Junk

[lavender]

 

[Xander]

Uhm Lavy

How are we supposed to respond to that??

Clutterbag...okaaayyyy LOL

 

[lavender]

 

[morninggirl5]

For the past ten years, I have moved every 3 years or so, giving me a natural opportunity to get rid of some stuff. I bought a home in 1998 so it's now been three years that I've lived here. I realized the other day that I need to "move" so I can purge my home and start over. It would probably be a good time to just chuck the boxes that haven't been opened yet.

 

[Xander]

I thought maybe you would talk about something you have an abundance of. Or if you throw things away all the time to keep your "stuff" at a minimum.

Are you a clutterbug or not?

Okay...uhm. Well yeah I guess I am Lavy, but I have thrown out a lot of stuff, and I dont own that much anymore...so the clutter is very limited in my house.

Used to have a shitload of mostly clothes and Marvel comic books. Both which were stratigically spread all over my old house.

 

[batter]

got anything to post on E-bay?
turn your junk into money! (sounds like a commercial eh?)

hmmm...i dont really know how to respond to that.

 

[Aphrodisiac]

I am a very low maintence sort of girl when it comes to every thing in my life. I don't have much junk ... when I move I just need one car trip and I have all my stuff.

The one thing I do keep or seem to have alot of is love letters. I can not seem to throw those away , or rather I would feel bad throwing them away , since he spend time writing to me and all.
Yeah I sound corny.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Books... i have tons of books. I think i may just have every book i've ever purchased. my hallway is lined with shelves that are crammed full... my attic is full of boxes of books... my cedar chest is full of books... god, i'm a nerd!

what else... candles, i have candles everywhere.

lots of lil gargoyles sitting around

windchimes... more windchimes than room to hang them. is it weird to have windchimes inside the house?

 

[Cheyenne]

Are you a clutterbug or not?

If you look up "clutterbug" in the dictionary, my picture will be next to the listing.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Everything I have fits into a three metre room...

I guess no

 

[DejaVu]

PaganCowGirl

You are not a nerd! I think I have the same amount of books that you do, I just can't throw them away.

Gargoyles? I have those too!!

Shoes---tons of pairs of shoes and boots. In four different closets and storage spots.

And cutsie stuff..stuffed beanies and the like.

Oh goodness, I sound 12. LOL

 

[MissVictoria]

When I moved from Chicago to Nebraska, I could only take a carful of junk down- so I significantly reduced my clutter greatly.

However, since then I've managed to amass things at an alarming rate. Particularly books. I have them stacked along the walls, in shelves, in boxes, around the side of my bed... I'd say I easily have two thousand books.

Does that make me a clutterbug, or a bookworm?

 

[sexy-girl]

lavender i hope you havent been chucking any of this useful stuff away ?


after all never know when you might need old jumper that has a hole in back or school work from 3 years ago

 

[Cheyenne]

When I moved from Chicago to Nebraska, I could only take a carful of junk down- so I significantly reduced my clutter greatly.

However, since then I've managed to amass things at an alarming rate. Particularly books. I have them stacked along the walls, in shelves, in boxes, around the side of my bed... I'd say I easily have two thousand books.

Does that make me a clutterbug, or a bookworm?

But from another thread this morning:

I've been pretty much financially screwed ever since I got married four years ago (five on this October the 25th).

This isn't even my computer that I use to come online.

Ah well, here are my tips for living cheaply. Most of them concern food, which was a problem for a long time.

1. A bag of flour goes a long way.

2. To make noodles, all it takes is flour, 1 egg, 1/4 a stick of butter and water. Add all ingrediants into a bowl and add water a bit at a time, stirring until the flour is all soaked up and the mixture is crumbly, but sticks together. Roll the dough out flat, and let it sit for twenty minutes, then cut it into strips with a knife. Drop strips into boiling water... tada! Noodles are filling.

3. If you don't have flour, drink hot water with a bit of dried chili pepper in it. It creates the illusion of being full.

4. Potatos go a long way.

5. When you get money, hide it. Forget where you hid it. That way, when you need it, you have to clean the house to find it, and you get two jobs done at once. *chuckle*

6. If you can't afford toilet paper, take home outdated newspapers from work. Cut into strips and soak in water for a while. Trust me, damp newspaper is better than hard newspaper.

7. Being poor sucks when you have your period. If anyone has a solution for this, let me know. Luckily, I rarely get mine.

8. Be glad you don't have kids. If you do have kids, don't be afraid to use the resources that are available to you. You have a responsibility to keep them fed, sheltered and clothed.


