Today's Journey To The Thrift Store

If we’d have had a video camera at our house today, then we may have filmed the winning clip for America’s Funniest Home Videos. The clip would have gone like this (in fast speed to make it through extra time):

Dad getting a back massage chair cushion out of the closet to give away. Dad beginning to doubt his decision to give the cushion away so hooking it up to try it. Dad declaring, “I don’t know. We’d better keep this.” Dad debating, “I don’t know. I don’t know if we need to keep it or not.” Dad putting the back massage cushion in the car to give away.

Mom choosing a random game to give away because that’s how dad chooses his items—just whatever strikes his fancy at the moment.

Dad searching the garage for things that strike his fancy. Dad finding an ice cream machine and a green Stanley cooler and putting them in the car to give away.

Mom going to the car and seeing the ice cream machine in the car and saying, “Danny. I don’t know why you keep trying to give away this ice cream machine. I think it could be a really good machine for us if we’d just use it.”

Dee going to the car and seeing the Stanley cooler and saying, “Hmm. We might should keep that cooler. I used it toward the end of my time in SC and it’s a good little cooler…Dad, I think I’m going to keep the cooler. But we can get rid of this lunchbox.”

Dee putting the lunch box in the car and returning the cooler to its original spot in the garage while Mom returns the ice cream maker to its spot and replaces it with a baby chair and steam cleaning machine. All the while, Dad is waiting simply to pull his car into the garage so that he can close the garage door.

By this point, it may be obvious that it’s hard for the Deatons to get rid of things: there could be a time in the future when the items could be used! But, we did manage to take a car load of items to the thrift store today…including the back massage cushion …

Now…for my thoughts of thankfulness since Monday:

Who is an American hero, past or present, living or dead, famous or not famous, for whose life or story you are particularly thankful? Harriet Tubman. When I was teaching, I loved to teach about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. I am inspired by her life and courage, and I like her nickname, “The Moses of Her People.” I like how she guided persons to freedom.

What is one thing about Wednesdays for which you are thankful? It’s the middle of the work week and often where the light begins to show at the end of the tunnel.

What is one thing about Thursdays for which you are thankful? Currently, I’m thankful for the memories of Thursday being bowling night for the past three years. I really enjoyed my time at AMF Park Lanes in Cayce, and who knows: maybe I’ll join a bowling league in NC sometime in the future. Fish and Burb certainly would rather be used than just sit in their bag with stinky shoes!