Filling the dumpster

Once a year each customer of the local waste management company is entitled to a free bulk pick-up, so E scheduled one.  The 2-cubic yard dumpster was delivered last Thursday and will be picked up this Thursday.  We are allowed to set three bulky items (appliances, mattresses, furniture, etc.) beside the bin.  Sunday afternoon Randy and K took a load of stuff from our house over to theirs, including my college footlocker, two old stereo speakers, and a desk.

Yesterday I went through the papers and other items I had removed from the footlocker.  Most of the cards we had received when we married were placed in the recycling bin, as were planning sheets from a semester of teaching American literature.  Two inflatable pillows went in the trash, but I kept the Wheaton pennant, at least for now.  I also kept three scrapbooks made after glee club tours and a couple of journals.  Still to be decided--a stack of our wedding invitations.  Yes, I know, I don't need them, so they will probably hit the blue bin in a day or two.  But not yet.