Clutter Be Gone

The weather was crap again today, so there was no flying. I slept in until 8:30, and did the usual maintenance stuff. Loaded and ran the dish washer, fed the cat, showered and got ready, started a load of clothes. Kaylee headed out early to go to Fishers, and Steve headed out fairly early to meet a guy for lunch and then go out to the airport to work. So I had the house to myself for about 3 hours for the first time in a long time, and I enjoyed it.  I got some exercise in, and then I tackled a pretty big project.  I went into my closet and took down everything I have hanging up in it. I tried everything on. If it fit and I'd possibly wear it, I kept it. If it would fit if I lost 20 pounds, if it fit but I never was going to wear it, if it was 20 years out of style, or if it just didn't fit anyway, I put it in a bag. I then did my two capri pants/shorts drawers.  I ended up with 7 bags of clothes to give away and one bag of trash clothes that were torn or had stains.  They're all in the trunk of my car now, waiting for me to drop them off at Goodwill, hopefully tomorrow.  I am not hooked on Goodwill, and if there was a better place, I'd do that, but I know this way I will at least get it done and get them out of the house. So...that's where I go.

I still have my jeans and t-shirts in my closet that are stacked up and need gone through, but I ran out of energy after what I did get done. Plus Steve and Kaylee both came back, and that makes it hard for me to turn on music, walk around in my room safely without clothes on so I can try on things and stack them around, walk out a finished bag of clothes, and go back in, without the cat, the kid, and the spouse all underfoot too.  So I will get back to finish that project next time I have the house to myself again.  I have a hard time letting go of t-shirts that meant something to me, that have sayings I used to enjoy or are from places that aren't any more, or I used to go to, etc.  My t-shirt collection is a requiem of my history for decades. Places I've been, attitudes or beliefs I've had, clinics I've attended, vacations, businesses we've owned, airplanes I've flown, just...it's my life in t-shirts.  Weird, but true.  So I'll have a harder time with those than I did with jeans and dress shirts/dresses.  :)

Kaylee had her first day working at Door Dash today. She was down in Fisher's, so she opened up for business. She had three runs she made in one hour, and made $50 in tips.  Minus the cost of fuel for driving in the city for an hour, that's not a bad return, especially since we pay for her car gas.  She said it wasn't too hard, and was kind of fun, and for $50/hour it was a good first day.  I told her not to get used to those kinds of tips.  Maybe in Fisher, but not Kokomo.  lol

Everyone else is fine...nothing exciting going on.