Day: August 28, 2025

I actually had plans to be outdoors for much of today doing the lawn, garden beds, and pruning our large maple trees, but since we are experiencing rain, and from what the radar says, a fair bit of it throughout the day, those plans now seem highly unlikely. We are in desperate need of rain to bring the water table back up to where it should be – no doubt. The grass does need to be cut for the first time in weeks. There was rain here while we were up north getting none whatsoever. So less of a tinderbox here, and the grass is actually mostly green, and from the looks of it, thriving. Can not say the same for the lake. No sir. Dry as a bone. Scorched even. It’s very sandy and rocky up there, so not conducive to growing anything too fancy.

So now I will turn my eyes inward, and tackle more decluttering in the basement. I went through my stockpile of things and found a whole slew of stuff I could toss out. I have decided to reduce the number of Gundam kits I keep on my desk. The ones I like the least will be given away or thrown out. I also went through my office closet and took a fair bit out of there too. Cables, and plus, and adapters for long gone tech. Boxes and wrappers that I no longer need.

I have this storage bin I’ve had since forever, and I went through that for the first time in about ten years. I recall going through it when our first child was born and I threw out a fair bit of adult entertainment magazines, because who wants their child to stumble upon such things when snooping around the house. Plus that stuff is all free, and on-line now. I kept the Ginger Spice one because it was from my 19th birthday, and has sentimental value. Otherwise binned it! I also got rid of all university & college papers, tests, essay, time tables, class lists, syllabuses from my time in university, and both colleges. I’m a pack rat in the process of reforming myself.

I have even gone through my books again to pull out another 41* (updated) that can go to the Care & Share. I am going to give more graphic design textbooks away because why do I need info on CS3, when that program is more than a decade out of date now.

In the shed we have children’s bicycles the Care & Share can have next spring, and some winter sports gear they can have this October.  That will pretty much empty out the garage of stuff we aren’t currently using. I am even toying with the idea of building out a tool box with essential tools for my kids to have from my current hoard of items. Hammers, screw drivers, bits, pliers, and drill bits, perhaps even my old Ryobi drill and driver pair. I have the old batteries and the appropriate charger. Good enough for hanging pictures in their first apartment(s). A handful of screws, wall anchors, and dowels should round it out nicely. Nothing fancy, but utilitarian and can get the job done. Plus I get some space on my wall and in my tool boxes, and they get a helping hand. Nice!

All to make room for more bags of clothes we get from neighbours, friends, and family. Luckily there are a lot of girls in our surrounding family, so my two kids can wear it all, plus a few cousins, and my niece too. It’s not just a straight line to the dump, or textile recycling drop off.

All summer long we would have danced in the rain had it of ever come we were so desperate for it. And now I’m kinda bummed because I had plans for outdoor work. Especially since it hasn’t been 30°C plus for a few days, I could have gotten a whole lot done, without feeling woozy, or dehydrating in the first 10 minutes. C’est la vie! Such is life. The lawn can wait until tomorrow.

Maybe I will take and bag all of the fallen apples under my two trees. Might be nice to keep the wasps away if the apples are gone from off the ground. Or maybe it’ll make them more angry? I don’t really know. I need to fetch some garbage bags, and my box cutter, and start breaking down garbage to go out. I best be about my business. Happy Thursday.