Junk salvation
Feb. 28th, 2005 05:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
resonantThe Salvation Army, bless their collective soul, is doing neighborhood pickup tomorrow. They've asked for clothes, toys, and small household items.
We have filled twenty-four bags for them. Plus a shoe tree, three giant empty storage tubs, and a folding table.
Now, clutter disposal is an ongoing task in this house. I probably drop stuff off at the Goodwill truck twice a month. I'm up to date on the kidlet's clothes and toys -- there's nothing here except what got outgrown since Christmas. And I just gave a bunch of furniture to the church, including a double bed from my parents (given to us, for some unknown reason, after they bought us a queen bed for a wedding present) that's been in guilt storage in the basement since 1993.
The bags are all piled up in the living room now, and the cat is doing that thing where she pats an unfamiliar thing and then leaps three feet into the air when it makes a noise.
The saddest thing? Three of these bags are filled with nothing but things that I bought to store other things in.
We have filled twenty-four bags for them. Plus a shoe tree, three giant empty storage tubs, and a folding table.
Now, clutter disposal is an ongoing task in this house. I probably drop stuff off at the Goodwill truck twice a month. I'm up to date on the kidlet's clothes and toys -- there's nothing here except what got outgrown since Christmas. And I just gave a bunch of furniture to the church, including a double bed from my parents (given to us, for some unknown reason, after they bought us a queen bed for a wedding present) that's been in guilt storage in the basement since 1993.
The bags are all piled up in the living room now, and the cat is doing that thing where she pats an unfamiliar thing and then leaps three feet into the air when it makes a noise.
The saddest thing? Three of these bags are filled with nothing but things that I bought to store other things in.