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Day 71 – 2 Sleds that Never Worked (Throw) and Day 72 – A Towel (Throw… Lame, I know)
I’m so tired and distracted right now that it’s hard to remember to take something to school to give away each day – Giving at school tends to be the easiest way to keep on track with my downsizing. Since I didn’t take anything yesterday, I found myself in an all too common position: end of the day and nothing Given, Thrown or Sold. I hate it when this happens because I am taking this commitment to Give, Throw or Sell daily very seriously. AND I am hoping that I am running out of time to take this at a leisurely pace. …
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Day 70 – Candle (Give) and Candy Regifting
Yesterday was Day 70 and The Princess’ 4th Birthday. After church Beka offered to come by to help with birthday party preparations … if we needed help. We ALWAYS need help on birthdays. And I already knew that I would be spending most of my afternoon (before our 4:00 appointment with Chuck E. Cheese) working on a pink and purple princess castle birthday cake. So Melissa and I gladly welcomed Beka’s offer. Before Beka left, Melissa offered up a simple candle she had received recently. It smells great, but it has cinnamon in it and that (along with cats) tends…
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Day 69 – Glass Candle Holder (Give) and Progress
Melissa met her cousin Angie this morning for breakfast and took with her a candle holder as a belated Christmas present. A few years back, Angie’s mom had a nice shop that sold fine gifts. This candle holder was a wedding gift from that shop, so Melissa figured Angie would appreciate it. I spent the day working in the downstairs bathroom. There were a couple of places where drywall needed to be repaired – a bit of water damage from the shower over time. Also, I mounted a shelving unit over the toilet. It is such a tiny bathroom that it is…
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Day 68 – Postage Stamps (Sell – hopefully)
This is one of those things I almost threw away, then thought about giving away, then decided I should try to sell it. I think there’s a shop in Indianapolis that might give me something for it. I hardly remember having these stamps and I don’t remember if this was an on-going collection or something I was gung-ho about for a few weeks before completely forgetting it (as my own kids do now with so many of their toys and hobbies). They aren’t organized in any way – in fact, they are just jumbled together in an old Estee Lauder…
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Day 67 – 30 Year Old Crayons (Throw)
I asked Melissa if she wanted to take them to her kindergarten classroom. She thought about it, then said, “They smell funny.” So that was that.
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Day 66 – Baseball Caps (Give) and One Year Anniversary of Earthquake
We had a delayed start to school today due to blowing snow. My wife, who works for a different school system within the same county, got the entire day off! On the one hand, I thought, “Not fair!” But on the other hand, a two hour delay gives you a bit of extra time to sleep in while you still get to put in a partial day of school – enough to keep us from having to make up a day later on. So, no complaints. I walked into my 7th grade writing class and several students immediately asked if…
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Day 65 – Used Light Fixture (Give)
I was going to just throw this in the trash, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I spent money on this fixture and it’s still in good shape, so I want to see if Goodwill will take it. Snow kept us home from school today. We slept in, got lunch together and then went to my Mom’s house with Keri and her kids to go sledding. Good times, but not much accomplished around the house until this evening. I finally got the downstairs bathroom ceiling painted and Melissa got some painting done on the downstairs doors and trim. And…
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Day 64 – Jaw Harp (Give)
I located a couple of jaw harps stashed away in one of my boxes. Seems to me that at least one of them was a souvenir from a grade school fieldtrip of mine – maybe Connor Prairie. But who really knows? My memory is shot. So I took the bigger jaw harp to school on Monday and gave it to one of my eighth grade girls. She has the reputation of being rather talkative, so I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone: I’d take care of a Give and I’d give her mouth something quieter and less annoying to…
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Day 59 and 60 – Christmas Decorations (Give) … It’s a Christmas Miracle!
On Wednesday, January 5th, Melissa and I did something we had never done before: we took down all our Christmas decorations in one evening. It was not festive. It was not even pleasant. It made us fight. But when it was all over and done, Melissa and I agreed on several Christmas decorations to get rid of. We have a whole box of ornaments and such to take to Goodwill. We even threw away some of the various crafty decorations the kids have made in past years. Not the really cute stuff – we’re not completely heartless. The following day I put this gem on…
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Day 63 – Wabash College Yearbook (Throw)
I found a Wabash College yearbook for 1989 (my Junior year) among the junk Russ gave me from the old house. I hope I didn’t pay money for that trash. It was the junkiest yearbook I’ve ever seen – all black-and-white, no individual head shots and random picture spreads which included three guys urinating on certain Wabash property and a close-up of a condom package! Besides, I wasn’t even on campus my Junior year – I was at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, that year. I also tossed out quite a bit of the papers and information from my year in Scotland and…
