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Day 207 – Dead Batteries (Throw – Recycle)
It has honestly bugged me throughout this process as to how much JUNK I have added to the local landfill. Some time ago I noticed my brother Spencer kept a bucket near the front door for used batteries to recycle and I determined that I would at least make the effort to recycle dead batteries around the house. So I started collecting them in a ziploc bag and when it filled, I put it in my school book bag so I would remember to take the batteries to Spencer. I carried those batteries for months, back and forth to school. …
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Days 197 to 206
I’ve got to get caught up here, and most of these things are rather unremarkable, so I’ll dump several days together: Day 198 – Glass frame (Give) – I plan to fill the frame with an enlarged photo to give to a friend. Day 199 – Regifting of an End-of-Year Teacher Gift (This was written as school ended last week.) I don’t want to make too much out of this or even post a picture because who knows who might be reading this. But Melissa always makes it a point to get some sort of gift for the kids’ teachers…
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Day 196 – Tux’s Photo Frame (Throw)
My brother Russ made this frame for me after Tux’s death. And as much as I’d like to keep it, Tux has been dead over eleven years now. Besides, Tux was annoying. She was overly friendly. Actually, she annoyed everyone but me. I really only got annoyed when she would escape. If you’ve got a couple of minutes to kill, here’s the story on Tux: The last girl I dated before I met Melissa had a friend who was looking to find homes for a bunch of puppies. The mother was a “bull terrier” and the father was a “fence jumper”. …
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Day 195 – Ida’s Odds and Ends (Give – to his Teacher)
Ida (age 7) took it upon himself to gather up some little toys to replenish his teacher’s “treasure box” before the school year ended. I was proud of him … and happy to see these things go!
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Day 194 – Blue Like Jazz (Give)
I had bought a couple of extra copies of this book a few years ago to give as gifts and never did. I think I’ll give this copy to my old friend “Satan”, who graduated from high school this year. I would be curious to find out what she thinks of it. Speaking of Blue Like Jazz, I found out today via Facebook that they have filmed a movie based on the book. How cool is that? It’s directed by Steve Taylor – the trailer can be seen here. Even better, Donald Miller has a new book out about the…
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Day 193 – Camp Visor (Throw)
The Princess (age 4) really, really, really wanted to keep this visor for herself. Her logic on why daddy shouldn’t throw it away: It’s pink! This thing was created at some summer camp somewhere along the way. I worked at several: Moneto and Indi-co-so in Indiana, Morgan Memorial in Massachusetts and another camp (actually an “outdoor school”) in California. It brings back a couple of memories: 1) I used to be a huge fan of Berke Breathed’s comic strip “Bloom County” and thought his rip off of Garfield, “Bill the Cat”, was hilarious. All Bill would ever say was “Ack!” …
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Day 192 – Magnet (Throw)
I’ve had this magnet since childhood. It’s so old, it’s lost most of its strength. (Much like me!) It’s been a long time since I’ve played with it much…
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Day 191 – Indiana Plate (Give?)
School is finally out and so it’s time to start getting caught up on my blog. I’ve got several entries waiting to be finished and I’ll probably be keeping them short and sweet. Something like this: Not sure who would want this ugly green plate but maybe I’ll send it to Goodwill. Don’t remember where I got it.
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Day 190 – Case for Battery Powered Drill (Throw)
I got to spend the evening being a Neighbor to my neighbor. The house across the street had water gushing out of their kitchen faucet. A good bit of the water was not going into the sink and down the drain; it was going onto the countertop and then down to the floor. They couldn’t seem to figure out how to turn the water off. We eventually got the water off and then I offered to help remove and replace the old faucet. My neighbor’s elderly father showed up with a new faucet, so I stuck around to help remove…
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Day 189 – Postcards of Scotland (Give)
More Colin Baxter postcards from Scotland. I used to have these arranged within a large frame. I need to pass them along to my Scotland fan – he graduated last Friday and it would make a good graduation gift.
