Reduce, Reuse, Recycle- Fall Cleaning Part II

I spent yesterday morning breaking down boxes and sorting recyclables from the "throw out" pile in the garage. From that big pile, I only ended up with 2 medium boxes of actual trash! I filled up my Subaru almost completely with cardboard boxes. When I got the the recycle center, they asked if I wanted to get paid for it. Sure! I thought. So they weighed my boxes...100 lbs! Guess how much they paid me??? 50 cents!!! Whooo hooooo...I can park for an extra hour at a parking meter now!

As for the other stuff? I sent Cory my old Mac cinema display and the packaging store took my donation of 2 large bags of packaging peanuts and bubble wrap. So, what about the "good will" pile? I was complaining at work since it would have taken me 3 trips in the Subaru and none of the charities were picking up until next week. Long story short, A wonderful co-worker offered to pick it up with her truck! She is LDS and donates through the church...she picked it ALL up yesterday afternoon. So we don't get the tax deduction, but since we don't own a home, it probably wouldn't have been useful for us. It WAS useful getting the stuff out of my garage though. I hope in these hard economic times, these items in good condition will find good homes.

Here is the final result!

Our life thus far

A slide show from past to present. I composed "Worth the Wait" in 2005 after Barry and I had dated long distance for 2 years while I was in nursing school in Seattle. With nursing school almost finished, we were making plans for me to move back to Salt Lake City when I wrote it. 3 years later, we have certainly made up for the wait.

Best of Summer '08

Although a day away from the official fall equinox,
the rain over the last couple days and rain forecast
for the week indicates that summer is over in Tacoma.
I think we made the most of our summer!
Here are some highlights.