"Crosstraining"

I am putting my injury time to good use.  I have spent the last 3 days in a major house and farm cleaning frenzy.  I rented a dumpster in which everything went other than the stuff I could give away at the road.  Speaking of which, it is amazing what people will cart away for you if you put a great big free sign on it.  Things like an old solar pool cover, a 75 year old roll of tar paper, a weed eater that wouldn't run, and my favorite, an outdated satellite dish that we used to use to get an Internet connection.  Add to that countless old bikes, and partial bikes, a bunch of used wire shelving, an old bi fold door etc, etc.  

In the end the dumpster I rented was bigger than I needed, but I was so happy to see people take away stuff that I no longer wanted.

The whole trashing was an exercise in nostalgia as I threw away junk that I have had for years.  It really wasn't that tough and anything that really struck a chord with me I kept anyway.

I even ditched lots of stuff from our children's early years until I came across this little keepsake.  The funny thing is, I had no idea that we still had it.

When wee Mikey was born he spent the first month or so in his own little glass box.   Here's an old shot of it.  They didn't allow fuzzy toys in there so please look at the bottom right hand corner of the pic for the plastic kitty we gave him for company.

Not having seen this thing for years I tentatively pushed the button.

Yup!!

Twenty five plus years and the freakin thing still plays with the original built in battery.  Amazing!  Hats off to Playskool toys! 

My leg continues to mend slowly but surely.  I know that patience is the key.  If I wait long enough it will be fine....if I don't...it won't!

"Nostalgia is a seductive liar."---George Ball

Love

Peter