Some guys just have to brag!A friend currently traveling, came upon this rig at a hotel he was at. I thought it was hilarious, as did he. I said he should send it to Leno! HA!
So it's been a few days I know... things are going much, much better. It was sunny and warm with one or two rainy days but still...
This morning The-Not-So-Great-White-North messed with our heads... again... I awoke to a sound I couldn't quite get a handle on right away. Then I realized my furnace had kicked in!
As a sometimes, "sadistic-to-myself" kind of person, I called Time & Temp. It was 33 degrees with a windchill of 20 something. It reached almost 70 degrees yesterday. It's a whopping 49 degrees now and it's past lunch. Weather here can be cruel.
I had intended to wax poetic about how green my lawn turned almost overnight and how my lilies are more than a foot high and the lilacs in my yard have their tiny little buds of the flower bunches that look like tiny clusters of grapes.
Yeah, well I think I'd wax a lot more if it was 70 flipping degrees again! AGH!!
So... back to other humorous things.
I have begun to clean my basement. And for those of you I know that just fell out of your chairs, sorry, I hope you didn't hurt yourself.
All packrat banter aside, I am really serious about this project. It more than likely has something to do with all the stuff I'd have to deal with if say, my basement were to flood. Not that it will... it's just that the introduction of a washer & dryer recently, ups the ante.
The biggest problem is "compartmentalizing". This mainly means what categories do these items fall into?
A) This is a great item that will be cherished by future family members, not unlike I do, because they were my Mom's, Grandma's etc.
B) Is it really necessary to hang onto this so maybe one of the young relatives could use it in their first dorm room or apartment?
B & 1/2) Will this same item fall into their "Cool retro" or "What the hell am I going to do with this piece of crap?" sub category? (Addendum to part B&1/2: Remind yourself that your idea of cool retro is most likely a "What am I..." etc. item. Toss accordingly.)
C) If I save this item... one that is a sentimental/fond remembrance to me, will it mean the same to someone else if I die? (Sub category: When did I last "fondly remember/view it"?)
D) Could this item best be served as something the local Battered Women's shelter could use to get someone back on their feet?
E) What is this? Who did I get it from and why? Why am I keeping it?
And finally,
F) Professional movers were made to move this!! What was I thinking!!!!!!!!
My greatest fear right now is whether or not I am going to be able to actually classify categories objectively...
...to your average person, being able to do this is generally the reason you clean your basement...
...and you assign categories so you know what to keep....
... because you need to clean...
...except when you can't classify categories...
...because you...
Okay, nevermind...
I have a headache now so I'm going to take a nap instead of going back down to the basement. Maybe I'll dream up a better solution.
I said it before and I'll say it again... it's all about rationalization.
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