i'm on a mission

I have been on a real getting-rid-of-stuff binge. I think I was inspired by a friend

of mine who just moved...she threw a lot of stuff out while she was packing up

her house. Nothing like moving to make you realize you've accumulated and held

 on to far too many things. So far, I've gone through my bins of household decor 

and have six bags of stuff for donation - and that doesn't include the two bags

 I've already taken to Goodwill! 

Today I moved on to the freezer. This upright freezer has been in our basement

for nine years. With it just being Brian and I living here now, this freezer hardly

had anything in it. Just a waste of space and electricity. So I cleaned it out and

it's going up for sale on a local Facebook page.

 I took the few things from the upright freezer and everything out of the small

kitchen freezer and laid it all out on the kitchen table according to meat, bread,

veggies, nuts, grains, etc. so that I could put like items together in the freezer.

 Side note: see that 3 Musketeers bar near the back, left? That's not for me or Brian

 (neither one of us eat those)...it's for mice! We sometimes get mice in our basement 

and I read that mice love chocolate, especially 3 Musketeers candy.  Go figure, right?

 It's certainly worth a try next time we set traps.

 At first I didn't think everything would fit in the small freezer...

but it did. Good thing we aren't big meat eaters.

Speaking of my friend who moved, this is one of my best friends...and she's lived

only a few blocks away from me for many years. She's now over an hour drive

due to a new job. While I'm very happy for her (new job - and a great one!, new

house, new car, dumped the boyfriend, lol), I'm really going to miss seeing her often.

I helped her move into her new townhouse this past weekend and was really impressed

by her new digs. This is the open living and dining room space. You can't see it

in the photo, but there's a beautiful bay window in front of her table and chairs. I love

the two small windows flanking the fireplace. I told her she needs some little plants

in those windows. Her cat, Vieve made himself right at home. The other cat, Barnaby

was terrified and hid under the nightstand in my friend's bedroom all day. Oh - her

bedroom is bigger than my master bedroom and has a walk-in closet the size

of a small bedroom! Her place also has a basement, garage, and a community

workout room and pool. I think she's going to be very happy here.

I'm now back to the basement and back to work. Next order of business is

going through more household decor (tchotchkes, glassware, dishes) lining

the shelving units. Have a beautiful day! 

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