Stuff-moving

I move stuff all day long. From one place in my house to another. From one place in the ‘burbs to another. Children, books, clothes, toys, food, etc.

The Darling Husband is taking a few days off this week and guess what we’re doing while the older girls are at Grammy’s–cleaning the garage. Yep. How fun is that. We have to clean the garage because there is SO MUCH CRAP in it that Darling hasn’t been able to park in it for almost a year. Thankfully, the minivan has sliding doors or the kids would be trapped when I pull in.

I think I mentioned in another post that I took a load of donations to the local Goodwill drop-off location and then swung by Target. To get more, different stuff. Argh! A painful, pointless cycle.

I understand that part of this is because the children are growing and move on from crib’s to beds, one size of clothes to the other (like, weekly), toys aren’t used anymore, etc. Oh, and people need to eat and Toddler will complain about the whole lack of clean diapers if we run out.

But part of it is a) because my Darling is a SAVER of things, and b) God thinks it’s fun to put a SAVER with a TOSSER.

We’ve been married long enough for me to (mostly) get off his back about the stuff he saves. AND (because he is going to read this and protest if I don’t mention this) he has come a long way. He has tossed LOTS of stuff over the years. Much of it has ended up in the garage…..but I digress..

We live in a day and time when our culture is very in-tune to organizing, being green, etc. I see that getting rid of unwanted stuff is really a service to the common good. As well as my own personal mental health. And the health of my marriage.

I am also writing this post because I totally don’t want to go help in the garage and I am using you all as a delay tactic. I suggested we use the technique that all those home shows do and just take everything out of the garage to start, but I honestly don’t think our yard could accommodate it…that and everyone will think we are having a garage sale. Hmm…that may not be a bad idea….whatever sells we don’t have to haul off or deal with….will ponder…

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