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This Cleaning Thing Could Become a Habit.

We didn't quite get rid of everything. The guy who wanted my kitchenware got picky and left behind the Spanish coffee mugs my parents had brought back from Disneyland and had our names boldly plastered across the each mug in gold letters. He also neglected to take the plastic McDonald's mugs with the big red feet. I guess he didn't find them treasurable either. The chick who wanted the four ashtrays and two escargot bowls never showed up so I guess all the leftovers will be going to one of the many second hand stores in town. I also still have my old vacuum cleaner. The fellow who said he'd be out on Sunday to look at it never showed up and I have placed an ad in the local rag. Next up are three bikes. One small pink one with the tires removed. One well used dirt bike with flat tires and some rust and the ten speed that DH owned when I met him 35 years ago. Can you guess who the pack rat is in this family? Mind you, I do have fun teasing him about throwing away the back pack he toured around Europe with, for a year, after University. That was before I met him. It's garbage day tomorrow so today I get to root through the toy boxes in the garage an sort out the good, the bad and the ugly. I expect this to be Tuesday ritual for the next month or so. My kids had an overabundance of toys and I kept all of them for my daycare. I tried to pull a fast one and asked DD#1 and 2 if they would send their kids over to pick out what they'd like to keep but they picked up on my attempted trickery immediately. As Charlie Brown would say, "Rats!"

posted on June 3, 2008 10:44 AM ()

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Gee, you're really going at it, aren't you? I haven't been getting rid of things, but I have been gathering and storing things so as to eliminate some clutter in the apartment. Today, I came across a number of posters that just can not be thrown or given away (that we intend to hang sometime soon) that had become separated from each other and laid in different closets. I grouped them together, tied them in a clear plastic bag to protect them from dust and air moisture changes, and stored them in the basement. Let's see what I'll find tomorrow!
comment by donnamarie on June 6, 2008 8:04 PM ()
The cleaning is contagious.
comment by elderjane on June 6, 2008 2:47 PM ()
It must be the spring cleaning bug in all of us. I just want to unload all this stuff. I don't want it anymore... don't need it anymore.
comment by shesaidwhat on June 5, 2008 6:14 AM ()
Omigosh! It is contagious! I have been cleaning out stuff too!
comment by dragonflyby on June 4, 2008 1:36 PM ()
Wow after you get rid of all that wanna come over to my house and sort thru all our junk?
comment by elfie33 on June 4, 2008 10:24 AM ()
A mass muck-out seems to be a world wide phenomenon - i am in the trows of clearing out our stuff - if we haven't used it we loose it!! Looking at somethings, inc clothes, I have to think why in the heck did we buy it in the first place!! LOL

Happy clearing out - making room for more stuff!
comment by jensgems on June 4, 2008 3:58 AM ()
Oh I know what you mean. Been going through things here and getting rid of stuff too and that is what it is "stuff"
comment by texastar on June 4, 2008 1:09 AM ()
I won't even confess as to what all I hauled down here to Mexico from Oklahoma and most of that from Pennsylvania. Quite embarrassing actually. I finally throwing some of it away. Plastic Jetson's the Movie cups, anyone?????
comment by jerms on June 3, 2008 8:37 PM ()
It is tedious and yet fun in a sick sort of way to sort through all the "stuff" that we thought were such treasures! I've been working on that since our move to MO. Should have done it BEFORE we moved all the schitt, but I wasn't that well prepared. Oh well, gives me something to do with the Slick One outta town!
comment by dakmom on June 3, 2008 5:48 PM ()
why do we hold onto the weirdest things? i am currently detrashing my house of 'treasures'
comment by elkhound on June 3, 2008 1:46 PM ()
Those plastics mugs will become very collectible in the near
future.
comment by fredo on June 3, 2008 12:44 PM ()
All these items sure seem to accumulate over the years. I cleaned out many of my plastic mugs and dated glass wear a few years ago, but it seems that I have managed to acquire much more! Oh well, time to pitch again! Drats to the wisdom of your children!
comment by angiedw on June 3, 2008 12:01 PM ()

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