Attention: You are all being put on notice.

[Left Is Write]

I am NOT having a garage sale.

For the last few weeks I've been getting ready for a garage sale. We have so much accumulated stuff - you know how it goes. And we have the old furniture, the baby equipment, the outgrown clothes and toys, kitchen and household items, books, records, electronics. So much crap just taking up space.

I've already had to change the date twice due to conflicts. There's only one free Saturday left before June, and the June weekends are full of fun things like parades and festivals. Who wants to do a garage sale then?

As I've been sorting and cleaning and pricing, I thought about giving up an entire Saturday while people paw through my things and try to nickel and dime me down on prices that are already lower than most people ask for at garage sales.

I remembered what a pain in the ass it is to hold a garage sale.

I started to get cranky and out of sorts, dreading having to do it.

And then I had an epiphany.

I do not have to do it.

I don't have to have a garage sale. So simple, isn't it? Why didn't I think of it before? We can pack up and haul all of the stuff to a suitable charitable organization and take the tax deduction instead. And so many more people benefit!

Why am I so slow?