IT'S  "JUST STUFF"

I'm not one to share personal or family issues on social media outlets.  I believe if it's personal or family,  in most cases,  the situation  should be kept private.  That being said,  I also believe sometimes,  very seldom but sometimes,   you are left with no other choice but to go to your friends and extended family for help or advice.  I have decided this is one of those times.

I hope you will not think bad of me or the family as you read this and after you have heard the complete story,  I feel certain you will understand how these things could happen.  As I sit here thinking about this situation,  I can truthfully say understand how it could  happen to anyone,  even to you.  In fact, it may have already infiltrated one of your family members or a loved ones lives.  Maybe it has even entered your own life.  I just hope I can depend on you, for your help and support after you read my story.  For you to totally understand this predicament we have gotten ourselves into,  I need to go back to the very beginning,  so pour your sweet self a cup of coffee,  sit down and lean back,  and let me try to explain.

It all started years ago.  It started innocently enough.  We,  Peggy and I, were just out to have a little fun.  Good family time if you will.  It was just something we could do and enjoy together.  To start with, we would just stay in our own neighborhood.  At first it was "JUST the little STUFF" we would buy.  You know,  a dish here or a trinket there.  We would just ride around and look for hand printed signs and it seemed everyone was selling this "STUFF".  They were selling this "STUFF" they had accumulated from only God  knows where and people were actually paying good money for this "STUFF". They called it Yard Selling or Garage Selling.  I'm sure you've seen them.  Shoot......  You may have even had one or gone to one of these sales  yourself.  Let me warn you......  Be careful ......BE VERY CAREFUL.  In the beginning,  it's just the little "STUFF ".... but it can turn into an addiction.  Well, back to our story.  From the safety of our  own little neighborhood we started to branch out.  You see,  when we first started as I said it was just little "STUFF" but on occasion you would find some really cool and unusual  "STUFF."   You know what I mean.  Antique "STUFF" or vintage "STUFF".  We thought  to ourselves if you can find this "STUFF" in our little area of town,  there has to be better "STUFF" out there somewhere.  So we ventured farther out.  First it was just to surrounding towns and cities.  Then we went to other states.  The need and desire to find bigger and better "STUFF" was what compelled us to go on.  Yard sales and garage sales turned into estate sales and estate sales turned into auctions and....well, you get the picture..  We became consumed with the desire to find and buy the best and most unique an unusual  "STUFF" we could.  And now,  because of a TV show,  at times we are even called "PICKERS" whatever a picker is.  My Mama use to fuss at me for being a picker so the word doesn't bring back pleasant memories.  I didn't like to hear my Mama fussin'.

Well,  all this "STUFF" buying brings us to here.  We've decided we can't stop buying so we must get rid of some of our "STUFF",  other wise we are afraid we may become,  lord forbid,  one of those dreaded people called "HOARDERS."  This is where "you" come in.  We've opened an Antique & Stuff Booth here in Douglasville and if you need or want to buy some "STUFF",  there's a good chance we've got it, and we want you come by and look.  We want to save you the time and expense,  (you have noticed gas has gone up haven't you?   I remember when it was 26 cents a gallon.  There I go,  living in the past again but darn it's fun.  Oh yeah....I've got to get back to my story.....Where was I?)
Oh yeah,  We want to save you the time and expense of riding all over creation looking for that special piece of  "STUFF" to improve your "decor".   I like that word  "DECOR"....That's short for decoration for your house.  Anyway, We are located in Booth 64 at BEN'S FURNITURE AND ANTIQUES,  9579 Hwy 5, Dougalville Ga, in the old Kmart Shopping Center or if you want to be kind of  "high falutin", you can tell all your friends that you're going to  "THE ARBOR SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER".  We have an assortment of antiques, vintage items, repurposed items,  custom made primitive reproductions and........you know........  "JUST STUFF"....
We also have a facebook page and it's called.....you guessed it... "JUST STUFF ANTIQUES" and we want you to like us on our page.  We don't just want you to, we  need you to "Like" us on facebook and  we need you to share our page with all your family and friends and your preachers and school teachers and you mail carriers and the cashier at the corner store and the PTA...well you get the idea.  We need to get the word out there. And  since we can't stop buying,  it's only natural that we will have different "STUFF" in our booth every time you come in.  We really need to sell some "STUFF".  If you're a chicken rancher like me,  you know the price of laying mash and cracked corn has gone up and Peggy thinks she has to feed all the birds in middle Georgia and the price of bird seed has gone out of site.  Peggy also doesn't want her birds taking a bath in a creek or a mud puddle, (She's afraid the water may may be polluted)  so she has placed bird baths through out the yard to insure "God's creatures of the air" have a proper place to get clean and the water bill is soaring at "Peggy's spa for the feathered masses".  Plus,  We don't want to be known as the dreaded those "HOARDERS" we're starting to hear about.  Being known as a  "HOARDER" is not my idea of making it bigtime in  TV land.

So as you can see.  The need is great.   We need your help. Come on in,  look around and........ "remember when your Mama had one of those",,,,, and Please Please Please like and share our page.

As they say at Hardy Chevrolet......WE LOVE AND WE NEED YOU.....