Who can pass on a great bargain? If I come across something I like and is in great shape and the price is right, I'll buy it. I've done that with books, cloths, household and hobby items, etc. until the shelves are full and the drawers are full.
Now there are some items that I use a lot and I can justify getting it and I have no intention of getting rid of it... but I realized that I've been storing a lot of stuff for future use like books I'll never read, or already read, things so I've been on a decluttering mission and today I filled up my van and I mean filled it up with boxes after boxes and took it all to Value Village drop-off centre. It's amazing how much space that it has freed and it feels good. Last Friday I cleared a whole bunch of ceramic bisque and that felt good too. I never took pictures of all the boxes I packed in my van today but it was a lot.
There will never be enough time to do all the things we would like to do and before you know it we are getting old rather fast. Man, it just springs up on you and then you realize that you'll never catch up. Too much stuff weighs on a person wether you realize it or not because it makes like less manageable.
I have an old paper shredder that I bought secondhand when I had my ceramic business and I shredded newspapers to pack the fragile greenware for customers and it shred paper so fine and I love this baby. This week I've gone through years of personal papers, road maps etc and I shredded papers to my heart content.
See how fine it shreads. It's an old shredder used by the RCMP years ago. It's very noisy and very heavy duty.
This is just a sample. I filled three big clear bags today and I ran out of bags. It will all go to recycle.I have many garbage bags filled with shredded paper but I'm not sure if they will take them in black plastic bags. They may have to be transferred into clear bags later.
We have run out of shelf space in the office and have to put boxes under the desk and table and that makes it almost impossible to clean the floor.
We still have to go through office papers and oh boy, that's going to be a huge job. That's for another time.
After delivering my boxes today, I went to pay for the scratched paint repair job on the guy's truck fender and it cost me less than the guy had quoted me. He had quoted me a bargain because I was a customer for $395.50 tax included. When I went to pay the collision centre that did the work for the dealer and they charged me $349.99 tax included so I had a saving $45.51
In my rush to post I almost forgot about the thoughtful Valentine I unexpectedly got in the mail this week. It arrived at the right moment when I had been feeling down and it brought a big smile on my face. Kim from
My Field of Dreams is such a sweet and thoughtful blogger friend and this is the second presents that she has surprised me with. Thank you so much for brightening my day. You are a real treasure. I'm sending you love and hugs for now.
The wind is blowing and it feels colder tonight.
Stay safe and warm.
JB
