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Hi, My name is Melissa, I work in a restaurant and sew and sell things on Ebay and Etsy. I have two stores online, one on Ebay and one on Etsy, both called Myrockinheart. My son and I both live in Austin, Texas.
www.myrockinheart.com (My Ebay store)
My mom (Merilyn Brown of Sundown Postcards) passed away in October of 2013, and I have been paying 60 bucks a month for storage, in Albuquerque, NM ever since. Recently this has become a bill I can no longer afford, with my son moving out (he’s 20 years old) plus slow Ebay sales in June and July. I need to go get my mom’s stuff that I put in storage in Albuquerque New Mexico. I do not have sick days or vacation time at work, and in order to go and get my mom’s things, I would need to take off a week to drive there. Business picks up online in October, so it would be ideal to go as soon as possible. Things that are in the storage that are very important to me and my son (in the future) are; photo albums from my mom’s childhood in the Santa Cruz Mountains, photos of my parents when they were first married. Some items I hope to fit in the car are kitchen things that were my great grandmothers, a sentimental box. And as many of her postcards and photographs as I can get, there are some artworks, but not many as I did manage to get those here to Austin around the time of her passing. There are a few film negatives, I am not sure which file boxes they are in, that also could be of value to the original owners of those negatives, as they were made into post cards.
It would be ideal to take my son with me, to help and for closure. She passed away when he was battling through his senior year of high school and calculus. He hasn’t had a chance to truly grieve; I’d like to put her ashes in Aspen Meadows in Santa Fe. It was her favorite place.
Right now I am paying for storage and I can barely afford it, in fact the storage rent is late this month. One might wonder, don’t you have family that can help you? The answer is no, I actually do not; I am an only child and what little family we do have... are in their own situations.
In the last 3 years since my mom and my boyfriend both passed away, the out pouring from extended family has been amazing. That is why I just kept hoping I could get caught up myself and not have to ask for help. I was doing pretty well, when for some reason I got let go at the store I had worked at for 15 years, and have had to move to a different store, within the same company, where I work less hours and travel longer to get there. Being out of work for a month at the same time my son went off to college has put me in the hole and I haven’t been able to dig myself out. So I am asking for help.
In exchange for this help, I wish to offer some merchandise that I have built up, and haven’t got time to sell. Please chose an option (maybe include clues, like what colors you like, or decades, tie or scarf) and leave a good shipping address and I will ship you your item. (Hint: big ties are 70s, smaller ties are from 40,s 50s, 80s)
5$ or more=postcards one Dozen
15$ or more=scarf or tie
50$ or more=a door snake (includes shipping, they are heavy)
Also, open to ideas- ride sharing (preferably a minivan) or help paying for gas in exchange for a ride to Albuquerque or Santa Fe with me, and whoever ventures forth with me.
With love and thanks to friends of Merilyn, me, my son and to all extended family that we have come to know in this difficult and changing time.
Hi, My name is Melissa, I work in a restaurant and sew and sell things on Ebay and Etsy. I have two stores online, one on Ebay and one on Etsy, both called Myrockinheart. My son and I both live in Austin, Texas.
www.myrockinheart.com (My Ebay store)
My mom (Merilyn Brown of Sundown Postcards) passed away in October of 2013, and I have been paying 60 bucks a month for storage, in Albuquerque, NM ever since. Recently this has become a bill I can no longer afford, with my son moving out (he’s 20 years old) plus slow Ebay sales in June and July. I need to go get my mom’s stuff that I put in storage in Albuquerque New Mexico. I do not have sick days or vacation time at work, and in order to go and get my mom’s things, I would need to take off a week to drive there. Business picks up online in October, so it would be ideal to go as soon as possible. Things that are in the storage that are very important to me and my son (in the future) are; photo albums from my mom’s childhood in the Santa Cruz Mountains, photos of my parents when they were first married. Some items I hope to fit in the car are kitchen things that were my great grandmothers, a sentimental box. And as many of her postcards and photographs as I can get, there are some artworks, but not many as I did manage to get those here to Austin around the time of her passing. There are a few film negatives, I am not sure which file boxes they are in, that also could be of value to the original owners of those negatives, as they were made into post cards.
It would be ideal to take my son with me, to help and for closure. She passed away when he was battling through his senior year of high school and calculus. He hasn’t had a chance to truly grieve; I’d like to put her ashes in Aspen Meadows in Santa Fe. It was her favorite place.
Right now I am paying for storage and I can barely afford it, in fact the storage rent is late this month. One might wonder, don’t you have family that can help you? The answer is no, I actually do not; I am an only child and what little family we do have... are in their own situations.
In the last 3 years since my mom and my boyfriend both passed away, the out pouring from extended family has been amazing. That is why I just kept hoping I could get caught up myself and not have to ask for help. I was doing pretty well, when for some reason I got let go at the store I had worked at for 15 years, and have had to move to a different store, within the same company, where I work less hours and travel longer to get there. Being out of work for a month at the same time my son went off to college has put me in the hole and I haven’t been able to dig myself out. So I am asking for help.
In exchange for this help, I wish to offer some merchandise that I have built up, and haven’t got time to sell. Please chose an option (maybe include clues, like what colors you like, or decades, tie or scarf) and leave a good shipping address and I will ship you your item. (Hint: big ties are 70s, smaller ties are from 40,s 50s, 80s)
5$ or more=postcards one Dozen
15$ or more=scarf or tie
50$ or more=a door snake (includes shipping, they are heavy)
Also, open to ideas- ride sharing (preferably a minivan) or help paying for gas in exchange for a ride to Albuquerque or Santa Fe with me, and whoever ventures forth with me.
With love and thanks to friends of Merilyn, me, my son and to all extended family that we have come to know in this difficult and changing time.
Organizer
Melissa Brown
Organizer
Austin, TX
