4.27.2013

I used to think shredding was fun - cleaning out the desk



Today is a big clean out day at our house:
  • In prep for a new carpet installation on our lower level (in two weeks) we are doing major clean out
  • This week upcoming the pool table will be disassembled and moved into the back (unfinished) room The new carpeting is to be done on May 9th and 10th
  • Pool table to be reassembled and reinstalled on May 17th
  • Meanwhile: Closets to be cleaned out ... books to be taken off shelves ... et cetera
  • Today Nathan picked up 2 couches from the lower level.
  • Roger and Kathee are cleaning out closets
  • And I have been cleaning out the desk in the den.
  • I've shredded so much stuff that the shredder jammed multiple times ... the shredder bin filled up ... and finally the shredder overheated and gave up the ghost. Later after a cool-down period it was able to run again
  • But my new shredder strategy is to put documents into plastic bags and take them to an office supply store where they shred by the pound
  • Found stuff
    • Statements ... statements ... statements ... (I wish I had chosen the paperless (PDF stored at Wells Fargo) option earlier) (credit card statements, stock statements, checking account statements, mortgage statements ... etc)
    • Mortgage documents galore (multiple refinances). Saved only the last one)
    • Old credit reports
    • Funniest: in the file with stock purchase statements ... a medical statement ... "your pap smear came back normal" (guess that was misfiled!)
    • Letters from Roger from when he was in Iraq - I saved all
    • Taxes ... taxes ... taxes ... I saved last 7 years. All others going to shredder
    • Purchase receipts galore ... to the shredder
    • Work stuff ... all to the shredder
    • Windows XP install disk! ... trash
  • Trips
    • Pickup truck (Nathan). 2 couches to his house .. two of his old couches to Goodwill)
    • Kathee to Goodwill
    • Me to UPS store (for shredding)
    • Roger to military surplus store ... donation of old USMC uniforms (he is former USMC ... now with MN Army National Guard)

3 comments:

  1. Missed deadline for closing of UPS store ... will have to wait. K thinks we have 30 lbs of paperwork to be shredded.

    Roger's uniforms to CC Military Surplus

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  2. Sounds like fun - I had to do much of that when we moved overseas on 2005. I realized there was no way I wanted to shred all of that, and used the fire pit at my parent's house instead.

    I've been making a concerted effort the last few years to keep everything electronic instead. Everything gets scanned, and we backup our home computer to the cloud using CrashPlan.

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  3. Found yesterday: Set of keys for Saturn (long gone) and owner's manual for Impala (ditto)

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