Estate Sale in Hyde Park
While we usually know that showing up early gets you the good stuff… we were fine to take our time, and contended ourselves to wait in line.
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Transporting the Cornue Stove
I ended up taking the day off of work today, to coordinate transporting the stove we purchased on Saturday back to our house. Given that we weren’t 100% sure we would be the new owners of the stove until after the sale started… a lot of things have happened over the last few days.
We are the Crazy People
It’s generally not a good idea to go to an estate sale with just one item in mind. Someone else might want the same thing, and it all depends on who gets to the item first. Unless you can be absolutely sure you’re first in line, there’s a chance you won’t get the item. That’s just the nature of estate sales.
Not Tasks, Adventures
Liz and I had a series of errands today, and last night I was trying to “plan” how things would go. In our conversation, she mentioned a phrase to me that stuck with me – referring to adventures, not tasks.
The older I get, the more I believe that the world rises up to meet the expectations you set for it. Imagine anger and selfishness, that’s what you’ll see; imagine kindness and good intentions, that’s also what you’ll see. You get what you expect, so why not expect the positive?
Estate Sale at Gullivers Pizza
The outdoor area was covered in objects, done as decorations over the years. And pretty much every single item was for sale (either individually or as pairs).
An Estate Sale of Lights
It’s not an estate sale (or flea market) until you find a VHS copy of Star Trek TNG!
An Underwhelming Estate Sale
Last weekend, I went with Liz to an estate sale (my first). Though the two of us have gone to several fleas over the years, this was my first time going to an actual estate sale at someone’s house.