Spring cleaning

A big sweater, some shirts (but did buy a few...)

April

4 sweaters

book

I'm hoping more with this massive renovation

WOW

A few linens,......

A I pulled down the linen closet!!!!!!

a few record albums

And it keeps going

a kitchen bowl

2 books - on Chinese Medicine! Letting it go....

a big back of extension cords, wires, surge protectors, etc!

2 books (one an old childhood one)

pair of walking poles

bag of fabric

pinking shears

3 books

threw out some shoe inserts, actually many shoe inserts

3 DVDs to the library

A good day

2 pillows

a book, no 2.

some old sheets

2 pairs of skis

2 big boxes of C's clothes!!!

a receiver

speakers!!!!!

junk

in and out

An electronic keyboard - in!

A sewing machine - out!

Discman - out

Headphones - out

Bean jar - out

Sewing machine and book - OUT

Maybe there won't be construction!

I was able to design the space I want, and it was quiet a challenge, and I got it into the budget I wanted, and now I'm done. I don't feel I have to do it. It won't make my life any better. The fun was the design challenge. Yes, it would be nice to have a new space, but who cares.

But in the spirit of the New Year, a purge and some considerations.

Many rocks went - those that were duplicates, those that I had bought, those that were too much.

And the considerations - I am holding on to many serving pieces that were my mother's anticipating that one day my daughter will use them. She is already 21, and will eventually move out and need some basic casseroles, etc. It's good, not frivolous stuff. But then again, to me it has ties, connections, to my mom and family meals, which were good times. Every time I look at them, I envision myself at the table with my parents, with my family, and the good feelings (mostly). And they're gone and nothing has really come in to replace them.