some more American Girl books.  I came across a Mystery one, but I'm unfamiliar with those stories.  Then I found the Kit Story Collection to my delight!  After rummaging through some nearby boxes filled with books and movies, there it was - that classic dark red box encasing the rest of the Samantha stories!  Oh my, seeing that box with the ribbon tied in front brought back memories from when I was into the American Girls in 5th grade.  My favorite was Felicity.  I'm so looking forward to sharing this historical fiction with my girls that the American Girl website advertises as, "Stories from the past, lessons for the present."  I couldn't have said that better!

The last of my finds were a copy of The Pilgrim's Progress, For the Children's Sake, and one of Leala's favorite movies, Bolt.

On my mental wish list was a copy of Pilgrim's Progress written in modern English.  I had purchased a copy years ago that had claimed just that, but when my husband and I tried reading through it, we were practically looking up every other word in the dictionary!  [laughs] I double checked this copy and it really is "modern."  I look forward to reading this Christian classic.

I'm sure I had read a recommendation somewhere for the book For the Children's Sake, written by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, Francis and Edith Schaeffer's daughter.  I became familiar with Francis Schaeffer through his awesome documentary How Should We Then Live.  I think his wife wrote a parenting book that I've wanted to check out.  Anyway, this book Susan wrote seems to be a promising addition to the books I've been collecting about educating my children.

[laughs] And lastly, Leala was so excited that I had gotten her the Bolt movie that she instantly ejected the current movie she was watching from the DVD player to watch it.  From my experience at last year's rummage sale, when I spotted the Bolt DVD case, I opened it up to make sure the DVD was really in there.  It was!  Then I decided to check the condition of it - like new (not a scratch or smudge)!  This was another one on my mental wish list because when I had rented it from our local library, Leala watched it so many times!  I think one of the reasons she likes it so much is because one of her favorite animals is a "puppy."

Each of the books I believe were 50 cents and the movies $1.

To end this post that I had planned to make a short one, if you're local to the San Diego area and love rummage sales, come down to Cross Connection Escondido on Saturday, April 21st from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm to get some good deals on some treasures of your own!  All the proceeds go to funding the missions trips we have planned this year (Africa, China and Israel to name a few).  You can also contribute by donating sell-able items tomorrow, Friday, April 20th, from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm.

Check out the treasures I found last year in my post Little Treasures [First Edition].

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Saturday, April 21, 2012 [Edit]

My husband let me go to the rummage sale when it opened this morning, before he had to go to work, and I scored more deals for $5 total!

One of the first things I spotted was a like new, 6 book Felicity box set!  She was my favorite American Girl! And after a little bit of rummaging, I found the missing Samantha's Surprise book that I noticed wasn't in the collection I bought the other night.  Thank God I found it!

I got The Rescuers book for my 2-year-old since it's one of her favorite Disney movies and was "berry" happy when I spotted the Strawberry Shortcake board book because Leala is totally into her right now!  She points out every image of a strawberry she spots, whether it's on one of her shirts or on a jar of "Strawberry Jam" and excitedly proclaims, "Strawberry Land!"

A game-lovin' friend of mine pointed out the Junior Apples to Apples to me which she had mentally noted would be something I'd like to get for Leala. [laughs] You could actually get one yourself in a Wendy's Kids' Meal.  I actually got a couple earlier this week with a $1.99 each coupon and ended up with the Flippin' Frogs game which Leala has had so much fun with (not to mention it's helped her learn her colors "yellow" and "red" and how to count up to 6!) and Pictionary Man.