Last day of June

As of today, we have one month before we vacate. We'd hoped to go to the flea market to offload some stuff today, but no luck.

It rained. A lot.

In the grand scheme of things, no big deal. I saw photos of major flash-floods from one town over, with people's cars half-submerged. Like I said, it puts not being able to go to the flea market in perspective.

I did finish emptying the bottom of the downstairs closet today, so I've recovered another storage bin and reorganized tools in a smaller bin. I gave each of the kids a trash bag and they filled it with an initial pass in their room. We took four bags to the dumpster today.

We did manage to take a small load of stuff over to The Scrap Exchange. I say 'small load' but it was enough to fill one of their shopping carts to overflowing. They got back some cans of paint we'd bought from them last year, plus some lumber and plyboard, lots of paper and office supplies, some electronic stuff, and all kinds of arts & crafts materials. Mainly, I was happy they took all my wrapping paper. (I say 'all' but who knows what I'll discover in the coming weeks...)

After having bought four suitcases at the thrift store yesterday, I put one of them to use by using space bags my sister had given me a couple of years ago to vacuum-pack all my sweaters. Yes, all my sweaters (compressed) filled a suitcase. It is now in the downstairs closet, ready to go. I won't need them until fall (but the Babaloo assures me I will need them), so they're out of the way.

I also packed all my professional and business casual foldables in a suitcase. The Prowler does have about two feet of hanging space in a small closet at the back, so we'll leave all our suits and blazers on hangers for the move.

After removing 75% of the clothing from my closet, I discovered a large brown suitcase. It wasn't empty. Inside, there was another suitcase. If you're keeping count, we now own seven. 

I also filled two large trash bags with clothing I don't want to take to Arizona. Those are in a laundry basket along with a bin full of household goods and linens for me to take to the donation center tomorrow. I am making progress.

I also spoke to my sister and she does not want/need more books, so I have to decide on a home for five boxes full. She helped me mull it over, and I think I'm going to just skip trying to sell them to the secondhand book store. I could drive over to the one in Raleigh and get a quarter apiece for them, but I'd just as soon take them to the donation center, too, and just get a receipt for taxes.

That's it. I'm done for today. More later.

Oh, wait. Here's a glimpse of the downstairs closet, which is looking much better. Ignore the Babaloo's pants. I'd just finished a load of laundry when I thought to snag a photo.

Tools! (Mostly) empty rod!