• twenty-five pieces of paper. which seemed important but aren't.

• a stack of outdated fliers. information changes. it just does.
• paper remnants of social media class. funny that the materials were printed?
• small pane of glass. from a picture frame?
• a pile of felt. just say no to scraps.
• a bunch of old insurance documents. health care woes.

• a big glass block. i made it. so i can throw it away.
• a fragment of a story i wrote. boring.
• another air conditioner remote control. i can't believe they make these.
• a small tub of body butter. which seems to have gone off.
• a key. no idea what it might unlock.

• 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.

• the remote control for the air conditioner. honestly.
• another rock. apparently named jack.
• a pen cap thumb drive. sans pen.
• a glass mug. volunteer recognition. thanks!
• a 3d postcard featuring stonehenge. it really is cool.

• one curtain rod. too short and ugly.
• another curtain rod. which i meant to fix eight years ago.
• two pamphlets from a previous job. goodbye and good luck.
• paperwork from a long ago fmla leave. who cares?

• five artists' business cards. sorry paper, digital connection is the law of the land.

• ten paper grocery bags. i thought i always used cloth bags.

• the so cute box that housed the earbuds. so so cute and so so useless once the contents were removed.
• two newspaper clippings. i confess i did not read them. but thanks!
• a post-it pad. no job, no desk, no reminders. no worries.
• the last book in a series. we do not seem to own the first four...

• three rolls of christmas-themed wrapping paper. good presents deserve great presentation.
• a pair of slippers. tiny, tiny slippers.
• one bag full of corks. which do not, after all, make excellent bulletin boards.

• two manuals. to equipment that is gone, long gone.
• one necklace. provenance and current owner unknown.
• one more cord. they breed.
• one balloon. these no longer show up with much frequency, now that the littles are large.

• about a million pieces of paper. i hate paper so much that i accumulate a lot of it. which does not make me like it any better.

• a shower caddy. no place for this in my beautiful new bathroom.
• an old electrical outlet. unknown to me this was replaced with a newer, better one.
• all-day callous cushions. makes me hurt to look at the package.
• a pad of green paper. which reminds me so much of a particular time.
• a tiny bar of soap. because, how many?

• 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.

• a gigantic pile of papers and magazines. from a box of mine that has been languishing in a friend's basement for years. hope there are no more of those out there.

• a huge pile of paper. livin' in the cloud: bon jovi for the new millennium.

• a water bottle. a curse on the manufacturers of crappy water bottles.
• wallet magnifying glass. less useful than i had supposed.
• nearly gutted pillar candle. note to self: only buy votives.
• a dozen plastic rewards club cards. grrrrr.
• a zillion pieces of paper. only art and literature will be tolerated.

• old boarding passes? how is this possible?
• set of camera chargers. none of which charge either of our cameras.
• one (cheap) digital camera. who still uses those?
• one checkbook cover. who still uses those?
• one tape measure. who still...? i mean, we have at least five others.

• a folder of 401k statements. i heart a paperless file cabinet.
• one pair of sweatpants. too short. it's hard enough to look good in sweat pants.
• several photographs. keep only what you want to remember.
• a photo album. scanning project, anyone?
• a pair of pants. beautiful pants. expensive pants. formerly very flattering pants. sigh.

• one zip drive. zapped.
• two sets of arty postcards. the touristy ones are the only ones worth sending.
• one small pad of paper. scraps are so much more appealing.
• one tiny potholder. designed to fit over the handle of a skillet, and would be very useful if i ever remembered to use it.