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Welcome to July, how are things going?
So far we purged a bunch of college textbooks and paperwork husband no longer needs is in the shred pile. Probably need another shred cycle or two to finish it. One done, need to wait an hour before the next shredding session.
Did a mental purge earlier this week. Been dealing with our trash service for about a year trying to get a new can. It's been nearly cracked in half from them slamming it against the side of the truck when they dump it. Company would tell me to leave it at the curb and someone will come the next day to take it and provide a new one. Never happened. Called and called and called with the same results. Got to the point where raccoons could easily pull trash bags out the crack and I'd have to clean up the mess every day. Finally called and canceled my service and went with a different company (cheaper too!). Again they said to leave the can at the curb and someone would take it. That was Tuesday. Today is Friday and it's still at the curb. I am hoping that since today is trash day, they will take it.
littlebittybobby
7-8-22, 11:07pm
Okay---trash service is pretty essential. But, maybe going with the cheapest was a mistake. They might provide poorer service, too. You might be off their major routes, too. A better choice would be who the other people on your street are using. Anyway, call and ask them to remind the driver that you're a new subscriber. If that doesn't work, try another company. But yeah--those little things can take up your time.
I deleted my LinkedIn account. It seemed pointless after being out of the work force for so long. Not a big deal, but it will probably save a few worthless emails from them.
Cleaned out a kitchen cupboard...several out of date things and a bottle of mustard...that we just bought a new one...because I thought we were out! Nice to go in there and see everything. I've been permanent marking the pull dates on things, nice and big so I can see without my glasses what needs using up. It's worked pretty well.
A camisole stretched out of shape. I may have a couple more of these. Bought them years ago at Sears before they went out of business.
iris lilies
7-10-22, 8:10pm
8 pairs of pants today.
Gave a couple of cotton sweaters to my daughter. So, they're technically still in the house; just not in my armoire. Put a few more things in the garage sale stack. I'll spend 2-3 evenings this week getting ready for the sale on Friday and Saturday. I'll get to spend some time those days with a friend and hopefully we'll make a few $$. At any rate, we'll enjoy each other's company and solve a few of the world's problems.
Gave away some crafting supplies and books through the Buy Nothing group. Also gave away a skirt that looked great on the hangar, but not so much on me.
A pair of old summer pajama bottoms that are too short and uncomfortable.
Okay---trash service is pretty essential. But, maybe going with the cheapest was a mistake. They might provide poorer service, too. You might be off their major routes, too. A better choice would be who the other people on your street are using. Anyway, call and ask them to remind the driver that you're a new subscriber. If that doesn't work, try another company. But yeah--those little things can take up your time.
In my area, trash service really isn't essential. About half the people take their trash to the local landfill to dispose of it. We used to but after so many years of having to deal with trash bags covered in maggots, I changed to a trash service.
There are two companies people in my area use... Evergreen and Amber's. We used to have Evergreen. Never really had a problem until the trashmen cracked our can so badly banging it against the truck that it was nearly split in two. Then the madness started of constant calling asking for a replacement. Time after time, they'd schedule a day to bring a new one and never show up. I must have called at least 100 times in a year!! Then when the raccoons started pulling the bags of trash through the crack and making an absolute mess all over, I was done!! That is when I called Amber's.
First pick up was last Saturday and they were there by 7am! I was shocked. Evergreen would wait until late afternoon before coming. Their customer service also seems a lot better than Evergreen. I called up to make sure I would be getting something in the mail or email with our account number on it so I could set up autopay and the very next day, I got what I needed. If that was Evergreen, I would have still been waiting and probably never gotten it.
iris lilies
7-17-22, 2:16pm
This is in the organizing forum so I’m going to comment it after 10 straight days of organizing organizing tossing crap and organizing, I’m now at a state of organization.
We moved of course as you all know. I now have boxes that reside pretty much in the rooms where the stuff will need to reside. In my Hermann house we will be living out of boxes for many many months.
In my condo, things are far more organized and so now I can see how the shelf space checks out and how storage really happens in the condo and in the little storage area in the basement.
So yeah, I’m pretty organized. So do I expect a medal for this? Well sure please give me one!
oh, I organize things in stages and so the fact that I have bunches of things in boxes, with those boxes placed in rooms where they will be used, that’s my organizing principal. I still don’t have products within the boxes organized and in place.
And something that occurred to me couple days ago is that I have essentially been running four kitchens the past two weeks. FOUR! No wonder I can’t get condiments organized for god sake. Or spices.
The kitchens were,: the condo. the City house kitchen where we had to have minimal stuff to eat last two weeks of our residency there. And then two kitchens in Hermann, the basement bachelor pad kitchen and the real kitchen upstairs. Hell I probably have eight jars of pickles floating around all these places. I will be happy when we get down to TWO kitchens.
I get tired just reading your posts IL.
iris lilies
7-17-22, 4:36pm
I get tired just reading your posts IL.
