I've had a very tenuous grasp on the days of the week lately. Every weekday for the past few weeks has felt like a different one.
18 thoughts on “October 27, 2023: TGI?”
Glendale lost to the Mesa Solar Sox 3-2. Aaron Sabato was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fourth) and two runs. Kala'i Rosario was 0-for-4 with an RBI. No Twins pitchers were used.
Felt good to get back on the ice last night. Felt better to notch my first win right off the bat, too.
I'm on the ice today. Freezing drizzle followed by 1-2 inches of snow.
I would be grateful if it were to stay far from Bloomington until at least Saturday afternoon.
Forecast suggests I should be ok getting out. I hope the storm doesn't mess up Denver.
So, I am strongly reminded that I am my parents' child. I need to start winnowing and organizing crap now....
I took advantage of them being in bed this morning to go through piles of papers on a side table here in their apartment to extract (hopefully) paid bills, medical info, insurance stuff, and crap that needs to be thrown out. It was a pile a good 6-8 inches high.
In anticipation of retiring and moving in about eight months, we've been going through a lot of stuff (thanks to Mrs. A--if it had been left to me we still wouldn't even have started). It's amazing how much stuff you acquire over the course of your life, and then later realize is not all that important. We've thrown away a ton of stuff, and have another ton to go. Some of it is stuff I'd like to keep, but then I think, "If I do, it'll sit in a storage tub until I die, and then some unfortunate niece or nephew is going to have the job of throwing it out, so I might as well just throw it out now."
We've been in a mode of subtraction as addition in our house, slowly getting rid of a lot of stuff. It's nice to not have all these things sitting around. I was pretty bad at wanting to hoard a lot of old crap, but I think I'm getting better. Much more willing to just shrug and say, eh, I'm most likely not going to think about this once it's gone. Marie Kondo FTW!
Glad for those of you who are able to do this! I have a hard time with it. My wife has it even harder. We are not to the "later realize it is not all that important" place yet, and we really need to be judging by our basement. We know there is a "some unfortunate [relative] is going to have the job of throwing it out" thing, and we've seen extended family and friends go through this. Yet I fear reality won't hit until we lose a pair of parents. (Thankfully mine did a great culling 10 years ago when they moved.)
My problem is that my parents' culling meant giving thanks to me.
Things
When my parents moved from the farm to town, they threw out absolutely nothing. We found all kinds of stuff they had no conceivable use for and that had not been touched since it was put away when they moved in.
Oh, yea.
I found boxes labeled "North Bend, NE" in the garage. For context, that is where they lived when I was born. They moved a year later. So, nearly 60 years.
yeah, the basement is the first thing that comes to mind for me, too. I was a saver when it came to construction / repair items, and after quite a while I learned that I really didn't have a pressing need for stockpile of hose repair items, spare cable / wiring, plumbing doodahs, etc, and made it a point to swing by ReStore or Goodwill to drop stuff off when out running errands. I have thrown out a few things, but it's good to find a better home where things might be needed instead of the landfill.
Oh, this is a big one for me as well. I've kept things for years because I know someone (in the world) would like to have this thing. Like an old NeXT computer. Kept it for 10-15 years before finally taking it to Best Buy for recycling. eBay is the only way (in my location) to realistically get these things to people, but it's a lot of work and generally is a financial net zero.
So I hate throwing things in the landfill, but for me personally…it'd probably be better if I did a lot more of it. Bleh.
We have taken several bags of stuff to the thrift store in Pierre, and will be taking more.
We did this with my parents when they moved from hutch into a condo in St. Paul. It was a lot, but better than the process of the family exiting the 40 acre farm down near Austin that my mother grew up in. The lumber scrap pile alone (that we burned) was stacked with a front end loader.
Next My father-in-law is a major hoarder (magazines, newspapers, who knows, etc), on top of his actual ‘business’ or painting, repairing and otherwise restoring older cars. His personal home and property up north is basically a dirt and gravel auto junk yard + a house, 3-stall personal garage that he can’t park in, massive workshop that has a paint bay and lift large enough to work on semi’s, three sheds and assorted outbuildings full of cars, frames, chassis, motors, etc. … and the yard with probably 70 vehicles in various states of repair and disrepair. I asked my bil last weekend what the plan was, and he figures he’ll probably end up with it and will spend three years selling, dumping, recycling, and cleaning, just to make the house functional for us to begin doing the same thing with the rest of the property.
You just made me feel much better. Sorry, brah.
On another note, had lunch at Kramarczuk's today. Man, that place is still great.
I had the "New York style" hot pastrami brisket sandwich (a full pound of meat). Ate half. Had a cup of goulash (not their spelling), which was great.
