• helped my 10 year old clean up her room. dozens of things thrown away.

• five children's books. old books are musty.

• two pillowcases. i can see the stripes on the pillow through the cases. not good.
• one roll of quadruple-wide masking tape. not sure where that came from.
• a brush. which has lost its dustpan.
• a bag of hardware for a set of blinds. which i have already thrown away.

• a gorgeous blue shirt. refuses to look good on me.
• a plastic syringe. crafts, not drugs.
• a wire inbox. not at home.
• two switch plate covers. maybe that's the end of them.

• one painting of a rooster. broke it as soon as i finally decided to get rid of it.
• one plastic flower pot. thanks, burgerville.
• one sprayer hose nozzle. still have two.
• a package of various sized and shaped spouts for bottles. i think this may have lived in the garage when i moved in.
• a plastic hook rack. no.

• 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.

• five more books. that shelf is getting so close to empty.