THE HANNAROSE DIARIES

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Ande Bliss

Ande Bliss
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New Hampshire,
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November 04
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Essays, poetry, opinion and short stories. Free lance on line and in print. Favorite quote: "In life we all have an unspeakable secret, and irreversible regret, an unreachable dream, and an unforgettable love.” ― Diego Marchi Personal Website: AnneWrites.com

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JUNE 21, 2012 9:18PM

All American Yard Sale

Rate: 28 Flag
 
You will find the listing on Craigs list. A few of the many items now occupying our two car garage. There is barely room to move. We wonder where the Hell did all this stuff come from?
 
Some of it is his.
Some is mine. 
Stuff in the basement came from before there was a 'we'.
It traveled thousands of miles to get there.
 
Hard to give away. Harder yet to sell. But it is time for us to make some space and take the load off of the kids who will undoubtedly hire a dumpster and throw it all away...
 
When we can no longer
Make decisisons...about our stuff.
 
 
LISTING:
 
The Gund Bear I bought when Claudetted died. (best friend)
The tennis racquet my husband used when he ruptured his Achilles tendon. The Toys we bought for the grand kids. Mostly Mickey. Bags of little metal cars. My collection of international shopping bags. From Hong Kong to Ireland and the Christmas theme bags from Bloomingdales. 
 
Boxes of dishes for .25 cents and English Bone china Toast and Tea sets for $10.00 each. Tupper ware, silverware, and bakeware.
The bundt cake pan with chocolate crumbs. Not used in decades.
Corning ware, foot ware and ski ware.
Rocking chairs and upholstered chairs. 
High stool and low table.
 
Everything is good condition. No Junk!
 
At 8 Am on Saturday morning we will be selling stuff along with memories of days when life had a different emphasis. When grandkids were young, when we were agile, when prior spouse were alive and well, when we did not know each other.
 
If you are in the neighborhood come by. Stay for some wine. 
 


Photo on 2012-06-21 at 19
 
Photo on 2012-06-21 at 19
 
Photo on 2012-06-21 garage  
 
Anne and flags
 
*political posters on the wall were stolen by me
from roadsides and traffic islands. There is a technique to this
Let me tell you...it is not for the faint at heart. :)
 
 

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Y'all come by and I'll make you a cuppa coffee...or a glass of wine.
You'll get the family discount.
oh my!!!! Where did you get all those backward print posters. They got to be collectors items.




yes...i am that stupid
What a novel idea, Ande! The first yard sale advertised on Open Salon. I wish I were close by to drop in and say "Hello!" You never struck me as the faint of heart type. Hope all goes well.

R♥
Awww...Wish I could, dear lady! Especially since it's looking as if ou time at OS might be over this summer!
Bon chance!
R
I'd be there if I lived closer and I'd probably buy one of those signs. I have a McGovern/Shriver bumper sticker on my fridge that I've been carrying around for 40 years. Good luck.
I'd buy the china and smash it all up and make a nice mosaic. I want to come to your garage sale. It looks perfect and very emotional for you. Thanks for putting it all out there.
You are so well organized!! Hope you make a bundle.
Good Luck Ande! I hope it's painless! R
True it beats going in the dumpster but this is a little sad.
On the posters... How you do that Ande Bliss?
i can always spot an emotional ties garage sale. look how organized everything is...and the cloths on the tables and how items are displayed show you cared for the items and are giving them the send off they deserve. good luck!
Fun.
I can't get organized enough for a yard sale.
What a cool and original idea, Ande. Best of luck. R
I'm interested in the shopping bags and I like the look of the rocking chair...Do you ship for free?

JUST KIDDING although I really do like the rocking chair.

Good luck with your garage sale!
Selling memories. Its hard to down size. I'm a sucker for a neat garage, its my dream and I know I can do it.
Re:political posters. My husband calls it our wall of shame. Here is how I do it...has to be at the right moment and you have to be traveling in the right directions so that the car is directly beside the sign. 1. Stop car :) 2. Back door of drivers side must be just ahead of the sign. 3.) I jump out open the back door, grab the sign..throw it in the back and get going. 4. Must be fleet of foot. And ready to ride!
5. If I am spotted...husband drives off and leaves me there. 6. Play old lady card..."Ohhhhh...I didn't know you can't do that....I'm from the campaign and was going to replace it with a better one//smile.
Then run.
Wine? Shiraz? I am so there!

r.
I love yard sales. I just participated in my neighbor's and (re your comment in my blog about loosing the tie) I made seventy dollars just selling my neckties...don't worry, I have lots left. R
Hope you do as well at the sale as you hope.
You are way ahead of me on getting rid of the STUFF! Good for you both!

I worked for a woman who was 103 when she died. She had stuff in drawers and closets and boxes and trunks and storage and it was all just stuff when she wasn't around to play with it all. I say, best to live closer to the bone! /R
Wow - I had what looks like exactly the same rocking chair, a real beauty maybe 100 yrs old, but built for a more staid, upright kind of rocking (knitting?). I went through the same ordeal myself last summer, but your garage looks like a palace compared to mine. It was a great feeling to get all that out of my life, even if a lot of the good stuff is in storage waiting for the kids to have enough room for it.
I see what you're up to, lady! Ply them with wine and make a killing. Oh the shame!
All those things that mean nothing to someone else! The little silver bowls that were wedding gifts from some forgotten relative to my parents in 1939. The conch shell I found on Cay Caulker off the coast of Belize in 1975. Those bud vases I remember from my childhood in the 1950s. That apple wood driftwood staff that saved me from drowning in 1992. The Free Speech Movement buttons from Berkeley, 1964....rarely do the purchasers feel the signfiicance they embody. [r]
Heavens, dear lady. Are you dying, or fading away or something?
"
When we can no longer
Make decisisons...about our stuff."

Are you at that point?
you sure seem to write good for someone about to lose their will.

The high stool and the low table appeal to me.
We're going thru the same thing right now getting the house ready to put up for sale. Mind boggling, depressing, good hard life lesson.