Out of the closet
For those of you who think my life is super-exciting now that I'm not working, I'd like to make you feel a little better. I spent most of Day 2 of My Unemployed Life . . . cleaning out closets.
I started with the Linen closet, which is on the other side of the house - the side where S's Mom stayed for two years, before she moved out last November. I took everything (and I do mean everything) out of the linen closet, and then I took a sort of inventory. The result was quite shocking: we had about 10 sets of towels in six different colors, at least seven sets of sheets, and perhaps a thousand blankets in various conditions from brand new to mostly shredded. And those were just the linens . . . in the Linen closet.
The home improvement TV shows on the topic of "Organizing 101" -- you've seen 'em -- suggest dividing things up into piles: Keep, Toss, and Donate. So this is what I did. I only kept two sets of towels. The jury's still out on the sheets. Most, though, will go into the Donate pile with the towels.
A few other things I found in the linen closet:
So this is how I spent my day. Admittedly, I would rather be sitting on the sofa catching up on Season 2 of True Blood "On Demand" and playing Farkle, Bejeweled Blitz, and Sorority Life on Facebook -- which is what I did on Day 1 of My Unemployed Life. But there are more closets to clean, and probably more bones and dimes to find. Therefore, I'll be doing more of the same tomorrow.
I started with the Linen closet, which is on the other side of the house - the side where S's Mom stayed for two years, before she moved out last November. I took everything (and I do mean everything) out of the linen closet, and then I took a sort of inventory. The result was quite shocking: we had about 10 sets of towels in six different colors, at least seven sets of sheets, and perhaps a thousand blankets in various conditions from brand new to mostly shredded. And those were just the linens . . . in the Linen closet.
The home improvement TV shows on the topic of "Organizing 101" -- you've seen 'em -- suggest dividing things up into piles: Keep, Toss, and Donate. So this is what I did. I only kept two sets of towels. The jury's still out on the sheets. Most, though, will go into the Donate pile with the towels.
A few other things I found in the linen closet:
- 1 chew-bone (I'm assuming this belongs to one of the doggies? I hope so, anyway.)
- 1 dime (for my friends outside the USA, that's a ten-cent coin).
- 2 unopened packs of energy efficient light bulbs, and assorted sizes of light bulbs loose in a box.
- About two million bars of Dove soap -- you know, the Sam's Club special.
- 1 Ladies' Size 8 Naturalizer sandal. I'm assuming this belongs to S's Mom, but no idea where the other one is.
- An attachment for the Dyson vacuum cleaner that went AWOL about three years ago.
- Several containers of cleaning products, some opened but most unopened and still sealed.
So this is how I spent my day. Admittedly, I would rather be sitting on the sofa catching up on Season 2 of True Blood "On Demand" and playing Farkle, Bejeweled Blitz, and Sorority Life on Facebook -- which is what I did on Day 1 of My Unemployed Life. But there are more closets to clean, and probably more bones and dimes to find. Therefore, I'll be doing more of the same tomorrow.
