my new game

 it's getting crowded in here.

for every yard sale i have intended to have, but don't have time to run....

for everything that is not broken, but we don't actually need anymore...

for everything that i have saved because "so-and-so could use it," but they never received it...

for all the things that i'm certain can't be just thrown in the trash and must be disposed of properly, somehow...

for that effing dump run i have meant to make since i fell down the steps in march...

my house is a mess.  it's time for a lively game of Throw That Shit Out.  quick.  before someone sees this mountain of mayhem and puts my name on the list for that hoarders show.  because it's not like i want to save this stuff forever.  it's just a waste to throw it in the garbage.  a while back it was a money thing; we were gonna have a yard sale to make up some cash we spend on back-to-school.  eh.  over-rated.  that was a lot of effort for very little cash.  not interested anymore.  i have several bags heading to the goodwill...around here somewhere.  i get them all packed up and then run out of time to deliver.  so they sit.  and then they get moved when i "clean."  which means moving the piles around to somewhere i, nor any of my houseguests can see.  which means my bedroom. 

i am currently awaiting a quote from a mini storage place, hoping that if i sign a contract and pay up front for a year, i can get a really good deal.  if they don't go for it, i'll take another place that is cheaper, but more difficult to get into due to the traffic on that road. i want to send away all the camping gear, christmas decor, spare room linens (since we don't have a spare room), old uniforms that i'm required to keep, awesome home-made halloween costumes, fancy cake pans and party decor.... stuff that i DO use, but not often enough to justify moving it around to get the stuff i use weekly.  then i can put the regular stuff on shelves instead of on the floor or in piles.  what a concept!!

meanwhile, on the computer, i've learned that you can mix kitty litter with latex paint and leave the can unlidded in your regular trash.  i didn't know that.  i also learned that you can recycle those green camping propane bottles... just not in maryland.  so they have to be purged and trashed.  such a shame.  i will rid our home of all these useless broken electronics (that someone insists we will get fixed, for whatever reason) on october 2.  the boy scouts are hosting an electronics recycling event from 8-12 at the harford senior center.  they keep the money for the metals taken from inside and i get the crap out of my way.  double w00t.

THEN, when i have found my floors, my shelves, and my walkways (especially the walkway in the storage room and the stairway into the attic), i can bring in contractors to get quotes to get the damn attic done.  i put it off all summer because i could not stand the thought of re-fitting insulation in the broiling attic under the beauty of the mid-atlantic sunshine.  and when the attic is finally turned into bedrooms and storage....

we can demolish the moldy basement.

anybody available on thursdays and/or fridays (depending on my volunteer scehdules, unfortunately) is welcome to show up at the door in grubby clothes at 9am and help me.  -->this is a plea for help. checking email one last time for an update from the mini storage and signing off to hunt down the already packed goodwill bags and load them up.  and then stuff some more.