Where do you put all the things you've spring-cleaned out? A conundrum.

Tuesday of my "vacation" week-- and I have a lot of small spring projects I want to get done, and zero desire to hop to it. Perhaps I'll get some bits and pieces taken care of, but I'm off to a rather slow start. I did order some new living room curtains, as the ones I had up the last couple of summers just don't "bring me joy," as Marie Kondo would say.

Speaking of Marie Kondo, I want to sort out and organize my dresser drawers. I have so many socks, and can't seem to ever find a solid colored pair. And the underwear/bra situation needs some real attention. It won't take long, but ugh. These things tend to become a tangled mess over time. Kondo has a great way of folding/stowing tee shirts and so on, even underwear, and I've used that method for a good many years. However, things do get a bit muddled. 

The situation with sorting and storing is one I don't really mind, except then I get the guilty conscience. What to do with the ones I don't want? Yes, gently used things can be thrifted, and I do that regularly. But the old curtains? The worn out socks? I hate to toss things out-- it runs against what I firmly believe about reducing waste. That said, we don't have a textile drop-off around here, either. So, the things pile up. I mean, what do I do with faded or worn out things? I'm not crafty, in the sense that I'm about to strip the fabrics and make a rag rug out of them. I'll have to ponder on that. 

In the meantime, the bed linens are in the washer, and the mattress has been spun. Sometime along, we'll need a new mattress, but again, what do we do with the old one? Yes, they'll take it for a tipping fee to the transfer station, but that still bugs me. So, until I can figure that part out, we'll keep spinning it. 

Earth Day was yesterday, but it was, as I predicted, far too cold/blustery to accomplish outdoor things. I have the rest of the week to get to that: maybe Friday, when G is around a bit to help. I'll get to the indoor stuff in the meantime, and hope to not increase the carbon/trash footprint I already inhabit. 

Have a good one,

C