Oh honey, I sit on the couch many hours a day. Believe me, I’m not stressing myself.
Or maybe you me and my posts are long and involved and tearing to read and I grok that. that!
DH is the energizer bunny in our household. I think of him as a little wind up toy you just kind of point him towards the task at hand and he just goes and goes and goes until it’s done.
In retirement though he’s only working hard four hours a day rather than 10 hours a day.
Getting rid of that pot and hoodie a few days ago really sparked some decluttering in me. All things that didn't necessarily needed to go but I never used them so why keep them. Last night while dinner was cooking, I went through cabinets and looked to see if anything could be decluttered. Found more than I expected.
Battery powered smoke detector- When I redid all our smoke detectors to those 10 year ones, I was accidentally sent one of the regular battery ones instead of the lithium kind. I decided to keep it "just in case" but decided last night to just get rid of it. If something happened to the other smoke detectors, I wouldn't want to go back to a regular battery one anyway.
Cooking ingredients and spices- Things I had bought for a specific recipe and had never used since were tossed.
Measuring cup- I had three of them for some reason. Two large ones and a small one. I never used the small one so I tossed it.
Wallet sized photos- These were in my nightstand in the bedroom. Extras of my youngest's HS Senior pictures that were never sent out and not needed any longer got tossed.
Mixing bowl- I tossed it and then pulled it back out but now I'm thinking when I get home, it will get tossed for good. I have many mixing bowls and again, I never use this one so why keep it.
Well, I only made about $100 on our garage sale last Friday and Saturday. It was very hot work. Never again. I dropped off all the stuff that didn't sell to a local thrift store today at lunchtime. I'm happy to have the space in my garage again where we'd been piling up stuff for the last few months.
Becky Liz, now you can get rid of stuff as you find it...just take it to the thrift shop rather than waiting for the garage sale.
iris lilies
7-21-22, 10:56am
Becky Liz, now you can get rid of stuff as you find it...just take it to the thrift shop rather than waiting for the garage sale.yes! This is a good outcome.
They are even things I don’t want to burden Goodwill with because I shop regularly at Goodwill, and I think I know what kind of crap they don’t want. I don’t know, maybe not.
littlebittybobby
7-21-22, 1:05pm
Has anybody here got a red swingline stapler(like the one from office space)they don't need? I could use it. Thaaaaanks.
Becky Liz, now you can get rid of stuff as you find it...just take it to the thrift shop rather than waiting for the garage sale.
that is DEFINITELY the plan!!!
Has anybody here got a red swingline stapler(like the one from office space)they don't need? I could use it. Thaaaaanks.
No, but coincidently I have a vintage red swingline pencil sharpener on my desk. I'm not sharing.
rosarugosa
7-22-22, 6:42am
Has anybody here got a red swingline stapler(like the one from office space)they don't need? I could use it. Thaaaaanks.
Only a beige one that I took with me when I retired, and I'm not parting with it. I knew nobody else would want it since it was battered and ugly, unlike the pretty, shiny, new staplers that last a few months before going into the trash. This sucker was built to last!
Funny enough, I hadn't seen "Office Space" at the time, but when I saw it a couple of years ago, I felt a very strong bond with Milton.
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Purged 20+ channels I had subscribed to on YouTube. Channels that I am no longer interested in, have stopped producing new content, or I never watched much.
ToomuchStuff
7-25-22, 2:54am
Guess I have been purged. Found a replacement for a missing tool, and went to use Paypal, and I couldn't log in, as it was wanting a mobile number now.
Work provided mobile, so nope I don't have one, work does. Can't even log into it now.
rosarugosa
7-25-22, 6:27am
When I went thrifting with Sis on Friday, it was the first time in a very long time. Much of our together time now is spent at Clay School. So I got to actually get a bunch of stuff out of the house that had been culled over the past few months (and I might have even slipped some unsatisfactory pieces of pottery in there). Anyway, for me the hardest part is actually making the decision for something to go. Once it's in the donation box or bag, it's very rare for it to come out again. However, the actually freeing of space in the house is the real payoff, so I'm happy to have the stuff actually gone.
My final camisole and a pair of underwear on which the elastic went.
Was noticing how cluttered my parents house is when I visited this weekend, and I want to work on decluttering mine more, but am waiting for cooler weather.
July purge: Went thru craft patterns/kits and lateral file of patterns and misc. Two huge shopping bags to a retreat swap in August (hopefully a donate and not swap). One box of same added to take to another retreat in September. More in the box for a charity quilting group.
Oh, and threw away a trash bag full of copies of patterns and clippings that I knew I would never make.
