.. from the home of the neverending weekend ..

So I cleaned out the garage the other day... finally.. after 2 years of neglect. I couldn't believe how many things that were brand new that I never used because I either forgot about it or never got around to it. The worst part is that some of those things i re-bought.. .... more than once! (I know.. I know.., technically I have a real problem.. but knowing is half the battle!.. whoo hoo! I like the fact that I've already half won.)

The most visually astounding thing was the amount of paint cans I've collected over the almost decade of living at my current address. Sure, we've gone through 2 spells of considerable renos... and there is absolutely not one surface in our whole house that hasn't be repainted at least once, ... but still... i must have hundreds of dollars represented by those cans of paint (which ashamedly some are not even opened)

giant mountain of paint proving my idiocy

I did find a few interesting things in my pack rat archive:

after almost 3 decades i finally threw these away.
... but i still get a kick out of them..
..maybe it's not too late and i can dig'em out of the trash.......
. .... someone help me .. please...

Unlike my wife I still say this spoon-lamp is worth something!
(Shown without the base. It actually hovers horizontally
about 6ft off the ground and shines up and down. cool.)
The bike is included in the photo for size reference.

I did learn a few things about myself.. things that I don't necessarily like. And I am committed to changing those things.

The main thing being that I should not buy anything unless I am going to use it immediately.

Of course, I did end up throwing away all those ruined/once frozen cans of paint (it took me 2 seperate trips to 2 different hazardous waste depots since i surpassed the limit) but don't worry about me too much... I have a new pile of paint from this last fixup that i will keep just in case i need it again one day.... i feel sooo good about that too 'cause some are not even open! .. nice.