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Thread #131845 Message #2981338
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
07-Sep-10 - 01:04 AM
Thread Name: BS: Declutter & Accountability Sept 2010
Subject: RE: BS: Declutter & Accountability Sept 2010
Alice, I hope you're getting as much pleasure out of these little painting as we are! May I ask how you're pricing them? You don't need to say here if that is an awkward question, but I'm curious if they're within reach of any of our pocketbooks. I sure like that farmer outstanding in his field. . .
I cooked up a storm tonight. I had the dishes all washed after round one, but then I made my annual ribs and there's another sink full to attack. It was worth it to have my daughter say, when we spoke, "I really like those." Good! I have them here in the freezer - I'll pack them individually in foil, and make sure there is lots of sauce with each one to keep them moist.
The green chile stew is good, but even trying to reduce the recipe I ended up with a lot. A friend has been working on a house remodel for the last two weekends, with several more to come, so I think I'll take a bowl of this over to him in the next day or two. He's my canning mentor. It's nice to be able to send some home cooking to someone who has been too busy for it lately.
One load of laundry finished, another load will go in this evening. I have a really busy week for work this week, but much of it will be done here at home, I hope.
I don't think I'll be doing so much cooking again when it's just me here, but I wanted to try something new (that's a good thing!) and create enough so I don't have to cook as much this week.
Tomorrow I mail a relatively small package, under 1 pound, that brought a very nice sum to my PayPal account, and will move to my next auction items. I have so much stuff around here that needs to go, and maybe the overcast and rain that are predicted will be enough to inspire me to work on my inside the house stuff for a while. When the weather is so nice I tend to head out of doors.
Did anyone else see this Salon article on hoarders? It isn't us, but it is something we always want to keep in mind - I have a room where I have shoved the inheritance overage and I wouldn't want anyone to take a reading on my habits from that room. I love it every week when I can take a whole big trashbag full of recycling stuff to the depot near me. My trash at the curb would be a lot bulkier if I didn't recycle. I think these folks don't know how to recycle. So read the article and congratulate yourselves on simply being modest packrats, and we're all working on reforming ourselves even of that!
SRS