I thought that we had our last garage sale in early July. However as we kept going thru all of our “stuff” it became apparent that I would need to sign up with the parks already scheduled garage sale for August 3rd. Their advertising brings in a number of people to our park.
On July 29 I sold our 5 cu ft chest freezer for $130.00 and then started to add more items to FB Marketplace. By the 31st I ended up opening up the house for anyone in the park to come and see. Over the previous weekend Colin and I had thoroughly gone through both the RV and house kitchens and knew exactly what we were keeping. The forever stuff was in the RV and we kept just what we needed here at home and the rest was for sale.
Ciela can put herself into the tiniest ball.
Who has 4 potato mashers? And I never even make mashed spuds. I won’t get into all the brand new stuff we had to sell. In the end I did an open house all day Thursday and Friday for my FB Marketplace people and for those living here in the park. I only made $105.00 at the actual garage sale on Saturday. However I did extremely well for the entire week, more that expected and I was very happy with the outcome – close to 2 months rent on the Isla.
They love the heat.
Because it was so hot with temps in the 100’s I set up the garage sale inside my home with things laid out everywhere. I called it an open house garage sale. Many took that to mean “an open house” and we had many many people checking out our home rather than the garage sale. Colin and I were both run off our feet talking to all who came. I personally knew of 5 sets of people who were very interested in the actual sale of the house. A few thought it was the ideal location for their parents to downsize to.
Colin had to do some work on the RV.
We cleaned up within an hour after closing and the house looked presentable when I laid down for a nap with the girls. I think Colin was also resting somewhere when there was a loud knock at the door at 4:30PM. Long story short, it was someone we knew who lived here in the park who had their friends in tow and wanted to have a showing right then and there. We were rather overwhelmed ( and I was sleepy ). We asked them to look around outside while we made ourselves presentable and then Colin went outside while I picked up the house as best I could in five minutes. They were here close to 45 minutes and loved the place. However they were not yet thinking of downsizing as I discovered yesterday ( although the friends who lived here decided they should ). Much too soon for them. Bu just a few hours ago we got a request for showing late tomorrow morning.
He cleaned up nicely.
Today has been quite the day and I must say that both of our heads are in a continuous spinning rotation. I received a phone call this morning from my eye surgeons’ office and despite denying me an earlier date for my cataract surgery they were calling to say that my first eye would be done on August 14th ( they had just had a cancellation ) and the second on the 21st!! Simply wonderful. All the pressure of meeting my 6 week healing date and getting a post surgery eye check before we left was now going to work out. The timing and date pressure was off. We would for certain be back on the Isla in time to renew our Temporal Residency Visa by the end of October with time to spare in case of an RV breakdown.
Lots to sell.
Also today we spoke with both our financial advisor and our accountant re shutting down Colin Jewall Photo Studios Inc. permanently. It seems like I have been on the phone all day ( I also spoke with our lawyers office ) and made many changes to previously scheduled appointments. Then the call came in about having a showing tomorrow at 11:30AM. Of course we said.
I think it is one of the ladies that came to the open house Saturday as later in the afternoon, today, I saw her and her friend standing on the street and looking at our house. So Colin of course has had to stop the packing he was doing and proceeded to remove the multitude of spiders and their webs from outside the house. Then trimmed and cut the lawn, vacuumed inside etc. Much more to do tomorrow am.
I have always wanted to sit in chairs under a weeping willow. Our Honeylocust does a great job. The fence on the lawn is to prevent the girls from walking onto the hot patio sales and burning their feet.
Fingers crossed for a great showing and an offer tomorrow or the next day. Like I said, everyday is full and often we have no idea how the day will go once we get up but it is always rather busy.
Lots of wildlife on our beach.
Forgot to mention that this morning the girls were attacked by two huge dogs, a Saint Bernard and a black Bernese Mountain dog. Colin was not even yet at the gate to the dog park when these two with their hundreds of pounds came rushing out the dog park gate and proceeded to chase Ciela and Carlie. In all the confusion Colin dropped their leashes and they were yipping, screaming and running as they were chased. He called me, I called security. The owners were unable to control their dogs. Then we had to look for our girls. Found a block away but in different directions. They were terrified. Just another element to our hectic day.
The girls do a great job of keeping the geese off the beach and our lawn. For some unknown reason they ar okay with the ducks who sleep on our beach.
Today I finally got fed up with the constant knocks at my door looking for our neighbours address. They are seldom home and have not had an address sign up for close to 2 years I finally taped a piece of cardboard in their fence next to the gate. I really should have written it in bright lipstick on their fence 😳
This is one of three very nice pens that I have on my desk. I decided to add then to the garage sale on Saturday morning. Not one person was interested in this $7.00 priced pen. So you can imagine my surprise when I later Googled the pen to add to my FB Marketplace ads.
This pen is a FIRST EDITION Parker Duofold marble pearl black twist pen. Born in the age of Jazz and Art Deco, the Duofold reflects the opulence and iconography of its origins. It is a pen of exceptional character and distinctive appearance, exuding the quality and luxury of outstanding craftsmanship. this pen was made in the 90’s.
An alluring combination of shades of pearl veined with a rich, velvety black , crafted from lustrous, cast acrylic. Every pen has its own individual, unique appearance. 23k Champagne Gold Plated Trim. Manufactured in the UK. I am now selling the pen at a very low price of $250.00 I vaguely remember purchasing this as a gift for Colin.
We unloaded the car into our front hall after a few hour road trip. Ciela just climbed to the top of the heap for her nap.
Carlie is doing about 65% better. Her gut is reacting favourably to the ‘poop pill’. Meanwhile we are still dealing with her acid reflux – that is a work in progress. They are both getting so very much love from us that I am beginning to think of Ciela as a velcro dog.
Totally surprised that this couple fit two metal filing cabinets into their smaller Lexus SUV. They did a great job of pre measuring. She is a lawyer and perfectly directed the entire operation.
Now that we have got thru all of our things ( well 85%) and for certain know what will be brought to Mexico with us, we are much more relaxed. Of course we need to keep pushing everyday to get it all done. But the pressure is off re our “things”. So we are ready for the sale to go thru quickly but also prepared to leave the house as is until next spring. The house is the only thing left in the air and we can deal with that.
Colin is the Energizer Rabbit and never stops working.
It has has been difficult not having any dates to work with. With my eyes now booked a few weeks earlier we are free to make departure date plans and to make travel reservations as needed. Actually I am looking for someone in the Las Vegas area being willing to take my Amazon deliveries into their home. There likely will be several. I got in trouble last October at the RV Park as my orders had come in earlier than expected and filled up the mail room before we got there. If anyone can help us out that would be vey much appreciated.
This is how I hide all my files when we have a showing. Just love my roll top desk.
So we are busy but never does a day go by that I don’t think of you and keep trying to write a post. Hope this helps get you up to date. If you need a gap in the time line filled in let me know and I will do so for you.
The girls had a long haired Weiner friend over for a short visit recently.
One last thing, I usually get my bath bar soap ( the coconut aloe one ) here before we leave. Turns out that my face creme, that bar soap and a few other things are no longer coming into Canada – something to do with restrictions. So if anyone is selling Avon I can put my order in with you or if you have a relative or a friend selling Avon let me know. So the only thing left is to ask you which bath bar soap you recommend. We tried Dove and yuck is all I can say re the odor. Trying Ivory right now.
Wonder why my iPhone charger fell apart? Fortunately we had an extra one.
PS. Slight delay posting, one of our neighbours was just taken away in an ambulance. Self abuse with alcohol but he is alive 😥
What I am drinking tonight.