Garage sale revisited

Okay, I can do this. Yes, I can do this. . . the question is. . . am I trying to convince you or ME???

I'll let you in on a little secret. . . panic is starting to set in!



Now don't laugh at this. . . I crocheted it back in my twenties, when these kinds of things were stylish. My jaw dropped when I opened a box and found this today! Yes, it's going in the garage sale. I wouldn't get caught dead wearing something like this now.

You can't even get into my dining room right now with all the "stuff" that is cleaned, marked with a price and ready to go in the sale. And I am about three-quarters of the way into gathering "stuff". The more I look in my basement, the shed out back, the garage, and drawers, I find more items to put in the sale. There are half a dozen or more framed crewel and embroidery pictures - some that go back far enough to be considered antiques - there is the high-end bike and my solo canoe I hope to sell (but they will not be "garage-sale-priced") that need to be dusted off, more books, old cassette tapes. Then there is that old, shabby chest of drawers that has been "junk storage" in my basement for over 20 years. One of my sons told me to get rid of it a long time ago. Now, if I were to take the time to clean it up and paint it, I might get a decent price for it. Maybe I will run a dust cloth over it and put it out for $5.00.

I've held garage sales over the years, but always with plenty of help. This time I'm on my own. What will I do if a crowd shows up all at once? A couple of people have offered to come over. I think I will take them up on it, at least for the busy time.

Thanks for listening to my hysteria!