I think I'll stop for now- its starting to depress me. The past few years have been hard, but I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Hallelujah... I can start living like the poor class, instead of the depressingly poor class!

You have 2,000 books but you use old newspaper instead of toilet paper? Hmmmmmm.

 

[Samuari]

OK, I may not want to know

but are those 2000 books cataloged as to which ones will make the best tolet paper, etc. And I thought that even Nebraska had public restrooms...


Clutter Bug? is that a species of pack rat, or a whole different critter. Maybe related to the squirrels that keep stealing my Pecans?

 

[MissVictoria]

I hope that isn't a -serious- suggestion to use my books as toilet paper!

If it is, I'll just say that they are far too important to me to do so. Most of them I inherited from my great grandmother when she died. She was very special to me and I'm rather sentimental about them.

 

[MissVictoria]

Re: OK, I may not want to know

but are those 2000 books cataloged as to which ones will make the best tolet paper, etc. And I thought that even Nebraska had public restrooms...


Clutter Bug? is that a species of pack rat, or a whole different critter. Maybe related to the squirrels that keep stealing my Pecans?

I refuse to walk fourteen blocks to use a gas station's bathroom every time I get the urge to go.

 

[Samuari]

He he he

Just yanking your chain, dear. Although it is hard to rectify the two posts.

 

[Cheyenne]

I hope that isn't a -serious- suggestion to use my books as toilet paper!

No, I meant that it didn't make sense for you to have 2,000 books but be making your own noodles and toilet paper as well as drinking hot water for food. If you're that poor- sell the books for money to buy food and toilet paper. Especially if they are OLD books that you inherited- contact a dealer in old books and see if you have any that are valuable.

You didn't say what other stuff you have "managed to amass at an alarming rate" but I'd suggest that whatever the stuff is, the money would be better spent on food and toilet paper.

 

[MissVictoria]

Rectify? You mean, being poor and having truckloads of books? Not really. People don't value books, and you can obtain them quite easily at very cheap costs... ten cents, twenty five cents. I have every book that has ever been given to me, and every book that I have purchased from every garage sale, thrift store, book store, bazzaar that I have visited. Most of my books were collected before I turned eighteen. They were sitting in my mom's garage in Stromsburg, Nebraska and when I moved back to Nebraska she made me take them out of her garage.

There, a little more about my life history than you needed to know, but its rectified. I think.

 

[MissVictoria]

No, I meant that it didn't make sense for you to have 2,000 books but be making your own noodles and toilet paper as well as drinking hot water for food. If you're that poor- sell the books for money to buy food and toilet paper. Especially if they are OLD books that you inherited- contact a dealer in old books and see if you have any that are valuable.

You didn't say what other stuff you have "managed to amass at an alarming rate" but I'd suggest that whatever the stuff is, the money would be better spent on food and toilet paper.

*points to the end of the post where she says she had seen a light at the end of the tunnel*

I have food and toilet paper now. I can't pay all of my bills, but I am living. Wish I had a car though, would make things easier- the advice was given from my experiences within the last five years- and it was advice that was driven from a few very desperate times that I had. Like all lives, mine has been up and down, and where I am speaking from is the times when I have hit ROCK BOTTOM.

*sigh* Why do I feel the need to defend myself? I'm really touchy about the subject. Sorry.

 

[Rambling Rose]

emergency tampons for MissVictoria and then some...

7. Being poor sucks when you have your period. If anyone has a solution for this, let me know. Luckily, I rarely get mine.

take a length of toilet paper and roll it into a tight tube. tie a 12" length of string or dental floss around the center leaving equal lengths hanging. bend the open edges of the paper roll down to meet each other forming a tight U shape then criss-cross the string down the length from top to bottom, wrapping and tying off the end so that there is a pull cord left. Insert like an OB tampon using your finger. Voila!

Lavy, to answer YOUR question, yes I am a 'collector'. Try this:

pack up a few boxes of knick knacks and clothing and put them in storage for 6 months. If you can remember what is in them after that time, and you still desire to own it, take it back. I did this and the only thing I've missed is a small china moon planter from the 60's. I put away 5 large cartons and that's the only thing that I know for certain is in there! Ebay, here I come.

(Weird Harold ain't the only one with answers! I got 'em too! LOL )

 

[Samuari]

Rose, I love your signiture line. Tera Sancta Guild once had it on a wall plaque in brass and enamel. I bought it and gave it my sister when she was setting up house keeping as a home warming gift. When I looked fro another it had been discontinued. Drat.