Getting ready to wheel the A/C out to the curb. It is a heavy window mount model. Our only spot was in the kitchen, over the sink. It was a back breaker putting it in each year. Works really good, but replaced it this year with floor model with hose. Given our current hot spell it should go fast, and the price is right - FREE!
iris lilies
7-27-22, 11:01am
I see busy bee DH scurrying around in our basement, moving and cleaning an upright freezer. When I inquired what that was all about, he said he is hauling it to Iowa to give to his brother.
So yay! One appliance down. There are multiples littering corners of our basement: stoves, dishwashers, huge french -door refrigerator freezer. Perhaps they will go away as well.
DH is driving to Iowa ro 1) attend his 50th high school reunion 2) pick up locker beef
let the shaming snark posts begin.
DH is getting rid of it pretty efficiently, I'd say!
iris lilies
7-27-22, 11:53am
DH is getting rid of it pretty efficiently, I'd say!
Yes, handling off this freezer (which was an alley find 4 years ago) is good and not worthy of snark.
It is the is locker beef caper that will bring on derision.
Won't he need the extra freezer?
Spent two hours removing weeds from the lawn. Tossed the two biggest pieces of the cactus I had repotted as they are healing over in an ugly manner. I still have three smaller pieces.
happystuff
7-31-22, 9:15am
Have two items out on the magic sidewalk. If they get picked up by someone - YAY! If not, garbage pickup is tomorrow.
iris lilies
7-31-22, 9:28am
Won't he need the extra freezer?
We already have a large chest freezer, mostly empty now, sitting in our attached garage. We are now living like normal suburban Americans where I step out my kitchen door into the attached garage and get food items from the chest freezer stored in that attached garage. This is easy living!
littlebittybobby
7-31-22, 12:42pm
I see busy bee DH scurrying around in our basement, moving and cleaning an upright freezer. When I inquired what that was all about, he said he is hauling it to Iowa to give to his brother.
So yay! One appliance down. There are multiples littering corners of our basement: stoves, dishwashers, huge french -door refrigerator freezer. Perhaps they will go away as well.
DH is driving to Iowa ro 1) attend his 50th high school reunion 2) pick up locker beef
let the shaming snark posts begin.By god, I don't care how much gas costs, it's worth every penny ta drive ta I-wah to meet n eat & pick up a load o' Lockkered Beef or Pork! Yup. Don't wanna get skinny & WEAK from not enough protein, by god. Nope.46494649
iris lilies
7-31-22, 1:45pm
By god, I don't care how much gas costs, it's worth every penny ta drive ta I-wah to meet n eat & pick up a load o' Lockkered Beef or Pork! Yup. Don't wanna get skinny & WEAK from not enough protein, by god. Nope.46494649
Right,on time. Thankyou!
littlebittybobby
7-31-22, 2:10pm
Right,on time. Thankyou!Okay---here's a bonus photo of some Poky People & the food---REAL food---at their downtown Poky Restaurant. In fact--it may be located in the former bakery of I-wahs MOST notorious Serial Killer! Isn't that amay-zeen? Yup. Also, he's a perfessional meat trucker. They had their weddeeen photos taken by a meat trailer! Ahhhsumm and a-may-zeen. Yup.4653 46514652
Teacher Terry
7-31-22, 9:19pm
IL, it’s great that he is getting rid of the freezer. I know how hard it is to get some people to get rid of stuff.
iris lilies
7-31-22, 9:44pm
IL, it’s great that he is getting rid of the freezer. I know how hard it is to get some people to get rid of stuff.
DH is laughing at me because a dumb old 45 record he took to his high school reunion brought $65 fir their scholarship auction. It was a recording made by one of their classmates.
I had questioned him last week on WTF that old record was hanging around for, why was he keeping it.
ToomuchStuff
7-31-22, 10:56pm
DH is laughing at me because a dumb old 45 record he took to his high school reunion brought $65 fir their scholarship auction. It was a recording made by one of their classmates.
I had questioned him last week on WTF that old record was hanging around for, why was he keeping it.
Was it one of those old records where you went in and they recorded you on a record, or was he with some group?
For instance, a late friends husband, was a Cricket with Buddy.
iris lilies
7-31-22, 11:03pm
Was it one of those old records where you went in and they recorded you on a record, or was he with some group?
For instance, a late friends husband, was a Cricket with Buddy.
This high school dude had a band and they made several records.
littlebittybobby
8-1-22, 12:33pm
This high school dude had a band and they made several records. Okay---I believe you are referring to the high-schoolers who formed up "Lazy River", which is still extant, at least through reunions.. A boy named Jon Porter was an original member, and remembered it as a formative experience. He later served in the US House of Representatives, from Nevada. At least one of the other former band members still lives in his home town,(lucky him) and another--still in the group-- is a professional musician in some southern state. Yup. Hope that helps you some.4656
An old check cashing card from Market Basket. I never write checks at stores anymore.
Youngest's room... A bunch of clothing that were either worn out, never worn, or not needed due to having enough already.
Husband's dresser... A bunch of shirts that he never wears and are probably too small for him anyway.
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