Waiting for Community Clean-Up Day

My basement is the repository for all things "homeless." Isn't this what basements were designed for? Well, FM, who grew up in CA where basements are extremely rare, disagrees with my interpretation of use for our basement. He happens to believe the garage is the place for all things homeless, and thus we have a bunch of stuff stored in every corner of the garage. I argue that most of that stuff goes in the attic, and our basement is more of a staging ground until we find a new home (be that in our house or in someone else's house, or the "trash.")

So the ever growing pile of old paint cans, used batteries, broken electronic devices, etc. are waiting for our community clean-up day when we can take them to the local township office and properly dispose of them for free. It annoys FM, but makes me happy to properly dispose of these items.

I also have a large pile of items waiting for me to put them on my local Freecycle board, but that is just an issue of me taking the time to sort through an then list those items. I'm slowly working on that project.