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January 10, 2006
shaking things up 
We had such a windstorm last night. It knocked over the old part of the backyard fence. Luckily, it knocked it into our yard, where it is now leaning against a tree and our flowering tobacco raised bed. It's not a big surprise, as pieces of it have been coming off in other windstorms, but it cracked me up to see this morning.
Well, I'm back on the wagon. Tonight I start pilates again. I'm excited and nervous. I'm hoping it will be dry this afternoon so I can ride the bicycle back home.
The article about the guy who does 100 miles a week is really inspiring. This morning I woke up wanting to walk to work rain or shine. Oh, not only that, but also run some errands along the way! But as usual, I fell into cleaning and decluttering, and that opportunity skated past unnoticed.
Right now, my desire to pare down is really foremost in my mind. I generated a bag and a half of paper recycling last night and this morning, and filled the kitchen & bathroom wastecans. I took a couple bags out to the car. And as I think about it, I really need to do more in the bathroom.
Last night, I went through our bathroom built-in. It's clumsy & giant, and so it's been sort-of a catch-all for anything that might be vaguely bathroom related. And, of course, it was totally full, and not in any sort of useful way at all. I basically did a rough clean on it, pulling out all the empty things like boxes and bottles and travel containers. But it's insane all the crap we, or should I say I (because really, I am the culprit here) have.
When I wear makeup, I wear eyeliner, mascara, and lipstick. (Note the word when—it's still a special occasion sort of thing) So why then did I have 5 compacts with pressed powder, a shaker with loose face powder, and maybe 6 or 7 foundations, 10 eyeshadows, and 7 eyeliner pencils? I put all the non-daily makeup into a bag, which I'll sort through later (though I wish that were right now!). Likewise, there were about three thousand of those little dramatically different moisturizers that you get with the cl1nque special gifts, and again as many hotel shampoos and conditioners.
Most throw things out!!!
Posted at January 10, 2006
Comments
Ohhh, pilates. Let us know how it goes.
Posted by: Liz at January 10, 2006 11:42 AM
If the make-up is old, pitch it! And details about the job you applied for???? :-)
Posted by: neca at January 10, 2006 11:53 AM
I LOVE that clinique moisturizer! I wish I had a billion little ones. It's funny...yesterday, I was going through my make-up bag and I have so much make-up that I never even wear and forgot that I had.
Posted by: Regina at January 10, 2006 11:36 PM
Hey VJ, what ever happened to those raised straw bale gardening beds you made? Did those work out OK?
And now you've totally inspired me to go out and buy a timer so I can do exactly 15 minutes of housecleaning ever day. That would rock my world and probably keep the dreaded end-of-week detritus disaster from happening.
Posted by: Megan at January 16, 2006 3:48 PM