A grueling few weeks

A grueling few weeks was Originally Posted on August 9, 2003 by lavarock

well, the gutters are up and the house is in pretty good shape outside. Inside is another story. No matter how much I try, I always seem to be a month away from being able to list the house.

My 1st weekend of yard sales brought in about $6.50 which didn’t even cover the signs. Later, when I decided to put a “Yard Sale” ad in the Atlanta Paper, I found out their price and changed my mind. 7 lines for 4 days costs $70! Yikes!

My third sale was just completed today and I made $100 or so. Certainly not as much as I hoped, but there were few expensive items and no furniture I was selling, just “stuff”.

Now I have to just set aside a couple piles of things, those I take to Hawaii (and that will be a small pile), stuff to give away and everything else. I am even creating a box of things I have to address before I move. This includes services to cancel, addresses to change, etc. I can sell all my dishes and glasses and make do with paper and plastic.

I have contacted an antique dealer about a few of the things I wanted appraised, but have not heard back. Time to look for another dealer! I can’t wait for people to get around to things as I have been doing all the foot dragging that is needed.

I lost last weekend’s possibility for a yard sale, as I was in Daytona Beach Florida. Most of my family came for Disney World and I had a chance to see them all in one place!

The online chat room for people who love Kona Hawaii is great. There are people there who already live on the island and offer answers to such questions as “which internet provider and/or cellphone company should I use”?

Also, I have been watching the Discovery Channel and like it, but I am so tired of the “Shark Week” commercials. I’m not all that thrilled with sharks and certainly don’t need to be reminded of them. About 2 miles down the road from my new place is where the spinner dolphin, well, spin. I’d love to get in the water with them, but I need to get over these silly fears of their “neighbors”

Aloha for now!