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How to have the perfect yardsale

If you are like me, you want to have the perfect yardsale but sometimes you have to think of the best way to have a successful yardsale. Well Here is my tips.

  1. DO NOT USE ROUND STICKY PRICE TAGS – I have discovered that the easiest and best way to price stuff is by purchasing the Avery miniature colored stickers. Then use that to price stuff. Then make signs telling people what the color coding means. I found this to work extremely well. Price your more expensive stuff with white price tags with string. You can order that online.,

2. MAKE SURE TO HAVE PLENTY OF 5s and 1s and 10s – When having a yardsale make sure to have plenty of change. I noticed people loving paying in 20s and I got some 50s as well.

3. MAKE SURE TO HAVE A TABLE – You need to make sure you have a table out so people can put the stuff they want to purchase on it. You don’t want them to have their arms full when looking around. They will end up not buying as much.

4. HAVE PLASTIC BAGS AND WRAPPING PAPER – Always make sure to have wrapping paper and plastic bags. People will appreciate it.

5 THESE ARE THE DAYS TO SET UP – What I have learned is Thursday/Friday/Saturday is the best days to set up a yardsale. Very few people came on Sunday.

Ponderosa Update

At one time Ponderosa had over 750+ Locations in the United States. Now today they only have the following locations in the United States left

Kissimee,FL

Vandalia,IL

Scottsburg,IN

Vincennes,IN

Bay City,MI

Coldwater,MI

Clare,MI

Ludington,MI

Mount Pleasant,MI

St.Cloud,MN

Calcutta,OH

Columbus,OH

Hillsboro,OH

Warren,OH

Wheelersburg,OH

Beaver Falls,PA

Chambersburg,PA

Butler,PA

Hazel Township,PA


New Columbia,PA

Lebanon,VA

Beaver Dam,WI

Hartford,WI

Moorefield,WV

Ripley,WV

They went from having 750+ Restaurants down to 25 Locations

( Ponderosa still has international Locations )

Remembering Ponderosa

Who doesn’t remember going to Ponderosa to have a meal. The steak and potatoes and the huge Buffet. To me I don’t have to remember because Hillsboro,OH still has one. In the United States Ponderosa only has 24 Locations left. In Ohio we only have 5 left.

The photos came from Tripadvisor, http://www.pon-bon.com.

The ponderosa steakhouses had the great salad bars. The great dinner buffets and the awesome dessert buffets. The streaks were cooked well and the baked potatoes were vert satisfying.

Here is the former locations after 2000.

