I was naively thinking that we would have the big estate sale and then with the exception of items that didn’t sell, we’d be done with “stuff”. Not so. There’re a lot of items that were bought or given away that are still in the house, van loads full. People just haven’t been picking up their “stuff”, too busy I guess. In order to expedite the process Susan and I spent the whole day yesterday moving couches, dressers, and tables out of the house and delivering them around town. Some things were too large to go down the old house’s tiny stairwell so they had to go out the second story window. When we mentioned what we were doing to one of Susan’s friends from the doctor’s office she cleverly suggested that we serve the delinquent owners this notice:
Your items are on the lawn
It will rain today
Best to pick them up right now
Clever lady but in spite of her wisdom we’re still moving stuff.
44 days...
