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Everything must go!
Sep. 17th, 2011 11:36 pmIt's been a long few days. We've been doing an estate sale at Papa's house. You'd be amazed at the amount of stuff that was accumulated over a five decade span. Particularly since that house is just plain tiny (it's basically a kitchen, living room, bathroom, and bedroom...that's it).
Thursday, I helped Dad and Aunt Jo set up, going through stuff and pricing it. I ended up taking a box of stuff home. Books and trinkets and some pictures. It was kinda hard because there was so much stuff tied to my childhood that I hated to see sold. It's going to be really tough when we sell the house. The idea of the place not being ours is one I just don't want to deal with right now.
Yesterday and today was the first weekend of the sale (we're going to have to do it again in a couple weeks because there's just so much stuff). I'm happy to say that some of the pieces I'm going to miss most were sold to family members. Lots of family showed up and bought stuff because they can't bear it going to some stranger.
My grandparents were well-thought of on their road, so many of their neighbors have come down to buy stuff, which is nice. Several of my dad's old classmates showed up, too. We sold the kitchen table, chairs, and china hutch to a nice lady that will be taking it to Georgia. It's just nice to know that some of the more sentimental pieces that we couldn't keep are going to good homes.
For not doing much, I'm beat. We won't be doing it next weekend because of the Apple and Pork Festival. And frankly, none of us really wants to. So the weekend after next, we'll be right back out there telling people that if they don't want something for a quarter, then they really don't want it.
Thursday, I helped Dad and Aunt Jo set up, going through stuff and pricing it. I ended up taking a box of stuff home. Books and trinkets and some pictures. It was kinda hard because there was so much stuff tied to my childhood that I hated to see sold. It's going to be really tough when we sell the house. The idea of the place not being ours is one I just don't want to deal with right now.
Yesterday and today was the first weekend of the sale (we're going to have to do it again in a couple weeks because there's just so much stuff). I'm happy to say that some of the pieces I'm going to miss most were sold to family members. Lots of family showed up and bought stuff because they can't bear it going to some stranger.
My grandparents were well-thought of on their road, so many of their neighbors have come down to buy stuff, which is nice. Several of my dad's old classmates showed up, too. We sold the kitchen table, chairs, and china hutch to a nice lady that will be taking it to Georgia. It's just nice to know that some of the more sentimental pieces that we couldn't keep are going to good homes.
For not doing much, I'm beat. We won't be doing it next weekend because of the Apple and Pork Festival. And frankly, none of us really wants to. So the weekend after next, we'll be right back out there telling people that if they don't want something for a quarter, then they really don't want it.
