Including the Kitchen Sink

The house is being emptied. Pieces are filling the basement of our current home and some things are being sold.

Kevin helping to take up the floor.

First we moved all of our stuff. Then we started moving things that came with the house. Then we started moving actual parts of the house. And just when I thought there was nothing else I wanted from the house, the neighbor got involved and started salvaging whatever was left.

Seeing someone else discern value from your belongings makes them so much more attractive. Suddenly every hinge and screw looked *very* important to me.

Apparently pipes are worth more than pink sinks.

Anthony came at it all with a very logical, "If you haven't needed it in the past three years, you're not going to need it ever."

My frugality kicked in with, "Think of how we'll save that 20 cents down the line because we won't have to buy a new screw..."

Salvaging the storm window frames

Bottomline was that time (and energy) was not on our side though. After months of waiting and planning for this, it turns out it's happening at an incredibly busy and stressful time for us: proposals, trips, returning to work plans, Natalie deciding it's more fun NOT to sleep at night, etc. We did our realistic best and got what we could, which of course included the kitchen sink, but we let the neighbor take the gutters. Perhaps he'll make a big ice cream sundae bar in one.

- J