Estate Sale

The Estate Sale was a five day event (2 days to set up and 3 days to sell) and I never want to go through the experience again. It was interesting to watch them price items. A broken leather chair was priced the same as our entertainment center.

The estate sale guy thought we didn't have enough items so he brought in stuff from another estate which included at least 1000 cookbooks (It was quite a collection....every topic of culinary interest was covered. This woman even had a Grits Cookbook.) Estate sale guy also brought in hutches, dining tables, various kitchen items and art work by Calder (priced high and UGLY....maybe his beginning work??). Our house looked like a furniture store showroom.

The cats didn't want any part of this so they stayed outside all day. They came in when everyone left at 5 o'clock and went immediately to their bed which they gladly shared. They were exhausted!

We slept in various places during this event.....Randy got the Lazyboy until it was sold. I went from bed to bed until there was nothing left and I had to use the blowup bed. A motel room might have been a wiser idea but we were trying to be frugal.

All in all I guess it was a success because the house was empty at the end of the three days. People bought all kinds of weird things.....a pile of firewood, an oak barrel filled with cherry tomato plants, a half full bottle of laundry detergent and the broiler pan out of the oven (which was not supposed to be sold). With the $$$ from the Estate Sale we almost paid for the moving van.....so I guess it was worth it.