Today's attic adventures

[supercheesegirl]

Yesterday I found my grandmother's jewelry box. Most of the jewelry in it was junk, but I cleaned the box out, bagged up all the jewelry and set it aside, wiped the box down, and now I get to use it. It's black, and has these shiny mother-of-pearl sort of inlays of birds all over it. It's incredibly tacky but in an awesome way. And I really needed a decent jewelry box--I had been keeping my stuff in about 18 tiny boxes, which got really confusing. I'll probably still keep a few of the small boxes, but it's so good to have something large to keep most of it in.

Today, I was in the attic for only half an hour. I started the probably-endless process of deciding which stuffed animals to trash. I made a big pile. Then I found a pile of linens--a few blankets, and several sheets for an extra-long twin bed. College era stuff. Some of the sheets were never even opened. Then I dug back a little further, and found a small dead creature: a little skeleton surrounded by grey fluff. I think it was a bird because there's feather gunk on one of the blankets. That was bad enough, but as I was moving linens around, before I saw the dead thing, all the movement caused some of the grey fluff to whirl around in the air. I can't get rid of the feeling that I've got dead bird fluff in my mouth, and I'm grossed out enough that I'm done in the attic for today. I did get a significant amount done--a whole bag of trash and a large pile of stuffed animals to go out for the trash--so I don't feel that bad. I think I'm going to ask my dad to clean up the thing tonight. That's a man-of-the-household sort of job. I thought about doing it myself, going downstairs and getting the dust pan, but I just can't bring myself to do it.

I did find Mindy a new t-shirt, though--one of the many bears destined for the trash pile was wearing a "Hugs & Kisses from Hatfield, PA" shirt that I stripped off him. If it survives the laundry, it'll be Mindy's. The neck's a little tight for her, but she seemed to think it was cute enough for her to wear.

Comments

[minkrose]

you could probably find a local church or shelter to donate the stuffed animals to - or are they in really terrible shape? We were able to donate about half of mine but the rest were just no good anymore.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Some of them are filthy and nasty, but some are in really good shape. The problem is that finding someplace like that takes time, and we kind of just want to get this done. We're already setting things aside to give to Purple Heart, but they won't take stuffed animals. I do hate to trash them, though.

[velvetwaltz.livejournal.com]

what about a plain old thrift store? its really sad to throw out anything. thrift stores can take almost everything.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking that, actually. I'm pretty sure there's a Goodwill in town that will take them. So far I've only thrown out the rattiest, dirtiest ones.