Linda used to have a friend named Steve. His goal in life was to only own 100 things. A fork is one thing. A pair of jeans is one thing. Laundry detergent, basket and iron: 3 things. Your couch: 1 thing. A pair of socks, one thing. Need a pencil, that's one of your things. He really wanted to pare his life down to only have 100 things at a time. You could not keep things in storage or at your friends or Mom's house. You just really had to get rid of everything except the 100 things you really needed. Buy something new and you get rid of one thing. The June 2008 issue of Time magazine even had an article on How to Live with 100 Things. Linda really, really would love to be able to live with only 100 things. She used to bring 2 or 3 contractor bags to the thrift store every Tuesday to clean out our house. Jerry used to go nuts when Linda talked about the 100 things. He said he would do it if he could have 100 issues of Superman; 100 issues of Conan; 100 Prince CD's; 100 Disney DVD's. She better not get back on the 100 things kick. I have at least 100 toys that I play with everyday! The minute I see the big box of contractor bags come out, I'm moving to Jerry's house.
