Friday, May 19, 2006

The Monster That Ate Wagoner

Yes, the monster continues to rampage through the house. Today begins Melissa's garage sale and it's pretty much gutted the house. It's amazing how much brick-a-brack, knick-knacks, odds and ends, and absolute unadulterated JUNK one collects over the course of a couple of years. So... EVERYTHING MUST GO! HUGE LIQUIDATION SALE!

The more we sell, the less we have to move. Melissa's pretty much selling everything for a quarter.

Dad would be proud.

Monday, May 08, 2006

The Moving Monster

Well, we went to Norman this weekend to teach at the Omniplex and to take boxes down to the house. We've rented a storage unit there in town to store stuff that was in the house that we aren't going to use but that Fern still needs or Tami and Nici still want. It occurred to me that the whole house is filled with a mish mash of different owners. Some of the stuff was left when we moved in 1999. Tami and Nici came and went leaving clothes and furniture. Then finally Fern and Hoyt furnished the house the rest of the way.

As I stood and looked at it all this weekend, I was overwhelmed. I am selling most of my furniture so I thought most of the rest would be pretty straight forward. But as I stood there, reckoning the sheer immensity of it, I couldn't believe it. I mean, I never considered the items on the walls or the knick knacks on the shelves. The clothes in the closet. I was taking some stuff to storage on Saturday and Tim said "We should leave this until Mom decides what to do with it." I sighed. That means that it would be there for years! So I put my foot down and said, we can store it and if she wants it, there it will be, good as new. Tim is really hesitant to move anything out of the house that isn't his. I'm not sure I can consider the house ours if I can't "make it" ours. Ya know. That's the main reason we moved out of it in the first place.

We bought some paint so Cassie can repaint her room, and even doing that is going to be a task!

So here goes. I love each and every one of you but if there is something you want from that house please come and get it or I am going to put it in storage. You can pick it up there at anytime. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but there is TOO MUCH STUFF!!!

Man, I need some tylenol . . .