Our apartment community designated last Saturday as the one day this year to have a sale. I am so glad I was able to take advantage of it. We are really growing weary of paying for a large storage unit for 4 years, coming home for a year just to put everything in storage again.
This sale cleaned me out! I was surprised at how much traffic I had. There are 240 units here in the complex. I hear everyone did well.
Renee and I had a meltdown at the end of the day when the last piece of furniture left. It was my last piece from our Springfield, Missouri days. It effected us deeply. We cried.
Missionaries are minimalists. We can own very little or just enough to get by and be okay with it. One of the reasons Denny and I don't have much is because we have no where to put it! I have sold 2 grand pianos in my life to get to the field. I don't suppose I will ever own another. But that's okay, at least I don't have to sell another!
Yard sales are hard. You know what you paid for an item and a person comes along and says, "will you take a quarter?" You have to say yes because you know another person may not come along, and if they do, they may only offer a dime!
After a sale, I always say, "I will never do another sale in my life!" They are so much work for little reward, but hey! at least the stuff is gone!
There is no furniture in the apartment now, only our beds. Thank God the kitchen appliances belong to the apartment, I can still cook for the month of July!
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