Last week was a big one for me. The contract with Oliver was signed which included all my final decisions on upgrades, add-ons and customizations. It begins production on June 26, 2017. I cannot wait for the moment I see it for the first time and the for moment right after when I step into […]
Last month, over two consecutive Saturdays, I had my final garage sales. That means I had two garage sales in each of the last three years. The final coffer count? Just under $1,500. Basic math says I averaged $250 per sale. It isn’t bad when you take into account the cash was collected a couple […]
All of my Downsizing posts have been a trip down memory lane. The etched baleen I gave to a family member for Christmas. It had me replaying my trip to Barrow, Alaska. Writing about my grandmother’s pins made me think, of course, of the woman herself. And all of the memories I have of her […]
I recently watched Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things. It isn’t about doing something as radical as I am, but it does explore the idea that we are slaves to our stuff, that we work harder and harder to acquire more and more. In fact, we work harder at maintaining stuff than we do […]
Do you remember the scene in the animated The Beauty and the Beast, where Beast, trying to impress Belle, makes her close her eyes and guides her to his library? Even though a cartoon, that scene takes my breath away. It’s not the budding romance. It’s the library. Beast lives in my fantasy library. My […]
Last week’s post was the third of the three-part series on downsizing. It focused on internet-based options for selling your stuff. By far, my favorite way of downsizing has been eBay. I like not having face-to-face interactions. I like that I can do it on my own time. And I like that once the item […]