The garage and the basement at my house have become a sort of “dumping” ground for everything I basically want out of my sight. My husband was constantly bringing home junk from schools that were about to be demolished and other odds and ends that I didn’t want/need/want or need to know about. Everytime we’d get a new piece of furniture, the old one would go into the garage. Everytime Adam would start woodworking project and not finish it, the half finished product would go into the garage. Tupperware containers filled with clothes, old toys, baby items, you name it, it was in there. Since we’re expecting our 3rd child and barely have room for the two we already have, I figured it was high time to get rid of all this extra stuff we are holding on to. An easy feat for me, not so easy for my husband.
My philosphy is more of a “wow, I didn’t even remember I had this. I guess I don’t need it and I should toss it.” Adam’s is “wow, I didn’t even remember I had this. Someday I might need it, I should hang onto it. For forever.” Luckily I managed to convince him to toss quite a few things, and we managed to fill up an entire 15 yard dumpster. Adam spent the better part of Friday, Saturday and Sunday working on it, inbetween his allergy attacks, but in the end we got rid of so much stuff and it was well worth it. We even managed to rid ourselves of a few things in the basement as well, but that’s mostly stuff that we need to keep, it just needs to be sorted and find a happy home.
I say “phase 1” is complete because there are some structural issues with the garage that need to be fixed. Some wood in the back needs to be replaced and a new downspout. Nothing too fancy, since eventually I’d love to tear the whole thing down and rebuild (or else sell and let the new owner worry about it), but enough to cover up the gaps.
In other 1,001 news, Jo and I are planning a New England trip for the first week in August. This will cover my visiting a state I’ve never been to, some museums, a national park, and hopefully we can manage to camp for at least 3 days as well. We plan to listen to a Jane Austen book on the trip so that will take care of one of those. I’m also currently reading The Magician’s Nephew the “new” first book in the Chronicles of Narnia series(apparently they reordered them for some strange reason). It’s a quick read, which is good. My attention span hasn’t been too hot lately. I’m halfway through Season 5 of Gilmore Girls AND, Adam has a doctor’s appointment July 22nd to get a referral to a urologist. Yay, no more kids! I did a bit of research about hot air ballooning but I think that will definitely have to wait until next summer. There’s a letterbox nearby that I want to try, I just need to find the time without the kids.
So far, so good, I think!
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