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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
ceramic platters with chalkboard centers
arrived home late from work today-easy to resist doing any retail shopping therapy since i have report cards to write and am too tired to go out anyway. Drop my lunch bag on the table, put my coffee cup in the dishwasher and pick up the stack of mail. Cable bill, grocery store coupons, late christmas card from someone who felt like they had to send me a card because I sent them a card...I was ready to toss the whole pile into the recycling bin when a slick and shiny photo caught my eye. Oh you evil seductress! You, with your full color, glossy pages and your centerfold.. You are the ultimate in knick knack pornography! Yeah that's right-It's the 2010 Pottery Barn catalogue. It stirs up in me all of the same feelings I'll bet my husband has when he looks at the Sports Illustrated swim suit edition. The desire to have something in your life so sleek and so sculpted. The knowledge that all you will ever do is look at something that perfect-you won't touch it, you won't have it, all you can do is turn the pages with one hand and comfort yourself with the other (by holding a glass of wine of course!) You know those musical cards you can buy now? the ones where you open the card and a song starts playing in those shrill little notes? Well this catalogue should come with "I want you to want me." And the justification for flipping through it is just as easy as the justification for all types of porn. "I'm just looking-it can't hurt" and I know that one is a lie because I can tell you that my old floral couch with the sagging cushions and the pillows that just don't sit up as high as they used to..feels inadequate compared to the upholstered vixen on page 36 with her "faux suede" skin. "Oh come on, just because I look doesn't mean I want that-I love you exactly the way you are" try telling that to the pressboard vanity in the upstairs bathroom, after folding down the corner of page 66 so you can sneak a peek at the classic farmhouse double sink console. Even the catologue description reads like a Penthouse letter: "A hint of honey colored wood shows through the edge-rubbed white finish.." I may have to take a cold shower. I just wish I had the twice spun earth friendly 100% hypoallergenic machine washable pure cotton towel set-that would feel real good-
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Hi jannine, New years is certainly a time to evaluate your life. Like everyone else, I too have clutter. In order to de-clutter, I feel that I need to get rid of some of the members of my household. Namely my 23 year old son. My 25 (soon to be 26) year old son is living in Rochester, Ny and has NO financial ties to the family.... ya...hoo. The 23 year old just recently found a real job and is now finally looking for a place of his own. When I was 23, I was married and me and my husband were looking to buy a house. by the time our son is 30, maybe he will finally be thinking about marriage but that will not happen anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteSo how do I motivate my son to move out when he has been given everything to make his life comfortable in his bio-home??? How can I make his life miserable to enable him to take the first step? I think I am on the right track because he is finally looking on Craig's list and looking for "for rent" signs around his place of employment.
I cannot fully de-clutter until I de-clutter my son. He has so much stuff and he doesn't even know what he can throw out. When he finally finds a place of his own, perhaps we can throw out some stuff that he clearly does not need.
When he moves out, I think that I will feel less burdened with stuff around the house.
I have to go to bed now. I will write soon. this is therapeutic. Thanks.