Tom’s now on his way to Chandler with the Bowflex which ended up getting a whopping 500 views. Then he’s going to stop at the mall to get a battery for that gorgeous Gucci watch. I was going to sell it but decided not to.

The Barbies are now up to $20. I recognize one of the usernames from other Barbie lots I’ve checked out. I even beat this person out on the Texas lot. I’m glad I bought under my username and am selling under his because then they may be hesitant to bid, figuring I’d already gone and picked the good stuff out, which is exactly what I did, although there are some dolls and clothes in more than fine condition, but that just isn’t to my tastes.

We currently have over $200 of stuff that’s going to sell, and thanks to the Bowflex, we just may make $500 or more in one week! Sure beats the old unemployment checks. If only we could sell one Bowflex a week and if only I had a never-ending supply of Barbies I didn’t want or already have!

We decided not to post things on Fridays and Saturdays. Sundays will be our usual ending day. This Sunday I’ll put up my 9-lot (I added a Kelsey doll to the lot) and run it on through till next Sunday. I’ll be putting up a cage then too, and either another small tube/accessory lot or a big giant one. The lot still has two days to go, but if it’s only going to go for a buck, I’ll just combine everything else I have. The cages will be sold separately, though.

I’ll soon be listing a small lot of videos, plus the Denise Austin video/exercise equipment.

The guitar went up a buck, but there are still no bids on the small porcelain doll. That’s one of those things where if she’s going to sell, she’ll sell at the last minute like the last two small ones I sold. She still has a couple of days to go.

We have some vintage computer items ending in 6 hours – a game and a printer.

One of the most shocking things is his ’72 calculator for handicapping. He pulled it out of a folder and decided to put it up. It got bid on within an hour and is now up to $7 with two days left.

Another amazing thing is his old voltage ohm meter. He thought he might get $10 for it, but it’s up to $28, also with two days to go.

His syntonic drums from ’82 are up to $20, his Yamaha recorder’s up a few bucks, his vibraslap is up to $11, and his cabasa is up to $8.

Still just one bid on the incense.

We put up some paperbacks yesterday. He’s got two of them up separately, then a pair of books, while I’ve got a 15-lot. I also put up 4 decorative desktop photo frames.

Just when I was amazed to have gotten down to just one week left before my period without spotting, I start spotting. Why can’t I just bleed when I’m supposed to???

The diet and schedule are going well. Tom was right when he said that eating less makes you wake up easier. You wake up quicker and feel more refreshed, though I’ve had just under 8 hours of sleep the last few days and would like a little more. Still, I’m going to hold my schedule for as long as I can and remain on the 1200-calorie diet, too. Tom’s been cutting down, too. Wednesdays are our treat days. I’ll be getting popcorn next Wednesday for sure. I do miss it! It’s my favorite snack. However, my stomach’s been less gassy since I stopped having it every day, and I also don’t miss having it get hung up in my wires.

No, the spider curse isn’t back on after all. There were two of them in here yesterday, so we’re going to have him spray the doors and hope it doesn’t turn around and rain right after he does.

Every time we think we know how we’re going to handle the move, a new idea pops up. We may not only buy the land before we leave, but we may buy the trailer here like we originally planned so we can stay for free in hotels owned by casinos. We’re going to have about 3 days and 2 nights on the road. I am both looking forward to it and not looking forward to it. I’m sure it’ll be as fun and as adventurous as it will be a hectic bitch. I just hope the winters there aren’t going to be too rough as far as the cold and snow go, though I don’t care how much it rains. I think I’ll like it, though, overall. If I was still single and having to rely on buses, then no. I really do miss trees and privacy so I think the benefits will be worth its bad points. I know Tom’s set on the idea and I’d be forever curious about what it would’ve been like if I changed my mind and decided to stay in the desert. Tom said I was welcome to do that and that he’d gladly stay around here if I wanted to, but nah. I’m tired of the intense heat and openness, and of course, there’s the issue of my feeling uncomfortable here as a Jew surrounded by all these filthy freeloaders and psycho laws.

As for the route we’re going to take, we know that if there’s one place we want to avoid, it’s the L.A. area.

Later…

Tom’s back from Chandler. It turns out that the woman’s going to ship it to that guy in Missouri, her father, I guess.

He got his wedding ring made round again for free, too. He bent it over time working on various things, probably things for his mother when she was more like our daughter than a mother/mother-in-law. I rarely wear mine because it’s still rather tight on me what with how fat I am. Plus, we live like friends, so it’s not that important to me. I think that deep down all along, he and I were searching for a damn good friend more so than anything else that would love us unconditionally. I just think we either didn’t realize this at first or maybe it was just hard to admit, especially for him. He still can’t admit he has no desire to get it on with me. I think that for as long as he lives he’ll say he really did want a kid and that he never wanted to be just friends. It’s hard for a guy to admit they have a sexual problem or no appetite at all. They think they’re crazy or something, but if he’s crazy, then so am I because I have no desire to get it on with him or with anyone else in general. At my age, it’s just not anything new and exciting, though if the young Kate Jackson materialized out of thin air and said, “Let’s do it,” you bet it’d be doing it.

While he was in the mall dealing with the watch, he stopped in Select Comfort’s store, which is where our airbed is from, and found that the 2” thick memory foam is now down to $400. Since this is less than the cost of a waterbed, we may get that and keep this bed. Especially since it comes apart and folds up so easily. His bed won’t go, though. He’ll sleep on an airbed till he gets a regular bed.

Then again, maybe not. I just had a good idea that Tom agrees is an excellent possibility. We may still take this bed but put it in his room. Then, we could maybe get two twin airbeds, build frames for them, then put them side by side in my room. That way if he does sleep in there I won’t feel his movements, though I’d still hear him snore. I personally would still like to keep our own rooms. He snores like a mother-fucker, talks in his sleep, drools like crazy, and I don’t like the male scent. I love everything else about him, just not when I’m trying to sleep.