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Stuff in, Stuff out

Over the past several months, we’ve done a lot of purging of various unneeded items from our apartment. At the same time, we’ve acquired a pretty good amount of stuff, and I think we’ve probably maintained equilibrium. Here’s a record of things that we have gotten rid of either by selling on Craigslist or giving away on Freecycle, along with things we have acquired.

Things purged and not replaced:

• One HP Pavillion desktop computer, Craigslisted
• Three CRT computer monitors, 15″ or larger, FreeCycled
• Two old SuperMac computer cases and a contoured keyboard, FreeCycled
• Two HP inkjet printers, FreeCycled
• One orange lounge chair and footstool, FreeCycled
• One ‘table-lamp’ (a sort of end table with a lamp built into it), Freecycled
• Two large executive desk chairs, one taken by KLowe, another Craigslisted
• At least three large trash bags full of clothes, donated at the Saint Joseph’s box
• A couple grocery bags of paperback books, donated to the Beverly Public Library
• One Handspring Visor Edge PDA (plus all accessories), taken by KLowe
• One Palm V PDA (plus all accessories), taken by CLowe

Things purged and replaced:

• One PowerMac G4 computer, sold to a co-worker, replaced by one Mac mini Core Duo computer and a miniStack v2 (the mini plus the miniStack take up about one eighth the space of the PowerMac G4)

Things acquired:

• One 5th gen video iPod
• One Canon PowerShot A530 digital camera
• One Panasonic PV-GS150 miniDV camcorder
• One crib
• One dresser with changing table
• One infant carseat with stroller carrier
• One pack-n-play, handy for storing…
• …lots of other baby stuff… too much to list here!
• (and some other stuff that we haven’t even brought to our apartment yet!)

I really feel good about getting rid of so much stuff. I wish we had gone through this excercise a long time ago, but I guess this time of changes is as good a time as any. So much of it was simply taking up space, both mental and physical. It’s true that much of that space has been filled up again, but at least this time it’s with stuff we (mostly) need or at least will have a good use for. Also, there are still probably things we can get rid of. Anybody want a lot of paperback books?

By Peter | 05.10.2006 | 09:01 PM | Permalink | Categories: Baby, Married Life | 4 Comments