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This year, I have gotten rid of a lot of junk. I look around my house now, and I see fewer things, but the things I see, I enjoy and value. I'm trying these days not to let anymore junk into my life. What's some of the junk that has left my life...
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I like to make pronouncements. It's easier for me to adopt or give up something altogether, rather than piecemeal. So my latest pronouncement is this: I'm not going out to eat anymore, unless I'm away from home and can't prepare something...
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I just read an AP article in my local newspaper about "Transumers" -- people who are transient consumers. They don't purchase and consume things, they rent or lease consumer items that are then passed on to the next transumer. Sounds sort...
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As I was clearing out my penultimate remaining junk room (such a danger in a big house -- just stashing stuff in piles and closing the door to deal with "later"), I was listening to NPR and there was a feature on people who are called "the...
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Well, my friends and I are not exchanging gifts (and I have no family), so that's a big expense gone. But there are lots of other things that creep in during the holidays that often tempt me to spend money that could otherwise be put towards bills...
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I really hope that whoever buys my house will fall so deeply in love with my furniture and furnishings that they'll want to take the place lock, stock, and barrel. Highly unlikely, though. So now I'm looking into how to get rid of all the stuff...
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I moved into my dream house almost seven years ago -- it's a four-storey Victorian row house with marble fireplaces, pocket doors, mahogany banisters... it's gorgeous! It needed a lot of work, and I have it about half-renovated. Brand-new kitchen...
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There I was, watching the Antiques Roadshow on my 10+ year old televsion (tuned in through rabbit ears, as I cancelled cable this summer), and when some boring sports item came on, I flipped to one of the other three channels I get. And thre I saw two...
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I'm always on the lookout for quick cash schemes. Craigslist is a main source of ideas, and as I've been looking at the postings on CL over the past few months, I keep seeing posts for different "sleep studies" at a nearby University...
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As I was writing my last blog post, I received an email from someone responding to one of my many Craigslist postings offering stuff for sale that I don't use and have hanging around the house. This particular item was a Regina Carpet Steamer (that...
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