Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Cleaning house

Have hauled 2 carloads of stuff to the women's shelter and a second-hand place. Another load to go to a friend who sells used clothing and another load to the 2nd hand place.

And I'm barely getting started.

If I haven't worn it or didn't know it was there? It's gone.

If I've been keeping it for sentimental reasons? It's gone.

If I've been hoping I'll fit back into it? It's gone.

If it hasn't been used in 2 years or more? It's gone.

After the current auction on eBay is done? I'm gone from there.

Setting up a store on a site called eCrater. More flexible, it's free (for now) and traffic on the site is increasing. I have stacks and stacks of stuff to get listed, too. Am gtting DS2 into the program to take photos of stuff for me. Lots of postcards and printed materials can be scanned.

Have only 3 items of glassware because it's become impossible to guarantee safe delivery. In a shipment lot of 5 different items, at least one will get broken. Doesn't matter how well you pack, stuff arrives in pieces. Doesn't matter if it's the Post Awful or UPS, things gt broken. FedEx is a LOT better but it's hard to get things to the FedEx depot around here.

I'm also in a nasty mood. Had an argument with Himself last night and that just ruins my day. Dammit.

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A hobby cook from the Midwest. Experiments, thoughts, new recipes, maybe even a photo or two... You noticed the pouting little girl with the words superimposed over her face? Growing up in the 60s and 70s the refrain of "there are starving children in [insert current poverty-stricken nation] that would love to have such... etc etc etc." I don't know that anyone actually believed all that but the image of a starving foreign child, holding out a bowl in hopes of being gifted with boiled tongue or green tomato pie, was pretty powerful. I do recall the kind of trouble kids would inevitably be in if they dared to say what most of us thought: "Well, then, send this stuff right on over to those poor, starving [insert country] kids." I don't usually post other people's photos, just my own. If you want to borrow or use one of my photos, I would appreciate your asking first. I usually don't mind but do hate having my work attributed to someone else. By the way, I found the photo of that pouting girl on the web with no attribution. If it's yours? We'll deal, ok? Thanks.
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