we really werent looking to move so soon
we tentatively were looking to move out mid july
but
thanks to the drone guys friend who saw in our place
what we saw
the place had a contract on it before it went mls
now its sold if all goes through ok
thats good
now we have to move sooner than expected
thats bad
lucky for us this is a decision we have been working on for months
so we have been preparing for it for those months
both mentally and financially
now its here
now we got to get it done
so the moving sale
to unload everything we have
basically
if we cant get it in our car then its not going with us
some of the stuff is heirloom stuff
from my parents and their ancestors
all that goes back to arkansas where we want it to stay
then
the rest goes
it seems each large item has a story
some the new owner bought already
which is ok with us
he doesnt have to move it
we dont have to move it
a win win right
my wife she bought home this ragged ole dirty chair
ok i ignored it for a long time
then i read online about doing duct tape furniture
i bought two big rolls of duct tape
put it all over the chair
its my favorite piece of furniture in the house
my granddaughter loves it
i think she thinks it a park play set
it twirls easily in circles
it rocks like a bucking horse
once my billfold fell down the sides and stuck itsself on a bar
under there
hiding itsself from us for weeks
it not having my billfold almost ruined our vacation
you ever took a vacation with cash only but all your cash
wasnt accessible
or
your credit cards
we did
to nashville
$20
one of my best friends mom was having to move after her husband died
so
she was selling this hutch
now
we gave her husband a dog
a min pin
whom he loved
he named her maggie
after he died
she contacted us
if you will take maggie i will give you the hutch
it matched our kitchen table
so we took it
$100
back in the 80s he contacted my wife she
i think you will like this
she looked at it
she liked it
she bought it
then she told me about it
its been with us since then through 5 moves
$250
that when you pull it out
it pops up
i will say that when we have a large group staying here
i always chose the trundle bed to sleep on
its the most comfortable of the sleeping spots of them all
my wife she got this idea from somewhere
to take an old antique metal bed frame
then turn it into a day bed
she got a welder to build it for us
uh i should say
for her
it sits in our kitchen area
folks just seem to be attracted to it
i think it has a magnet that influences your brain
its a definite lounging spot
a lot of good conversation have happened there
it use to be in an extra bedroom we called the cave
in the afternoon you could lay on the bed
turn on the tv
close the blinds
turn on the fan
then
you were gone for a few hours
a great place for an afternoon nap
$75
when her daughter out grew it
my wife she
like she did on all these things
just made it appear in our yard
of course
it was all taken apart
now
we had annual clinic parties here
she wanted it for the kids to play on
but
i think in the back of her head
she was thinking
its for our one day grandkids
well miss b
when she visited for a week
almost wore this swing set out
and
her grandmother
the yells and laughing could be heard over the property
more please more more
wheeeeeeeeee
$25
we decided we wanted to invest in some bedroom furniture
that would be new
would be built solid
that would last forever
so
we bought this king size bedroom suite from north carolina
if we werent moving
and
downsizing
we never ever would have even consider selling this
bed and mattress and dresser and side tables
we had planned to maybe die in this bed one day
when our times come
but
its time to sell it
$350
now its been here a long time
i just thought it was a table my wife she sat at to put her
sewing machine on
then as we were getting ready to sell stuff
there it was
an old antique kenmore sewing machine from the late 40s
or early 50s
a friend who knows antiques and sewing mahines
looked at it
no you cant sell it for this much
its worth a lot more
i have a friend who buys these
i sent a picture and details to her
she will probably drive here to buy it
nope
the clocks ticking
on saturady morning
its going for the price below unless we hear something different
now
the story
my wife she bought this old sears machine that was silver plated
when i was in residency
i painfully refinished it
it even worked
it was something to always hold onto and never sell
well one day i noticed
it was gone
i guess there was a time we were desperate for money
so she sold it
ok so i never let her forget it
so
i think her buying this was a way to make up for those years
of my harassing her
$40 unless he antique dealer comes through before saturday
so
this weekend
we will sell it all
if you see it
its for sale
it all must go
if you get a chance this weekend
rain or shine
come say bye to us
and
buy something while you are here
in a few weeks when we drive out our long drive
i am sure we will both have tears in our eyes
but
we plan to not look back
looking forward to this new chapter in our lives
here is the link to our moving sale on saturday may 20th
country n moving sale
the organicgreen doctor
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