The Best Thing We’ve Ever Found on Craigslist
The list of amazing things my husband Josh and I have found on Craigslist is long and varied.
- A bag full of vintage sewing patterns
- An Ikea printer cart
- A pull cart for golf bag
- Yard sales full of undiscovered treasures
- A washer and dryer
But just like the Facts of Life, you take the good and you take the bad. Some of our Craigslist experiences haven’t really panned out for us, including:
- A bunch of broken lawn care equipment
- Our first pair of chickens. (One of those two chickens ended up being a rooster. That’s right, our chicken named Paula Deen ended up being Paul A. Deen. After two weeks of 4am wake up calls, we knew our neighbors in suburban Long Beach, California were on the verge of a lynch mob. That first pair of chickes was rehomed via a Craigslist listing of our own.)
- Don’t even get me started about attempting to sell furniture on Craigslist
We just love the vistas of awesome and awesomely bad things you can find on the site. If you see Josh on his phone at any given moment, the chances are really good he’s trolling Craigslist for cheap or free goodies near us that need a new home.
Josh texted me while I was at a meeting last night. Did I want to drive to Hilton Head, South Carolina to pick up a used canoe he had found on Craigslist?
Duh, YES.
3 hours later, we were driving home from a kindly older gentleman’s home with his 17 foot long vintage 80s canoe strapped to the roof of our car. We dreamed out loud about all of the amazing places we’ll paddle to in our new old canoe.
I can’t wait to see what we find online next.
Steph Calvert is the work at home mom, graphic and web designer, and illustrator behind Hearts and Laserbeams. Her work has been seen worldwide on apparel, in print, and online, and she’s been writing the Hearts and Laserbeams blog for over 10 years. Steph lives in Savannah, Georgia with her hilarious partners in crime, husband Josh, son Phil, and mom in law Carole. She enjoys coloring with her son, karaoke, and a good glass of wine every now and then. (But preferably now, thanks.) Join Steph on Twitter and Facebook.
2 Responses to “The Best Thing We’ve Ever Found on Craigslist”
Love the sense of adventure you use facing Craig’s List! What next, indeed!
{Also, hee! The chicken/rooster!}
Thanks!! Once we’re a little more settled out here, game on, because we find cool farm animals on there almost every day!