Yesterday after yoga I went to the church I go to every Sunday and spent a good part of the afternoon helping for the upcoming Book and Rummage Sale. I mostly dealed with the books, putting them in the correct categories and such so it wasn't hard work, quite enjoyable actually. And I was able to take a break along with all the other adults for lunch. Someone had went to Subway and got us sandwiches. Pretty great. After the break, I helped moving clothes to the rack and then found boxes of perfume, makeup, soaps and other little trinkets so they let me stay there for awhile, as I picked out what I wanted.

Here's what I found:

* Box of Little Miracle Quotes

* 4 fl oz eau de toilette :: dream by GAP scents. I had a small thing of GAP Dream lotion which I always loved but other people used up, so since I enjoyed the smell of it so much, I figured the fragrance would be good to have. A full bottle of the light purple perfume too!

* Two little things of Estee Lauder Private Collection Perfume and it's quite a powerful, elegant, sophisticated cologne.

* A heart shaped container with little white detailed shell-shaped bath soaps.

* Soap called LUX by Lever Industrial Pty. Ltd. Sydney. Beautiful, old fashioned style design.

* Clinique soft-pressed powder blusher in Nude Nude and Ginger Apple.

* Tiny black comptact of Lancome Colour Focus Exceptional Wear EyeCoulour in four colors :: Snap, Prop, Optic and Daylight.

* Estee Lauder Lucidity Translucent Loose Powder in 06 - Transparent. I doubt this color goes with my skin tone, but I liked the look of it too much to pass it up.

* Two Botanical Essential Remedies Aromatherapy Balm. One titled Sweet Dreams which I may give to someone who needs it more than me. The other is Vitality which I shall keep. Probably will be useful come college.

* A little sample of peach colored Ambience Body Creme. Lady Primrose's in Dalllas and London.

* .5 fl. oz. of Origins Mint Wash ~ Cooling gel that lathers clean. It's a Face Wash :: "Work up lather on wet skin. Rinse with cool water. Pat dry. No other cleansing steps needed after this sparkling lather does its job.

And I fit all of it neatly into a pink Parfums Christian Dior bag. I estimated that I could pay $10 for the whole thing, but the coordinator who saw it all suggested $5 but I'll bring plenty more money next time because I found books too.

* Twilight. Isn't that something? I need it for my Core Cowell Class at UC Santa Cruz and I found it, at a good price too!

* Charlotte Gray. This book sounds familiar to me, but I've never read it. I guess I must've heard the name mentioned before. I can't remember though.

* Bluebirds. A short book, but different and interesting. It'll be good for an hour or so.

* California Angel. It sounds good. About a person who can be a savior or a murderer.

* Prelude to a Scream. Ooh, I want to see how this turns out.

* Tell me Your Dreams by Sidney Sheldon, "the master of the unexpected." So I guess I should expect that?

* Bridget Jones's Diary. I've only read the inside cover so far, but that's all that needed to hook me in. What a hilarious, touching, creative, amazing diary!

I am so very pleased with everything I have found by helping out with the Rummage Sale. I think I'll go back another day, maybe tomorrow and help wherever needed more and I still have to give them a few bags of books for it.

I cleaned out my book shelf yesterday evening and got all my mystery, sci fi magazines and children's books out. It feels kind of good to have more space on the shelf. There's still a ton of stuff on it, but at least I've been trying to clean it out the last few days. My mom helps me sometimes and it's kind of fun that way, but other times she butts in too much and we get in each other's way so we end up yelling and screaming at each other which is never fun.

And when that happens, my dad gets mad easily so he comes in and yells too and it's kind of scary to hear his tone of voice. I don't like hearing "I don't want you to live here anymore. You can move out right now. Find another place. We're not going to pay for you college anymore." He's never really serious about having me move out permanently but just to think about it is horrifying and sends a real chill through me. Because even though he may not mean for me to go out and live on my own, what if I push him to the limit one day, he can't take it anymore and really makes me go? I mean, I'm 18 years old now... It wouldn't be illegal...

I sometimes have a problem not yelling to my parents when I'm upset or mad at them. But they have the same problem and they don't think it's a big deal for them to scream or say rude things to me.

But other times we're such a happy, loving family and I feel so blessed that they're here for me. Okay, I feel that way most of the time anyway but there are times when that feeling intensifies.