Dogs were loaded into the van and sent on their way today.
We had a wonderful garage sale adventure. It was bitterly cold, but my prediction didn’t come true – people showed up and we made almost $200. All of my worsted weight yarn? Gone, baby. Everything. Three big plastic containers. Gone and gone.
Gordon sold off some of his action figures and some comics. Odd buyer for the comics – didn’t want to look through them, despite us trying to explain that there are 10 #1 of this or that in there. Just bought 4 longboxes for $50 and took them off. I have a feeling he can’t tell Valiant from Dark Horse, but hey, he wanted to buy it and he did.
Still have a bunch of stuffed toys left, books, and clothes. Goodwill refuses to accept any toys, which weirded me out, but maybe Salvation Army might.
Loaded half of the longboxes into the crates and sorted through about a third of what’s left. Afraid to put all the comics into one container. The weight limit is 2500 and with ten longboxes alone we’re hitting 500lbs. I think we might have 40 boxes? More? I swear I pulled about 40 copies of Bloodshot #1 out of one longbox. 
Now galleys and tomorrow more packing.
I miss my big gay dog. I think the guy was a hoarder. I don’t know why you would buy comics like that if you have no knowledge of their worth. At least we know what we have and enjoy reading them. Also all the money from the comics and toys has been spent on iTunes. Bwaaa!
What’s a longbox?
I meant to continue: I looked this up, but it didn’t seem to be the correct answer.
See next post
Aww, best wishes for traveling puppies!
You know… there are a few things in life I dread, and I’d hate to have to handle them all at the same time.
Things like… visit to the GYN. Galleys. Dental appts. Moving. A sure way to drive me batty would be to schedule me for a GYN appt, followed by a dentist visit, on the week I’m set to move AND make sure that’s the week galleys arrive on my doorstep.
I would be going out of my fricking mind if I had to handle moving AND galleys at the same time. I swear, oh man, would I be out of my mind.
What some folks will do to avoid meeting me (wink). My spouse and I had intended on a fall trip to Okefenokee Swamp for research, then swing up to Savannah for a couple of days for R&R. I’d always figured we’d call you guys and go out for a drink. When I told spouse you were moving across the country, he said, “Smart people. They heard we were going to be in the neighborhood.” That’s okay. I’ll be out your way in 2011 if plans firm up. The first round is still on me. Now if you move to Alaska before then, I’m going to real paranoid.
Have a safe and painless trip to your new home.
So strange that Goodwill isn’t accepting toys…Our Goodwill LOVES us- I have dropped off more bags full of toys (I have two children and six nieces and nephews) than I believe anyone in my family has actually purchased. I’m sure the dogs’ departure was a sad one- best wishes to you and to the person driving the dogs cross-country.
Goodwill (or any other place that donates or resells) doesn’t accept toys due to the new “Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which requires all products for children age 12 and under to be tested for lead and phthalates” Basically, to donate or resell products for age 12 and younger, you have to prove the item is safe. Most used toys and clothing no longer have the labels that identify the materials so they just ruled it all unacceptable.
Read more here: http://kidsproducts.suite101.com/article.cfm/childrens_clothing_and_the_new_child_safety_law
Must be quiet without the dogs in the house. Well done with the sale – who cares if random man was odd if he was willing to part with money!
maybe you can donate the toys to a hospital? the children station should be happy to get some toys for the kids.
hope all the moving goes smoothly.
I’m very impressed with everything you are getting done. Can’t imagine having a
yard sale the same week as moving and packing!
How in the world did you find someone to drive your dogs to Oregon?
I am impressed; y’all have more longboxes than my husband does. He keeps saying he’ll go through and inventory them one of these days…
The charity shops have to follow the same new lead content laws that make them, not the manufacturer, liable that new retailers do, so most have stopped taking toys. At least that’s what the ones I talked to said.
The longbox story is odd, maybe the guy just wants a bunch of comics to fill space or something…
or he’s a speculator (although i’d think that market was gone)
or he just needs cheap paper…
i love comics, but i’ve been trying to make a couple of kusudamas out of comic paper, and i can’t seem to make myself sacrifice one of my own, and the the cheap comic longboxes have been oddly absent from the last couple of fairs…
(well that’s not true, i have a bunch of old Liefeld stuff, but then i wouldn’t be able to give the thing to anyone, or use it for myself, or probably even look at it…)
Maybe a local battered woman’s shelter for the toys and any leftover kids clothes? I have a friend who works for one here and they’re always on the lookout for gently used items for women who are starting over.
I’ve heard that animal shelters sometimes accept stuffed toys, if you can’t find someplace to donate them to human children…