There is also a new service here in the Maryland area called "I Sold It on eBay"....they accept your stuff that is worth $30 or more, research it, take pix and then list it and sell it for you. They deduct the listing fees and 1/3 of the cost and send you a check!! If it doesn't sell, you can pick it up or donate it to charity.

I do a LOT of eBay stuff.....after my gastric bypass I "rent" clothes that way!! I buy them, wear then until they are too big and then sell them and buy more.

I collect mice (no, not the live kind, but hey, stuff happens...we just had one in the house!), Longaberger baskets, painted glass and Chesapeake Bay retriever memorabilia, so I have gotten lots of good stuff on there. I am addicted!!

I think the neatest thing I got on EBay was a 1936 New York license plate -- in cherry condition. I got it for my dad's Christmas present last year -- 1936 was the year he got his drivers license - in NY. My hubby framed it for him and he has it on his desk

Lion,
This is off topic, but your post just reminded me so much of my Daddy I just had to write it down. Daddy died three years ago and one of his most prized posessions was a model truck that I bought him. It was the same as one he had and planned to restore. He never got the real truck restored, but he loved the model and used it as a prop to tell his friends about his truck.

My mother returned the model to me on the day of his funeral and I carried it to the church. I gave it to the funeral director and he put it on Daddy's casket. It was just so symbolic of Daddy's spirit. It took everyone's breath away. Now it is on a shelf in my den. I think of Daddy every time I see it.

My Daddy loved cars, especially old ones and it was something I shared with him. I took him "junkin'" a lot and bought him a Model A just like he had when he married Mom for their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

I can only imagine what your buying that tag meant to your Dad. You will be able to treasure the image of it on his desk forever in your heart.
smile

I think its very interesting the different things we remember about our loved ones -- I have a ceramic dragon that robert painted for me (he made his brother and dad one too but painted this one special to make it feminine) and he gave me a little boy angel figurine on my birthday a few years ago -- I have them sitting together on my shelf --- when i look at them - it reminds me of our mom/son protector/innocence relationship

maybe that should be a new topic ???

Dotsie ????

I have been trying to get organized since like forever. But after all the books I have read one of the best books I have read was called "home executives" By pam Jones and her sister cant remember her name anyway, I since have fallen in love with 3x5 cards , assorted colors.

White - to do and phone numbers
Red - is outlines, ideas first drafts
yellow second drafts
Green , final drafts
Blue - character discriptions.

I also have a file box for print outs that I'm editing with matching color coding.

as for a maid I like cleaning , yea call me crazy , It helps me think when I'm stuck with my writing.

Deb

Organization? What's that?

Lion, I love that gift idea. One of these days I'm going to have to check out Ebay. I still haven't surfed that site to see what's out there.

Dotsie -

I think you should put your sons stationary on EBay --

I know it didn't sell the two times I put them on there but that was probably because of putting it thru my store

Nothing to lose

I've now completed over 30 items on my original list, but unfortunately the list has now grown to 50...

I thought I had done a really good job, organizing my closet until I realized I didn't get rid of anything. I only moved stuff to another closet! I don't think that's the way it's supposed to work.

According to horoscopes, I'm a Virgo and they are supposed to be really organized so I'm wondering if my parents lied about when I was born.

I'm real anal about some things...like my dishwasher has to be loaded a certain way but my underwear drawer is a disaster. Maybe I'm only half Virgo.