We had a few mini miracles as we sold our furniture. One of them was a crazy Facebook group in Spokane that is like a virtual garage sale. People sit on that site all day trolling for a deal. I sold a broken dresser, a 5-year-old fan, and a bunch of other random stuff that would probably have gone to Goodwill if I didn't use that group. We sold our nicer things on Craigslist. It was a lot of work, but we ended up making a pretty decent amount of money. Huge blessing!
One day I overheard Leah playing with her dollhouse. She was pretending that her toys were knocking on the door and buying all the doll furniture. Bless her heart.
Our most bittersweet sale was our Subaru. We debated back and forth about keeping it. In the end we decided to put it on Craigslist way overpriced (according to Kelly Blue Book) just to see what would happen. By the next day we had 10 people set up to test drive it and one of them promising to come with cash. So we sold it. To the first guy to drive it: a mechanic who loves Subarus and owns 4 of them. I might have shed a tear or two. We've loved that car. Funny how we get so attached to things, isn't it?
Our last week in Spokane I went out to dinner with these women:
They are the other resident wives with whom we've spent the last year. We've had a ton of play groups, family get-togethers, book clubs, and Power of Mom nights. They are all really awesome, amazing women and mom's. I wish we could go through all of residency together, but the week after this was taken we'd all spread out to different programs all over the country. I'm really going to miss them!
We left Spokane car-less and free of a bunch of our stuff. But we'd added a baby boy, a few life-long friends, and a bunch of great memories. We left very grateful for the year we had and excited for the next adventure!
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