When we lived in England, we did not have any children. I spent my days enjoying every novelty in Leeds that I could. One of my activities was thrift store shopping (shocker) and it was then that I gave Agatha Christie a try.
After devouring Murder on the Orient Express, I purchased and read every used copy of her work that I could find. When we travelled home, I continued my collection, and my mom added many of her titles to my bookshelf.
I've read every mystery novel that she wrote, as many short stories as I could find, and her autobiography (as well as a few biographies.) She was an amazing, prolific writer.
All of that to say, I decided to sell my collection. Should I ever reread her work, it will be in a convenient format (like my kindle) not the TINY paperback print I read almost a decade ago.
So, I took an inventory, snapped some pictures and posted it on ebay. It was a week long auction that sold in the final hour. I was sad.
But, upon boxing up, I reclaimed an entire shelf for our game collection.
This encouraged me to get a move on planning a party:
We played elefun:
Alice piloted her single player game and ended up playing for over an hour:
And we had to race to the top of the Scooby-Doo tower.
So, I traded books I had no intention of reading ever again, for precious game time with my family. I'd say I came out ahead. = )
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I also made the tough call of getting rid of a beautiful turtle that Christin bought me when she lived with us, 20 years ago.
It was not a decision made lightly, and so I took pictures and sent her a message. My turtle will now cycle through my digital picture fame, getting way more views than he has in a long time!
Today, at my yard sale, he went home (for a quarter) with a gentlemen who's intention was to put him out in the garden where he buried his beloved dog. This thought makes me very happy. = )
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And, we sold a wig* today (or maybe we donated it.) Avia has all the pictures of Emily donning it, pretending to be her twin, but I thought William wore it well too. = )
later days
*we'd bought it last summer for Emily's snowman box, but none of her snowmen ever wore it, so it had to go. = )
