#10 in the dump

you DO realise that at some point, i'm going to either mis-number these posts, or i'm going to just give up on numbering altogether, yes? good.

so i got up REALLY FUCKING EARLY today for some reason. perhaps the cat was yelling at me to get up because it's food time. he'll do that sometimes. just sit a foot from my head and meow really loudly until i get up and stumble to the kitchen (please note: i do not pour myself a cup of ambition). so i did something i've kind of been avoiding, and took trashbags, my drink, and my computer upstairs so i could listen to music while i started cleaning out the master bedroom (formerly mom's, now mine).

i got both dressers emptied, one entire side of the room cleaned out, and the front portion of the upper hallway done as well.

then the dumpster guy came, and i explained i'd be throwing the trash out the window, and please put it here. well he informed me to get it where i wanted it, without potentially running over my septic tank, he'd most likely take out half of my enormous hydrangea tree:

He did indeed knock quite a bit of it off, but not as much as we both thought he would:

Now, I explained to him that I wanted the container in a SPECIFIC location, because there are two upstairs windows out of which i will be tossing trash. he got it as close as he could... i guess. but a few feet closer, and I would not be having the problem I am continually having. which is, i toss a bag of trash out of the window, it hits the edge of the container, the bag splits, and most of the contents fall onto the lawn. i ALREADY USE FORCE FLEX BAGS SO DON'T GO SUGGESTING THAT, SMARTASS. Also, sometimes I use caps, sometimes I don't. roll with it.

Anyway, I'd spent the morning bagging up trash in my room. I emptied out both dressers, and cleaned out one entire side of the room (the side with the alcove), plus the hallway from the stairs to the window (as it's the window through which trash flies). To wit:

You get the gist. I still have to do ALL her clothes, which were just piled in the corner and not in the dressers for some reason (??), but that's going to charity, not trash, so that can wait til I get all the trash out. I also cleaned out everything downstairs, trash-wise. I even went into the china hutch and threw away the incomplete services of patterns I hated, and other various glasses I thought were ugly. Books that hadn't been touched in years that were taking up space on the built-ins, bagged up all Mummy's winter coats and sweaters.... Basically threw away everything in the bottom of the house that I possibly could. Except in the garage. That'll be tomorrow. ANd also the rest of the bedroom, plus whatever I can bag and trash out of the other two bedrooms. I have to figure out where to store all the dolls, because hopefully an auction house is coming to take them all away to auction. I was planning on putting them all in the dining room before I bring the dining table back in, but I don't know if there's enough room... I mean... Mummy had a LOT of dolls. Multiple-hundreds.

So I did get a lot done today. I look back and what I did and I myself am awed. I mean, the dumpster's like half full already! And I have it for a WEEK! I can't overflow it though, or it'll be a 2nd $450 dump charge....

Oh, oh! Ghost Hunters is on! Bye!!!