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Christmas Cleaning
Dec. 21st, 2004 11:14 pmSome people believe in Spring Cleaning. The ritualistic opening up of house to let the balmy spring winds carry away the decay of winter.
Not me, I believe in Winter Cleaning. Organizing & reorganizing when i'ts too cold, wet, or foggy to do anything outside (and, sometimes, too gloomy to write). This year in particular, I've engaged in pre-Christmas cleaning, to cleanse the house of a couple of years worth of junk before the ritualistic opening of the Christmas presents on Christmas Eve brings new mass into the house.
Thus far: one trip to Goodwill, two trips to Moe's Books' prison donation shed, and one trip to the free clothes box in People's Park. For the most part, unloved books, painful boots, rejected games, and undesired chatchkas have now been removed from the house. In addition: 15 bags of paper recycling in the last 2 weeks, most of those torn down cardboard boxes that have accumulated lately (mostly from my game orders, but also from boxes from Kimberly's mom).
Whew.
Not me, I believe in Winter Cleaning. Organizing & reorganizing when i'ts too cold, wet, or foggy to do anything outside (and, sometimes, too gloomy to write). This year in particular, I've engaged in pre-Christmas cleaning, to cleanse the house of a couple of years worth of junk before the ritualistic opening of the Christmas presents on Christmas Eve brings new mass into the house.
Thus far: one trip to Goodwill, two trips to Moe's Books' prison donation shed, and one trip to the free clothes box in People's Park. For the most part, unloved books, painful boots, rejected games, and undesired chatchkas have now been removed from the house. In addition: 15 bags of paper recycling in the last 2 weeks, most of those torn down cardboard boxes that have accumulated lately (mostly from my game orders, but also from boxes from Kimberly's mom).
Whew.