Losing things in the mess

Just when I think I’m about to run out of things for eBay, I uncover another box of stuff that I’ve been saving to sell.  Like peeling an onion.  Listed 8 things last week and sold 3 of them.

Today I was looking for a CD that I made last year.  It wasn’t in the usual pile of CDs or DVDs.  So I started looking through desk drawers, and sifting through piles of old mail.  Searched the same piles more than 3 times, but still not there.  Then I was moving stacked boxes so I could look inside them to see if I had CDs stored anywhere else.  Had to lean against the wall with one hand at an angle, while moving stuff with the other hand reaching down.  Could not stand next to the boxes because of all the stuff on the floor.

I hate it when I know I have something but can’t find it.

Unfortunately did find a box of glassware that I thought had already made it out of this room.  Ugh – now I need to deal with getting rid of it (again?).

There’s also a VHS tape that I have been looking for in my piles of stuff for a couple of months.  I feel sure it’s still here somewhere because I haven’t sorted through any videos yet.  It was a dubbed copy of another video, so maybe it’s here but I didn’t label it clearly?

In-Between Items Out the Door

Some items do not fit into the KEEP TOSS SELL framework.  I don’t use or love them, so I shouldn’t keep them.  They are not garbage, so I won’t toss them.  Their monetary value is low enough that it’s not worth trying to sell them on eBay or Craigslist.  They are In-Between items.  I had a box of them collecting on my floor.

This past week someone asked me if I had anything that could be donated to a local charity that was doing a garage sale to raise money.  This is an excellent use for the in-betweens!  A few more things were found by rifling through some other boxes.  I also gave her stuff that I had tried to freecycle without success.  There was some hesitation on whether or not to give away some items that I was on the fence about.  A couple of these made it into the box of donations.

I didn’t donate everything though, there were a few things I felt compelled to take back.  One T-shirt that I won’t wear but feel embarassed about donating because of the slogan on it.  A mechanical calendar gadget that used to be on my grandfather’s desk.  A small set of vintage plates that I can’t part with yet.

She was thanking me for donating to the cause, but I felt very thankful as well for a chance to move some things out of here.  Things that I didn’t know what to do with.