The Tale Of A Sale posted 6/20/2009 9:33:12 PM | 4 kudos what's this?     report abuse

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If any of ya'll have ever had to clean out the house of a parent or relative for whatever reason, you'll relate to this blog. For those of you that would rather read better things, feel free. It began a week ago last Friday when my cousin Mike & his mate Chris drove up from Virginia Beach, VA. A 20 yard capacity dumpster was supposed to be waiting upon arrival, but they arrived to an empty driveway. They called & were told that the order was indeed placed, but the company couldn't figure out why no one delivered it. And with no weekend deliveries, this would mean a full weekend wasted because of not having that container for junk. So.. last weekend ended up being a catch up weekend, over good backyard conversation, & a few Lienie's. On Monday the dumpster finally arrived, & each evening after work I went over to assist them in getting the items sorted, thrown out & ready for the estate sale the following weekend (today). My aunt & uncle lived in that house over 45 years, & so we knew we had a monstrous project ahead. The garage alone filled up one dumpster! We were in awe @ the things my uncle saved... HUNDREDS of plastic margarine containers, doughnut hole containers, old vacuum cleaners & electronics that no longer worked, Publishers Clearing House stuff from the 70's & 80's. I could go on, but I'll just say there were dozens of different things that had very little if any value that he did nothing with. They just sat in the garage. That attic was much of the same. 15 hrs. of sorting, tossing, & relocating items in 105+ degree heat. There were things however that he was wise in saving, if only he had not just kept them stored where they dry rotted, yellowed, & lost value. All in all though, there were lots of laughs, lots of memories, & lots of things I never knew existed. The sale did EXTREMELY well. There will be one final time of this in September, when they return to finish up. So, for those of you that have had the experience with pack rat relatives, I feel your pain! *HUGS & FOOTRUBS* ladies.. *HANDSHAKES* guys..

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