operation condo clean out - part 2

this picture pretty much sums up my 3-day weekend.  (btw - i found this toy figurine amongst the loads of junk in the condo.  anyone want it?)

the hubby says i look just like this girl but i don't mind
because really, i was *that* annoyed with cleaning...again.

it was beautiful out and we spent most of the weekend cleaning more crap (literally) out of the condo.  like i mentioned before, the geckos pretty much took over the unit and deemed it their private toilet.  i tried to vacuum up as much of the gecko crap i could with the little handheld vacuum that we had in the unit as there's no way i was going to use our regular vacuum.  and i don't know how i got stuck with this job when the majority of the crap in this condo belonged to the hubby.  needless to say, i wasn't a happy camper.

piles of gecko crap EVERYWHERE...with a close-up just so you can witness the level of disgust.

  

we finally got to the big stuff in the condo like the 27" boob tube and an old tube monitor.  we called goodwill to see if they would take them to which they said yes. when the hubby went to drop it off, the donation drop-off guy said that they've never taken tvs or monitors.  the hubby was not amused.  i went to opala.org, which incidentally is a very informative website, and discovered that you can recycle tvs and monitors at best buy!  so we loaded everything onto a cart, pushed it into the store, and the customer service guy greeted us with, "what museum did you pull that out of?"  very funny.  anywho, they charged a $10 recycling fee per monitor/tv but you get an instant $10 best buy gift certificate in exchange, which is nice.  considering that it's so hard to find someone who will take old electronics, best buy's recycling service is awesome.

waiting in line at best buy and walking out with two $10 best buy gift cards.

we had a queen-sized bedroom set that one of the hubby's friends wanted so i disassembled the bed frame and cleaned the nightstands and dresser.  we pulled the mattress outside on sunday afternoon for bulky item pick up on monday...but it was taken within 15 minutes!  and then on monday (yesterday) morning, it re-appeared on the curb. $*#!(  and then 30 minutes later, it was gone again!  hopefully, the second taker decided to keep it or disposed of it properly!!!

i wanted to make a full living room set outside on the curb and take a photo
but people kept taking stuff as we brought it outside!  

we also put out a leather couch, three small wooden tables, a tv stand, a tea table, an air compressor, two shelving systems, and a light and everything was pretty much taken literally within minutes by people in the neighborhood driving by and enticed by the "free" signs.  as the hubby was bringing out my old desk, one of the neighbors in the building asked if he could have it and took it right into his unit.   i was a bit shocked at how quickly people take free stuff...but am glad that someone can use the stuff and it's definitely better than it ending up in a landfill.  

so that's my exciting weekend.  hope yours was just as fun!  remember to practice the 3R's...reduce, reuse, and recycle...so this crazy scenario doesn't ever happen to you!