Packing & Sorting

cuyahogarvr arrives in a few days so we're now frantically working to ensure we have space for his junk precious worldly belongings.

This morning, we rented an 8'x10' climate controlled storage locker at a nearby facility. Various surplus furniture items will be moved there, some kent4str's, some his family's and some cuyahogarvr's. I'm also moving nearly all of our square dance 45rpm records offsite for safekeeping and not incidentally to ensure our rental fees become a business expense. The DC Lambda Squares' sound equipment and other supplies will also likely live there, presuming they (and we) survive the Harper's Ferry Hoedown next weekend.

Many of my antique computers are going to the storage locker as well. I love these old machines but there's no need to clutter our home with them, especially as we try to merge _cuyahogarvr's household into ours.

There are several boxes of materials belonging to the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington DC; we'll be contact them shortly for instructions of where their items may be transferred. In the interim, they go to the newly acquired storage locker.

We have a large number of theater lights and controllers which are going to be donated to the local chapter of the Metropolitan Community Church; they're slated to go away in December but they may go to the locker in the interim to free up the space at home.

A tonne o' stuff is going to Goodwill, including a vast array of old t-shirts and seldom used sweaters, pants and misc household items. Several garbage bags are filled with items too threadbare to be given to anyone else.

I'm finally letting go of an old shirt I've kept for 23 years. Our family home in northern Ontario burnt to the ground February 6, 1984; I came home from high school to find a black smoking crater where my house once stood. I was wearing the shirt in question; it is the only personal item left from my life before the fire. It has been nearly 24 years now and the shirt hasn't been worn in 20. It's time to let it go.

While cleaning out closets and basement storage rooms, we've finally made a measure of our inventories of some items. Thanks to bulk purchases and imperfect remembrance of our household needs, we have 27 rolls of toilet paper, six of paper towels, three packages of 330 napkins, six boxes of 150 sandwich bags, three boxes of 50 quart freezer bags and two boxes of 50 gallon freezer bags. We also have three theatrical breakaway bottles if anyone feels like christening a ship or bopping someone over the head.

Packing & Sorting

cuyahogarvr arrives in a few days so we're now frantically working to ensure we have space for his junk precious worldly belongings.

This morning, we rented an 8'x10' climate controlled storage locker at a nearby facility. Various surplus furniture items will be moved there, some kent4str's, some his family's and some cuyahogarvr's. I'm also moving nearly all of our square dance 45rpm records offsite for safekeeping and not incidentally to ensure our rental fees become a business expense. The DC Lambda Squares' sound equipment and other supplies will also likely live there, presuming they (and we) survive the Harper's Ferry Hoedown next weekend.

Many of my antique computers are going to the storage locker as well. I love these old machines but there's no need to clutter our home with them, especially as we try to merge _cuyahogarvr's household into ours.

There are several boxes of materials belonging to the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington DC; we'll be contact them shortly for instructions of where their items may be transferred. In the interim, they go to the newly acquired storage locker.

We have a large number of theater lights and controllers which are going to be donated to the local chapter of the Metropolitan Community Church; they're slated to go away in December but they may go to the locker in the interim to free up the space at home.

A tonne o' stuff is going to Goodwill, including a vast array of old t-shirts and seldom used sweaters, pants and misc household items. Several garbage bags are filled with items too threadbare to be given to anyone else.

I'm finally letting go of an old shirt I've kept for 23 years. Our family home in northern Ontario burnt to the ground February 6, 1984; I came home from high school to find a black smoking crater where my house once stood. I was wearing the shirt in question; it is the only personal item left from my life before the fire. It has been nearly 24 years now and the shirt hasn't been worn in 20. It's time to let it go.

While cleaning out closets and basement storage rooms, we've finally made a measure of our inventories of some items. Thanks to bulk purchases and imperfect remembrance of our household needs, we have 27 rolls of toilet paper, six of paper towels, three packages of 330 napkins, six boxes of 150 sandwich bags, three boxes of 50 quart freezer bags and two boxes of 50 gallon freezer bags. We also have three theatrical breakaway bottles if anyone feels like christening a ship or bopping someone over the head.

Later that same day...

The garage is now cleared out. Sometime tomorrow, the items ordered from Lowes should be arriving: one replacement bathtub and three replacement toilets, all part of our bathroom renovation project to start in the next couple of weeks.

We have just returned from a trip to our newly acquired storage locker, taking a number of boxes of materials belonging to the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington and DC Lambda Squares, as well as a lot of our personal junk. There are a surprising number of empty shelves in our basement and storage closets now.

The minivan has been completely reloaded with items going to Goodwill. They've been scattered around the house but finally placing them in a vehicle will force us to overcome our innate laziness tomorrow about getting these to the local depot.

Laundry is nearly caught up, thanks be to the appropriate deity. kent4str is finally putting away his clean clothes, some of which have been waiting for weeks for this small consideration.

We've also largely finished our seasonal clothing turnover: summer clothes are stored away in the basement closet while the heavier shirts, sweaters and longjohns are brought up from storage. It's still very comfortable and pleasant outdoors but it won't last forever. Or it will due to global warming, depending on my mood of the moment.

Still to do this weekend:
- ironing shirts;
- deliver items to Goodwill;
- more filing of household bills & documents than any person should ever have to face;
- the remaining laundry, which, mercifully, isn't too bad;
- replacing the secondary light fixture in the master bedroom;
- installing a ceiling fan in the main guestroom;
- eat something besides leftover Halloween candy;
- take one dresser and at least chair to the storage locker;
- taken inventory of stationery supplies for the upcoming square dance weekend and obtain supplemental items where needed;
- more tasks which have clearly escaped my overtaxed neocortex.

Later that same day...

The garage is now cleared out. Sometime tomorrow, the items ordered from Lowes should be arriving: one replacement bathtub and three replacement toilets, all part of our bathroom renovation project to start in the next couple of weeks.

We have just returned from a trip to our newly acquired storage locker, taking a number of boxes of materials belonging to the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington and DC Lambda Squares, as well as a lot of our personal junk. There are a surprising number of empty shelves in our basement and storage closets now.

The minivan has been completely reloaded with items going to Goodwill. They've been scattered around the house but finally placing them in a vehicle will force us to overcome our innate laziness tomorrow about getting these to the local depot.

Laundry is nearly caught up, thanks be to the appropriate deity. kent4str is finally putting away his clean clothes, some of which have been waiting for weeks for this small consideration.

We've also largely finished our seasonal clothing turnover: summer clothes are stored away in the basement closet while the heavier shirts, sweaters and longjohns are brought up from storage. It's still very comfortable and pleasant outdoors but it won't last forever. Or it will due to global warming, depending on my mood of the moment.

Still to do this weekend:
- ironing shirts;
- deliver items to Goodwill;
- more filing of household bills & documents than any person should ever have to face;
- the remaining laundry, which, mercifully, isn't too bad;
- replacing the secondary light fixture in the master bedroom;
- installing a ceiling fan in the main guestroom;
- eat something besides leftover Halloween candy;
- take one dresser and at least chair to the storage locker;
- taken inventory of stationery supplies for the upcoming square dance weekend and obtain supplemental items where needed;
- more tasks which have clearly escaped my overtaxed neocortex.