Junk Mail

Happy Birthday to my brother Robby!!! The big 39! Next year is a doozy!

I find it hard to believe that I am 35 and Robby is 39...it seems like just yesterday we were both in university together...memories, sniff. I really miss my brother and SiL since they've moved to Florida. Although my SiL claims that we only go to visit now to see Ms. Peanut, I do miss having them here in KC. It seems the older I get, the more I want all my family together (there aren't that many of us) and I am becoming more and more hermit-like.

I'm very proud of being a home owner and being Ms. Independent...but there are days when I get so tired of doing everything and being responsible. I particularly hate Thursday evenings because Friday is my trash day. I used to laugh when a single friend of mine said the same thing, but seriously, I can't stand it. I am responsible for every little thing in my life, not to say I can't handle it, but sheesh, I'd like a break now and again.

Which might be why I have a tendency to become very slobby and unorganized around the house. I am so tired of junk mail that clogs up my mailbox and then that I have to spend time shredding. I receive on average of at least 3 - 4 credit card offers daily...I've heard there are now these "green services" that you can pay someone to contact all these companies to eliminate your junk mail. I find that hard to believe as the "do not call list" was supposed to get rid of all the telemarketers and I still get at least 3 calls a day.

I go through spurts, I will become a crazy anal woman and clean my house like mad for weeks straight, and then I'll do the exact opposite. It's not as if I leave food on the counter or dishes in the sink - talk about EW! But, I let the vacuuming and the dusting slide and the junk mail piles up.

Because we moved almost every single year of my life growing up, I didn't have the same room or same house, so I ended up making my family schlep all my stuff. It's difficult for me to throw things out...I might need that catalog one day, you don't know!

So I think a new business idea is a roving giant shredder machine...wouldn't it be nice if the trash company would send a truck around that was a shredder once a week, so you could dump all your junk mail in it? Maybe they could incorporate it into the recycling trucks? In one of the neighboring towns, they did, one day last year a giant shred day at a grocery store and you could bring all your junk mail to shred...but why is it only once a year?

I need a giant shredder for my life in general. Buzz!!!!