Clearing the Garage

There are a heap of small jobs to do in preparation before the builder starts work, so this weekend we got into tackling the mess in our garage. A collection of suitcases, gardening tools and boxes of forgotten trinkets lined the back of the room, largely untouched since they were dumped there all those months ago. They would have likely remained there too if we weren't forced to make way for the upcoming conversion of this room into a new store/utility area.


Sorting out the junk didn't take too long though I did have to suppress my hoarding reflex. Some items that made the cull have been lying around "just-in-case" for close to ten years, including my rollerblades from college, a chin up bar that Alison has been trying to throw out since we met and my good old playstation 2. Perhaps this is a fine excuse to get a playstation 3...


What we decided to keep stuffed into boxes and stored in the lockup area under the house. We no longer have easy access to the bicycles or the lawn mower though I'm sure that won't be a problem given the current state of the garden.


Speaking of our back yard, the holes and pipes have all been backfilled now. It still looks rather bleak and the ground is alarmingly soft in some areas but at least we don't have to worry about falling into a pit of poo. Only bummer is that they didn't setup our washing line again as they said they would, though I suppose it might be best delayed until the ground is levelled off. Not like we can hang clothes out in our dust bowl anyway.