Jan 15, 2010
That Giant Sucking Sound
Hear that? No. Quiet. Listen. Kind of behind the hum of the refrigerator and around the neighbor shoveling. Hear it?
That’s the sound of stuff—and stress - leaving the house.
Yesterday MsBoyink took the second Roadmaster Station Wagon load of purged stuff to donate to the second-hand store. Included in the load - besides a fair amount of things “sold back” to us by my 11-yo daughter - was a 24” lateral file cabinet that used to hold old records. We’re still shredding the sensitive documents it once held so the project isn’t completely done, but it’s been no small feat and a great relief to lower our file-storage capacity.
There are still many square feet of basement shelves to be gone through - but progress is progress!
As you might imagine - once you decide to take a significant road trip your interest in movies and books suddenly changes. For me the short murder mysteries and Alfred Hitchcock type anthologies on my nightstand are giving way to books with a travel theme. While many of them are purely factual - the top 20 National Parks, How to Full Time in Your RV, etc - MsBoyink also picked up a copy of 
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