The POD

Beneath our house lies a horror that none of those who dwell here can face. It is called the "POD" .. that would be the "Pit Of Despair". Under three quarters of our house is a crawl space with a dirt floor .. one can almost stand up in it .. but not quite. The joists in the floor above are uneven so that .. when navigating a path through the POD .. the real possibility exists that one will fall to her knees .. stunned by walking into one of the joists that is just a bit longer than the one before it. I believe that all who live here have whacked their heads hard enough to cause momentary unconsciousness. There are also the various work men who have gone down under to do maintenance jobs in the POD .. only to come back up with new contours to their heads .. not having seen the danger that lurks beneath.

We have done mini POD cleans .. but after 9 years of accumulation .. things have gotten rather out of control. Over the years we have taken on other people's junk .. instead of making hard decisions .. we have taken the easy way out .. putting things into the POD. Who knew? Perhaps a need would arise for just such wonderful articles. So far it hasn't .. so we have come to realize that we must make many hard decisions and rid our house of the clutter once and for all.

It would be nice to take a summer break .. but .. the job can be put off no longer and this year all 5 of us are here to identify just exactly what is whose. Probably the best solution would be to have strangers come in .. load it all into a dumpster and be rid of it . But .. I think there are some glorious things down there that we can't live without .. once we see what they are.

So we are going to clean out the POD this year .. at least .. well .. we are talking about it.