Yesterday we donated 7 bags of baby clothes.  We can get rid of a lot more books than we thought since we’re going to get an e-reader sometime this year (maybe the Kindle 2 when it’s released).  It feels really good to just get rid of stuff.  Makes me, the prodigal  packrat, look at things in a new way.  I always wondered how the hell people had really spare & zen living spaces and I just might *get it* now.  Get rid of anything that isn’t needed or used.
Hopefully today’s …

After weeks of workaholism on my part, we FINALLY did some packing yesterday.  Trish purged her wardrobe of many articles of clothing (some 4 garbage bags worth – thankfully the clothing bin at the local FD had room).  We packed one suitcase full of warm weather maternity clothes and stuffed animals until it was 50lbs.  We’re working within the confines of Continental’s checked baggage policy – each of us gets 1 bag checked for free and can add a second for $25.  Each bag can have a maximum weight of …

I’ve been a packrat my whole life, but apparently I want to move to Costa Rica way more than I want my Stuff. Like a stash of old t-shirts – at some point, they were all so precious to me that I couldn’t part with them. A Catholic grammar school t-shirt and a high school sweatshirt – gone. (or rather, sent to Goodwill) And the concert t’s – echoes of a past me.  T-shirts from Van Halen (age 14), Tesla (20-ish) and KMFDM (22-ish) – all …