Going Through Clothes

Seasons change and so must we.  Time to put away the summer clothes and transition into fall clothing and start breaking out the winter clothes.  

Now's the perfect time to look at clothing items and ditch the ones that no longer fit or are no longer in style, which seems to fit the description of most of my wardrobe.  I really am a simple person.  If is still has good wear in it I will wear it, if not out it goes. 

Great Grandmother's Cedar Chest seeing the light of day

I have brought out the long sleeved T's, sweaters, heavier pants and warm woolly socks. It turned quite chilly here over the weekend which prompted the change.  I have a closet to go through but have cleared my the top of my cedar chest which seems to be a catch-all.  

I have several pairs of Army issued pants that I keep to remind myself that, that is size I want to get back down into.  Great camping pants and shorts.  I used to be that size and I promise I will be again.  It's a goal.  Besides those suckers wear like iron.  I don't know what they're made of but you just can't wear them out.  

I have several sweaters I need to fix and clean before I wear them again.  What's that you said? "When are you going to do that"? Soon, as I have a fair bit of mending I need to do, not only for myself, but for my daughter as well.  Just need to set up the sewing machine and get to it.  Maybe tonight during the football game.  

As I have been told by countless others take 15 minutes chunks of time and clear a area.  You will be amazed as to how much you can get done.  

Now I just need Dave to go through his stuff, easier said than done.

444 days and counting...

Yes...We Are Still Among The Living...

When I looked at the countdown meter today I realized that it had been over a half a year since I last posted, I was shocked that so much time had gone by without so much a word being posted.  We are now at 449 days and counting. Heaven help us.

More stuff came into the house this past week, ugh!  Dave, Ned's daughters and colleagues went through Ned Hockman's storage locker to clean it out.  Years and years of film, slides, posters, cameras, photos, frames, prints, photography equipment and general stuff. Ned was "the film guy" and a David Ross Boyd Professor of Journalism at the University of Oklahoma. Ned was a combat photographer during WWII and the Korean Wars, made training films with Ronald Reagan, knew everyone in Hollywood and an all around interesting guy with many a story to tell.

We did however gain some great containers and crates for the trailer.

But I digress...Ah yes, more stuff in the house.  George Carlin said it all when he said this...

Could not have said it any better!

Dave has been cleaning but in all earnest we both need to start tackling areas together. I have been bringing boxes home to pack things up in for the "sale", however I think we will tackle the house, shed and garage in zones.  This might be easier to get things sorted.

But for now we plug away with the end in sight. I will say this...When we started on our journey to go full-time we started with 2001 days. Where in the heck did that time go?
In all truthfulness it's called procrastination. Now it's down to crunch time and we don't have a plug nickle to show for it. Well that's about to change. Watch what we get rid of over the winter...

See ya when we get out there...