It's a Little Better

I save the calendars from past years.  On last year's calendar I noticed the word 'dumpster' written on three of the dates this week, meaning that Gary and I were cleaning out the house in Pulaski, sorting through the garage and attic and whatever was left in the house, pitching things we definitely didn't want, bagging donations for Goodwill, sorting through memorabilia that belonged to the girls, and then boxing up things to go through again later, just in case we needed something or really did want to pitch them.

All of those 'boxes to go through later' have been in the garage since that time.  Sure...Gary has gone through some of them.  He found things that we needed, sorted through some of the items that he could us and put those in the garage storage, and added Christmas items to the basement shelves for more permanent storage.  There is enough room in the garage for what is left AND the Escape to be parked inside.

My friend Debbie who is in my exercise group at the Fitness Center told me me that her church is having a rummage sale the first weekend in October.  They were looking for donations so if we had anything we wanted to get rid of---she would be happy to take it!  I saw that as a golden opportunity to hit the garage boxes again and get rid of more stuff!

This afternoon Gary and I worked out there for a few hours.  By the time we were finished, these were the results:

• two bags of trash for the trash can
• several boxes of donations for the rummage sale, filling the back of the Escape
• the sink area cleaned off  and the sinks themselves cleaned
• a medium sized box of things to  go through again and put away in the house
• a sewing box full of jewelry from Mom and Dad's house
• a few jackets in the washer to be cleaned up and decided upon (I vote for the rummage sale or Goodwill)

Other things in the garage that I am just not sure what to do with include a box of  Vera Bradley purses of old patterns and styles that are outdated. What to do with them? 

Boxes of pictures.  Same question...what to do with them?

Boxed and tubs of VHS tapes and cassette tapes of music.  Who uses those anymore?  And who has a device to play them?

After we finished, I swept out the garage with the broom and we moved the car in again.    Sigh of relief that there is a small dent at least.

Sometimes as we are driving down a road or street, I will see inside a garge when the door is open.  Often there is NOTHING stacked up and two (or sometimes three) vehicles parked inside.  How do they do that?  Where is all of their "stuff" that they have collected?  Does everyone except us get rid of their pictures?  Their VHS collection?  Old purses?

The rest of this week is full of Grandparents Day activities, car shopping, and more time at the Fitness Center plus a doctor's appointment for Gary.  Friday night Lynnlee and Cooper will be here, and on Saturday Landon, Tessa, and Owen are spending most of the day, the night, and all day Sunday with us.  No more time to go through other boxes and maybe find more donations for the rummage sale. 

But at least it is a little better.  One of these days there will be enough room for a second car to be parked in the garage.

I hope!