Spring clean
I have a small job that needs doing.
It’s a simple enough job. All I have to do is clear out a room. Herself would like a “day room” to have for herself near to the action [i.e. me].
The room used to be my little office so it has a shed load of computer equipment in there. In theory I can move that anywhere in the house but there’s a lot of it, from disks and routers through to a printer. Wherever it goes, it will take a bit of space.
It also contains two desks. One can be scrapped but the other is not only too nice to scrap but is also too damned heavy to move very far.
Then there are two book cases full of books, manuals and the like.
And a freezer.
And all the grandkids’ toys that they make a bee-line for when they visit.
A filing cabinet.
A nice bureau that I inherited.
And a load of rugs, a gas heater and a load of stereo stuff.
The problem is where to put all this stuff. There isn’t anywhere left in the house. Basically I am going to have to chuck nearly everything away.
So far I have nearly emptied the larger book case which was full of magazines, books, manuals and the like. I have hauled two sacks out to the garage and there is a four foot high pile of books in the kitchen. I am being quite ruthless and there is a lot going that has great sentimental value.
I can move the freezer out to the garage, but then I need to chuck out a load of stuff from the garage just to make space for it.
It may be a simple job, but it’s a fucking nightmare.
Time for Plan B – move the wife into the garage, sorted.
The garage is already full to overflowing.
Mudplugger—totally agree. Or buy a small second hand caravan.
Or I could move her out to the garden shed.
On second thoughts, that’s full too.
Hope I’m not teaching how to suck eggs, but some modern freezers won’t work in the cold so it’s worth checking b4 you move one into the garage.
Modern? Hah! It’s probably pre-war [and I’m not sure which war]
For the technically minded, that issue usually only occurs if it’s a combined fridge-freezer and it only has one thermostat shared between the two functions. The thermostat thinks it’s cold enough not to chill the fridge part but, in so doing, it forgets that the freezer part needs to be a lot colder, hence the problem. Tends mostly to apply on the cheaper models.
Had a similar nightmare a few years back, had another garage built – it’s also full now and I have no sensible area for a third.
Sounds like us. Especially since my wife retired and all the products leftover from the store went into one room in the house. The garage is stuffed full as it can be and still allow for 2 cars and the workshop/tool shed is also stuffed full, floor to rafters. If we had any more stuff we’d have to move back into a bigger house.