i did it!

I reduced those five piles of magazines to this:

And then when I picked up the pile, I said “Oh, come on,” and I tossed another one (that Gourmet from 2004. It’s the cookie issue, and I’m in love with the almond bar cookies that are in there–please make them, they’re wonderful–but I don’t need to keep the mag). Now all I have are the current issue of each magazine.

So, success! I hardly paged through any of them; I’m so proud of myself. It took me about 45 minutes. And don’t think the magazines are now sitting in piles on the floor, or are in bags near the door–no, I got my act together, and I dragged all of them out to the recycling bin. This was a feat unto itself.

Now my french onion soup is simmering on the stove. I haven’t knit a single stitch today, but all this productivity makes up for it.