Purge

I am not a pack rat by any means.  After watching my parents and in-laws clean out the homes of loved ones who have passed and seeing those things that were saved for a later date and never used: I have determined to never do that.  Rather I want to give the things I am not using to others while I can see those items enjoyed, rather then wasting away in a basement somewhere. This has actually been really cool with a few of Little Man's items that have been passed on to friends children.  I also want to give my excess to those who may not have anything; lets be honest, the jeans I wore in high school are never going to fit again.  

Because of this need to purge, after every holiday, birthday and during vacations, those areas that collect items not being used are cleaned out, and a reality check of "Am I ever really going to use this again?" is completed.  Below is my post Christmas pile, ready to make it way to various new homes.  The ice skates were the hard one this round.  I had saved them thinking that some day I would do something with Little Man's first skates (the larger ones had been saved because of pure laziness).  Let's be honest, I am not crafty and they are really just going to collect dust. As I pondered, I realized there are some friends of ours that have a little girl, who is going to be a hockey player weather she likes it or not.  Her parents are fanatics, and her mom a hockey player.   They are very excited about the new skates and this is probably the year she will begin her journey on ice.  I can't wait to watch her skate circles around the boys some day.  There is a great satisfaction in cleaning out the things you no longer need. 

As a little side note, I did make a list of 35 things I want to do in 2014.  I am not sharing them, although I am going to blog about them as I go.  Stay tuned for the first one to be completed.  Hopefully it will be an interesting one.  I'll make a tab on the side for my things and you can follow me in my journey, if you want to.  Don't worry I am not jumping in any frozen lakes this year, it's been done twice, and I have other things to move on to.  All you need to know for now is that there are 35, some are interesting, some have been on my bucket list for a while, and some just need to be done.