1615 S. Arlington St, Akron,OH

2660 W State Street, Alliance,OH

106 South Defiance Street,Archbold,OH

1677 Claremont St, Ashland,OH

417 West Prospect Road, Ashtabula,OH

Athens Mall, Athens,OH

4626 Mahoning Ave, Austintown,OH

71 5th Street, Barberton,OH

56070 National Road, Bridgeport,OH

14771 Snow Park Road, Brook Park,OH

7108 Biddulph Road, Brooklyn,OH

3900 Center Road, Brunswick,OH

1725 Marion Road, Bucyrus,OH

4510 W Tuscarawas st, Canton,OH

4272 Belden Village Ave, Canton,OH

1117 Canton Road SW, Carrollton,OH

1401 East Market Street, Celina,OH

800 North Bridge St, Chillicothe,OH

Central Center Plaza, Chillicothe,OH

7727 Reading Road, Cincinnati,OH

11560 Princeton Road, Cincinnati,OH

3328 Westbourne Dr, Cincinnati,OH

12090 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati,OH

23401 US RT 23 S, Circleville,OH

4960 North Hamilton Rd , Columbus,OH

218 Chestnut Street, Coshocton,OH

1641 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls,OH

4918 Airway Road, Dayton,OH

7769 Springboro Pike, Dayton,OH

797 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd, Dayton,OH

1495 North Clinton Road, Defiance,OH

11 Bella Avenue, Delaware,OH

6035 Paul Blazer PKWY, Dublin,OH

914 Cleveland St, Elyria,OH

602 Taywood Road, Englewood,OH

1200 Tiffin Ave, Findlay,OH

730 Trenton Ave, Findlay,OH

1424 Oak Harbor, Fremont,OH

1659 North County Line Street, Fostoria,OH

215 Upper River Road, Gallipolis,OH

12555 Rockford Road, Garfield Heights,OH

401 Wagner Street, Greenville,OH

2370 Stringtown Road, Grove City,OH

1215 Main Street, Hamilton,OH

828 Hebron Road, Heath,OH

6488 Chambersburg Road, Huber Heights,OH

601 East Main Street, Jackson,OH

1855 State Route 59, Kent,OH

1746 North Memorial Dr, Lancaster,OH

1732 East Main Street, Lancaster,OH

1830 Harding Highway, Lima,OH

708 North Cable Road, Lima,OH

4734 Oberlin Avenue, Lorain,OH

20950 Libbey Road, Maple Heights,OH

1623 Marion-Mt.Gilead Road, Marion,OH

7861 Reynolds Rd, Mentor,OH

555 North Verify Parkway, Middletown,OH

101 Old Bank Rd, Milford,OH

996 Coshocton Ave, Mount Vernon,OH

650 Lagrange Street, Napoleon,OH

619 Wabash NW, New Philadelphia,OH

344 Milan Ave, Norwalk,OH

2080 Woodville Road, Oregon,OH

5680 Broadview Road, Parma,OH

1284 East Ash Street, Piqua,OH

2940 East Harbor Road, Port Clinton,OH

3826 US Highway 23, Portsmouth,OH

2200 OH-256, Reynoldsburg,OH

2916 Milan Road, Sandusky,OH

5120 West Michigan Street, Sidney,OH

RT 2, South Point,OH

17211 Southpark Center, Strongsville,OH

4170 Sunset Boulevard, Stubenville,OH

870 West Market Street, Tiffin,OH

309 East Leffel Lane, Springfield,OH

Saint Clairsville,OH

3330 West Central Ave, Toledo,OH

633 Scioto St, Urbana,OH

4415 Liberty Ave, Vermillion,OH

135 Great Oaks Trail, Wadsworth,OH

1381 Bellefontaine Street, Wapakoneta,OH

3581 Elm Road, Warren,OH

513 East emmitt Dr, Waverly,OH

1095 North Shoop ave, Wauseon,OH

712 North Main Street, Wellington,OH

782 South State Street, Westerville,OH

8801 Ohio River Road, Wheelersburg,OH

34302 Euclid Ave, Willoughby,OH

33752 Vine Street, Willowick,OH

1426 Rombach Ave, Wilmington,OH

412 Beall Ave, Wooster,OH

4626 Mahoning Ave, Youngstown,OH

145 Maysville Pike, Zanesville,OH

3090 North Maple Avenue, Zanesville,OH

World’s Largest Horseshoe crab

Hillsboro,OH is home to the World’s Largest Horseshoe Crab. You can find it at 7974 State Route 124, Hillsboro,OH 45133. The crab was at a church in Blanchester,OH. Then it was moved to Hillsboro . I love the crab. I have been to it many times. I pass it all the time. When you go into the crab they have a display set up. If you ever come to Hillsboro,OH you have to check it out. Here is a selfie of me in front of the crab.

Who remembers Kmart ?

Kmart use to be in almost every city in Ohio. Sadly there is no locations left in Ohio. My mom and grandma and I use to go in there 3-4 days a week. The Hillsboro store was always clean and nice. They also had great prices. Kmart was a fantastic store. I miss it. Here is a list of the former Kmart stores in Ohio. kmart.com is still open and you can order great things. I still love Kmart and I will always love Kmart.

Photo came off of Wikipedia.

