Spice Cupboard

So in my humble little abode, I don't have a pantry just two doors of the cupboards that serves as my pantry/spice cupboard. The 50 things book inspired me to clean it out and sort - OH MY STARS!! Many out of date things in the back. happy to say it is now clean, organized, and all within save to use dates! When was the last time you cleaned out your pantry? Perhaps today is your day!

VHS Purge

So I read the book Throw out 50 Things by Gail Blanke. Quite a good read - discusses more than just your physical clutter. I like the mental and spiritual clutter aspect. Of course, my example is a physical thing but I have finally purged the majority of my VHS tapes. Yikes. As I still have one functional VCR I kept a handful of old favorites. However, I easily am donating 50 tapes (though according to her system they would only count towards one item, oy vie!) Don't judge me by my movie collection - okay, go ahead you know you will anyways!

It's a small world!

Okay, so while you are humming that lovely little diddy in your head - here is proof that it truly is a small world. I sent a Christmas card out too one of my favorite former teachers along with all the other cards I mailed out. All cards were delivered to my local post office. Keep in mind this post office is located only two miles from the card's destination. Okay, so that is the set up info. Yesterday, I stopped to pick up my mail and I get a real card from Mrs. A. I'm thinking - Cool! I open the envelope to pull out another envelope addressed to Mrs. A - I'm now a bit confused. I pull out of the second envelope my envelope and Christmas card and a sheet of paper - now I'm really confused - why is she sending me back my card?!? Then I find the note she wrote on the back of my card and I read the sheet of paper. Here is the gist. My card which was addressed completely correct was delivered to some random town in Georgia. (Several states away!) The lady who received it sent it back to its rightful destination. Now here is the crazy small word part. While this lady resides in Georgia now, she grew up one town over from us and has a family that lives no more than three miles from me, the post office, and Mrs. A. WHAT!!!!!!! Crazy right! I am still chuckling! How does this craziness happen! FYI - this is not meant to be a slam on the USPS - I love them! I love sending real mail, I love receiving real mail. No entity is perfect and this minor harmless error has generated a crazy but wonderful story!