Bob the old Laptop

Give away

This was a state of the art Apple laptop in its day - and we fondly called him 'Bob'.

Now Bob is outdated. He just can't keep up with his younger, faster relatives.

We didn't know what to do with Bob - so I was happy when a colleague at work (who is an artist) said she was looking for an old laptop to display photos as a reference while painting.

Croquet set haiku

Throw away

the old croquet set
chipped mallets and bent wickets
into the garbage

Teen books

Give away

Most of these books are part of a series about Alex Rider, a 'reluctant 14 year old spy' (maybe not really that reluctant - after 7 books).

There are also a couple of books by the same author about 5 teens who must save the world from evil.

I remember being a kid and loving to read books about courageous kids who were my age - or a few years older.

This weekend, I gave these books to my two nephews who are in the right age bracket.

I hope they like them.

Exercise bike

Give away

I bought this recumbent exercise bike for myself at least 12 years ago.

Now, after all this time (and minutes of use), I'm ready to let it go.

You may note the similarities between this post and a post from exactly three months ago (April 8). Only this time, it's my piece of exercise equipment, and the grass is a bit greener.

Children's books

Give away

There once were some sagging bookshelves
full of monsters and monkeys and elves,
old books and new books
cat books and zoo books:
We got rid of them all by ourselves!


My daughter helped me go through her books last week. In the end, we chose 40 children's books to give away.