The clutter in our house is almost entirely mine. What clutter TCG has is in the basement where no one but him sees it. I do not save boxes though, unles I have an immediate use for them.
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sj - Mar 01, 2015 5:30:14 pm PST #21005 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Ginger - Mar 01, 2015 5:31:24 pm PST #21006 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have boxes and good intentions.
-t - Mar 01, 2015 5:39:48 pm PST #21007 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
After I proclaimed my faith in the microwave pressure cooker I had a feeling that this would be the time it exploded, but it did not! And now I have chili. Nom.
My clutter is all mine. It does not have any reason for being or excuses, it just is.
SuziQ - Mar 01, 2015 5:44:03 pm PST #21008 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
We decluttered a lot when we moved into this apartment almost a year ago. I'm not too concerned about decluttering before the next move, other than trying to convince CJ to go through his stuff.
Separately, someone jacked my debit card number and hit my account for about $1k. My credit union marked it as fraud before I even realized what had happened. But I haven't paid rent yet, so I'm headed to the credit union in the morning to sign the fraud papers and get them to credit the money back.
Since I'll be there anyway, I'm going to see about starting the home purchase pre-approval process. I'm already in knots of nervousness. In so many ways, I'm not ready, financially, for this. But this is my best chance to get into a better financial situation, so I'm going to take the leap.
-t - Mar 01, 2015 5:45:59 pm PST #21009 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ugh on the fraud, Suzi. Good luck with the pre-approval.
Sue - Mar 01, 2015 5:54:37 pm PST #21010 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Ugh, Suzi.
The only good thing about living paycheque to paycheque is that a fraudster have to get me between payday and mortgage day to get any money out of me.
Every once in a while I get all purgey and get rid of stuff, but not as often as I like, or need to.
My hurdle is that I can determine what I want to do with something, but I lack the helpful gremlins who will then take said stuff to the thrift store or the recycling place.
Connie, are there any charities in your area that will come pick up? We have a chain of thrift stores that charities sell to and so there are several who will come pick up your crap.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2015 5:58:05 pm PST #21011 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The amount of boxes in the office (firehazarddeathtrap) would have you believe he has a thriving eBay business.
Make him get rid of all but three boxes.
Dear Tim, you will appreciate the MATH of this. You only get to keep 3x the number of boxes of things you have sold on eBay in the last seven years. That is a super fair number and you have to recognize the validity of it.
Signed,
Your Wife's Mean Friend
Steph L. - Mar 01, 2015 6:12:49 pm PST #21012 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Math is why we only have one oscilloscope, not two.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 01, 2015 6:20:34 pm PST #21013 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My packrat ways resulted in me saving a ton of boxes inside the big box a (long since discarded) office chair came in, which turned out to be very useful in blocking off the wall my cats tried to tunnel through. I really need to find time to go through a bunch of boxes of magazines that I haven't looked at in a decade, though. They represent at least a dozen square feet of floor space that could be open and showing exposed brick.
billytea - Mar 01, 2015 6:30:37 pm PST #21014 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Dear Tim, you will appreciate the MATH of this. You only get to keep 3x the number of boxes of things you have sold on eBay in the last seven years. That is a super fair number and you have to recognize the validity of it.
For some reason, this reminds me of the TV ads I saw in Shanghai.