Winters here: Time to Downsize

[sarge 0]

Yup! The more time I'm home now and around the house I've found how cramped my space really has become!

How did I accumulate all this shit in the last year?

I have a room I can hardly even walk in because I got shit piled waist high, My refigerator is like a walk down memory lane... "Oh, that pizza I bought last August" or "Hey! I thought I ate that leftover Chinese stuff like back in May?!?" But, poor refrigerator management issues aside.... Geez!! Where the hell did all these clothes come from, Shit!? I thought I gave more stuff away than I acquired in the last year????

I still have Clothes in the original boxes from last X-mas in my car trunk. At the time I thought, "Hey, it might be nice to have a clean shirt in my car or something... just in case," well that "Just in case" never happened and about now I doubt it ever will.

I have jackets and sweaters packed in my closets I haven't worn in 12 years!!

My motorhome has enough provisions stocked away to keep a family of five alive for at least a year after Armegeddon.

For Chissakes I have a (fresh) filled litter-box and I haven't even had a cat in over a year!! ...And!! a five foot snake cage and the damn thing died almost two years ago!!!

I wonder if I'm a Pack-rat, latent survivalist or a just compulsive sentimentalist????

One benefit , I should mention, is that all I have to do is plug the Christmas tree back in.... and.... 'Happy Holidays' I'm in business!!!

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[skybytch 273]

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How did I accumulate all this shit in the last year?

I was asking myself that question a few months ago as I was packing up to move to FL (although it was more like "how did I accumulate all this shit - period!). I solved my dilemma (WTF am I going to do with all this shit?!?!?) by putting it all in boxes and leaving town.

My son has since put said boxes into a storage unit for me. I guess I am gonna have to deal with it someday... but hey! at least I'm not having to trip over it today.

[sarge 0]

Brilliant idea!!!

Oh Yeah!!! I forgot to metion the garage....

Every year I pack a bunch of crap in boxes (I can't seem to just throw away) and pile the boxes in the garage. I swear the fire marshal would shit his pants if he saw my garage!!!!

ie: the perfectly good lawnmowers, weed eaters and chainsaw (that just need some work) Plus!! enough (probably stale gas to fill the tanks of all four motor cycles and one four-wheeler also stored out there!!!

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[champu 1]

I'm graduating in May and I'm going to be moving either to Ft Lauderdale or (fingers crossed) Redondo Beach. Either way I'm dreding the trip back to Chicago to go through all my junk that's sitting in closets and boxes back at my parent's house...

...I do have a winter break coming up where I'll be at home and should have some time to get a start on that. But, let's be honest with ourselves, I'm not going to get anything done.

[skybytch 273]

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Oh Yeah!!! I forgot to metion the garage....

Yeah... well... I didn't mention the shed either....

But my son didn't comment on the shit that was piled in there too! Gosh, I just love that boy.

[kpjumps 0]

Yep, told my parents I'd come back for my stuff too. You know, on vacations and stuff, that was 14 years ago.

Your character will ultimately determine your destiny.

[JustaBill 0]

I believe it was George Carlin that said "A house is just a place to keep your stuff, while you go out and get more stuff" I bet I take 3 truck loads of stuff to Goodwill every year, and the garage is still a mess. Couldn't get the van in there if I had to.

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I've done so much, with so little, for so long
I'm now expected to do everything with nothing forever