{"id":2597,"date":"2011-03-19T06:56:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T11:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2011-03-19T06:56:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T11:56:19","slug":"out-with-the-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2011\/03\/out-with-the-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Out With The Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My clever son built me a new rack for my coned yarn.  (You&#8217;ll see that later.)  It&#8217;s wonderful.  And big.  In order to make room for it, something had to go.<\/p>\n<p>I spent last night assembling and organizing this sweet little computer desk.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-new.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-new.jpg\" alt=\"new computer desk\" title=\"computer-desk-new\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-new.jpg 338w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-new-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-new-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really like to assemble things, so that was fun.  I must say, however, I found it humorous that the directions told me to read through them thoroughly before starting to assemble, then there <em>wasn&#8217;t a single word<\/em> in the assembly instructions, only pictures.  Nice joke, guys! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, putting the new desk together was the easy part.  I had to make space for it in the dining room cum jewelry-making room.  That meant some cleaning.  Ugh!<\/p>\n<p>Then came the <em>really <\/em>hard part.  I had to go through everything on the big, old computer desk&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-old.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-old.jpg\" alt=\"old computer desk\" title=\"computer-desk-old\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-old.jpg 450w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-old-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-old-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/comp-desk-old-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;and figure out what was garbage, what had to be saved and put somewhere, and what had to be moved to the new location.  Double ugh!<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, it all got done.  I moved the old desk out on to the porch, posted it on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freecycle.org\" target=\"_blank\">Freecycle<\/a>, and someone will come and pick it up today.  The downsizing feels good and the new look is much cleaner, and plenty of space to hold my MacBook!<\/p>\n<p>Now I can clean the old space, move the cone holder, and load it up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your turn: has spring, or new furniture, pushed you to clean things long neglected?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/challenge-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/challenge-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"challenge-sm\" width=\"150\" height=\"26\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2548\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My clever son built me a new rack for my coned yarn. (You&#8217;ll see that later.) It&#8217;s wonderful. And big. In order to make room for it, something had to go.<\/p>\n<p>I spent last night assembling and organizing this sweet little computer desk. <\/p>\n<p>I really like to assemble things, so that was fun. 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