I have decided (after reading Mark's blog) that I will be expanding the content in this blog to include what's happening in my life. As much as I love to yammer on about my opinions, the mundanity (is that a word) of my day to day life might be a nice balance to the raging opinion monster within.
There are people I know who are interested in the goings on in my life and I don't call or email them enough. So maybe this will act as a kind of compensation and not punishment.
So, here's what's up with me.
The last few weeks have been spent raiding closets, nooks and crannies to get stuff together for my first garage sale ever. The garage has been cleaned out, materials for the Pinecrest Beautification Project(more on that later) have been cleared out of the way and the piles of stuff I'm selling for cheap are piling up.
I have lived in my house for almost 7 years all by myself. That's a lot of time to fill up 1500 square feet with a ton of crap, which I was very successful at. Now that Goat will be moving in in 6-8 months it's time to make some space for him.
Most of the stuff I'm selling is what my Mom would call "itty bitty shitty", but is not without it's charm. I have a few bigger ticket items like a diamond plate truck box and a lovely nylon string acoustic guitar with a hard case, but most of the stuff is in the .25-$5.00 range. I'm so excited about getting rid of stuff that I keep forgetting that I'll make a little scratch.
One of the greatest things is the cleaning out that has been going on. I have used my garage as a storage unit to a point where my truck won't even fit in there anymore. I had a pile of returnable bottles and cans that ended being worth about $42 (in Michigan we have a 10 cent deposit). That's a lot of bottles and cans. My garage hasn't been this clutter free since the day before I moved in.
Mostly I'm excited to hang out with all my friends and family that are coming to help out and sell stuff of their own. It's also shaping up to be quite a social gathering as well.
More adventures from the selling end of garage sales forthcoming...
