We got stood up yesterday by the realtor. She was supposed to come look at the house with her husband who’s also a realtor, but we never did hear from her. Come Monday Tom will contact a few realtors since we need to find someone who’s serious. We don’t have time to fuck around. It’s definitely not like in Phoenix where they come running the instant you call them. Meanwhile, he’s concentrating on making as much trouble for the bank as they’ve made for us through HUD. We decided that if we do get money from the house, we’re going to try to squeeze everything into a trailer and the truck. If not, we’re going to strip this place of everything we can possibly take from it, in which case we’ll get a storage bin or something to haul the appliances in.

If Bob’s telling the truth about sending the oil priority mail around the 5th, then it should be there today. Same goes for the dolls. If they are, I’ll list my lot from Sunday to Sunday.

I just want to get out of here no matter how put out we’ll be for the next few years at the new place! I feel too much like we’re in a race against time. A race against beating the next well crisis, a race against getting out before the freeloaders strike again if they have it in mind to do so.

We still don’t know if we’ll buy the land before we leave or afterward. It’d be nice to have land waiting for us when we left, but I’d also like to feel out the land before we buy it.

The 50-pack of White Shoulders didn’t get any bids. Somehow, I’m not surprised. We’re thinking of trying a variety pack with more generic scents like watermelon, chocolate, fruit and grape if it ever gets here.

Later…

I’m pleased to say that I received both my lot and the grape oil today!

We’re going to try listing more common fragrances and see if that’ll help generate traffic where the incense is concerned. I don’t know, though. Aside from selling old junk, I still worry that something up there doesn’t want us to be all that successful.

I’m keeping 21 dolls (I now have a total of 53 Barbies) and selling 23 dolls. My lot will consist of 15 Barbies, 1 Christie, 1 Katie, 2 Kens and 4 Kelly dolls, plus a few accessories and 50+ pieces of clothing. I took a shot of all the dolls and one of the clothes, too.