Moving Observations
--If your husband is scary ruthless about throwing things away, it's best to pay no attention to what he's doing when he offers to sort through anything at all. If it's the bathroom, the following will still survive the purge: Eight anti-itch products, 22 unused dental floss dispensers, and 15 boxes of gauze or band-aids. You'll be glad to learn, however, that he did not throw away all the new toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste that five people have accumulated over years of seeing the dentist every six months. He put them on a "donation" pile. Your faith is partially restored.
--When you count 30 loose-leaf binders, mostly filled with research notes fitting into categories with the following labels: Greek, Hebrew, or Akkadian, you get a glimpse of one family member's passions. A newly-constructed eight-foot-wide shelf unit sits on top of two other tall bookcases to accommodate the binders.
--Dealing with "stuff" is incredibly tiresome.
--Sleek kitchen cabinets along two walls in a galley kitchen are wonderful, but they don't embrace nearly as many well-loved/used items as does a kitchen full of furniture, shelves, and blank walls for hanging things and providing a surface for things. I'm a lot more French country and a lot less minimalist/modern than I used to know.
--I have a multitude of electric kitchen appliances--only some of which I chose or asked for. I wanted the Kitchen-Aid mixer, the Vita-mix blender, food processor, electric skillet, grain grinder, bread-machine, and crockpots in several sizes. In our cookware set, we also acquired an electric indoor grill, and a liquid-core four-quart kettle. I'm not sure of all the occasions calling for the purchase of an electric knife, griddle, rice cooker, toaster, turkey roaster, 2 coffee makers, coffee bean grinder, meat slicer, waffle irons, hand mixer, and non-stick electric saucepan. Let's just say I have a husband who loves to provide and use such things. Several were gifts or pass-along items.
--I wish I had more vision for using ebay to move unneeded things along. I'm still trying to decide if working up the motivation and acquiring the skills would be wise. I'm thinking especially of all those shelves of books that didn't survive the moving cut, and the dishes I may not need. Advice?
--When you count 30 loose-leaf binders, mostly filled with research notes fitting into categories with the following labels: Greek, Hebrew, or Akkadian, you get a glimpse of one family member's passions. A newly-constructed eight-foot-wide shelf unit sits on top of two other tall bookcases to accommodate the binders.
--Dealing with "stuff" is incredibly tiresome.
--Sleek kitchen cabinets along two walls in a galley kitchen are wonderful, but they don't embrace nearly as many well-loved/used items as does a kitchen full of furniture, shelves, and blank walls for hanging things and providing a surface for things. I'm a lot more French country and a lot less minimalist/modern than I used to know.
--I have a multitude of electric kitchen appliances--only some of which I chose or asked for. I wanted the Kitchen-Aid mixer, the Vita-mix blender, food processor, electric skillet, grain grinder, bread-machine, and crockpots in several sizes. In our cookware set, we also acquired an electric indoor grill, and a liquid-core four-quart kettle. I'm not sure of all the occasions calling for the purchase of an electric knife, griddle, rice cooker, toaster, turkey roaster, 2 coffee makers, coffee bean grinder, meat slicer, waffle irons, hand mixer, and non-stick electric saucepan. Let's just say I have a husband who loves to provide and use such things. Several were gifts or pass-along items.
--I wish I had more vision for using ebay to move unneeded things along. I'm still trying to decide if working up the motivation and acquiring the skills would be wise. I'm thinking especially of all those shelves of books that didn't survive the moving cut, and the dishes I may not need. Advice?
posted by Mrs. I (Miriam Iwashige) at
5:24 PM
1 Comments:
Craigslist! You can sell things locally, so no shipping. Check too--to see if your area has a local on-line garage sale. I have not used that, but have heard of someone who does and loves it.
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