trashed.: Day 5: Christmas storage boxes

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Day 5: Christmas storage boxes

We've been using these boxes to store our ornaments. They're pretty, but they don't play nicely with the other boxes in the basement. We kept them around because they had sentimental value...but we were kicked to the curb by the artiste sometime in 2009, so we finally decided to stop feeling awkward about putting them on Craigslist. Still makes me a little sad, though.

DESTINATION: The boxes will enjoy a lovely retirement at the shore -- a local guy bought them for his cousin's beach house. Our ornaments now live in a nondescript but stackable Rubbermaid. Order is restored.

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Kara is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Glamour, Marie Claire, Penthouse, J-14, Twist, Girls Life, HGTV.com, and on the front pages of Yahoo, MSN, AOL and more. She's also a portrait photographer and mom to two awesome boys. Her favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip.

George is a mechanical engineer who's developed everything from designer chairs to space shuttle parts. (I think that's right. Kara is writing this while George is asleep.) He loves home renovations, cars, and UFC. He is the father to the same two awesome boys. He sometimes dumps Tabasco in a can of garbanzo beans and calls it lunch.

a few house rules...

...better known as excuses designed to make our lives easier.

1) If we throw something away on Thursday but don't get a chance to post until Friday, it counts.

2) If we get rid of a few things at once, we can post them one at a time over the next few days. It's our stuff and we want to give it a proper send-off. Besides, we can't tell craigslisters, "Can you come tomorrow instead? We're all blogged-out today."

3) Sometimes we'll throw a pile of crap out and count it as five days' worth. Sometimes we'll throw a pile of crap out and call it one day. Both are fine, because we make the rules.

Rules subject to change when we feel like it.