• one short gray skirt. too small.
• one sexy orange slip. too small.
• three more cd-r's. done with you. i hope.

• five more software and photo cds. just when you think they've all been tossed...

• three coasters. pretty, but prone to falling apart.
• one photo cd. we are fresh out of cd drives.
• one old dishtowel. surprisingly appealing despite the stains.

• a sheaf of papers. elementary school reading list?
• six photographs printed on plain paper. surely these exist in a more durable form elsewhere.
• a drawing. no one's best work.
• a software cd. sneaky bugger!
• a pile of old jewelry. sent off to a fundraiser.

• one cd. not sure how this one has survived the purge.
• one tiny bottle of lotion. ditto
• one key. to someone's car...
• one nail clipper for pets. sad reminder of all the pets.
• one black christmas tree soap, covered in green glitter. creepy.

• a whole pile of cds and empty cd cases. i love shedding old technologies. move to cloud almost complete.

• purple tape dispenser. buy refills. um. probably not.
• calculator. didn't know i had it. probably am not using it.
• reading materials from previous semester. barely got through them the first time.
• a shirt. whose time. has come.
• ten cds. the end is near.

• two books. always with the books.
• a package of sewing machine needles. i am mystified.
• eleven cds. i didn't know i still owned that many cds.

• a babysitter training cd. mac and cheese, hide and seek, time for bed. done.
• pocket diary for 2010. no entries.
• remote control for discarded docking station. don't get me started on the amount of money i have spent on substandard technology.
• stuffed dog. ugliest toy ever made.
• huge pink pom-pom keychain. for this we have rendered the earth nearly uninhabitable.
• seven magazines. I should stop being shocked every time i find another stash.
• four books. outdated eventually becomes uninteresting.

• headband. don't ask
• cd. so done with this technology.
• gorgeous leather address book/calendar. it is sad when new ugly new technology replaces beautiful old technology. but there it is.
• length of nylon webbing. fin. al. ly.
• binder ring. yes, i am in a hurry.

• two lovely sweaters. for one lovely friend.
• one ball. for juggling? misshapen, might mess up your timing.
• one cd. provenance unknown, now downloaded.
• one track jacket. old school, adidas, stained, but someone will be thrilled to find it at the thrift store.

• five more cds. honestly, gritting my teeth here.

• five cds. whittling away at that final, hard-to-let-go-of stack.

• one tablecloth. not so very lovely.
• one book on tape. actual cassettes; may as well be as eight-track or wax cylinder.
• one toy. multi-colored plastic beads that you melt into permanent useless toxic patterns. not as bad as it sounds.
• one cd. a childhood favorite of my child. now burned.
• orange mesh tube organizer. again, way better than it sounds. better get it out of the house before someone notices i've tossed it.

• two large pieces of drywall. chopped up and disposed of month by month, now gone.
• a hat. hideous.
• a cd. so much software. isn't it all available online?
• a plastic and metal plug-ish thing. definitely an electronic gadget. maybe.

• a whole pile of papers. maybe i can lose the filing cabinet?
• a software cd. never opened.

• a lovely green shirt. i can't figure out why i don't wear it.
• a sock puppet. when my children don't want things they have made, they give them to me. tricky.
• two cds. hiding in an undisclosed location.
• a tiny christmas tree made of meltable plastic beads. sorry, ocean.

• thirty-two cds.
• five cassette tapes.
• one pair of slippers.
• one beaded bracelet.
• one tiny hand-made pillow.
• one wooden box.
• one bed canopy.
• twenty-five magazines.
• one pair of pajamas.
• one pair of pajama pants.

i am so happy to be done with this stuff.

• ten cds. taking advantage of a moment of ruthlessness.

• five cds. for some reason these are hard to get rid of.
• one bra. the most expensive one i have ever owned.