Well, I managed to get more furniture out to the curb today – had a lady stop right away so I helped her load some of it into her BMW. One of my neighbors took the rest which is good because it is sprinkling and lightning out. I’d hate for anything to get ruined.
Packing is a hard thing to do. I’ve got a lot of the things I won’t be using before I go all packed up but that still leaves a lot of things that need packing. Like my canister set. OK, the containers are all full of such things as flour, sugar, rice, etc. What am I suppose to do with that stuff? I suppose throw it all out so I can pack the canisters nested rather then separate. I know I won’t use the stuff up before I move but it seems like such a waste to toss it all – yet most people won’t want it since it is open. {sigh}.
The weather service just issued a tornado watch for our area. It would be poetic to have a tornado come through here hitting the condos after I just had a heated discussion with a board member about our building insurance. It is way too high because we live so close to the water BUT we are not in a hurricane flood zone because we are up on a little hill. But the board member said it was also for tornados…and I said “yeah, like one is likely to hit here”…guess I shouldn’t tempt fate huh?
Baxter is sitting on the couch looking out the window like he is mesmerized by the rain. He was outside enjoying himself before the lightning started but told him he couldn’t be out because he has a metal clip on his collar. It would devastate me if anything happened to the little guy – I simply adore him. I can’t believe how much I love him in such a short time but I do. He is my bud.
Back to packing – I have a lot of odds and ends that need thrown away – amazing how one can accumulate things…such as, I have 3 wine openers – five different plastic stirring spoons – four different hand beaters, etc. I have only one wine glass because the other five in the set broke – I look forward to getting a new set in Iowa. I have five little soufflé cups…like I’ve ever cooked a soufflé in my entire life. Most of it will go to goodwill – just no reason to send it up to Iowa. It is all stuff I can collect again later. Funny but I love cooking utensils even though I don’t really cook. I think it is the idea of creating something. I love charts and lists too…
Speaking of wine glasses…I have a few bottles of wine too…don’t know if I should pack those or give them away. Probably the latter. Lord knows I can’t drink them all even if I had a glass a night. Have two bottles in the refrigerator now – one opened and one not. The refrigerator is another thing that will need tackled down the road but not today. I will have to take the back apart and clean the coils just so I know it is running optimally. So much yet to do…
