EEEKKK - More rage and frustration

Pepper said:
I care about deb very much, and to me she is displaying anxiety, an emotion I'm familiar with. I could be wrong, she could deny it, but that's what I pick up from these actions which may appear frivolous but serve to help her ease into her new life.

If moving is one of the hardest things to do, stress-wise, in the best of times, how stressful could it be for deb? Maybe I'm reading too much of myself into it.

Best of luck to you, deb.
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I agree with you
 

debodun said:
I received a water service bill for my new house. I am being charged for a full 6 months, but have only owned it for 2 months. I thought that would be prorated. If you're going to say, "Contact the PWD." I did. No answer yet.
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They're sure to straighten this out when you prove the purchase date and when you had the service transferred to your name. Unless, of course, there's some wonky local law allowing PWD to hold new owners responsible for previous owners' delinquent bills...
 
debodun said:
What else can go wrong? Someone came to look an my roll-top desk yesterday. She started closing the top, I guess she wanted to see the condition. When the top closed, it locked the desk. My car, garage and house keys are now locked in the desk.
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There is only one way to get your keys.
Use ear plugs & keep a safe distance.

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I've called the antique dealers that I have their business cards. Now I'm on the dealer merry-go-round, each referring me to another. I corresponded with three today. Two weren't even interested in the items I sent photos of to their emails. One said he's give me $50 for the lot. This is the lot:

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The alternative is to continue being weighed down by possessions you inherited, are in meh condition (at best), and nobody else seems to want.
The big question is what's between you and letting these things go? You didn't personally buy them (or if you did it was a very long time ago) so anything you receive will be found money. Two out of three of these dealers have no interest in them whatsoever, which should tell you something.

Your parents are gone, Deb. Wherever their spirits are, they neither know nor care what happens to material possessions they once had.

It's doesn't honor their lives or memory to allow yourself to be burdened by things they left behind.
 
The chair is worth nothing up to $10. It needs reupholstering; the wood may need sanding in some spots, most certainly a scraping and deep polishing.

I just threw out a chair of that style. It depressed me. Now, in it's place I put a folding lawn chair, and it looks a million times better!
 
I don't know what to say, Deb. I wish I could help you put some life to those wooden pieces with lots of cleaning and then polishing. I wish you had friends who would help you accomplish this too.
 
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Your mom probably went through the depression-like my mom did. When she passed my wife, son & I took a week to empty all the very good things & gave them to a place that checked to see if they were antiques or not.
There were many kerosene lamps that we used before we got electricity. They did bring a good price.

Mom made afagains & there was one room with boxes on boxes od skills of yarn. Another room was full of the ones she made.
So I know what you're going through.
 
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