2012 is the year I'm going to get things done. First order of business is to try to declutter my condo. By that I mean get rid of all the things I don't need or no longer use - ie, the records and dishes that I have had in my house for the TEN years since my father passed away. (Can't believe it's been TEN years, but I digress).
Opportunities come up occasionally and I'm trying to take advantage. I gave some really nice skirts to Zamir's manager - she said she LOVES hand-me-downs and these were really nice, but she is a tiny woman and they were too big, although they looked pretty tiny. I hope she can pass them along as I don't want them back.
Today I got an email that WCUW is having a used record sale on Jan 28. I'm going to go through all my records (including all those aforementioned records of my dad's) and see I have some I can bring out to Worcester before the sale. I mean, if I haven't done anything with them for 10 years, what am I waiting for??? Some did go to the library book sale awhile back, and I'm sure they gave them away. I have my $25 ION usb turntable, which isn't top of the line, but has worked pretty well so far for digitizing some cuts off of some old Israeli records. I don't care about the others. I need them out of my house.
From the way people on the Melrose Freecycle list get rid of things, they must have the cleanest houses you could imagine. I have given away some odds and ends on Freecycle - that Dalek clock I got in a Yankee swap, my old camera and some other techy stuff, some boxes of haircolor, a couple bottles of makeup, and I gave away a couple things to women I met on Flylady. I'm glad that clutter is gone, but there is still so much more!
In return, on Freecycle, I got Alan a nice Cuisinart coffee maker and a brand new George Forman grill. I also got a cool looking old table radio. I'd rather have larger items that we can use than all the little things taking up space.
Alan keeps giving things to Big Brother/Big Sister. I also have given them some things, but it still seems that there is so much here... Not all things can be recycled. I have books, CDs, DVDs, VCR tapes, records, and paper paper paper. Oh, and about 300 cassette tapes that no one wants. Someday maybe I can digitize cuts off those too.
