My baby sister had knee replacement surgery today. The last few weeks leading up to today have been worrisome for her. She is not a neat freak by nature and neither am I. She was worried that folks would show up at her house for a visit and find everything in disarray. We were talking about that last night and I laid my new theory of stuff versus beauty on her.
Basically if you own stuff, you have certain responsibilities to that stuff....a place for it to be.... cleaning and repairing the stuff....a purpose for having the stuff is also nice. And if you are doing none of these listed activities, you end up with stuff guilt.
Since the brain can only work on one thing at a time, you're using up gray matter on the stuff that you could be using on more interesting activities.
So I broke the idea of a family picnic / flea market on her. I am coming to my little, childhood home on July 23. I will be bringing a car load of items to sell at a family only flea market on Sunday, July 25th. I know that might not be the best of days for merchandising but Harrison and Brittany are going to be there too. It would have been a great Saturday event but they won't get there until late Saturday and the following Saturday, they leave for Brittany's family reunion in Tennessee. They really want to see the family, so thus the choice. And to make things clearer, I want to sell all I have and put whatever funds I gain into a road repair fund for the cemetery road. I would also like to encourage all my family members (and you know who you are) to bring stuff to sell as well (of course with the idea of donating the funds to the cemetery road fix up.) It doesn't have to be a lot....a shoe box of goods, a bushel basket of items, a trunk load of treasures, or a pickup load of lovelies.
And more importantly, please bring a dish of food to pass around for a big family picnic. We'll start gathering at 12:30 pm, with the dinner being served between 1 and 1:30. Meantime, we'll set out our goods and let folks look them over. At 2:15 or so, we'll let the dealing commence.
If you have any folding tables, please bring them. And since this is a developing story, there may be other things coming down the pike. Call me if you have any questions or any ideas about how to make this better.
Also over the next few days, I will be highlighting things on this blog that I plan to bring to sell. Any Elvis fans out there? Also, if there is something you're looking for let me know. Thanks everyone, look forward to seeing you on the mountain top!
P.S. You don't have to bring anything to sell. Just bring a dish of food to pass around and some money to buy the wonderful treasures that I know you will find.
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