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[therealocelot]

Today and tomorrow I am going to attempt to make food for the whole week, to use up the food we still have left, and to avoid spending money on fast food. I could do this over the course of the week, except that all the kitchen stuff will be packed up after Tuesday. I plan to keep out one small pot for heating stuff up, but that isn't really

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[silkensteel]

"The sparring gear... Blanche, do you have any use for it? I don't know if any of it would fit. If not, I think it's either going to be thrown away or donated. If I get to the point where I'm taking classes again, and get far enough along that I need sparring gear, chances are that I'll be able to afford it one way or another."

Damn! And I just spent $85 on that kinda stuff. Sure, I'll give it a shot, see what fits. And in about two years, you'll need that kind of activity in your life to stay sane. In my opinion, moms need some kind of martial art activity. Plus kids *love* playing dress-up, even with sparring gear

[dempcat]

After I moved in with Chad at his parent's house, I forced him into helping me clean his room so we could co-habit it instead of me living in a corner under the bed with a few of my precious belongings out in the car, so I've got some theories on what makes someone cling to piles of things that have no objective value. Like his plastic bag full of old toy cars, the year's subscription from 1981 to Highlights Magazine that his parents had kept at the bottom of his closet, or infinite and infinitely ugly band shirts Chad had from high school...

My favorite story, though, is his nail clipper embedded in a plastic football. Yes, we really found this. And he wouldn't throw it out...despite our owning at least 5 nail clippers between the two of us. It wasn't a gift, it wasn't functional, and I don't think Chad even knew where it came from. So I have to assume there's one more reason packrats keep things: to confuse their girlfriends.

Anyways, good luck with the sorting! I promise it feels great after you're done!