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So true! Hey, maybe tomorrow I'll toss both of the dead DVD players. What a thought!

I almost posted about this very topic today. I've been obsessing about purging the house for the last week or so...

sarah, all week i've been holding things and asking myself, "exactly what thought process led me to put this in a box, or a closet, or a cabinet instead of straight into the trash?"

i mean, there are so many uses for the old microwave that looks like it was used to do science experiments, the non-rewinding vcr, the lid from the camping cooler that we lost three years ago! it's a psychological exercise, that's for sure, looking at this detritus that i thought was somehow not ready to be binned.

amy - spring cleaning season, right? i don't get the urge every spring, but i sure have it this year!

william morris, truly a man after my own heart (in fact, when i first set up my blog i had that same quote up top!). i thought of you today at barnes & noble - they had maira kalman bookbags :)

molly!! you are working against me when you send me to bn to buy my 27th bookbag! ;^)

i would like to claim an allegiance with wm morris, but honestly, since i own 7 ashtrays yet have never smoked, i have to admit i'm not following his philosophy to the letter.

i'll take the VCR.

fer my kollection.


thx.


xoxo

ah, to purge is divine (must let go)!

e, remember those $30 rewinders in the shape of sports cars? the ones that were supposed to save the wear and tear of rewinding on your $200 vcr? r. o. f. l.

mamabird, ah, 'tis. 'tis.

Ummm...yes, we were there this past week in the boys play room. Remote controlled Spiderman with no remote...gone. Puzzles with missing pieces...gone. But it feels good! Oh, so good!

eren, it does! oh, i think i like playroom purging most of all. after all, it's not my stuff. the furtive darting in and out, the dark-green garbage bags, padding the toys with crumpled, discarded drawings so there won't be tell-tale plastic-against-plastic sounds...

good luck staying purged
ps great (vomit) aim kid ;-)

Lori, i can never miss your comments section.

took two big bags out of my girls' room yesterday and added a new bedside lamp. they did a little dance before bed. less is more in every way.

susana, it's teaspoon vs. ocean tide, but i struggle onward. ;^)

molly, i have never seen anyone get as attached to every. single. thing. as my sons when i approach with the big bag. "nooooo, this bent and spindled pokemon card is my faaaaavorite!" i have to go in when they're out of the house, half-spy, half-thief. and just like your girls, they love it when their space is cleaned out! they just resist the process. i have no idea where they get that from.

I get to that fifth step so often, especially when I'm tripping over everything in our tiny apartment...

I had something really funny to tell you, but now I forget...I'm blogging and watching TV at the same time. Don't tell my kids.

And the VCR rewinder??...yes, good memory. It sure was loud, wasn't it??

great and hilarious list of inspiration for discarding!

lol, thanks kelly ;^)

molly, well, when you remember, then you can tell me. ;^) and YES it was SO loud. lol