Clean Sweep

Have you ever seen that show "Clean Sweep" on TLC?  It is one of my favorites.  It shows people living in an insane amount of clutter, collectibles, and unused stuff.  So much stuff that they can't even live safely in their houses.  The hosts of the show get all psychological with the home owners and talk about their unhealthy attachment to "stuff".  They end up selling tons of junk and get their house remodeled in exchange.  BTY:  Desiring God blog had a good post today about where your treasures are.

"Clean Sweep" has come to the Cobb's house this week.  Well not exactly.  We didn't get the TV show at our house but we are preparing for the biggest Cobb garage sale ever!  We do this every year but I think this year it might be our largest sale.  All week I have been piling stuff in the garage for Saturday.  It is unbelievable how much extra stuff we have that we have not used in years!   The boys are going to stay at Grandma Kristie's because a large portion of the stuff for sale are their toys!  The last time when we tried to sell their old toys, Mason and Miles kept crying when someone tried to buy their stuff.  It was sad and really hurt our sales profit that year.  We are not going to do that again!

I am very excited to get rid of all this stuff but am also intimated by some of these garage sale shoppers.  Every year we get mobbed by people.  One year Erick went and put signs up early in the morning and I opened the garage door to bring the stuff out and there was already a crowd forming in front of our house!  They can be tricky people.  They will all start yelling and grabbing me at the same time.  They try to buy something for 50 cents with a 50 dollar bill and try to take all my change!  If they don't like my price they will go ask Erick if he can give them a better deal.  Some of these people are overwhelming!!  Erick and I are in a battle right now on who has to do the selling.  I always have done it but I think it is time for him to do it.  I told him I might go nuts and start yelling at the shoppers this year (this new seizure medicine has tons of side effects and hostility is one of them!).  So, if you are in need of children's clothes or toys stop by and I will try hard to be pleasant :-)