(no subject)
Jul. 22nd, 2016 03:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckAnd, instead of writing, I’m using my day to sort more junk from the basement. I’m finding lots of markers that don’t work, shoes for dolls Cordelia no longer owns, tubes of lip gloss, paper doll clothes (but not the dolls), and pencils in various states of usefulness/lack thereof.
I’m throwing out Cordelia’s finger knitting bits and pieces. None of them are longer than about eight inches, and I can’t think of anything to do with them but let them collect dust.
There are about five partial decks of cards (are those recyclable?), and I’ve got in hand right this moment a necklace that originally had a vial of sparkly purple 'fairy dust.' I think there was something about the fairy dust granting wishes, but I don’t remember for sure. The vial is now empty, and the stopper’s missing. If I had the stopper, I’d think that some parent might want to refill it. Maybe someone could improvise a stopper? It’s nice enough that I don’t really want to throw it out.
I’m putting aside the markers that work well and the crayons that are still sharp for donating to the school in September. The better quality pencils may go that way, too, but I want to be picky. Maybe the hexbugs should go to the school, too. I’m less sure about that. One of them works fine, but the other is missing part of one of its four legs and so can’t actually walk.
There’re a bunch of necklaces. One or two of them are technically mine (but never worn) and things I thought were in my wooden jewelry box. Of course, I haven’t seen that box in many years, possibly since before Cordelia was born (I don’t wear jewelry). I’m pretty sure I had it stashed somewhere in the basement, so Cordelia finding it is not beyond the realm of possibility. I’ll have to ask her because there are couple of family things in there that I would prefer not to lose.
I’ve got a few pretty beads. I’m not sure there are enough of them to bag and donate or give away, but I really hate to throw them out. I guess I’ll put them in a ziploc as I find them and see how many there turn out to be when I’m done.
(I’m mostly writing this as I steel myself to deal with the grit and dust that’s mixed in with this stuff. Reaching in and pulling stuff out is unpleasant. I’ve also seen a couple of spiders in there. I’m not out and out afraid of spiders, but I prefer to give them space to do their thing.)
I’m throwing out Cordelia’s finger knitting bits and pieces. None of them are longer than about eight inches, and I can’t think of anything to do with them but let them collect dust.
There are about five partial decks of cards (are those recyclable?), and I’ve got in hand right this moment a necklace that originally had a vial of sparkly purple 'fairy dust.' I think there was something about the fairy dust granting wishes, but I don’t remember for sure. The vial is now empty, and the stopper’s missing. If I had the stopper, I’d think that some parent might want to refill it. Maybe someone could improvise a stopper? It’s nice enough that I don’t really want to throw it out.
I’m putting aside the markers that work well and the crayons that are still sharp for donating to the school in September. The better quality pencils may go that way, too, but I want to be picky. Maybe the hexbugs should go to the school, too. I’m less sure about that. One of them works fine, but the other is missing part of one of its four legs and so can’t actually walk.
There’re a bunch of necklaces. One or two of them are technically mine (but never worn) and things I thought were in my wooden jewelry box. Of course, I haven’t seen that box in many years, possibly since before Cordelia was born (I don’t wear jewelry). I’m pretty sure I had it stashed somewhere in the basement, so Cordelia finding it is not beyond the realm of possibility. I’ll have to ask her because there are couple of family things in there that I would prefer not to lose.
I’ve got a few pretty beads. I’m not sure there are enough of them to bag and donate or give away, but I really hate to throw them out. I guess I’ll put them in a ziploc as I find them and see how many there turn out to be when I’m done.
(I’m mostly writing this as I steel myself to deal with the grit and dust that’s mixed in with this stuff. Reaching in and pulling stuff out is unpleasant. I’ve also seen a couple of spiders in there. I’m not out and out afraid of spiders, but I prefer to give them space to do their thing.)
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2016-07-22 08:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-22 08:46 pm (UTC)I don't want to start washing stuff until I've got everything to be washed in one place, so I'm stuck with all of that stuff in the living room until I'm done sorting.
After that, I think it's just shelving books (and dealing with whatever I uncover or weed out in the process) and probably some sweeping and dusting.