(01-17-2025, 12:55 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Wow. We cleared out my mom’s kitchen cabinet and came no where near that amount. Most everything was expired so it could not be donated.
Same. Before she passed, my mom pointed out some spices in the cabinet that she brought when we moved from Michigan to California (when I was 2!!)
--tg
I'm still purging things. I just emptied out the linen closet of old to ancient towels, doilies, and holiday-related items that I would never show in public. Also, old blankets and sheet sets for bed sizes that don't exist in the house.
Goodwill on De Anza is pretty good at just taking things, especially if they are bagged. Just be careful not to engage the attendees too much. On one drop off run, I managed to befriend an attendant that was an MVHS alum. He had to tell me about the hard times he hit after and how he ended up there. Yesterday, it was a nice blue-eyed young man covered in face tattoos, even on his eyelids who insisted on telling me the dangers of steroids and other supplements when I offered to take one of the heavier bags to the proper bin. It was a much much longer conversation than I intended...
--tg