The PURGING has begun.
Even though it is hotter-than-hell here in the Midwest, the
work continues. There is always
something going on at our house.
Which is the way we like it I guess. J
We have been remodeling/updating the house for quite some
time. Not fast enough from some
people’s schedule, but it works for ours.
As such, things are a bit disordered in the house. This comes primarily from our general
contractor – our 19 year old son, Mark.
But we love him and he is working cheap and he does good work – when he
does it.
The church made an announcement that they were having a
garage/rummage sale. That was
enough to give us the kick-in-the-butt we needed. Bob-O (spouse) tackled the garage.
You know how you need to be in the right mood to really get
rid of stuff?? Well, he was on
Sunday. Out went the sporting good
storage rack, the balls, bats, gloves, soccer equipment and tennis rackets.
Out went the blow up water surfer thingy that we bought to
take “up North” about five years ago when we used to go fishing in the Iron
Range of Minnesota – but we never quite seemed to have room for it in the
SUV. Out went almost all of the
camping equipment, tents, cookware, chairs etc.
We loaded up the SUV right away, so it would be ready for me
to take down to the church on Monday night. I am still hopeful we can round up additional items for the
garage sale, as we need to move out more items from the house. As they say, ‘less is more.’
Purging lightens your load on both a personal and spiritual
level. We put too much attachment
on THINGS and not enough attachment to people and memories.
It was also a time to realize that we are just not as young
as we once were. We do not want to
sleep on the ground outside anymore in a tent. If we go camping again, it will be in a camping trailer of
some kind. We have developed certain
aches and pains that come with age.
So wish me luck tonight with my continued purging around the
house. I need to lighten my load
even more.
Jo
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