Since we decided to move into the trailer, I have been slowly filling one of our rooms with things we didn't need/want. I figured that before we moved we would have a couple of yard sales to help get rid of the stuff. After collecting all the stuff and looking at our timeline to be out of the house, I decided to only do one yard sale and then just give away whatever didn't sell.
On Thursday we had some of Meric's coworkers come by for a pre yardsale. They found a few items they wanted and I still had a ton of stuff for the yardsale. On Friday I struggled to get things ready for the sale the next day. I went to the house early and spent all morning moving items from the room to the garage and pricing them. I didn't even get half way through when I had to run an errand for work. After that I had to head back to the trailer and let the dogs out. Then it was back to the house for more moving and pricing. When Meric got off work we planned to haul our cargo trailer from the house and put it in storage at the campground (We have a cargo trailer and are using it as a mobile storage unit). I had a bit of a worry moment when I went to the KOA office and told them we planned to bring the trailer in for storage that evening. The guy in the office said they didn't have any room and then had to help another customer. I sat there trying to figure out what we would do with it once we could no longer store it at the house. Turns out (as usual) I was worried about nothing. When the guy got done helping the other customer he told me we could just park it in some parking spaces that are really close to our trailer. It actually works better this way because our trailer is closer, we can get to it anytime, and we don't have to pay extra to store it. Anway, when we hitched up the trailer to haul it to the campground the brakes weren't working right. We worked on that a little until we had to go meet Meric's coworkers for a "going away" dinner for a couple people at the clinic. By the time we were done with dinner Meric and I were really tired and had to get home to let the dogs out again.
Saturday moring we got up bright and early to be at the house by 6 am. We moved the trailer out of the driveway and then rushed to try and get everything set up for the yard sale which started at 7 am. Friday was a beautiful 80 degree day, but a storm moved in over night and it was quite chilly by the morning. With it being so cold and overcast I wasn't sure we would get a good turn out. Cars started pulling up at 7 and we still didn't have everything out of the house. It was like a swarm came in and started devouring our items. I gave up trying to arrange/price what was in the garage and just started bringing everything out of the house. A few people started piles and within the first couple of hours more than half of our things were gone. It was insane and we could barely keep up. By 1 pm we ended the sale and only had a few items left. Around that time Tremayne Thurman, Meric's old coworker and my boss, called and wanted to stop by and look at what we still had. He took a few items and then called this lady he knows who takes donations for charity. She came by and took that rest. I couldn't believe all of our yard sale stuff was gone. Things couldn't have worked out better.
We still have a few big items like our TV, couches, and bedroom set that we need to sell. It is amazing that even with all the yard sale stuff gone there is still so much stuff in the house. Now I really need to focus on cleaning and organizing. I can't wait until we are totally done with the house and can just enjoy trailering.
That is of course until our next move.
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