Comments on: Gettin’ Rid http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2010/01/23/gettin-rid/ Ingrid's WordPress Blog Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:03:38 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Wendy West http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2010/01/23/gettin-rid/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Wendy West Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:25 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=979#comment-1059 you make me howl with laughter Ingrid my love!!!!!!!! you make me howl with laughter Ingrid my love!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Maria http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2010/01/23/gettin-rid/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 Maria Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:04:52 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=979#comment-1029 See, you need to talk to Nora more often. She's got a Ford F-250, and she's on the same side of the river! See, you need to talk to Nora more often. She’s got a Ford F-250, and she’s on the same side of the river!

]]> By: Rick http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2010/01/23/gettin-rid/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Rick Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:24:13 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=979#comment-1017 Trade in that Sentra and get yourself a small extra-cab pick-up, like a Ford Ranger. The bed ends up being a little small (about 4' square) but it might be the right size for you. You can dump scrap wood and woody-type brush at the Smurfit factory in Newberg for free. Your uncle Jim has a trailer at his place where he throws all his excess brush and wood. I often take my wood scrap there and dump it in his trailer. When it's full he tows it off to Smurfit. You might talk to him about dumping some of your woody/brushy stuff in his trailer. I don't think he would mind. Trade in that Sentra and get yourself a small extra-cab pick-up, like a Ford Ranger. The bed ends up being a little small (about 4′ square) but it might be the right size for you. You can dump scrap wood and woody-type brush at the Smurfit factory in Newberg for free. Your uncle Jim has a trailer at his place where he throws all his excess brush and wood. I often take my wood scrap there and dump it in his trailer. When it’s full he tows it off to Smurfit. You might talk to him about dumping some of your woody/brushy stuff in his trailer. I don’t think he would mind.

]]> By: Sarah http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2010/01/23/gettin-rid/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Sarah Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:34:44 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=979#comment-1016 The legality of the following suggestion may be marginal, but we used this method in North Portland all the time. We built a fire pit... like at a campground. Found cool rocks to put around it. Dragged a log back from Penisula Park to sit on. Surrounded it with sand. We would saws-all wood from our house demo, and burn a little each night in our "cooking fire"... complete with some hot dogs and sticks nearby (in case someone complained). Not only did no one complain, but we started a neighborhood trend! By the time we moved, everyone nearby had a fire pit. The people who bought our house were so excited by this "landscaping extra"! Just a thought... The legality of the following suggestion may be marginal, but we used this method in North Portland all the time. We built a fire pit… like at a campground. Found cool rocks to put around it. Dragged a log back from Penisula Park to sit on. Surrounded it with sand. We would saws-all wood from our house demo, and burn a little each night in our “cooking fire”… complete with some hot dogs and sticks nearby (in case someone complained). Not only did no one complain, but we started a neighborhood trend! By the time we moved, everyone nearby had a fire pit. The people who bought our house were so excited by this “landscaping extra”! Just a thought…

]]> By: Devra http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2010/01/23/gettin-rid/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Devra Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:13:04 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=979#comment-1014 Ingrid, you need a wagon. I've wanted one for fifteen years and finally got one last year. It's awesome. I can't believe how much stuff fits in a Honda civic wagon that's not any bigger than a normal car. We can fit golf clubs, carts AND a bike in it. I fit 22 large sacks of horse manure into it in November. (I was exhausted, smelly and very proud.) It's so great to not have to wrestle 50lb bags of compost into a trunk anymore. And the wagon was pretty cheap, too! Can you Freecycle the toys? Just list them, get a taker and leave them on the front porch. The person would come collect them. Easy. Ingrid, you need a wagon. I’ve wanted one for fifteen years and finally got one last year. It’s awesome. I can’t believe how much stuff fits in a Honda civic wagon that’s not any bigger than a normal car. We can fit golf clubs, carts AND a bike in it. I fit 22 large sacks of horse manure into it in November. (I was exhausted, smelly and very proud.) It’s so great to not have to wrestle 50lb bags of compost into a trunk anymore. And the wagon was pretty cheap, too!

Can you Freecycle the toys? Just list them, get a taker and leave them on the front porch. The person would come collect them. Easy.

]]> By: Laura http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2010/01/23/gettin-rid/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Laura Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:07:47 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=979#comment-1013 Oh, I know what you mean about the little things the kids seem to get here and there. I am almost positive that stuff sneeks into the house at night by magic while everyone is sleeping. I have intentions on getting rid of stuff when the kids are gone or sleeping, but I never really can get myself together and actually do it. A tip when you do get rid of things like actually good toys that kids grow out of... if you donate it to a child care center, make sure your kid is no longer going there. When I worked in a child care center, it was wonderful to get nice toys as donations, but if the child who once owned them was still there, oh man! There was big trouble. There was either big fits that their toys were given away and that they had to see them everyday, or they claimed the toys as theirs still, not letting anyone else play with them. Oh, I know what you mean about the little things the kids seem to get here and there. I am almost positive that stuff sneeks into the house at night by magic while everyone is sleeping. I have intentions on getting rid of stuff when the kids are gone or sleeping, but I never really can get myself together and actually do it. A tip when you do get rid of things like actually good toys that kids grow out of… if you donate it to a child care center, make sure your kid is no longer going there. When I worked in a child care center, it was wonderful to get nice toys as donations, but if the child who once owned them was still there, oh man! There was big trouble. There was either big fits that their toys were given away and that they had to see them everyday, or they claimed the toys as theirs still, not letting anyone else play with them.

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