Give-away Endorphins

So as I wrote in my last post on obscure LPs from the 1930s-1950s, those puppies went to Recycled Reads on Burnet. Fair enough. Tax write-off and money for the Austin Public Library, of which I am a frequent patron. (And can I tell you there was a little mob of people waiting for the store to open at noon? Apparently it's popular.)

Today must be Give-away Thursday because I also had the Movin' and Groovin' team from Covenant Presbyterian come by and take away a super comfortable but not so hip La-Z-Boy recliner. Man, it is soooo comfortable, but I am tired of looking at it and never using it. The great thing was that the men loading it up said it was going to a family today. Movin' and Groovin' collects furniture for the Foundation for the Homeless, so the chair will be used by a family coming out of homelessness. It feels good, I gotta tell you. I know thrift stores are good charities, but this one is pretty cool too. And never fear, I still have another La-Z-Boy left in my living room. And now I can go cute chair shopping.

Saturday Salvation Army is coming by to pick up the green antique bedframe of death. Okay, not quite, but it has some very sharp corners on the footboard. I actually tripped over a cat carrier in that room, fell backwards onto a corner point, and seriously injured my back. I kid you not. Injury by clutter and antiques. It will feel really good to get that thing out of the house. Here's hoping it goes to a careful and non-klutzy family who will not impale themselves on it. Could I sell it? Possibly. But donating is quick, the movers know what they're doing, and the S.A. is a good charity.


Next big project: actually trying to sell things via auction. A larger task!