It took me most of the day but I have 70% plus of the garage cleaned out. Granted, we have a few boxes of photographs and old memorabilia in the house waiting to be put away. This morning I’m off to the dump. Lori posted a lot of things for sale and we took in $300 or $400 so far. One of the best things about cleaning out the garage and posting stuff for sale is you meet people who can really use and appreciate the stuff you don’t want. One kid and his mom showed up for a $10 Audi roof rack. It didn’t fit on their Jeep so they left. Later in the day his dad and little sister showed up trying to make it work. To fit on their Jeep Cherokee they’ll need to fabricate some sort of bracket. Finally I told them they could just have it. They were thrilled and I gave them some plastic containers that were going to the dump this morning too. You could tell they had little money and really wanted it. Hell, they probably spent more in gas than what I wanted for it. Later an older couple from Leadville, some 60 miles away, came over for a solid wood table we bought used and picked it up for $100. We sold them a couple old wooden chairs too and they were thrilled. They were every bit of being in their mid 60’s. The woman apologized to Lori for her appearance as she just had some skin cancer cut off her face. Lori said she looked fine and told her about a really good scar cream to help her out. The guy, Jeff, had a shirt on from Mountain Beverage which I recognized as they are a beverage distributor in the State. He drives an 18 wheeler every day from Leadville down to Vail and other wealthy towns delivering alcohol. They love antiques which no one seems to want these days and are coming back to look at the stuff in our storage units. I gave them a bottle of wine and they were thrilled to get the table and chairs. I gave them so plastic containers too and you would have thought they won the lottery. You could tell they really needed the table and chairs and were so happy to get them. Other people came by too, all people who appeared to not have a lot of money. I could be wrong but I think people who frequent garage sales or buy used stuff are looking to save some bucks because they don’t have a ton of disposable income. Best feeling is all the stuff went to good homes were it’ll get used.
I’ll get some more stuff cleaned out and organized today. I still need to get on the storage units as well. Sunny and warm, mid 80’s yesterday and all week long. Katie came back up, she’s a good girl. Ty, Jack and Sonny showed up around 10. Ty has lacrosse all week. Even if he can’t play he’ll go with the team to help out. Lori’s off to California Thursday until I think next Tuesday. Wednesday I need to get the windshield on the Mercedes repaired in Denver. So a busy week. Taxes are due on the 15th, ugh. More money we don’t want to spend as we don’t really see any benefit from paying taxes. It’d be one thing if it actually helped out our daily life but it really doesn’t. We had a flat in the Suburban yesterday morning. I had an email saying low tire pressure. We managed to get air in the tire at 7am before it went completely flat and dropped it at Costco and then I went back when they opened. For $10.99 they repaired it. Now that’s worth paying for!
That’s it, I need to load up the truck and leave for the dump in a little over an hour so I’m back before my weekly conference call at 9. Live life! Enjoy! God Bless!