per·i·pa·tet·ic
ˌperēpəˈtedik/
adjective
  1. 1.
    traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods.
    "the peripatetic nature of military life"
    synonyms:nomadic, itinerant, traveling, wandering, roving, roaming, migrant,migratory, unsettled
    "I could never get used to her peripatetic lifestyle"
  2. 2.
    Aristotelian.
noun
  1. 1.
    a person who travels from place to place.
  2. 2.
    an Aristotelian philosopher.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

A to Z Blogging Challenge: S is for Springtime and Sale, T is for Trash or Treasure

S is for Springtime and Sale, T is for Trash or Treasure

I know I'm probably breaking the rules for the challenge here, but I'm going to combine S and T because they go together so well for this post. And I've been too darn busy the last couple of days to do one at a time.

Springtime in Florida is ideal for having a garage sale or moving sale or whatever-you-fancy sale. We fancy getting rid of a lot of stuff before we make the final move to Tallahassee. The house we're moving into is about 400 square feet smaller than our home, and there's no garage or barn for extra storage. Besides, what do we need with all of this extraneous stuff? It's not exactly trash to us, but it may well be treasure to someone else.

Microwave, anyone? Don't need it since the new house already has one. Christmas tree stand? Extra one purchased years ago for an extra-large tree when we were younger and even more careless with our money. Cookie tins? They're great for giving away homemade treats! In-line skates? Not mine, Daughter's. My ankles aren't that strong. Orthopedic boot? Now you see why I don't skate. Weak ankles.

SAM thought he could sell some of his surplus rocks, but no one seemed all that interested. Yard sales don't seem to attract serious mineral collectors. There were a few kids, though, who oohed and ahhed over pieces of fluorite, quartz, and pyrite. They got a great deal on some they picked out. SAM is such a sucker for kids who love rocks.
We found a buyer for one of our big-ticket items. The treadmill. Who hasn't had one or wanted one? This one was professional grade and logged several hundred miles for someone with weak ankles. I wish we could take it with us, but there's no room for it at the new place. Not to worry, though. We have plenty of places there to walk outdoors, and no fake hills are necessary.

The only item I wish we could have sold and haven't so far is the roll-top desk. No room for it either. I guess not many people use fancy desks anymore. Laptops and hand-held devices have made them almost obsolete. Today's trash may be tomorrow's treasure. I hope I'm not stealing some popular TV show slogan. If you see this desk netting someone big bucks on Antique Road Show 50 years from now, you can say you saw it here first. Of course by then, TV will probably be obsolete.


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7 comments:

  1. Good luck with your move. I love to go to garage sales, but not to have them...I am like SAM...I want to give it all away...especially to kids!

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  2. Good luck with your move! Hope you love your new home. If I lived nearby, I'd love to buy that rolltop desk!! Happy Easter!! ~karen

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  3. Ah, garage sales. They were a way of life for me growing up. My mother and aunt "rummaging" as often as they could and often had garage sales of their own.

    Sure hope you sell the roll-top desk.

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  4. It sounds fun to have garage sales. And I think that it is really a good custom. As we Japanese rarely have them before moving, I'm envious of you. We usually sell some trash to junk dealers before moving but we can't sell all the useless things to them.
    Good luck with your move!

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  5. Do you have any cedar planks? Surely somewhere in there...

    Have a good moooooove and keep in touch through your blog. Happy Easter, I.

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  6. I sympathise! I just downsized to a flat a third the size! Had to get rid of lots of stuff. The outcome: a nicer flat with all nice furniture-no junk! hope you settle in to your new home and thanks for stopping by mine blog! Alison

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  7. I sympathise! I just downsized to a flat a third the size! Had to get rid of lots of stuff. The outcome: a nicer flat with all nice furniture-no junk! hope you settle in to your new home and thanks for stopping by mine blog! Alison

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