Glendale lost to the Mesa Solar Sox 3-2. Aaron Sabato was 2-for-3 with a home run (his fourth) and two runs. Kala'i Rosario was 0-for-4 with an RBI. No Twins pitchers were used.
Felt good to get back on the ice last night. Felt better to notch my first win right off the bat, too.
I'm on the ice today. Freezing drizzle followed by 1-2 inches of snow.
I would be grateful if it were to stay far from Bloomington until at least Saturday afternoon.
Forecast suggests I should be ok getting out. I hope the storm doesn't mess up Denver.
So, I am strongly reminded that I am my parents' child. I need to start winnowing and organizing crap now....
I took advantage of them being in bed this morning to go through piles of papers on a side table here in their apartment to extract (hopefully) paid bills, medical info, insurance stuff, and crap that needs to be thrown out. It was a pile a good 6-8 inches high.
In anticipation of retiring and moving in about eight months, we've been going through a lot of stuff (thanks to Mrs. A--if it had been left to me we still wouldn't even have started). It's amazing how much stuff you acquire over the course of your life, and then later realize is not all that important. We've thrown away a ton of stuff, and have another ton to go. Some of it is stuff I'd like to keep, but then I think, "If I do, it'll sit in a storage tub until I die, and then some unfortunate niece or nephew is going to have the job of throwing it out, so I might as well just throw it out now."
We've been in a mode of subtraction as addition in our house, slowly getting rid of a lot of stuff. It's nice to not have all these things sitting around. I was pretty bad at wanting to hoard a lot of old crap, but I think I'm getting better. Much more willing to just shrug and say, eh, I'm most likely not going to think about this once it's gone. Marie Kondo FTW!
Glad for those of you who are able to do this! I have a hard time with it. My wife has it even harder. We are not to the "later realize it is not all that important" place yet, and we really need to be judging by our basement. We know there is a "some unfortunate [relative] is going to have the job of throwing it out" thing, and we've seen extended family and friends go through this. Yet I fear reality won't hit until we lose a pair of parents. (Thankfully mine did a great culling 10 years ago when they moved.)
My problem is that my parents' culling meant giving thanks to me.
Things
When my parents moved from the farm to town, they threw out absolutely nothing. We found all kinds of stuff they had no conceivable use for and that had not been touched since it was put away when they moved in.
Oh, yea.
I found boxes labeled "North Bend, NE" in the garage. For context, that is where they lived when I was born. They moved a year later. So, nearly 60 years.
yeah, the basement is the first thing that comes to mind for me, too. I was a saver when it came to construction / repair items, and after quite a while I learned that I really didn't have a pressing need for stockpile of hose repair items, spare cable / wiring, plumbing doodahs, etc, and made it a point to swing by ReStore or Goodwill to drop stuff off when out running errands. I have thrown out a few things, but it's good to find a better home where things might be needed instead of the landfill.
Oh, this is a big one for me as well. I've kept things for years because I know someone (in the world) would like to have this thing. Like an old NeXT computer. Kept it for 10-15 years before finally taking it to Best Buy for recycling. eBay is the only way (in my location) to realistically get these things to people, but it's a lot of work and generally is a financial net zero.
So I hate throwing things in the landfill, but for me personally…it'd probably be better if I did a lot more of it. Bleh.
We have taken several bags of stuff to the thrift store in Pierre, and will be taking more.
We did this with my parents when they moved from hutch into a condo in St. Paul. It was a lot, but better than the process of the family exiting the 40 acre farm down near Austin that my mother grew up in. The lumber scrap pile alone (that we burned) was stacked with a front end loader.
Next My father-in-law is a major hoarder (magazines, newspapers, who knows, etc), on top of his actual ‘business’ or painting, repairing and otherwise restoring older cars. His personal home and property up north is basically a dirt and gravel auto junk yard + a house, 3-stall personal garage that he can’t park in, massive workshop that has a paint bay and lift large enough to work on semi’s, three sheds and assorted outbuildings full of cars, frames, chassis, motors, etc. … and the yard with probably 70 vehicles in various states of repair and disrepair. I asked my bil last weekend what the plan was, and he figures he’ll probably end up with it and will spend three years selling, dumping, recycling, and cleaning, just to make the house functional for us to begin doing the same thing with the rest of the property.
You just made me feel much better. Sorry, brah.
On another note, had lunch at Kramarczuk's today. Man, that place is still great.
I had the "New York style" hot pastrami brisket sandwich (a full pound of meat). Ate half. Had a cup of goulash (not their spelling), which was great.