08/07/2023
Since meeting and marrying Doug my life, my priorities and future plans have changed. As I reflect in these things I am reminded of my father telling me “you have your priorities messed up”. I didn’t understand him then.
I do now.
With our new home getting closer to completion, and having learned what a nightmare it is for survivors to deal with the “things” left behind, I have decided to have an ongoing Saturday sale of things that keep me tied to wrong priorities and past items that don’t have true value now and no place in my future plans.
One extreme example is my Japanese Woodblock Print book from the 1750’s entitled 100 stories
This book has a beautiful legacy and story about the owners of the book and how it became mine. But I’m probably the only person who would appreciate the story and sentiment of having the book.
It is a fan fold book that unfolds to approximately 25’ with art on both sides. Each panel (usually two pages) could be sold for wall art and fetch considerably money on their own. My book is only one of a handful of Japanese woodblock books to survive the US occupation of Japan whole. As a complete book it’s value is hard to estimate.
What value does it serve to sit in my safe and never being seen by the public? How can I divide it between my kids after I die? They’d have to sell it…so why wait? The same is true for so many of my treasures.
I have a couple of high value personal items like my book, but mostly I have things to decorate a big fancy home which no longer a dream of mine and not dreams for my grandchildren and my children certainly have different styles and tastes than I. So those will be sold as well.
I worked so hard to pay for a life I couldn’t participate in with my own family so that I could earn the right to be with my family. And instead of the time and memories made, I have stupid trinkets and trophies of accomplishments that instead of growing my family closer, proved my priorities were misplaced, even though I truly believed I was doing everything I could to provided for my family.
So each Saturday for the next several weeks I will have a Boondocks Garage Sale on list items for sale on eBay and Marketplace. My future is going to be prioritized properly, family and friends and doing things and experiencing things for as long as I can.
May you or someone you know would actually use and enjoy some of my previously preserved treasures and trophies? Please
Stop by between 9-4 and check out what I have unboxed and making available to others.
While I need and want to raise as much as I can to go towards my future needs, I know myself well enough to know I will be gifting things as well.
Please bring friends and visit
Location 462N 350W
Saturday’s 9-4