Garage Sale Self-Discovery

I'm getting ready for a garage sale this week. In the past I've just boxed things up and dropped them off at Goodwill periodically. A box of books here, a box of clothes there. But this year I've come to the conclusion that we need to really clean house and scale down. Our closets are ridiculous. I'm going through closets and boxes and cupboards and anyplace else I can think to look sifting and sorting through childhood toys, teaching materials, books and more.



Getting ready for this garage sale has shown me a few things...

1. We have a lot of junk
2. I had a great childhood
3. I miss having my grandparents
4. I loved being a teacher and I was pretty good at it
5. I don't have to hold on to things I'm not using. They are just things.
6. My favorite book is "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" (I have 4 copies)
7. I LOVE children's books (I'm scaling down from 5 to 3 boxes - OUCH!)
8. I can't wait to watch Ben play with my old toys and read my old books
9. Purging is therapeutic
10.The best things I have are either working at the hospital, sleeping in the crib upstairs, or curled up on the couch watching squirrels outside the window.