Is there anything left....part 2

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I can't understand Scots either MH, lol

Neither can I and I used to work with one. Believe it or not, I was asked once what part of Scotland I came from - and this was when I was sitting in a bus station in Bristol while on holiday - sweet little old lady but I'm still trying to figure why on earth should would have thought my accent was even close to Scottish

So my volunteering stint with the Cadets is now done. Poor kids - it absolutely poured it down all day. Luckily most of the stores they were stood at allowed them to stand inside. The parents supervising got wetter as we were the ones going back and forth between car and store, and store to store, checking on the kids. And of course didn't it stop raining and the sun come out an hour after we finished for the day - figures .

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That's just typical! Talking of Scots, it also varies on the place in Scotland where you live. The ones from Glasgow and surrounding areas talk much fast and louder than the ones from Edinburgh who have a much gentler and softer accent and are easier to understand

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So another weekend has come and gone and I have yet to start decluttering. I knew I wouldn't do any yesterday as I was busy getting soaked with the Cadets but I did think about starting it this morning. I ended up deciding was going to be pointless starting until H's stuff has all been boxed. There isn't any room in the garage yet for any boxes as I think my dad has been listening to me tell my son that we are going to declutter. He's managed to fill three large bin bags with something and the recycling box is overflowing with cardboard as well. We can only put out two bags unless we pay the city for tags for extra bags. I'm hoping the two neighbours only put out their usual one bag each, then I can dump an extra bag on each of them and get the garage cleared.

S13 seems to be willing to help as well. He wants to go through his toys and add to the pile we already have to take to the consignment store. The sweetest thing about that is that he wants to take 5% of any money made and give me 95% as "you need it more than I do; I'd only waste it on more toys". Imagine that coming out of the mouth of a 13-year old boy. It nearly made me cry. At least I know I've done something right when I look at my son

H didn't show up, but he had told us earlier in the week that he didn't know if he would today. He had a security gig last night that wasn't supposed to finish until at least 2am. No texts or phone calls either, but S13 didn't seem at all bothered. The only thing he said about not seeing his dad was that he wants to see his boo-boo (the head injury from earlier in the week). I'd have been surprised if he had turned up as he gave me the child support payment on Friday "just in case" he didn't make it on Sunday, so I'd already figured he had no intention of showing up today.

Instead we had a quiet, do-nothing kind of day. We spent a bit of time on the computer watching Russell Peters (a Canadian comedian for those who don't know the name) - not exactly politically correct, but his jokes are clean so I don't worry about the fact that S13 thinks he's really funny. It was a nice little bit of bonding, especially as we sort of have to cuddle to both fit in front of the computer screen where it is located at the moment . The only real chores were the laundry and groceries that I couldn't do yesterday, and the mandatory haircut for S13 because it's getting long enough to have his Cadet C.O. telling him he needs one. He just wanted short back and sides, but it looked untidy and it is picture day at school tomorrow so I convinced him to go with a number 2 cut all over. Short hair really suits him as he was unlucky enough to inherit the natural wave I've got and that makes his hair start to curl if it gets too long and he looks scruffy quickly.

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I hear ya on the decluttering. Although, I did get a couple more boxes of W's books shipped off with her, and tonight I had an urge for no-bake drop cookies, and while raiding the cabinets to see if there was any cocoa powder, I went crazy and pulled everything out for an inventory and inspection.

I have a lifetime supply of tea and powdered drinks mix, since I make tea about twice a year, and drink way too much Diet Coke to have time for the Crystal Light and such. This place has ridiculously deep cabinets, and stuff would get lost back there, then we'd just buy more. I'm pretty sure I could last a month on breakfast/protein bars, too.

Great that you had that quality time with your son.

Russell Peters is funny. Now I have my Netflix movie paused, Russell Peters on YouTube, and I'm typing this up... I need to work on my focus, and less multitasking... <sigh>

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lol MH, I think you're turning into a woman with all this multi tasking and decluttering going on My son is also due for a haircut, I don't know when I'm going to fit it in though! It may have to be after college one day.
My decluttering has come to a stand still yet again, but you two motivate me to keep going Got to get this bookcase doen in the living room, I told you it wasn't going to be anytime soon, lol.

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MH saying about his cupboards reminded me that we did manage to get a little bit of decluttering done yesterday at my place. It kind of slipped my mind as I was trying to cook dinner at the same time. For some reason, my dad decided that some of the spices were probably out of date and that he needed to clear them out right at that time. As I was in the kitchen anyway I ended up helping him and it turns out that most of his spice collection were well past their use by dates, and the rest were stuff that we probably will never use anyway. I've got the sweetest smelling garbage bin though LOL - that mixture of old spices has a unique smell. Thank goodness it's garbarge day tomorrow and I can get it out of the kitchen.

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My spices, and everything else from the cabinets, are piled all over the table and countertops. The easy part was pulling everything out and throwing out the stuff that was not fit for consumption. Now I have to do the hard part and find a better way to organize the cabinets.

I still haven't tackled my office - need to re-arrange, which requires dealing with the rat nest of cables! I need to get the cable-modem and router out of the bedroom. Although, I've gotten used to drifting off to the multi-colored blinking light show from the status indicators. But I'm more excited about getting the bedroom changed around - it's very small, but I think I have a way to make it more efficient.

TTD, There's no deadline on that bookcase. At least we won't hold you to one! NQ, seems you had a bookshelf project going on, too.... this reminds me that I have another box of books to go through, so I may have to re-think my previous arrangement and might have to keep one shelf I was going to send to with W.

I've decided that since I didn't get to move (move house for my non-American friends) last Spring like I was planning, I'm going to have a thorough non-moving party. I'm going through everything from the garage to the shed to the storage room, all the closets and other hiding places. It's all going to be sorted for disposal, recycling, donation, burning. What's left is going to be put back in as organized a fashion as I can manage.

I'm getting started on this project right away... Well, maybe after work. Er... after I'm done watching TV. Or tomorrow. Or next weekend. Or as soon as I schedule some vacation time...

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Just realized how long this thread is getting so I've started a new one:

http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=newpost&Board=20

MH, I'll respond on the new thread