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May. 21st, 2016 07:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI’m taking steps to try to get a few things out of the house. I offered Cordelia’s Girl Scouting book free on the local parenting elist to anyone willing to come pick it up. I’m hoping that it’s still usable given that it’s only three years old. It’s been about three hours with no takers (and nobody telling me it’s too old to use), but it’s Saturday. Nobody much reads the list on Saturday.
I also emailed some friends with a young daughter to see if they want any of the games that we’re getting rid of. At least three of the games are aimed at age five, plus or minus, so it’s long past time we got rid of them. The little girl in question is only two, so her parents may not want to keep these things for the year or three before she’d be ready. If those folks don’t want the games, I’ll offer them to another friend who has boys in elementary school. I think both of those boys are too old for the aimed at five year olds games, but asking can’t hurt (and I can’t remember exactly how old the younger boy is). We’ll donate the games if none of our friends want them, but I wanted to offer to them first.
At this point, I’ve gone through half of one of the two tubs of crap in the living room. I’d say that about 1/3 of it is old school work of Cordelia’s. She told us that we don’t need to ask her before we get rid of this stuff (mainly meaning the games), but it’s her stuff. Admittedly, she hasn’t touched any of it in at least three years and quite probably longer, so it’s not likely that she even remembers she owns any of it. I just feel like thirteen might not be too old for something like her Sorry game and like she should be consulted.
There are some things that have turned up that we definitely want to keep and that we’re trying to find a better home for— Primarily our wedding photos at this point, but I’m sure there will be other things.
I also emailed some friends with a young daughter to see if they want any of the games that we’re getting rid of. At least three of the games are aimed at age five, plus or minus, so it’s long past time we got rid of them. The little girl in question is only two, so her parents may not want to keep these things for the year or three before she’d be ready. If those folks don’t want the games, I’ll offer them to another friend who has boys in elementary school. I think both of those boys are too old for the aimed at five year olds games, but asking can’t hurt (and I can’t remember exactly how old the younger boy is). We’ll donate the games if none of our friends want them, but I wanted to offer to them first.
At this point, I’ve gone through half of one of the two tubs of crap in the living room. I’d say that about 1/3 of it is old school work of Cordelia’s. She told us that we don’t need to ask her before we get rid of this stuff (mainly meaning the games), but it’s her stuff. Admittedly, she hasn’t touched any of it in at least three years and quite probably longer, so it’s not likely that she even remembers she owns any of it. I just feel like thirteen might not be too old for something like her Sorry game and like she should be consulted.
There are some things that have turned up that we definitely want to keep and that we’re trying to find a better home for— Primarily our wedding photos at this point, but I’m sure there will be other things.
