S T O P and A D M I R E the~ ~ ~ * * * R O S E S !!!! Little ones..... B I G ONES>>>>> Just Simply A D O R A B L E !!!!!!! Once again.... the "Darling DUO has Dazzled Us with their Delightful Art work !!!!!!" Thanks Kids.... They are just Precious..... Just Sparkling..... like the Two of YOU !!!!! Thank you for the Pics!!!! and Thank you for the IDeas..... Guess * * * * ALL that Snow did Not Freeze your creatavity ...... and every time.... you give the Weather at your place.... I can see that shorty after that.... whats left of the snow storm.... arrives here in Illinois... and gives me that cardiovascular work out....SHOVELING SNOW!! so..... Thanks for everything.... the Flowers... the instuctions... and the Weather report!!!! tee hee..... Glad you guys had such a fun shopping trip... and gluing session.... GOD BLESS !!! SusieSunShine

I agree that jewelry, doll and china collection must be looked at by a professional. You never know, after watching those "Antique Road Shows", what treasures you might find - just because they dont make things anymore like they used to. IF they are worth good chunk, sell it and put the money into her funds. You never know what disaster will strike and what SHE will need. Money is like water, and She is still alive. You all have your own families and houses to take care of. Dont waste her money on storage. Sell it now and then sell the house. I also agree that if anyone has any sentimental feeling or wants to have something from her things, let them take and keep - years later you will regret just selling it to strangers. Just apply the same rules to all - either all take 1-2 items for free as memory, or all pay fare value. My husband's grandpa just gifted me his mother's (great grandma for my husband) chain watch, it was all broken, not working, I spent $80 to repair it, and it is worth maybe $80-100. BUT it has her name and date that it was gifted, etc. so it is a part of family history and I am the only female in the family who is interested in keeping it. Re the family issue - I do agree that you as parents need to set example to your kids - get them out of the picture and discussion until three siblings agree on what to do, and clarify what legal role your brother plays. What a shame that they dont go to see grandma but got their eyes set on the STUFF. And please, if all argument is about $10 desk, have the kid pay for it. Teach them to earn things just like grandma did. Teach them lessons now, even though it maybe too late if they are grown up as you describe them.

Hmmm...now you have my curiosity up. :) You want to see something really wild? Check out the link below. This guy just emailed me and will let it all go for $450! All I just wanted was the chairs. He originally had it listed for $1200, went down to $700, and now $500. Here is a link that might be useful: Living Room

When I visited a yard sale, a Mom and about a 15 year old young man were in charge, and when I asked the price of a radio (I'm addicted to our national radio: have one in almost every room, and haul one on a long cord out into the garden), the young man said "$2.00". Making no reply, I don't remember whether I looked at another thing or two, but he piped up with "How about a Dollar?". So I spread my hands, and said with a joking lilt in my voice that he was doing it wrongly, that he was supposed to wait for me to make a counter-offer. If I didn't make one ... maybe he'd get the $2.00 ... but if he reduced the price to one dollar ... he wasn't going to get any more (from me, anyway - and if I agreed ... from anyone else, either). If I offer "$1.50" ... he has a choice: he can accept that, or spend a while to give it some thought, maybe point out some of its good points, how new it is, etc., then suggest "How about split the difference - at $1.75" ... ... and if I agree to that ... he gets an extra quarter. Which he was in no way of getting anything like that figure, when he took the initiative to drop his price, without hearing my counter-offer. After his initial offer ... the seller shouldn't speak next unless the buyer appears to be about to walk away from the deal ... and then it may be a good idea to let him do that, if it's early in the day and the seller may feel that there's a good possibility of getting his asking price, later. So ... one needs to be more or less an auctioneer. His mother gently suggested something along the line of that being a good idea, didn't he think ... I don't think it was along the line of "I told you so", if I recall correctly. After some more rather light-hearted conversation, we each went our way. I think that I bought the radio ... don't remember whether I more or less split the price between his offers (which would have partially blunted my message). ole joyfuelled