Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. First, I would like to say that I am thankful for all my friends and family who keep me sane. Second, I am thankful for good health (for my family and friends and me, too) and also good financial health (again, for the same people).
And I'm thankful that my kids still keep coming back home for my cooking!
For the past year and a half, I've been working at 3 different jobs, and I'm thankful that I can work at all 3: Insurance Agent (my 2 year non-compete is finally done! I can work with my old clients again); Tax Professional ( I guess I did a good job last spring, they asked me to come back this tax season, and want me to be an office manager!) and writer and...
Ebay and consignment "stuff" seller. I came home from my mother's house, after she passed, and after her funeral and then after cleaning out her closets and drawers and cupboards with the drive to get rid of stuff. While I like my stuff, they are dust catchers and they do clutter up the few rooms and closets and drawers that never seem to have room for anything new. I began the decluttering process by photographing a few items, uploading them onto Ebay, and hoping they will sell. A few did sell, although unfortunately, those few items that sold were very small and took up very little room. The bigger items languished even though I reposted them at least once or twice.
Hubby and I went to a store in a town north of here, an upscale town, not a large city, and one that is a "destination" for people who like to drive an hour or so to a village with shops full of kitschy things. Antiques, clothes, jewelry, wine, crafts, etc. We found a shop with lots of items that we loved looking at: Indian pottery, South American crafts, antiques, etc. Just like home! I told the shopowner that we had lots of stuff, would she consider consignment to sell my items? She said, sure, bring 'em over.
A few weeks later on a Saturday we drove up again, this time with 2 large boxes with our treasures packed carefully. The shopowner picked out about half of our items and said that she would discuss pricing with her shop partner and hopefully they would sell.
On Monday, her partner called us and asked us if we had more things like the ones that we left there? Oh, boy, do we! We packed up another 2 boxes and off we went. They were both happy to try to sell our stuff and we were thrilled to see our treasures beautifully displayed and described. And I was very pleased with the prices that they set for our pieces.
I hope the stuff all sells. I don't want to bring them back home! I'm enjoying the "uncluttered" look that we now have in our house. And we are hoping to get rid of more stuff...I would hate to die and leave my messy cluttered house to my kids to have to clean out.
