Wow!!! Looks like I'm not alone...maybe we can setup a club and do junk exchange . I managed to clean up some of the things yesterday ... 5 keyboards, 6 dead mouse, 3 floppy disc drive, 4 cd drive, 2 cpu casing, 2 pairs of speakers, a server power supply switch, lots of tin cans, shampoo bottles and icream containers. Feels like a lot was done but it still look the same. We have to dismantle the items and seperate them into plastics, metals, paper, circuit boards and wires. If this is not done the recycling junk yard will just pay a couple of dollars for a truck load. When seperated, they go according to the weight. Sometimes I get enough for a nice dinner for 2. Stratsmom, I'm also looking for the answer!!! Jewell I am!!! Thanks Frank, as long as there is space something will find its way there!!! Eileen, maybe we can trade. You are so right Marlingardener. Looks like we have to evolve eh Jerry? That's a good idea Cherylad, I think I'll plant it with herbs. Yes the aquaponics is still running and I have amaranth and is going to put in some mini bok-choy soon. SusieQ07, all I can say is WOW!!! If I have cabinets and countertops ... I couldn't imagine what they will be like. Marlingardener SusieQ07, WOW!!! again. Toni, my mouse just died on me and guess where it is going to go? Donna S GREAT!!! 8) Philip, the big blue barrel have junks belonging to my wife so I have to follow Marlingardener Rule #2: Never, never throw away anything belonging to your spouse. The other have lots of used golf balls that I found while playing golf over the years. Another have lots of old electrical wire in it. Yes they are very strong. Guess I'll have to empty them out too!
I was so embarrassed when KK and Beckie saw inside our garden/workshop area, but after looking at others I feel like I have already joined the club!
I take recycle in 2 times a month.But right now I can get my Jeep in our 2 1/2 stall garage. Dh side has cage with 15 homing pigeon. Has to put new floor in their house.He lets them fly around for the day- and wait for him to put them to bed.
Have faith, neatness can be achieved! When we moved here there were dozens of mayonnaise jars, an old telephone, bits and pieces of harness, an amazing amount of tin/steel/unidentifiable metal in the barn. After many garbage bags of trash and developing a close relationship with the trash man (cookies, lots and lots of cookies) we finally got the barn cleaned out. Now we try to keep everything expendable, expended! Our barn is not a model of neatness, but at least I can walk through it without tripping over trash!
Chocolate, I was really amazed when I saw the inside of your garden/workshop area because it was really organised maybe not neat. Mine is like a hunting ground and I really have to look for things when I want it. With my memory of remembering things that I had is getting short, sometimes I just forget that the thing that I'm looking for is just not there anymore but I still look for it. After pulling out all the junks I realised that it wasn't there anymore and I just chuck everything back in ... must break that horrible habit!!!
Even though my storage building looks like a mess... I know where everything is. Or at least where it better be! I'm a stickler for having a place for everything and everything in it's place. Hubby on the other hand will just leave tools/stuff laying around. Drives me nuts! But he's learning... if it's MY stuff, it had better be promptly returned to it's proper place. And when he's gone... even for a day... I'm in there straightening up. I can't figure out if I'm just that neat... or too lazy to search for things!
Whilst I'm not 'your' trash man, I can say, Cookies, bottled water, Gatoraide/sportsdrinks, go a long way toward having better than average service. A remembrance during the holidays (Christmas tip) goes even further. Just sayin'.
FBG, you are so right! When I was teaching I learned that the janitor/maintenance person was more important than the principal of the school. Anything went wrong, you called maintenance, not the front office! I try to be super-nice to our trash man, the guy that reads the water meter, and the one who reads the electric meter. They get yelled at all too often, and thanked all too seldom. You ought to see the cookie/bread plates they all get for Christmas and Valentine's Day! And of course they know where they can stop for a refill of their water bottles during hot weather (or coffee thermos during our three or four cold days).
Carolyn you mean you don't get paid for the scrap metal? Here we sell our recyclable materials to the recycle junk yard. You just reminded me of the things my kids had and luckily my wife is in charge of them. They were secretly and cleverly stored all over inside of the house. There are lots of junk inside the house too mostly belongs to my wife and so I'm following Marlingardener Rule #2.
KK, Yes, Kevin takes it to the scrap yard and they pay for it. They only take metal there, no other recyclables. That is why there gets to be such a huge pile. He keeps separating it and piling it up until there is enough to take. I am so glad the neighbors can't see it unless they make a concerted effort to do so.
I immediately thought that perhaps you could build a really interesting planter out of all those legos!
Not in my lifetime. I actually hated all those little things. I never found them fun or was creative enough to build anything other than a square. All I ever did was pick them up, sometimes I got the dustpan and scooped them up. Maybe if I get brave enough I will take a picture of all of them and post them.
Hi Carolyn,..now there is a great idea from Ronni,.. for your Lego,..maybe times have changed and you might be hooked on Lego,..mmmm i can see a nice plant container in red and blue. Philip
Not happening, Philip. As soon as you get here you can build me one, okay? Better yet, All are welcome to come and have a contest at creating one. I will award a prize of something at the end. How is that? Maybe like a free night of lodging in the beautiful amish built shed that sits out by the driveway. Loft accommodations are not extra, but the restroom is just a short trip across the drive to the main house.... A wake up call at 3:00am from the backyard alarm. breakfast as soon as the girls lay it...and I will have a loaf of homemade bread available if you want toast all on your own schedule, of course. There is a fire pit in the backyard for the real homesteading experience. Berry picking is easiest in the cool of the day 6:00am sharp. strawberries, raspberries, grapes, apples etc...seasonally Weeding seminar starts at 8:00am sharp. weed eating at 10:00. bee keeping at the heat of the day. All must bring their own bee coat for the full sauna experience of beekeeping. Lunch is whatever the garden is producing for the day.... A 1 hour break in after lunch to do what you want...closest town has a Walmart and a Pharmacy (you may need some Tylenol and liniment rub) Hmmm. I guess it depends on the weather and time of the year as to what is next on the schedule.... Wow What a prize Package.
The Amish built shed is a big attraction,..its a beauty,..providing someone hasn't used it to store tractor or other parts lol. Berries and fresh eggs would go down very well,..homemade bread is a winner to offer,..i can almost get the aroma as it is freshly baked and ouch,..hot. Weeding Seminars,..mmmm ok i could go for that,..AND the weed smoking,..er sorry weed eating. One hour lunch break,..i could go to the Pharmacy to get relief for my sore feet after running to and fro to your house and back to the Amish Built Shed in order to visit the restroom,..numerous times during the night,.. due to a weak bladder. In all it would be a good prize Philip
