It’s time to go, stuff in the attic, 227/365

We’re back at again, letting go of stuff. Another dumpster will be delivered in our driveway in a couple of weeks. It’s our fourth or fifth in the last twenty years. Unfortunately I don’t keep track of the dates of that kind of home maintenance—maybe in my next life.

    Our goal is to clear out enough stuff so we could call a realtor and say we we’d be ready to put the house on the market in three months. We have no specific plans, but at our age (circling 80), it’s not a wild idea.

    The focus this time will be on the attic, garage, or barn. As far as I’m concerned, if you have even one of these, it will get filled/junked up. It’s a law of nature.

    I’ve been working on the attic. My plan is to go through EVERYTHING. If we’re not using it, out it goes. When I am finished I envision that all that remains will be in plastic storage boxes--seasonal clothes and bedding, cushions for outdoor furniture, and selected Christmas decorations.

    ALL the rest will go to the church fair and rummage sale, Goodwill, the put-and-take (which closes at the end of the month), and of course, the dumpster.  

Stuff to recycle: 198/365

The good news is that at the fair on Saturday neither of us bought anything to add to our stuff. My purchases were consumables. I got a great deal on Christmas wrapping paper, and bought a pie for Thanksgiving. I already told you about the puzzle, which will be recycled next year.

    AND, I didn’t buy any jewelry! Actually I never planned to, but I must tell you that there are many women just don’t have enough. They were lined up ready to enter when the doors opened at 9, and in they rushed, knowing where to go, never even glancing at the bake table. I am told a similar line formed at the door leading to the white elephants. Evidently 12 Shoppes of Christmas at MCC has a reputation.

Shower curtain and rod, it’s time to go. Day 188/365

Oops, I meant to post this 6/26/14     
We’ve been allowing little leaks through the ceiling ever since we installed the upstairs shower thirty years ago. We relied on a shower curtain to contain the water. Bad idea. It took us years to realize the cause of the water stains on the tin ceiling in the downstairs front room. 

(Ready to go to the dump.)

   

 Unfortunately I didn’t take a picture of how bad it was, but here’s the newly painted one, with the tiffany chandelier my husband found at the put-and-take. 

    Now in the bathroom there is a cozy glass door, all for $100. With company coming for the 4^th, let them shower away. 

Window blinds. Day 186/365 It’s time to go.

     It is time to let go of the bedroom window blinds that were in the house when we moved in twenty-six years ago. We replaced the fabric. but it is now faded and ripping apart.

     Why didn’t we do this sooner, we ask ourselves? The new Roman blinds, actually darken the room and are pleasing to the eye. Because they take up a lot less room, we can feel satisfied that we have less stuff in the house. After all, that’s our goal—well, most of the time.