Wow! How long has it been, anyway?!

Just got on vacation yesterday, and I've already mapped out a busy agenda of TTD (Things To Do) while I'm supposedly relaxing and taking it easy. Yeah, right.
First thing I'm doing is to pare down things; I love having my knick-knacks, my books, the do-dads, my etcs. but oh boy, do I have a lot of them. AND, I'm remembering that I have another WHOLE house of then back in G'boro, so I seriously need to clear the clutter. One of the underlying issues is to figure out why this is so hard for me. Maybe it's because what I do have is very nice, unique, antique, etc. combined with getting most of these things for a song, I feel that I need to keep them, or at the very least, sell them (like on Craigslist, or if it's clothing, at Crossroads, and lastly, most of the time, at Rockridge Rags, so I can at least make some money on my cleaning house process. 

Today was rainy, all day. One of these 'things' that I have and need to get rid of or make use of, is a crap load of magazines. I have a TON of them! I love my magazines, especially considering that they are fine ones, like Bon Appetit, Dwell, Saveur, Architectural Digest. My usual process is to read through every single one, and tearing out any nice pictures, good recipes, interesting ideas, from each one THEN throw them away (recycling them of course!). I think you may already know where I am heading with this, but if you don't let me tell you; I never get through them all! What with work, cleaning, cooking, shopping, my kids, etc. yeah, when do I have the time to sit on my you-know-what and read through stacks of great treats for the eyes and mind??? Well, this vaca this project is at the top of my list.