My wife and I have decided that we need to simplify things around the house...to make things easier on both of us while she continues her recovery from brain surgery (doing great...each day brings her closer to a full recovery). To get things started in that direction, this evening I am tackling my office/flight room/collection of stupid stuff room. The closet was a total disaster! Going through it, weeding out the "good" junk from the plain old run-of-the-mill junk. The "good" junk contains items such as a 1923 edition of "The Crisis", a book about the US Civil War written by none other than Winston Churchill; a two-volume set of training books from the 1950s, dealing with Jet Propulsion and Electronics (Official USAF training manuals); the overalls, high altitude flight suit, knee board and flight helmet of one Major Young, USAF...circa early 1960s; a 1940s era Elgin wrist watch (sans strap) that still runs and keeps great time; a 1930s era ladies wrist watch (also sans strap) done in platinum..not sure if it runs or not..just wound it to find out; and an assortment of old spoons...mid-1800s and early 1900s...souveneir spoons mostly...worthless but interesting none the less.
I have been working on this one closet for nearly 3 hours and still not done! And the closet is only 6 feet by 4 feet! Oh my freaking gosh! Never realised just how much JUNK I had drug home from yard sales, flea markets, thrift stores and other places.
I might have the office/flight room/junk room done by mid-afternoon sometime next year, then I can start on the rest of the house :help:. I dread opening the double sliding doors to the bedroom closet and delving into that quagmire.
Simplification is great in theory, but horrible in practice. So, to all the gents out there...if your wife ever looks at you and says, "Honey, we need to simplify our lives"....run, run far far away and don't look back.
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I have been working on this one closet for nearly 3 hours and still not done! And the closet is only 6 feet by 4 feet! Oh my freaking gosh! Never realised just how much JUNK I had drug home from yard sales, flea markets, thrift stores and other places.
I might have the office/flight room/junk room done by mid-afternoon sometime next year, then I can start on the rest of the house :help:. I dread opening the double sliding doors to the bedroom closet and delving into that quagmire.
Simplification is great in theory, but horrible in practice. So, to all the gents out there...if your wife ever looks at you and says, "Honey, we need to simplify our lives"....run, run far far away and don't look back.
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