Cleaning out the closets

A few random things I found while packing:

• Tea bags – a container of very, very old loose tea bags; I actually think some of these might have been around for more than three or four years.

• An ancient video camera – no, it doesn’t work properly anymore; also video cassettes belonging to the camera which have long since been converted to DVDs

• Micro cassette tapes – God only knows how long those have been around, long enough to get all mouldy and need to be thrown out

• A rat trap – yeah, that was really worth saving, and as an added plus it was packed in a box with other household items that either had to be seriously disinfected or just gotten rid of

• Mouldy costumes – this was probably the most unpleasant discovery of the day, not only did we still have a suitcase full of random costume wear that the kids used to dress up in years and years ago, but they had all moulded and stuck together, yuck

• Art supplies – a very old and very odd collection of paints and craft materials most of which will go to the girls in our children’s home

• Christmas cake – last but not least the delightful discovery that we still have about three quarters of a Christmas cake left, yum

This may not seem like a particularly amusing list, but finding some of these things made me laugh so hard that I cried, and made me so thankful that we getting rid of all this junk (and eating yummy cake).