Rummaging through life's treasures

So this weekend is our rummage sale to get rid of all the clutter in our lives...
And let me just say that it has been so cathartic.

The biggest headache of the entire process has been unboxing all of the "things" we had moved in here from the storage unit almost 10 months ago. Then you gotta make it clean and presentable, price it all, and get tables big enough to display your treasures.

The week of the sale...Hello Craiglist! And signage for the sale and getting up early the day of, and making sure it is well displayed...and be willing to haggle.

We are still in DAY ONE of the sale but we sure have sold ALOT of treasures...Junk on my end...but treasures nonetheless for someone. There were things that Justin kept saying...there is no way in hell that someone is going to buy that and here we are about a third of the way through the first day and it is gone...now if I could just sell that toilet bowl scrubber...we would be in business and I would have pure gloating rights.

Sure I sold some things way under what they should have been...but when you assess the clutter and crap factor and how much you just want a space that is clean and clear of clutter and being able to breathe in it... I sold under and got it out of the way. SO all successful on alot of aspects of it all...
But it is also a cleansing of the spirit and heart too. Really and truthfully, if you have not used this "stuff" in the last five years...when are you? And if you can sell it and get a good price for it and put it towards a project you have coming up on your house or to pay off bills, get rid of it! And a great way to meet the neighbors, that's for sure!

There is somethign to be said about not having all this clutter in one's life. Being selective and not weighing yourself down with "stuff". Being able to come home and breathe and relax and not feel overwhelmed by life's messes is sure a blessing. There is enough stress in our everyday lives, why would you want to come home to the messy, cluttered, cramped, piled to the ceiling situation. (Enter the sound effects from HOARDERS:BURIED ALIVE...Thank you Kathy Griffin)

Thank you for a cleansing every once in awhile...