I made $97. The leftovers will go to my friend's yard sale in a couple of weeks. The leftovers from that will be donated. Not too shabby. I'm definitely happy with the results.

Everything is ready to go. I can't wait to get this stuff out of here. I hope the Florida rains wait until at least 2pm.

Clark Howard talked about this yesterday, so I thought I'd add the link:

www.ChoiceTrust.com

A CLUE report is how the insurance company keeps tabs on you, similar to a credit report for insurance. It has info about claims, etc on your Homeowner's Insurance and on your Auto Insurance. Clark suggested that you ask for one from the seller before you buy a house, and check it free once a year to see if there are any mistakes on your report. You can dispute/correct information on it.

I am decluttering and purging, and hoping to make a little moo-la this weekend. Wish me luck.

Oh, and if you have any tips on holding a sale, please let me know. I'm thinking advertising with signs at all major intersections in a mile radius, Craigslist, online paper ad (that's free).

Are you prepared?

We need 3/4" plywood for the windows, but everything else seems to be in order. I say seems to be, because I'm sure hindsight would be 20/20 if we had to go through one.

Our friend is an arborist and owns his own tree service. He has agreed to lend us his climber all day tomorrow for only $200! We are going to get better than $1000 worth of work done for 1/5 the price. Imagine my glee

I'm so happy that we've been able to accumulate some food storage. I'm also glad that my local Wal-Mart (you know, the one I usually loathe), sometimes clearances food and I stock up on it if I use it (for instance, I got cans of 100% pure pumpkin for $0.25 each!). We also got some free Nutrisystem products from a friend. I don't know exactly how long it will last us. I should run a food storage calculator and see. Anyway, I just wanted to take a pic.

... apparently not everyone just throws their discards away. In fact, the big box home improvement stores return it somewhere for a credit (long story, but it ended in my husband high-tailing it out of there because an associate was writing his license plate # down). So, I would advise doing a thorough investigation before you become a landscape freegan.

Ah, DH! He's really into landscaping our home and so he frequents big box home improvement stores and other stores with garden centers. Well, he frequents their racks out by the trash and I cannot tell you how many $'s worth of plants he's salvaged (they throw away things that may be on their last leg, but not dead!) Our home looks better than ever thanks to his efforts.