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Changing Direction
It’s late in the day, Wednesday, June 29, and Melissa, the kids and I are in Pensacola, Florida. I don’t have the energy or alertness to write much more than to make a note to myself that my writing here needs to move into the next stage. It’s been a couple of days since I Gave, Threw, or Sold anything in particular. There’s still plenty to get rid of, but it’s a bit impractical right now as we are on our way to Haiti. (If I were super-organized, I suppose I could have kept it going even during these three…
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Days 218 to 221
Day 218 – Box of Receipts and other outdated financial records (Throw) I say “Throw” but these things were delivered to my Mom’s house to be burned – you hear too many horror stories these days about identity theft. Day 219 – Gutter Guards (Give) Also took these gutter guards out to Mom’s house. Her roof is missing a few and these leftovers have been in my garage since we moved into this house. Good to be able to put them to use. Day 220 – Swags (Throw/Sell) These were decorations in our Indianapolis house but have collected dust…
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Day 217 – Old VHS Videos (Throw)
Found a box full of old VHS videos – some were mine, some were Melissa’s. Hers were videos of kindergarten Mothers’ Day programs from ten years back. Mine were an assortment of footage from various camps, mission trips and Ichthus Festivals. Fortunately, most were labeled (though one was simply and mysteriously titled “Hell”). I haven’t tossed all of them yet… I need to look through a few and maybe I will hold onto some. Also, the kids will get a kick out of some of the footage, no doubt! I’m going to try to embed a video here – it’s…
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Day 216 – Miniature Fish Tank (Sell)
This is just a little fish tank we got at one point trying to keep all the kids happy – the boys couldn’t have an aquarium in their room without The Drama Queen having one in her room, of course. (The Princess was too young to care.) It didn’t last long – the fish eventually died and the tank was retired to a shelf in the laundry room. Bone dry. Now it is destined to go into our moving sale.
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Days 213 to 215 and Language Lessons
Day 213 – A large roll of old linoleum inherited from previous owner and taking space in the garage (Throw) Day 214 – Large terra cotta pot from the backyard which served mainly to be an unattractive place for maple seedlings to grow (Throw) Day 215 – Jar of “holy” water somebody (danged faulty memory!) brought me back from the Jordan River years ago. (Dump and Throw) I was going to recycle the jar – send it to Goodwill or whatever – but the water stain on it was inpenetrable. I was never one who was big on the concept…
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Day 212 – Old Computer, Car Battery, Stain (Recycle)
The local recycling center sponsors “Tox-Away Wednesdays” where they accept items that most days they won’t touch. I took an ancient computer – complete with mouse, keyboard and TV-sized monitor – along with a car battery and some stain.
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Day 211 – Refrigerator Part (Throw)
A couple of years ago the refrigerator started to leak. Water was dripping from this little tank at the back of the fridge. It’s purpose was to hold the water so it could cool before being sent to the door dispenser. I pulled the tank out completely and spliced the incoming and outgoing hoses together. I kept the tank out in the garage just in case I was ever able to figure out a way to patch it and reattach it. I have now officially given up the dream and tossed the tank in the garbage can.
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Day 210 – Couch (Give)
We talked to Melissa’s mother, Trudy, about moving in with her once our house sells/rents. If she’s willing to take us in, she should get first crack at any of our furniture she might want. She said she wouldn’t mind having our green sectional in her basement, so it’s hers. That is, if I am able to get it out of our basement. I have constructed a railing along the steps that wasn’t there when the couch came down here. It might be a tight squeeze to get it out!
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Day 209 – Oversized Fanny Pack (Sell)
And I don’t mean “a pack for oversized fannies”! It’s some big hiking pack worn around the waist and able to carry a couple of water bottles and quite a bit of anything else you might need. It goes into our moving sale pile.
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Day 208 – Paint Cans (Throw)
We talked to our real estate friend and she suggested that in the current housing climate in town, it’s a buyer’s market for home sales and a landlord’s market for rentals. Also, a lot of folks are moving into town from places where they are struggling to sell their own houses and so they are open to buying “on contract”. Our friend suggested that we make it known that we are willing to sell on contract and, if we don’t get any significant nibbles on that in the next few weeks, we offer the house as a rental. So we…
