Whoa, day three and had to think about this one. I intended to mail a book, but was far more distracted today than I expected to be, for good reason. I thought about what I wanted to be rid of, realizing I could be shallow about the process and throw out something I was already going to throw out, but felt that wasn't really in the spirit of the days of gone. The discarding has to be something that requires some sort of effort, either emotionally (because, really, it's time to let go), or physically (because, really, inertia is often so hard to overcome). I thought about it more, and realized one of the nagging items I hadn't discarded included the twenty-five pound squashes in the front yard.
Following up with my 2010 themeword of TODAY, I spent much of this past weekend cooking all of the kabillion pumpkins that I grew this past season and had harvested just before the three day cold snap that killed much of the vegetation in the front yard and ushered in winter last month. For the record, 26 pumpkins take a while to cook, and make a lot of puree. Thankfully, it can be frozen for later use.
The squash I hadn't cooked included some mystery squash whose texture was unpleasant when cooked, almost melon-like. I didn't know what to do with the 25 pound specimens in the front yard (yeah, the one may have been 30 pounds), so they are now in the compost bin.
Next time Andy asks me why I keep growing vegetables for Jupiter, I don't think I'll scoff at him.
This item was composted.
When we first moved into the house, the front yard was a sea of bark surrounded by landmass of red volcanic rock buried by forests of jasmine. Sounds lovely doesn't it? It wasn't lovely trying to remove all of those items, in order to plant a front yard of squashes, no siree.
I've been saving a lot of containers for various art projects and gardening projects that, well, just aren't going to happen. I threw away the cardboard part and recycled the lids.
Yes, I cheated today.
I struggled with today's item, if only because of the many the items I want to get rid, I don't want to just throw them away, I want to donate, recycle, sell or give away. So, although I could find a lot of items, the requirement to be fully rid of the item was a stickler.
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This came with Annie when we adopted her five (six?) years ago. It was still in its package, so we kept it. I'm not sure why we kept it THIS long, but, well, in the kitchen facelift, it's on its way out.
A few years ago, where "few" is almost accurate, more like five, I was seeing a nutritionist who loved to "prescribe" enzymes as dietary supplements. I used them religiously even as I descended into the deepest, darkest, blackest time of my life. That descent, turns out, was caused in part by the supplements I was taking. Upon realizing this, I stopped taking all of them. They've sat in the cabinet unused for the last half decade. Ugh. Good riddance.
Just after college, I bought a set of bowls. I bought them in green to match the decor of the kitchen of the in-law unit I was living in. The bowls are totally awesome. I still like them, these many years later. One of the bowls 