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Renee CK

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I'm a fun girl who's on a quest to figure it all out. I'm cynical but living the dream- I'm not sure how that happened exactly. Follow along in my blog for fun, mayhem, and merriment. There's never a dull day! (Or, go download my book!)...

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Picking at the Carcass

sorry 'bout you losing your house, mind if I take the sofa

I had been meaning to write about Freecycle for awhile and I’m glad I got to do it before today- it makes this blog that much shorter and therefore easier to read. 

I made dinner tonight and returned to check my mail to see if anyone else is joining me for the Project Runway finale.  In my Freecycle inbox, there was the following message...

Posted with permission and at request of landlord:

Tenant at {address} evicted.

Sheriff has been to the house today -- the property must remain in the front yard for 24 hours before it is taken to the dumpster.

Free for the taking per the landlord. First come first serve.

Adult clothing, childrens clothing, toys, furniture, trampoline, etc.

I don’t even know how to feel about this. 

I understand the landlord has to make it livable for the next tenant, but that tenant may or may not come in this economy.  But then again, do they need to do it in such a public forum? Does the landlord not have a circle of people who he can talk to to take the stuff that doesn’t get into the dumpster? 

And then I think about the family that lived in the house.  Obviously they’re down on their luck, victims of the economy.  I don’t know the back story, who knows how long and how ugly the battle got.  What point is it okay to toss all the belongings of a person on the front lawn and set a clock before people come to a free garage sale. 

What kind of people can do that to other people?  I can’t imagine going over and picking through someone’s belongings knowing that where ever they are, their things are not with them.  Every time I put a dress on my daughter, no matter how cute it is, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.

The saddest thing of all is that this is one of the 100,000 homes that are evacuated every day in this crisis.  It’s heartbreaking.

(I can’t even say enjoy)

Renee