Stuff

For the past nine years I have lived in apartments and condominiums so there was been little requirement to accumulate stuff. This as been especially true in the tool department. My entire tool box until recently consisted to two screwdrivers and a cheap pair of pliers rapped up in an old dishcloth.

Fast forward: Light bulbs burn out, ceiling fans need cleaning, so order up one stepladder.

The garden needs tending: Order up a hoe, hedge clippers, trowels, a small shovel, a little weeding tools, a branch trimmer, garden hoses, various watering devices and other little yard implements.

Pictures need to be hung. So what do we need? An electric drill with bits to make holes in the concrete walls, wires and all the other little do-dads associated with this job.

The rack for drying laundry is no longer big enough. Thus a clothesline is in need. Line is purchased, eye hooks, turn buckles, hammer, nails and a tape measure.

There is also now talk in the wind for the need of outdoor tables and chairs under which I can enjoy my mint julep's or som-tam, what ever.

As you can see, it does take long to start accumulating stuff again as soon as you become a homeowner.

Now the problem arises as to where to put all this newly acquired stuff? There is no extra room in the house so I guess the next project may be in the direction of a storage shed. God forbid I’m getting back from just where I started.