The liquidation continues......

[poltr1]

Yesterday I cleaned out a few boxes at the foot of the stairs. One box was full of recipes I've clipped and saved over the years. Some came from supermarket handouts; others from the newspaper or weekly circulars. I thought I'd get around to using them. But since I haven't, there's no sense in saving them. Usually, I'll try the dish first, and then ask for the recipe. It's rare that I make something starting with the recipe. And so they went into the recycle pile.

Spent an hour in the garage this evening. Collapsed some unused corrugated cardboard boxes, and threw out a large amount of plastic food containers I'd been hoarding. I have enough; I don't need to save these any more. I also threw out some packing foam. I found a few things that can go out onto the freecycle list, such as a cardboard "wishing well" we used for our wedding, and plastic bags that I will probably never use.

If I keep chipping away at this, 1-2 hours a day, eventually, it will get done, right?

Comments

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Yay you! We need to get rid of all sorts of crap. Sigh.
Thanks for the reminder, I *finally* signed up for Burlington Freecycle. Maybe I can find some stuff I need and get rid of a bunch of stuff!

[daisy-knotwise.livejournal.com]

I think we have all become such accomplished acquirers that we will never be "finished" degunking our lives. But if we can get the flow in less than the flow out we win.

GHR
who-has-a-cabinet-full-of-margarine-tubs-and-cool-whip-bowls-herself

[gorgeousgary]

Go Jim!

While our move from condo to townhouse gave us much more space to spread out in, I'm slowly working on getting rid of stuff too. Knowing that I'm the son of two packrats and seeing our CD- and book-acquisition rates. I have a box right now accumulating books to be donated.

I'm also reminded of the Berryman's "Stuff Song" in which Peter muses about all the junk in his garage. 8-)