Potpourri

My work situation is odd, but here's how it goes. I help a disabled woman. She pays me from her checking account, but not with her money. I sell things from a doctor's estate, and the doctor is her best friend, and that money pays for my salary plus I get a little commission as well.

So the doctor's home finally sold and the last two weeks have been a scramble to make sure all the cupboards and drawers were empty. We have actually slowly been emptying the house for months. Some of the furniture was sold with the house, and we never had to worry about that, but all the sellable stuff was removed. There is another person involved in selling who is completely separate from my deal, and she has the lion's share of the things. However, my selling has been in massive volume and has far surpassed her totals.

Anyhow, I was busy making trips to the house which is an hour away on the freeway, loading up, and bringing back stuff. At the end, it was truly a potpourri (with actual potpourri included) of stuff!

I never buy potpourri and that wasn't something we would have resold. No, that went into my bathroom... a bathroom that has always been remarkably devoid of scented, feminine things like that. Now, however, it will smell lovely. I even got a square florist's vase from the pantry where there were tons of florist vases, but I left the others. I just liked the square one. Again, not something sell-able.

There was an entire dresser drawer full of candles, some from Party Lite, so you know those spelled good, plus there were many other scented candles.... and I brought those home as well... otherwise they would have been in the garbage. Now my home smells of cinnamon apple and cedar... lovely.

The rest of my apartment... well, it's a mess.... HUGE containers of David Winter and Lilliput Lane cottages to sell. I have 8 containers in my living room, two giant ones in my car and 3 more still coming. These are things I will be selling for the next few months along with fine crystal stemware, fine china and other stuff. I still also have about 130 miniature books (and I do mean MINIATURE), and they sell extremely well - so indeed we have a potpourri of things to sell.

Other items I came home with include a huge lot of classical CDs... that would have been tossed. Be still my heart! I couldn't let that happen. I have a philosphy that one can never have enough good music, even if I don't currently have a place to put them. I also have a few DVDs, and after I've watched them, I will sell them. I got some "new" baking dishes and some other odds and ends...