I feel loved...

It has been an interesting couple of days. It's all been building for the last 3 years or so. Finally everyone is seeing how hard it has been for me to live in a household with a teenager that refuses to listen to anything I say and to obey the household rules. She operates to her own agenda. If it doesn't benefit her, then she wants no part of it.

Basically all started when I went downstairs at midnight on Wednesday (school night) to find her still on her cell phone instead of asleep. Rule is in bed asleep at 11pm. When I told her to get off she basically said she will stay on the phone all night if she wants to. What she neglected to say at any point was that she was talking to her best friend (whose boyfriend just broke up with her - nothing new) and that her friend had cut herself. If J had just said what was going on instead of turning into a snotty little bitch and not having any respect for me, none of this would have happened. Hell we would have been in the vehicle driving over to this friend's house to talk to her parents to let them know what's going on. But J felt she could control all situations and this is what happened.

Garage Sale Success!

While I still have a bunch of little girls clothing and women's clothing left, ultimately the sale was a success. We made just over $1,000! Crazy!!!  I need to look into consigning the remaining clothing. I would like to have it gone.

I would have to say the absolute highlight of the weekend was when a Vietnam veteran came by and bought up any and all military gear/clothing we had. Absolutely loved him. I don't have to look at that stuff ever again, don't have to move it around or go through it again to determine what we are going to do with it - it's gone!!! It's bittersweet becuase the military was such a big part of our life for a time, but we are both out now and have no use for the clothing anymore and most of it didn't fit anymore either.

So again the sale was a success. I certainly do not plan to do this again anytime soon. Maybe in another 7 years!

Garage Sale

Heaven help me, what have I gotten myself into? We decided to do a garage sale this coming weekend. Thought about it the last couple weeks, and there is so much to do yet and I only have 3 more days. I started pricing the baby clothes last night and got through bibs/burp cloths, bath towels, shoes, and some winter accessories. Haven't even touched the huge stack of baby clothes or the rest of the items that need to be gone through/set out yet. Essentially its 3 years of baby/kids clothing, and I was very generous about buying her clothes. If I didn't have to work all day before getting home and starting to tackle this mountain, it wouldn't be so bad. Wish me luck. I guess if I don't get all of it out just means I need to do this another weekend. I really don't want anything to come back in the house if it doesn't have to. I would rather try to sell things before donating to Goodwill or Salvation Army. Even if it's super cheap, something is better than nothing in my opinion.