Another Hour Down
May 3rd, 2008 - 4:28 pm
I did an hour in the Box Room today. Hadn’t really planned to, but Lin is watching a bunch of boring stuff on TV, and I didn’t have anything better to do. Our 60 gallon trash bin is now full. I guess I will be buying some extra bag stickers this week after all.
The best find today was my tarot cards. In fact, that was the only find today. Found a lot more stuff I determined was flat out trash than not. There’s really starting to big a large area of open floor in there now, and it’s very exciting! I may go poke around in there some more, just because I am bored and seem to be making such progress. I’d like to chop up some more of the empty box collection we have, but it’s best I do that when Lin isn’t around. He appears to be very attached to the idea of having lots of empty boxes around. Why, I don’t know. Does he think we are going to be moving again any time soon? I think not, and if we did, I’m sure we could get new boxes. It isn’t like they have stopped making boxes, and I’m tired of having an attic full of kindling.
The Box Room project is going very well. Better than expected really. It’s giving me such a positive mental outlook on things … like I can do something that seems overwhelming all by myself, even when I don’t think I can. I wish now I had started on it earlier, like when we first moved into the house. But maybe I needed all this time to totally disconnect from this junk, and it all just had to wait until I was ready to face it and finally get rid of it. I seem to be ready to do that now.
I need to go do the dishes before I spend anymore time poking around in dusty boxes. Technically, it’s time for me to start thinking about making dinner. Not sure what I am going to make yet, but it will involve round steak. I am seriously overstocked on round steak right now.
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Good on ya, Orbbo. A purge is as good as a rest. There does come a time when all of our stuff becomes a burden to hold on to — but attachments run deep. I still find myself wishing I hadn’t sold that item before we moved and, yikes, it’s 8 years later now. But, for it all, I’m better off for having gotten rid of most everything, it makes the remaining items more important and there’s that tendency to GO SHOPPING for more stuff I think I really need but don’t — aka — fun!
I might have missed it, but what are the plans for the new room?
Hmmm…
Cat maze?
56″ computer monitor for games and creation?
Studio Orbbo?
Lyn Cave?
Love Nest?
The coolest part, is you’ve made your house bigger without a reno!
Studio. Studio with a futon, so any guests can sleep among my arts and craft supplies. Won’t that be fun for them!
More like an Orb Cave, really. I want to move my computer in there too, as soon as I work out the internet connection.
Oh,and whatever collectibles and memorabilia survives the culling.
It’ll be wonderful. I’m already planning my first trip to IKEA and looking at Home Depot paint chips.
The hardest part is going to be getting Lin to deal with his stuff. I don’t care where it goes, but it’s not staying in there.