Purging the Attic

Spring cleaning! All the junk in our attic was becoming a seismic risk, so we decided to actually do the purging we kept talking about doing. We were already planning to do a garage sale next weekend, so now we'll have stuff to sell.

L and N were quite intrigued with the attic, so they were each hauled up to the nether reaches for a bit so they could cover themselves in fiberglass and termite droppings as we hauled down the bags and bundles.



Stacy began going through the bags of kiddie clothes (easily 90% of the junk up there) and getting teary. The maudlin conversation began to take on a repetitive tone.

"Oh, that's the dress she wore on Easter! Remember?"
"Ahh, No."

"Oh! That's the outfit the Cases bought her. Remember?"
"Ummm, No."

"Oh! L's first Halloween costume! Remember?"
"Errr, No."

"Oh! That's the sundress you got her on your trip to Washington! Remember?"
"Hmmm, No."

While we were distracted with the sorting, L slipped off and somehow managed to fully assemble all the pieces of an old high chair (sans the nuts and bolts) and climb up into it, swaying alarmingly. Meanwhile N fed most of his apple to our dispirited Betta fish. Old costumes, however, quickly refocused attentions in less destructive directions, leaving Mommy and Daddy to return to recovering the living areas.