Week 26

The items: A side table/plant stand.
The backstory: I liked this little guy, but didn't have the perfect spot for it, and didn't want to put the effort into refinishing another piece of furniture right now.
Method of expulsion: Sold online.
Monetary impact: $10
YTD monetary impact: $393.88

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Week 25

The items: A lounge chair.
The backstory: After a party, we discovered that one of our lounge chairs had a crack all the way through a slat (in a key location). Luckily no one's derriere hit the patio, but we figured we shouldn't push our luck.
Method of expulsion: Set on the side of the road and was carted away within a half an hour.
Monetary impact: $0
YTD monetary impact: $383.88

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Sunday Stuff

I am wiggling with glee. I'll be participating in ArtPrize this fall, and my work will be showing at the Women's City Club.

Shonda Rhimes' commencement speech is too good for you not to read in its entirety.

I thought I'd heard of all of the ideas for beating jetlag. (None of them work.) But this one is new to me, and I just might give it a shot.

Are You Serious? Marianne Williamson's response to reasons why people said they didn't vote for her in last week's House of Representatives District 33 primary election.

Ramona at Forty. I cannot wait to reread all of these books with Miss J. via Go Fug Yourself

Time has a political memoir generator. Mine shall be called The Dictum to Agitate. via Go Fug Yourself

Week 24

The items: More clothes! 
The backstory: I thought I sold the same item on Craigslist twice this week, but both sales fell through, and I had to scramble to get rid of something else. So another bag of clothing was purged from my closet. 
Method of expulsion: Donated.
Monetary impact: $0
YTD monetary impact: $383.88

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W3

"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home." ― Anna Quindlen

Sunday Stuff

This week on Food52 I wrote about garlic chives and how to cook adventurously without spending a fortune.

Bill Murray's champagne drinking secrets.

The best job application ever.

New York City Offices -- Map of the Stars

37 Things I've Learned by 33

Parenting skill: always find a way to say yes.

The day I left my son in the car. Really interesting read. via Shutterbean

Anthony Bourdain: How to travel. Going to adopt his choice of reading material. via Shutterbean

Everything you don't know about tipping.

9 Beach Reads for Ambitious People. via Sassy Radish

Week 23

The items: A mirror and glass shelf.

The backstory: These guys were in the upstairs bathroom when we bought the house, and it was another case of -- don't love it, but it's not horribly offensive. So it stayed up -- just like the light fixture sold in Week 20 -- for almost 4 full years, until finally they were booted in favor of a medicine cabinet.

Method of expulsion: Sold online.
Monetary impact: $10
YTD monetary impact: $383.88

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