Charles and I are taking steps to get ready to move. After 15 years in this house (for me), I am ready for a change, and Charles has long been ready for a more mountainy home. We would like an improved concrete to greenery ratio and are looking in the Santa Cruz mountains. Still the Bay Area, but quieter, earthier.
For the last 3 or 4 weeks, we have been doing a big cleanout of stuff. When you have space to store things, they will fill up! It's that whole nature-abhors-a-vaccum thing. Holy moly did we clean out a lot of stuff. By Friday, we had four big piles - one in the house, one out back, one in the basement, and one in the shed.
So. Much. Stuff.
On Saturday and Sunday we held a big sale. We had stuff on the lawn and all the way up the driveway. Saturday was steady traffic all day, right up to 5pm. The tools were popular items, and I was very happy to get rid of the roof rack I had been moving around for a few years. Oh, and there were two big metal signs that came with the house (Delco and GoodYear) that went quickly for $20 each. Some folks haggled, others didn't. It was a pretty hot day, and I got stung by a wasp. But I had a stack of bills to make up for it!
Sunday was very mellow, but still had some traffic here and there. It seemed to be drive-thru day, where folks pulled up, kept the engine running, and did a quick browse and small purchase. We put the considerable amount of glassware more up front, and I was able to unload a small set of dishes. Sunday's WTF was me biting down on something that was not a potato chip and was way to hard. Perhaps a shell or something? Anyway, I'm still feeling it today a little bit and may have to go to the dentist. Of course, I just paid them off, too.
It figures that I finally start meeting neighbors now that we're planning on leaving the neighborhood. Ah well. I enjoyed chatting with folks and getting rid of stuff. Now those four piles are down to one pile in the shed, most of which will go to Goodwill in two or three carloads, some of which already went to another local donation place, some for the library, and some for R.A.F.T. We also have a few things we'd like to still try and sell, like scuba gear, a drysuit, and a microscope.
All told, we pulled in $600-$700 for the weekend. Woohoo! Now on to phase two, which is repairs on the house - all minor, fortunately. Phew!
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