I am so satisfied with myself this week. I have indeed reduced piles. Yeah me. First, I eliminated most of my soda bottle pile. I used the sides of every soda bottle I had, but[…]
Month: September 2010
Zero-Pile Dreams
I decided to demonstrate what I mean by piles of stuff by sharing with you a few images of a couple of my piles. First, this is my plastic two litter bottle pile. It’s really[…]
The plastic bag stash
I use to work at Schnucks. I was a checker. I was one of the people bagging your groceries. I just want to let the general public know that you don’t need three freaking plastic[…]
Office Trash Pile #1
My home is not the only place I maintain piles of rubbish. I have piles at the office as well. So far, it does not seem to concern my coworkers too much that I have[…]
I am a weight loss ad
In my pile, I had two yards of brown fabric that I purchased several years ago. I originally intended to make pants out of this material. This never happened. At that time, I was also[…]
First Thing Born of the Scrap-Material Pile
A few days after the encounter with my generous neighbor, I pulled out my scrap pile and washed it all. I ironed every little odd shaped piece. It took forever. During this dull and drawn[…]
How Piles Happen
A number of weeks ago, my generous neighbor found out that I had recently joined a quilter’s group. He quickly ran to a closet and pulled out his scrap-material pile to offer me. What a[…]