Woke up this morning to find a million people over at my neighbor's house. As some of you know, my neighbor lady passed away a few months ago, so this weekend her family has the daunting task of unloading. I was curious to see the inside of the house and thought this would be a good opportunity to go see it and plus, see if I can find anything for the house.
What I found is that the neighbor lady's house isn't as nice as mine currently is. It has an extra bedroom but whoever buys it will have fun (months of fun) fixing it up. I realized that I have just enough fixing up for my needs. Her house needs major renovations to bring it up to date. But it will be cute once somebody does so.
I think an Estate Sale is an overpriced garage sale. People were asking how much items cost and I kept hearing $10, $20, $50 and a couple of $100. She had a ton of stuff so I am not sure how this approach is working for them and I didn't see anything worth $100. I saw a lot of people put things back. I was was going to inquire about a few things but thought "Well, what if she wants $25 for the rubber stamps?" I didn't dare ask what she wanted for the tea cup. To be fair, the lady selling the stuff, who apparently does two estate sales a month, did give our neighbor Martha a big discount on some jewelry. Since she knew I was a neighbor perhaps I could have gotten a discount too? Well, after looking around I really didn't see anything I needed. The whole mess only reminded me that we as people own too many things. Perhaps Montez is right after all? Less is better. I am sure the family went through her items to take what they wanted before the sale. Even if they took a ton there was a whole house full of items left. I am not sure what they are going to do with everything.
Dying and possessions have been on my mind lately. First the neighbor lady who fell to her death and now my grandma. I got the horrible news this week that my poor sweet grandmother who was only two weeks ago dancing a gig at my brother's wedding is dying from e-coli blood poisoning. How does that happen? She has Alzheimer's, so some say it might be a blessing. How are these people in the world one day and then next they are falling down their stairs getting their newspaper or getting an infection that just takes them out. They lived a long time to have this happen. Death sucks. You just never know when you are going to get hit by the death wand and have it be all over. Then the people who are left have to sort through your life. Anyhoo, I am very sadden by the news of my grandma. It hasn't really sunk in yet that she will gone because she has always been there. One thing about getting older is that people you love start to leave it. I guess people always come and go but its harder when one of our mainstay people go.
What I found is that the neighbor lady's house isn't as nice as mine currently is. It has an extra bedroom but whoever buys it will have fun (months of fun) fixing it up. I realized that I have just enough fixing up for my needs. Her house needs major renovations to bring it up to date. But it will be cute once somebody does so.
I think an Estate Sale is an overpriced garage sale. People were asking how much items cost and I kept hearing $10, $20, $50 and a couple of $100. She had a ton of stuff so I am not sure how this approach is working for them and I didn't see anything worth $100. I saw a lot of people put things back. I was was going to inquire about a few things but thought "Well, what if she wants $25 for the rubber stamps?" I didn't dare ask what she wanted for the tea cup. To be fair, the lady selling the stuff, who apparently does two estate sales a month, did give our neighbor Martha a big discount on some jewelry. Since she knew I was a neighbor perhaps I could have gotten a discount too? Well, after looking around I really didn't see anything I needed. The whole mess only reminded me that we as people own too many things. Perhaps Montez is right after all? Less is better. I am sure the family went through her items to take what they wanted before the sale. Even if they took a ton there was a whole house full of items left. I am not sure what they are going to do with everything.
Dying and possessions have been on my mind lately. First the neighbor lady who fell to her death and now my grandma. I got the horrible news this week that my poor sweet grandmother who was only two weeks ago dancing a gig at my brother's wedding is dying from e-coli blood poisoning. How does that happen? She has Alzheimer's, so some say it might be a blessing. How are these people in the world one day and then next they are falling down their stairs getting their newspaper or getting an infection that just takes them out. They lived a long time to have this happen. Death sucks. You just never know when you are going to get hit by the death wand and have it be all over. Then the people who are left have to sort through your life. Anyhoo, I am very sadden by the news of my grandma. It hasn't really sunk in yet that she will gone because she has always been there. One thing about getting older is that people you love start to leave it. I guess people always come and go but its harder when one of our mainstay people go.
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