Another weekend full of good intentions...
Posted 07-19-2008 at 03:58 AM by LilyLaLa
I couldn't help but smile at a thread title I saw yesterday on the CD forum: "So long, crap!"
What a splendid idea. And how long have I meant to empty all these boxes in my own garage, only to have something else come up to interrupt it, over and over again? How often have I said, "This Sunday, we're going to the flea market" only to wake up Sunday morning to dark skies and downpours? How many times have I even started the project, only to be called away from it by one or more children staging some sort of child-emergency?
I'll admit, too--it's not just the garage. Boxes of Crap are everywhere, in closets, under beds, stacked in corners, wherever.
I have enough childhood projects and artwork and outgrown 'favourite' toys to open a museum to our children's past...I can't simply throw all that out, not without breaking my own heart, but where else can I put it beside...boxes?
And there's all the things that were simply meant to live in boxes most of the time: Christmas decorations, out-of-season clothes and outgrown baby clothes (waiting for the next family baby), thousands of photographs, books that are waiting for the bookshelves my husband promises but never builds, and who-knows-what-else that's in the boxes under and behind all THAT stuff.
It's a bit overwhelming...no wonder I never get through it.
But, "So Long, Crap" has stuck in my mind like a rallying cry, and y'know...today, I'm doing it. I might not (certainly will not) get all the way to the back garage wall, but I'll at least fill the truck with boxes and bags I don't want, and first thing Monday it's going to the Salvation Army shop and the dump.
I may be losing a few trinkets and mementos and all those 'just-in-case-we-need-it-someday' things, but HEY.... I'll be gaining a GARAGE!! I might even put the car in there, what a thought.
So no more excuses, and you won't see me on CD the rest of the day, because I'm REALLY DOING IT...right now.
Thanks, Sponger42!!
What a splendid idea. And how long have I meant to empty all these boxes in my own garage, only to have something else come up to interrupt it, over and over again? How often have I said, "This Sunday, we're going to the flea market" only to wake up Sunday morning to dark skies and downpours? How many times have I even started the project, only to be called away from it by one or more children staging some sort of child-emergency?
I'll admit, too--it's not just the garage. Boxes of Crap are everywhere, in closets, under beds, stacked in corners, wherever.
I have enough childhood projects and artwork and outgrown 'favourite' toys to open a museum to our children's past...I can't simply throw all that out, not without breaking my own heart, but where else can I put it beside...boxes?
And there's all the things that were simply meant to live in boxes most of the time: Christmas decorations, out-of-season clothes and outgrown baby clothes (waiting for the next family baby), thousands of photographs, books that are waiting for the bookshelves my husband promises but never builds, and who-knows-what-else that's in the boxes under and behind all THAT stuff.
It's a bit overwhelming...no wonder I never get through it.
But, "So Long, Crap" has stuck in my mind like a rallying cry, and y'know...today, I'm doing it. I might not (certainly will not) get all the way to the back garage wall, but I'll at least fill the truck with boxes and bags I don't want, and first thing Monday it's going to the Salvation Army shop and the dump.
I may be losing a few trinkets and mementos and all those 'just-in-case-we-need-it-someday' things, but HEY.... I'll be gaining a GARAGE!! I might even put the car in there, what a thought.
So no more excuses, and you won't see me on CD the rest of the day, because I'm REALLY DOING IT...right now.
Thanks, Sponger42!!
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OK, you've inspired me by guilt. Guess what I'm off to do?
Great blog by the way.
PamPosted 07-19-2008 at 08:16 AM by Pam& Bill
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I'm amazed at how three little words became so inspiring (or guilt-inducing) in our house -- I cleaned out the car and started loading it with Boxes-o'-Crap, and before I knew it, DH is FINALLY painting the bathroom after months of "maybe-this-weekend-dear".
Better yet, all the kids cleared off for the day...probably afraid of being assigned some sort of cleaning job.
YAY!Posted 07-19-2008 at 10:11 AM by LilyLaLa
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sound like an idea to help those in need for xmas donate outgrown of course good reuseable items to people on your local craigslist site and maybe a needy family can pick it up.its free and helps you. thanxPosted 11-25-2008 at 09:00 PM by michelle69
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