When we were cleaning out my mother-in-law's stuff, I joked that she could have run a restaurant—there were that many plates, dishes, and cups! For at least 40 years, only my mother-in-law and her mother lived here, but there were about 40 rice bowls and just as many soup bowls. Every cupboard we opened in the kitchen revealed more. It felt never-ending!
I kept a few things. Some were boxed sets given as presents, some were really nice and useful.
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| A few of the dishes I kept |
I like nice dishes and cups, but they take up space that I don't have. Most of what I've kept has gone into the storage room. As things get broken, I can go and get more, and things get broken a lot!
During the clean out I just put the stuff to be thrown away into boxes and crates, to be dealt with later. Problem is later is now.
How to safely dispose of broken dishes and glasses?
From a quick search there is a place that can take our trash, but (of course there's a but) you need ID that has a local address. David has legally changed his address but hasn't updated his driver's license. To do that, he has to go to a police station, and the only one is on the opposite side of the city!
So not a big problem, just annoying!
David asked why I was so desperate to get that area cleaned. I told him that I want to clear out the garage so he has a place to park his if we get a typhoon. He rolled his eyes and said that the typhoon season is months away. In one way that is true, typhoon season used to be the end of August to the end of September but year on year the season is starting sooner and sooner. I just want to be prepared!
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