MONDAY MUSINGS: EXPIRATION DATES & PURGING

 MONDAY MUSINGS: Perhaps we all have those eyesores we could really take care of but by just closing a door/drawer they are hidden at least to the public eye... 

True confession time: I finally opened the linen closet door and decided this weekend was time to tackle the bottom third of the closet, the medical and hygiene overflowing bins. Truth be known some of the items had moved with me fifteen years ago and should have been tossed two moves before... Yep, expiration dates dating back to 1996 were found. Eegads. 

Plopping down a cushion on the cement floor was a wise decision as this was a task that would take a while.  As small waste bags filled, they were replaced by a feed sack. 

How does one collect so much?  While it was rewarding to be able to see organization with cleaned up categories of skin, hair, travel, medical... Here in my little linen closet was proof of living in a nation of consumers. 

Before I could pat myself on the back for a task accomplished,  Natureman was in need of the hot water bottle and he said it wasn't under his sink. I knew it wasn't in the area I was finishing up. Had it been placed in the back of another shelf due to space behind the linens?

Out came the linens and as long as they were coming out, sorting began with the table cloths, sheets and blankets. And they would  need refolding too. Piles began of towels and sheets for the Humane Society, weeding out old color schemes for Goodwill, FB Marketplace too... 

It became obvious the hot water bottle wasn't in the linen closet.  Lo and behold, guess where the culprit was? You guessed it, under his  sink. Seriously, it's red.  

Was this all just a ruse for these areas to get the attention they needed? The finished product is rewarding. At least I didn't expire before accomplishing this in 2020.

While there's definitely something cleansing about purging, why is it that a woman's work is never done?

Definitely, a Musing for another Monday...