1249 North High Street, Hillsboro,OH

225 West Ave, New Boston,OH

780 Main Street, Jackson,OH

185 Upper River Rd, Gallipolis,OH


1006 East State St, Athens,OH

502 Pike Street, Marietta,OH

1470 North Bridge St, Chillicothe,OH

1025 South South Street, Wilmington,OH

1627 North Memorial Drive, Lancaster,OH

7528 Beechmont Ave, Cincinnati,OH

5025 Delhi Pike, Cincinnati,OH

5750 Harrison Ave, Cincinnati,OH

5500 Ridge Ave, Cincinnati,OH

876 OH-28, Milford,OH

4150 Hunt Rd, Blue Ash,OH

12171 Omiplex Ct, Cincinnati,OH

3107 Dixie Highway, Hamilton,OH

1780 South Erie Blvd, Hamilton,OH

1416 Hamilton-Richmond Rd, Hamilton,OH


1425 Columbus Ave, Lebanon,OH

2100 Us Highway 62 NE, Washington Court House,OH

4601 Roosevelt Blvd, Middletown,OH


625 West Central Ave, Springboro,OH


2250 Centerville-Miamisburg Rd, Dayton,OH

200 West Main Street, Xenia,OH


4480 Indian Ripple Road, Dayton,OH

1705 North Barron Rd, Eaton,OH


601 Woodman Drive, Dayton,OH

224 East Dayton-Yellowsprings Drive, Fairborn,OH


5300 Salem Ave, Trotwood,OH

7611 Old Troy Pike, Huber Heights,OH

360 West National Rd, Englewood,OH

238 LaFayette St, London,OH

1476 Upper Valley Pike, Springfield,OH

2960 Derr Rd, Springfield,OH

2400 Stringtown Rd, Grove City,OH

3463 South High St, Columbus,OH

3100 South Hamilton Rd, Columbus,OH

1284 Brice Rd, Columbus,OH

3800 West Broad Street, Columbus,OH

300 South Hamilton Rd, Gahanna,OH

Bethel Road, Columbus,OH

5436 Westerville Rd, Westerville,OH

5005 Olentangy River Rd, Dublin,OH

3780 Park Mill Rd, Hillard,OH

845 West Market St, Troy,OH

1150 Scioto St, Urbana,OH

1947 Covington Ave, Piqua,OH

Piqua,OH #2

 695 Wagner Ave, Greenville,OH


1000 North Main Marysville ,OH

311 Deo Drive, Newark,OH

3515 Maple Ave, Zanesville,OH

2770 Maysville Pike, Zanesville,OH

61690 Southgate Parkway, Cambridge,OH

67800 Mall Rd, Saint Clairsville,OH

4265 Mall Dr, Steubenville,OH

611 Bluebell Drive, New Philadelphia,OH

15891 OH-170, East Liverpool,OH


2600 Lincoln Way East, Massillon,OH

3801 Harmont Ave NE, Canton,OH

1447 North Main St, Canton,OH


2500 West State St, Alliance,OH

1799 Portage Rd, Wooster,OH

2975 South Arlington Rd, Akron,OH


1209 Bordman-Poland Rd, Younstown,OH

4475 Mahoning Ave, Austintown,OH


2100 Niles-Cortland Rd SE, Warren,OH

2485 Parkman Rd NW – Warren,OH

555 South Ave, Tallmadge,OH

180 Great Oak Trail, Wadsworth,OH

241 Wooster Rd North, Barberton,OH

1830 East Main St, Kent,OH


4040 Medina Rd, Akron,OH


1105 North Court St, Medina,OH

3301 Center Rd, Brunswick,OH

500 East Aurora Rd, Macedonia,OH


17265 Chillicothe Rd, Chagrin Falls,OH

6221 Som Center Rd, Solon,OH

5500 Warrensville Center Rd, Maple Heights,OH

7701 Broadview Rd, Cleveland,OH

17840 Bagley Rd, Middleburg Heights,OH

14901 Lorain Ave, Cleveland,OH

3250 West 65th St, Cleveland,OH

7700 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland,OH

6801 Broadway Ave, Cleveland,OH

1200 Babbitt Rd, Euclid,OH

33752 Vine St, Eastlake,OH

9200 Mentor Rd, Mentor,OH

3315 North Ridge Ave, Ashtabula,OH

199 Gateway Ave, Conneaut,OH

30010 Detroit Ave, Westlake,OH

5211 Cobblestone Rd, Sheffield,OH

445 Midway Blvd, Elyria,OH

5250 North Leavitt Rd, Lorain,OH

2300 Claremont Rd, Ashland,OH

919 Lexington-Springmill Rd, Mansfield,OH

1500 Coshocton Ave, Mount Vernon,OH

233 American Blvd, Marion,OH

2460 East Mansfield St, Bucyrus,OH

1005 East Columbus St, Kenton,OH

26100 Euclid Ave, Euclid,OH

1292 Indian Ave, St,Mary’s,OH

2250 Harding Highway, Lima,OH

2200 Allentown Rd, Lima,OH

1800 Tiffin Ave, Findlay,OH

870 West Market St, Tiffin,OH

620 Plaza Dr, Fostoria,OH

330 Milan Ave, Norwalk,OH

4020 Milan road, Sandusky,OH

1825 OH-19, Fremont,OH

1111 South Main St, Bowling Green,OH

190 Stadium Drive, Defiance,OH

1120 South Main Street, Bryan,OH

27322 Corronade Dr, Perrysburg,OH

2244 South Reynolds Rd, Toledo,OH

5928 Central Ave, Toledo,OH

627 East Manhattan Blvd, Toledo,OH

2830 Navarre Ave, Oregon,OH

1801 West Alexis Road, Toledo,OH

4332 Kent Rd, Stow,OH

9059 OH-14, Streetsboro,OH

Oh-23 Waverly,OH

A love that will last a lifetime ( my friends dog story )

The story of my friends dog.

It is scientifically proven that man and dog have a special bond like no other. This picture is of a special little pooch named Biscuit, he is a miniature poodle. He has been one of the best, well behaved pups anyone could ask for. Always giving the best kisses and provided some of the most rawest unconditional love any human could ask for. Biscuit was born in 2009, and was purchased from a Miniature Poodle breeder. He has grown and lived on a 16 acre farm in Mount Orab, OH. For all of his life. He loved being able to run til dawn and enjoyed nice summer nights by the bonfire. He always loved showing off his million-dollar smile. He also loved being the most adorable alert dog always making sure his owners knew when a stranger was present. He gave so much joy and unforgettable memories. Unfortunately, on the night of Sunday, February 21st, 2021. We lost our adorable Biscuit. It was one of the hardest things that any pet owner must face. Loosing an animal is like loosing a piece of your heart. A bond that will never be replaced and that will last a lifetime

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